The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-09

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| Everybody knows that the theatrical sea-
son is bad. Being bad. there must be
! many vacant seats Cor tho asking In
| theatres.
Bu, how shall one ask and get away
\ with the request? Well, here are a few
| suggestions requests that have come to
various managers during the past few
| days:
There's a girl, for instance. who caIne
/ to the box office at the Little Theatre last
night and established u record. She's the
/ first girl who ever got a cut rate ticket
/ at the Little Theatre. She's the first TO
! buy front row seat for 81 90, the reg
ular price being OF course 81
Il was sitting In restaurant near
| here" she said to Toby or whatever hts
name Is. who deals out tickets at the
Little Theatre. and l left my bag on
the table while temporarily absent. The
| bag was stolen while l was gone.
have si.9e left. 10 | or do I not7''
SO winthrop Ames. who had been sum
| moned to handle an extraordinary case,
/ personally gave her seat for sl.99.
! Furthermore, he passed her out nickel
for carfare home.
Here's another ticket request that came
| 20 Lee kugel, boss OF the Lilac Domino"
company, a few doors east OF Winthrop
! Amess show IN West Forty fourth street.
/ if 1t weren't for the high cost OF photo
| gravures, facsimile OF the letter would
/ be printed right here, II only 10 prove
| to you that the letter is on the level II
seems too good 20 be true. but honest
and truly. this is the way II runs:
Mr.. Lee kugel.
Lilac Domino Company.
Dear Sir-I am SiEnor Marchislo
chef. Before chef-one italian
noble family--now come America
start the business my own-house
top side this paper Meaning here
that tho reader should pay a lot Of
attention 20 the letterhead In big
black type.l
Everybody speak me lunches and
Dinners worth two times. I delighted
| preparation for you--tthis lad loves
| dashes1-very fine italian dishes
| no charge extra--only notification me
fsounds like Loo Fields stuff few
! hours behind because build for
clientele Intellectual they more APP
preciate my art.
Many editors critics authors
! artists Metro Opera Ho--come I'm
my house and I ask you SO much
como at my table then you shall tell
| many And for exchange I should
take seats as you put Il maybe.
Yours very,
/ Thsn. again. to boost the Lilac Dom
| mo" or the Purple Road" or whatever
! the name OF the show IT, along came A
little gray haired man last night 20 the
/ plate glass ticket ledge at the Forty
| fourth Street Theatre.
81 want to see Mr.. DIppel." he said
with enthusiasm.
| Why
Because rye 20, ths"-and ne
dragged from an inside pocket a yellow
stained piece OF paper II was n ships
concert programme and Therefore was
printed in curlycues. There ain't no such
| type.
81 show you this exhibit" continued the
] la xpea n.al fxssa
] sailed the seas. II was n big ship.
/ There was a concert aboard the ship on
Sunday night and the big singer Of the
evening was Andreas Dinpel For years
/ ] have waited 10 See Mr.. DIPPED and a
show he owns and myself IN town all at
the same time. Here's the programme
I've saved for sixteen years, showing that
Andreas sang that night Wcur'
SO they threw b m out
But 70 come back 20 winthrop Ar1e4
| Win is one OF Us a regular lad. who APP
/ preciates any little mention. ana so il
I Is with much pleasure that THE STS tolls
/ here that Win also received a trick letter
asking him FOR a lot OF seats yesterday.
/ The letter came from "Hungarlan news
/ paper reporter" who said that he is In this
| country studying tho American drama"
II will leEitimise myself" concluded the
/ Hungarian person. whatever that means
| Il Will see your drama leaving the seats
| Can YOU beat these guys"
Burr MacTntosh-or Is Il McEye"-is a
strange pathological case. Yesterday ar
ternoon in n corner Of tho Waldorf which
! otherwise would have heen dun Burr was
! observed striking himself on the chest
| There was ful! length mirror In front
/ OF Burr. He was sticking hts chest
toward the mirror so that he could the
better see the points where he could hit
| himself on the chest
And l can't understand IT," Ne told
the reporter Al least I couldn't until
last night Here was slamming myself
fighting with myself and for no reason.
And just ms ! soaked myself one on the
Jaw Il al, came 10 mo
MY fathers grandfather was Scotch
NV mothers grandmother was German
So I'm not neutral MY splrits naturally
rise against myself Hence | fight me
And listen"
Here Burr told in detail how he IS
going 20 leive the American drama nat
despite the fact that the blggesf individ-
ual hit IN the present dramatic season
was made by Burr as the S'uthern Cuunol
N "Cordei7 Blossom"
Burr has It all framed M 70 save
the county Never again will he an
pear on the stage. Instead he is going
20 tour these, as II We're, United States
and deliver a lecture. IFS called The
United States and It's Menaccs"
Don't think Burr is following the
crowd the crowd is following Burr
Four, i've six years ago Burr was say
ing in his lectures exactly the things
Representative Gus Gardner-Hauk cab,
son-!n- law-now is saying, But flr he
Il from us to blame Gus or Hank for
stealing Burr's sun. let them say
what they hke-Burr Is there with the
proofs