Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-16
MISS, IN ORCHESTRA
HUNGER LINE, DISCOVERS
REBELLION BREWING
rThev Should Give Out Checks"
Saws Quarter Patron, When
Two Girls Push Way Into
Queue of Early Corners
ONE PATRON OWNS AUTO
Rv M,I.ISS

,-a,.,a,ion and rebellion were rampant
49, hunger line on Saturday night. No
s~.sd brigade, however, is this tortuous
r,.,e which curls around from the gallery
srtrance Of the Academy OF Music on locust
s"..s down past the front of the building.
ss,,,re out on big nights IN a final swirl
ssrter OF a block up on Spruce street.
rrnlesa OF course. you are thinking OF the
hread OF the soul, which Is music then you
,nleht properly call this Philadelphias most
..rsstent most avariolous Bread Line.
T.nsv wore the starved look OF the fam
,.hsd man to whose nostrils comes the
: .rrelI OF savory food, did these hundreds OF
reople who stand faithfully every Saturday
,,rht arld walt their turn for gallery
seat 10 hear the orchestra They took on
.xpressions which said more plainly than
could mere words.
San summer long we've had our tongues
hanging out for good music and now only
are we about to be served with IT,"
Ordinarily there's pervasive air OF good
fsllowshlp among the hardy constituents Of
Dc saturday night line. Last Saturday
night the regulars wore an unmistakable
crouch.
asomething's got to be done about II.
This things got TO be systematiEed. It's
starting again and IL can't 20 on all winter.
The management ought TO find way like
they did in Boston. There they use checks"
II was a young man with books under his
arm who spoke. The actions OF two young
women--intruders, OF course; no regular
would so violate the code--who came at
quarter OF and insinuated themselves into
ths very beginning OF the line were respon-
sible for the Crouch. rustic Of rage ran
down the waiting aisle You could almost
see It. People who had been there since
ESQ brstled at thus being set back two.
They gathered round the young man to hear
more about the checks
There the management provides an off,
Ger who hands out checks to the people as
they come No one can crawl In ahead OF
the other then. IL you haven't got your
check. YOU don't get your ticket, and the
, man who dispeuses the checks stands at the
the end of the line"
II seemed so simple that the little old
lady who informed me she had been stand
ing for four years, could scarcely take
Il In.
"Just think of that" she said in wonder
ment, Boston uses checks and Philadel-
phia hasn't thought OF that yet" Then she
began to ''reminisce" about the kind OF
people who, In her experience, had squeezed
In ahead OF their turns.
They're never the real music lovers"
she said emphatically '"rhey-this was
accented--either come early enough to be
sure Of getting a seat OF take chance at
the end OF the line. But some people don't
know what honor is
'once a whole family squeezed in.
was so mad tried to get an officer to put
DO against whole family? They said
they'd been there at 8 o'clock and had left
20 go and get supper. Many's the time
I'd like to go and get supper, but l wouldn't
have the nerve to claim my place II did"
The code among the regulars is stringent
There is no regaining a place once II is
left, except on one condition. This is when
you have a companion who, with the con-
sent Of those Immediately in front and
back OF you. holds your place while
" .s.lN E-nA
To do more than this. however. is TO un-
conditionally forfeit your cherished posi-
ton.
There were many happy reunions Satur-
day night. Particularly was the girl artist
who knows stokowski welcomed into the
fold.
rs IL really true that he had his head
shaved2 What does he look like and why
did he do III" they fired at her.
She reassured them In one breath. I'M
able to furnish reason for Philadelphia
beloved conductors sacrilegious act Of
parting with his golden tresses. she calmed
them with the announcement that more
golden tresses had grown out and that he
was looking quite his handsome and ro-
mantle self
II was at this juncture that another pop
ular regular arrived He drove up with
great eclat in a motor. the make OF which is
well know TO us all. He rumbled his greet
ings TO other regulars through Hugheslike
whiskers and modestly took his place at the
end Of the line. lie was complimented on
the acquisition OF his car. but such Is the
democracy OF the Saturday night line that
he refrained from gloatlng over those who
had come on foot.
Suddenly--as Is the way with lights
they went up. In little while the line
began to straighten and move, slowly at
hrst and then quite rapidly. Those who Ave
minutes before were standing in front Of
horticultural Hall wondering IL they were
70 be rewarded with seats now quite