The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-04
The SALE OPENS.
Bernhardt Seats In Demand
Today.
One Thousand Bought in Few
Minutes This Morning.
OBYIATES SCRAMBLE.
Mail Order Plan Worked Like
a Charm.
Play in Which Great Actress
viii Appear.
OBYIATES SCRAMBLE.

Despite the fact that a heavy driz-
zling rain has been falling all morning
the opening sale Of tickets for Sarah
Bernhardt. at Stansheld drug store this
morning was greater than was antici-
pated by either Mr.. Foster or Mr.
Stansheld. The store was crowded as
well as the sidewalk in front Of the
store for several hours before 8 o'clock,
the time for the sale to open. Extra
clerks had been engaged for the coca
sion and in less than two hours after
the sale opened over 1,o0o tickets had
been sold and the cash receipts showed
something over $1,000.
The sale far exceeds our expecta-
tons said Mr.. Stansheld. and al
though we had anticipated a rush and
had made preparations for it this was
a mighty busy place for a While this
morning, and you can see for yourself
that the sale of tickets stin continues"
as he pointed to a crowd OF good ma
tured men and women who crowded
about the chart waiting their turn
i have no doubt but the sale viii
continue all day just as you see 1t now,
and although there are some good seats
left the most desirable ones have been
taken. Mail orders continue to arrive
at the rate of SO or 60 a day as they
Bernhard would appear in this city.
They come from nearly every quarter
Of the state, some of them from the eX-
treme western portion. We had an or
der from Garden City, which Is about
80 miles from the west edge of the
state and another from Dodge City
which is so miles this side of there.
Then they have been scattered along
the line Of the Santa Fe this way.
The story OF the seat sale on the
Santa Fe is the story of every other
Inc that reaches Topeka One order
for Is seats came in from Mcpherson
this morning and another from Salina
for a half dozen.
The mail order scheme has been a
great one and has done much to obvi-
ate the scramble for tickets which al
ways results when there is a first
class attraction in the city. A great
many people in the city took advantage
of the plan and ordered their tickets
through the mails and this in a meas
ure is responsible for the fact that
there was not line of humanity stand
ing in the streets all night long waiting
for numbers. The plan also assists in
keeping the tickets out of the hands Of
speculseOTs, though I am satisfied that
many of the mail orders are from those
Who hope to get fancy price for them
when all of the seats are sold.
While the choicest seats have been
sold there are q number Of very desir-
able ones in the two dollar sections as
well as in the cheaper sections. and
they are not undesirable by any means
for the arrangement Of the Auditorium
makes it possible for the stage to be
seen from any part of the building.
IF the demand for tickets from out
Of the city continues the remainder of
the week as It has since the sale began
there will not be even standing room
for sale by Saturday evening The out
of town orders will average five seats
and are coming in at the rate of 50
a day, which means that the chart is
being depleted at the rate of $50 seats
each day"