New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
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MYSELF had the pleasure Il ,--...I 'ae
l. gallery ticket taker N a PhilaGt---.a the
-,ter- Philadelphia vva5, "a $ozea v-=-- --ad
may still be 4 great gallery town The gallery
attracted a much more refined crowd -l was
found IN the average cneater or other .--.r7'
and thus proved source OF good revenue. me
company with which 7 7va~ trsve,,7s s. len
drawing packed galleries 1t seemed -- me- J-t
the treaSurer'S nightly reports neve- -- wed
that he had sold out that part II the l..-e
decided 10 investigate
Going tp stars t.,-ie FRIENDS -,;,a .a-t
at the gallery door HaUIre heavy --S-. -- for
II was a cold night and IuI-e tra-- W .-l"-
ing up the stairs. Now and again he -ped
into 4 side pocket Of THIS UIS-C-. and -- - up
my nl'aj although { eoild not -rv him ~-- t';v
tickets INTO thus pocket thlt thi- US ..- ---te
game. So asked hIm what he had N hrs - -et-
" RaiSins, " SAID he putting his a.c. -"Nn
and handing INC lot OF them Then - H-Tl-
on taking tickets and pGtting them into Che 'S
TN box at ms feet
| waited awhile. and. seeing .hst F..
pected that was awake % his game ar- .'i.d
not tTV 10 repeat his pocket trI1E- / S.- .- -I
catch HIM for what he had already DONE
Got any more of those raISinS, I asked
And without waiting for his reply -J
over. his hands being busy taking JlCLt--. -1i
showed nv hand into his pocket.
As expected, 1t came oUr filled W1-- ..-1
tickets. He was TOO aStoniShed % do Anv- NJ
and before he recovered I was down the -r>
and into the managers OrhCe with nv CvIte-.e.
The gallery ticket tsEeF lHd the .5raa ..+
sold tickets IN the gallery boNOTlCe. Sep-- -c
from the main office were both dlSShlrS-.-
At their own vOlitiOU. the ghcd1cT mdnIgenlrrr
paid oar company for tutl capacity OF the &.
lcry up TO this performance. ami after that u
got a square count.
Ali HaynAaa Deteesivs
THE most amusing case ot sharing q. G;~..--
est ticket seller that I have ever hear 0-
: youehed for By Aft Hayndn general ua-,-
ger of Charles Frohman's theatrical 'nter---~-
As PLAIN All 90 he was known is "A rlttl,rE good
advance agent. and later Is manager OF travel
ing companies
SONS yvars ago. Yvhvu 0Tlv-HIght STANDS Ns-v
PLAYED bv practically every company III -l-N-
man was in 4 town not far from s. LOUIS. "--.t
the rheater was part OF ), circuit courro.s- -t o.
manager noted for his ShiftinsSS n rlInV WIS
Other companies playing tins and other -l".,'
on the circuit had noted !. remarkable ---l-
cheney IN the gallery and balcony receipts me
attendance IN those parts OF the houses V-.- up
parentlv good. but the tickets when counted
would not seem 70 account for So many people
IL began 70 be notorious. and HAvu,l-a- among
Others decided 10 make special efforts % lII
out where the leakage oC- urred.
\ brother manager had told Havnsu '' hts
suspicious about this particular town NS
noticed. when sitting IN the boNoTfice ~,;i1 he.
" a peculiar clicking sound at one side every
HOW dllu lllCii I VIC liCNCi bCSli ssAitS "
exactly, but | think II has something % Do
with the disappearance OF tickets. When You IT
there YOU investigate
When Havuan got - the town he made q, q
point TO sit IN the bOXOthCe during the evening
sale of seats. Nothing appeared wrong oG3t
after awhile he too heard this odd sound. Ii
came from the left side OF the little ottlce. III
sounded to him like something dropping pen
haps through a chute. and landing IN a drawer
or box Suddenly his mind gTaSped t. and tJ
the first opportunity he reached over and Puled
out a drawer FIFE had solved the mystery -
he pulled the drawer out it was halt hiled wltn
gallery and balcony tickets. and while he helu
II some more came sliding down through '
chute that connected with 1t
There was a fight when the ticket seller tounN
that he was discovered but the travelling man
ager won and the subsequent nve~tigdti'".