Evening star., 1901-07-06

'.There Is one point In the discussion of
the end seat question which should not be
overlooked. and that is the mathematical
side of it," said the treasurer of a local
theater to a Star man, as he slipped two
tickets in a little envelope. and handed
them TO the man at the box office window
with the remark. Yes. sir, aisle seats.
third row. center. for tonight. thank you-
'In the orchestra of the average theater
there are about twenty-five rows of seats,
running back usually to V. There are.
therefore. but forty-four center aisle or
chestra seats In the house. with twice that
number of end seats. making only eighty
eight of these desirable place on the lower
floor, exclusive of the orchestra circle In
the latter. there are on an average Of
about twenty center aisle seats.
In closed street car there are but four
corner seats. and in open car with ten
rows of seats but twice that number Of end
seats In railroad car there are twenty
four window seats. All OF these desirable
seats added together make a total of only
1J6. and as the average theater will seat
about 800 persons down stairs, and the re-
manning seats In the cars 1 have named
amount to 124 IL Is 158 against S34. Natu-
rally, people want the best they get.
Il consider it perfectly natural that
man buying seat In a theater should ask
for an aisle or an end seat, and / do not
consider that it indicates any selfishness on
the part of those whose money is showed
in the box office window accompanied by
the remark. aisle seats, as far down
you have them. please.
1T is the same with the end seats on the
cars. The persons who occupy these seats
are in them before those who come after
and by right of occupation and first pres
ence, they entitled to them. These par
ticular places belong to these persons by
right, of purchase. They paid for them
when they gave the conductor his fare
They own them temporarily
NO one expects in theater
cupying an end seat to move along to the
inside seats and surrender his place to
those who come after him. and / fail to
observe any distinction in point of principle
between a theater seat and an end seat In
car. except the difference in price
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The wariness of the crow is proyerbtal
His propensity to seek the inner recesses OF
the forest to build his rough nest and rear
his young is peculiar to him as Is his
hoarse croak and rasping cav That a
pair of crows should abandon this time
honored custom and set up housekeeping in
a lofty church steeple in the very heart of
a large city is quite remarkable.
Washington. however. may boast of hav-
ing crow and his bride. and their family
OF little crows. who prefer to live within
our gates than in the suburban forests.
This particular couple of city crows are OF
aristocratic and refined taste. and are also
of a religious bent of mind. They have
sought quiet residential neighborhood
in which their cherished offspring may be
tenderly brought up. for they have INSTALL
ed themselves in the tall stone Steeple of
the Church of the Ascension at the north
west corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
Eth street.
The mother crow is at present much con-
cerned in administering to the wants Of a
promising family of diminutive crows,
whose infantile squawks may be heard IN
ha cal RI
are still, earnestly appealing for nourish-
ment in the shape of black beetles a Ia
meadow or pulled green corn with scare
crow sauce.
ed upon the steeple complacently surveying
the busy street far beneath his sharp eye.
At daybreak he Is of on his pilgrimages
after Sustenance for his ffedglings
A pair Of crows made their home for
years In the grounds Of the White House.
but several seasons ago they suddenly dis
appeared. failing to leave their new ad-
dress. to the regret of the inmates and at
taches of the mansion. who had grown to
look upon them fixtures of the place
1t Is quite probable that the pair In the
steeple OF the Church of the Ascension are
the same as those who formerly dwelt SO
close to the President.
Before the advent of the crows a flock of
pigeons and numerous families of sparrows
abided in the Steeple. They are boarding
elsewhere now. for the crows evicted them
without the usual thirty days notice
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Speaking of the babies in the parks
said man to a reporter for The Star
yesterday, brings to my mind a UNIQUE
industry which is followed at Atlantic City.
1 was passing along the board walk there
not long ago and 1 saw a sign which read
as follows: Children carefully cared for:
five cents per hour The man who man
aged the enterprise had several assistants
and was doing thriving business. Many
tired mothers left their children with him
while they took a hath. and / suspect that
nurses sometimes shifted their responsible
lty at the rate of five cents an hour"
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Do You know. said a railroad man to
a reporter for The Star yesterday. that
one Of the locomotives which took its turn
in hauling the funeral train of President
Lincoln in the Journey from Washington
to Springfield. Ill. in 1865. was put out of
commission only a few days ago? Well
that's So The old engine was No 1899
and went out of commission on the Penn
syivania division of the New York Central