Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-14

ting two middie-aisle seats about SIX rows
back"
Sorry, sir-they're taken" says the
ticket seller.
.,Um-m-so you said-so you said. Well.
let's See"
Here the fussy man leans on the sll OF
the window and looks as IL he has settled
down Tor a confidential chat about the
yacht race. Deep. unassuageable grief is
writ all over the countenances OF the un-
foriunates in line behind him,
suppose l might as well take those
TWO In the fourth row-no 1 won't either
eer-ye-es. l s'pose IN have TO. If they're the
best you've got? Sure they're the best
you've got. are your
Yes. sir" saws the ticket sellar
We'll, ] guess-let me think a minute
ye-es: L guess you may let me have those
Signs OF intense relief all along the line
behind.
Further Trouble
The fussy man then begins a Detailed
search through all of his pockets for his
pocket book. No go. II isn't to be found
He takes off his hat and examines tho in
terror. but stiil no pocket book Just when
all the people in the line are beginning 90
figure that he is going TO look in hts shoes
Tor the missing wallet, the fussy man has
an inspiration. He digs his hand into the
right-hand breast pocket OF his coat. where
ne mas been accustomed to carving hts
pocket book since attaining the age OF
hahhood-and finds II there He carefully
counts over his silver to see II he has
enough to pay 70: the tickets without
breaking bin. but discovers that he Is
JUST cents shy OF the correct amount.
ne owes through all of HIS pockets again
to see II he can't find a nickel to make up
the amount. but fails. Then he reluctantly
passes over large bill. which il takes tie
ticket seller some little time 10 chance
gets MS tickets slowly -,
and his change In his pocket hook willie
still holding his place in line and f,IssiIv
RACES from view. 1t takes the fussy man
quite as long to get couple # tickets at a
box Office window as IT has taken TO de-
scribe how he does II, and he amount OF
woe he distributes among his people behind
him is incalculable.
scatters No Garlanda.
The life of the ticket seller himself f. not
one long opaline dream. The domineerin-
man. Tor example, does not cast any fra
grant blossoms in his path
Well, that's a dickens Of n note q" sa,-s
the domineering man to the ticket seller.
blusteringly. You say the whole orchestra
is sold out? Humphl I suppose YOU'RE
selling the whole house out en- bloc to the
Spectators, Huh. What kind Of a plant
is this, anyhow? Nothing I'm he front
row of the balcony, either? Bv George
liis Is 100 much! DO you expect people to
- W All A'4F IllIute OF the night Tor tho
purpose of coming down here TO stand in
tthe Tor few miserable theater tfcketsp
hey Hum! and thus on. until the
domineering man buttons his coat ar,,,,1d
him, give his chin and nose an elevation
OF forly-hVe degrees and struts out with
the declaration that henceforth and for
ever mes going TO boycott that theater. IL
ne mas to live in a cave to do il
The sort Of human proposition beIoy-ad ~
me poX office man Is the man who walks
W 70 me WINDOW, says Gimme what you
kot' puts down his money, and is out in
the street again just thlrty-eight seconds
after entering the theater
Part of His Business.
1t is part Of the ticket sellers business
to be able to read human nature. He
knows at glance the man or woman to
whom 1t is safe to dish out a ticket behind
a stase-obscuring pillar. He knows the
Dig ofhcial who ought to get the best in the
mouse Tor the purpose Of adding tone to the
eheater, and the acute ticket seller can tell
oy the looks of people, before they make
tnelr way up to the window. Just about
where they'll want seats. The ticket seller
by the way, is largely Instrumental in
dressing the theater'-that is IN denosI,
ing the folks that he thinks VIII attend the
performances in the most swagger clothes
IN sections of the theater where they VIII
SLOW up 10 the best advantage. The box
once man is supposed to be able to tell at
a glance the man who will wear evening
Glotnes TO the theater. in addition to fetch
ing stunningiy-dressed woman along with
nm and he deals out seats accordingly
although You probably wouldn't get "a
ticket seller to admit this.
The faces Of large majority of the rep
uIar heater-goers are known to the ticket
selIers OF Washington. Each Of the WASH
lHslon theaters has quite a large number
OF subscribers who take certain seats on
certain nights the season around. no mat
Ter what the production may be and thesa
svats are always reserved and paid for
Whetner the subscribers use them or not
a lot or people get the idea arrnlv fixad
III lnelr minds that one theater is more
comfortable than another, and they win
what the Offering.