Evening capital., 1907-08-14
TRICKS OF THE DEADHEADs
Prefexfs of sgen and Women - -
rurr Free Thcafer Seats

cure free Thcafer Seats
Everv prefezt under the 81 = -
sorted 10 BIZ both men and womez 20
procure seats without payment for
them. SAYS 4 writer IN Lsesiie's Nee<-
Is May cards are sent = Wiz
request for seats. the cards repre-
sentlng papers which have lons
ceased 10 live Other applicants bar
cards from prominent publications.
but upon being investi gated. t1ey
are found 70 b. Outsiders e1rirelF
and. az a rule. absolutely gzkno4 2
20 the papers which they profess g
represent At the Sew York HIPPO
drone. some tine ago. a respecra1ss-
looking. middle-aged woman ealAe1
at the press department and exriaizs-
cd that she was writing q book aao'zt
animals, and she requested the rFlRt-
Iege 81 studying the Hippodrorls
animals behind the scenes To 80
question Of Why she did not choose 2
larger field. that o. Cenfrai o. Bru1z
Park. for her nature stadv. s1e 11ae-s
an evasiye reply, but went % 70 -
that il the proposed book s1e VOID
make mention Of the HiDTotronfa.
and she wound up with an addirional
request for two seats Tor that ere1-
lne's performance
Another story = Of a maa wao
called with a request that he b. given
tho privilege of the theater back q
the scenes FOR a stated tine. max
be- might gather afgdles for
picture he contemplated painting
His request also ended b. asking for
| two seats. When the press agenr
wished 70 know upon what ground
he expected seats without paying tor
them. he replied that the proDczsd
painffug would advertise the tne1-
ter. Another and this time rather
pompous-lookisg man. called a. 80
press Office of a prominent theafer
and asked for four seats He SAID
| that he lived IN Albany, and his sols
claim apon free tickets Tag 10 no
fact that he had q friend . caDfal1
on one OF the steamers plying BE-
tween New York and Albany. TBS
captain friend allowed his 20 f1r-
nfsh scenic views for the books which
usually lie upon the saloon tables q
river and coast steamers. In seFefal
Of these books the man. acting upoE
hfy own Judgment. had pasted views
OF the plan which he wished seats
for. UpOn being refused By tEs
| agent the man replied: Well. yoE
and your rneater viii never make :
cent out Of me for I vii not pay 70
see your snow"
| 4 good-loOking young woman rep
| resentinz a prominent newspaper X
Savannah. Ca, and bearing a letter
of Identification from the editor
| formed the habit Of collecting ex-
tensive theatrical news. including II
| terviews. etc, for her paper For .
| considerable time she continued 70
| apuIy for and 10 receive tickets On
/ faith. but when after a year had
passed and not a line appeared n
| the paper which she represented. sac
| was put on the black list a favortfs
| scheme Of women is 70 caEl uDo1
| theatrical celebrity under the guise
| Of representing some puolicarions
| and to proceed with an interview.
| and 70 finally end the visit with re-
| quest for tickets. and ten chances %
| one they receive orders for seats m
| Iess the matter comes to the ears q
the manager, or Of someone Eh0 IS
wise 70 the game"
Not long ago such a case occurred
et the Madison Square Theater. New
| York. A woman, well-dressed and
| with engaging manners called on .
| popular actress, and claiming 20 rep
| resent a prominent local daily. tried
| to interview the actress Having
| given a representative OF TIRE sane
| paper an interview only a short time
| before. she did not care to go over
| the ground again The young woman
| cafoIed. pleaded. and threatened. and
finally wound up b. asking ths
| actress to give her an order on the
boxofice for seats that she might
take her mother 70 see the perform
/ ance. By 'teIephoning 10 the editorial
rooms IL was found that the Young
woman was entirely unknown there
The cases OF getting tickets y
| forging the name OF some actor Or
| actress OF prominence while thev 90
not come under the Jurisdiction %
| the press agents. are also Of interest
| in the list OF fakirs- The name o.
Olive BeFkley, an ex-actress. IS .
fair example OF the workers IN that
particular line. Her method was %
send a messenger with a note con
| tanning a request for tickets, and
these notes were always signed with
some weIl-known and influential
name. Just to vary the method. she
called several times IN person. al
ways representing the maid OF some
well-known actress. a ruse which
never failed TO bring results until she
came to grief by overdoing ths
graft" as the association expresses e.