Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-29
no + ] j Ri (K. 81.
TlsE BEeTts on IS EATER TICKET
ss Seller is NOT Is SINE CURE


Wicket Mnst he Good Judge ~
h nj - yature-JThe Art Of .Dress-
III ~ = Li9ht House.
70 the average tlienter gper the man
who sits behind the wicket IN the box
ofIice and sells tick seems to- have
one Of the stnecures Of earth. True, he
has to answer many fool questions and
deal with many fool persons who are
l0ften ugly because others with more
| foresight have picked up early all the
{ good seats. He has to handle diploi-
nlatically the woman who wants dollar
seats for rs cents and with the other
lfeI low who wants sfirst row, center
after the play has begun and that has
been sold for a week ahead But all
! these things seem but his share OF the:
minor Ills OF earth. Outside OF them
apparently his Job ~ what y generally
known as q SNAP 4 u d
But the man In the box office has
other things to do besides sell tickets
True, that is where he comes IN con-
| tact Within general public. and that
III all that Is usually though "a bout HIS
duties. But at the same time he is
! serving the public he Is working for
two masters behind the scenes the
proprietor Of tile house and the mann M
/ ger Of the attraction, aud he must lll II
| serve them equally, while their inter-
! ests sometimes conflict sharply Fur
i thermore. he must serve them as
against the public II need there be, and
/ It keeps him liustllng 70 hold his lol,
to do AT too.
The man behind the wicket fs5 q good
man lie he Gun make syou buy q seat
that costs you more than you INTENDED.
1 to Invest to see that part ic,llslr s how
4 HI. attractions iii d play house are
A shows I'M the parl;lnce, he they opera
comedy or Vaudeville. Now. most men
i think they know WI Init they are going
4 to- get when they visit a tlleitttf. and.
they especially have the price fixed in,
! their minds. Perhaps, psychologi cally|
speaking, they are stronger minded
than the house treaauler Then they
lido get what they want, and he never
\ Equestions ii. But the average man is
mot. The treasurer Is trained In Ticket
selling: 1t II his daily routine, while
Il ii Id an occasional act on the mans
slipart. Hence he ii fortified for the pub
HE, ansl the latter 10 not for him, aud
4 s0 when the people step up, especially
4 Il It is ather late and there Is some
4 thing Of d rush, q clever ticket man
can easily get the extra price out of
Ethem for higher selling sent
How does he Go 1t ? Largely by the
power Of suga estion. He implies that
u sou want Il, Tor instance, when lou SO
sllup. III other words, ne puts the ques-
lion IN ID what priced seat by asking
sy0u abont the higher ones before he
mem Ions TIE lover ones and when he
does refer to the II tier at your sugges-
q ti0n, he does 1t rather apollo eticaily.
VI He has the lligh her Srste tickets In his
II Inland. and il you do not take them he
q q reaches 10 the rack for the others. and
b all the time tile line Is whiting. those
a back ofs you are scowlIng, II not max
"A Ing remarks, and every one within ear
& ahOt 0f the window knows that you
81 have refused the higher seats for the
lower priced ones This is embarrass-
Ing. Especially II IL 90 if a girl Is with
you, waiting inst outside the rail that
sepsratea Lie mob from the line, and
!. the chances are 10 to 1 that you will
take the cue. nvoluntarl and pay ID
|, quarter mo- Then You had no inteIl-
!; tt0n % doing 20 when ys3ll snpr he'd
b the clever man In the hex
That II one way lt tloesn't require
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