The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-13
LAMBS GAMBOL SALE
BRINGS Big BONUSES
Auction in Itself Furnishes En-
tcrtainment for a
Full House.
E.1OO FOR CHOICE OF Bon
RAYMOND Hitchcock and De
Wolf Hopper Make Fun
as AuctiOnccrs.

There might well have been a stand
nr room only" sign outside the Hudson
Theatre Yesterday afternoon when the
Lambs Club held a public auction sale for
the boxes and orchestra seats for the first
performance Of their AN star Gambol."
which is to be held at the Metropolitan
Opera House on May 30. Seats for the
.e,ond performance on May 20 will be
sold in the same manner on Friday after
noon
Through repeated public gambols the
pus,ic has come to know that the auction
sal. OF seats. while not SO entertaining as
the gan,bol itself. Is an exceedingly pleas
ing performance. II was therefore no
surprise that tho theatre was crowded
Yesterday afternoon. though not all were
buyers. The sale went of very well con.
.,dtring that this is the worst season
theatre folk hate known In sixteen years.
As usual De Wolf Hopper and Ray
mond Hitchcock made most of the fun.
bu, many other prominent actors were
more than simply also on the BILL
shepherd Sells First noe.
Following the time honored custom.
club sold the first box. but not until ne
had explained the excellence OF the enter
talnment to be offered. First he declared
that the minstrel part would have the
ereatest interlocutor ever known TO the
stage-De Wolf Hopper. And then during
tho applause Raymond Hitchcock ran on
the stage and said that Mr.. Hopper was
doing the most applauding.
OF course Mr.. Courtleigh added that
-, t<N afNfA nd
one Of whom would be Mr. Hitchcock. and
men he said that AS Mr.. Hitchcock was
playing In 'The Beauty Shop AT the
Astcr Theatre he would only appear at
ire New York performances and would
not so on the road with the Gambol
nat gave Hopper chance to show his
head and shout 'Hurrah''' Later the
NO comedians matched coin to see
which would buy box. Hopper won
and sold Hitchcock a box for 800. He
made the sale 80 quickly that no one
eis~ had a chance to make bid. Then
Hitchcock sold Hopper a box for the
same price. but tried to run the price
% on him. 1t was thk sort OF by-play
hat kept the audience In good humor.
First Choice Of Rox. a7.iOO.
The prices at the sale yesterday were
IN addition to the regular price OF the
tickets and were in the nature OF bonuses.
The regular prices for boxes In the "dia-
nond hors eshoe' will be $50. and orches-
ira seats will be IS. As In former years
the iirs; choice 81 boxes was sold yester-
day TO syndicate of members Of the
Lambs. II fetched sI.l0o.
The first box sold at auction. through
Mr. Courtieigh, brought $500. II was
urchased by James Elverson. news
paper proprietor OF Philadelphia. Then
the price OF boxes sold by Augustus
rhomas. De Wolf Hopper. Raymond
Hitchcock and others ranged all the way
down 10 500. Diamond Jim Brady. who
never caNs for boxes, but prefers the
front row at Hrst performances. bought
N the entire twelve seats in the first
TOW. centre section. lie paid a bonus OF
c5 a seat. which made the twelve seats
cost him 1850
The highest price paid for ar orches-
ira seat Was Sos. 1t was purchased by
Victor Herbert, the composer. who is now
in Europe and will not be able to attend
evening performance of THE Dummy
approached the sale was hurried and q
number of seats were sold at bonus
Il o..
The amount netted at the sale WAS
fe,sls.?0. OF this s9.71S.2O was from
the auction sale and $500 for the special
box for the Lambs which will DO resold
ny the syndicate which bought IL. As not
more than one third Of the seats were
aletioned yesterday Il Is expected that
'hs receipts for the Arst performance will
reach $4,000.