The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
By MIGNoN HALL

Because for cheerfuineSs, what can beat white?
 Being an usher is great life if you don't weaken"
 Thus spoke Mabel Moore, head usher. "No matter what happens, be sweet if 1t kills youl
 Troubles
 Most Of the time the work isn't difficult. but when you get hold of smart alecks or persons who are out of sorts before they get there, and have an arguing disposition. your troubles begin. Anything's liable to set them off.
 For instance, you'll take somebody to the seat they have bought. It doesn't suit. An usher hasn't any thing to do with this, but the first persons the patrons pick on are us.
 ]" This is not my seSti they will snap-while we know it positively is--I didn't buy this seat at all. And won't have 1t! You've made mis- take
 "We know we haven't. but what can we do except to smile our sweet est. take a look at the pasteb oard. and tell them togo and follow up the subject with the ticket seller.
 'The most trouble we have Is with persons who have gone to the ticket seller and demanded a seat on the front row. l guess a good many of these people don't know what the front row means
 Well, after they get located there. about 99 times out of \ hundred, they're not satisfied. They take one lcck at all the comets and trom- bones they have bought. and squirm around. Then they begin to wave at us. We know what that means.
 They start in delivering lec- ture. They have been wronged-and take the attitude that the company has singled them out to pick on.
 Lucky to Escape
 We consider we have a lucky es- cape if we have good substitute seat for we always want to satis- fy the public if we possibly can But a lot of the time 1t happens that the house is sold out. except the peanut or the rows far in the rear. They won't take their money. back--and to these we are compelled to lead them. We leave them sputtering, and go and stand afar off and shiver. knowing there's one person in that house who would haugh ike horses if our funeral was going down the street.
 We murmer: There's another one who isn't going to put her foot in our old theatre again-not for thousand dollars. We could go broke and be begging from door to door and she wouldn't give us piece of cornbread to keep us living another hour
 Maybe you've once bought tick ct on the front row. If you have. you probably remember how the ticket seller leaned over and asked you to repeat the words--and you did-and then he looked sweaty and anxious. That's the reason. How ever, there are some people who are regular fans on the front seat and won't take any other
 The girls then turned to exclaim over the very wonderful people who attend the theatre. Trust girlish hearts--beating high and sensatively ito find and cherish the pure gold! They are just grand We love to have them come. They're always so good and sweet and patient and considerate, we can't help but fall Tn love with them. Wed actually ike to smile and whisper hello to them. But of course we can't. We must just hurry to do their little service. Know The Sweet Ones "'Course we don't know ther names, nor who they aTe--put " know their faces because we have seen them so long
 They take their places according to the way they have purchased their tickets: and if they have forgot ten a program, want some water or anything, they ask in such way you feel like your life's worth some thing. You feel you have chance to make the theatre a real honey place for them.
 "As general rule. men are less l hard to please than women. One trouble ushers have with both, though, is that they will see friends on the other side of the house. leave their own seats to join them. and then beg us to let them stay where they have moved.
 "Of course we can't do this. be- cause it would mean that other | ticket buyers would be discom' moded.
 50 when we gently but firmly say no, we expect anything from a wry face on down to a peasant remark about how you can't get any accom- n. odation from ushers.'
 "Ain't 1t the truth" spoke up one l girl. But sweethearts are tho worst. | It's awful hard to separate them If they have bought different seats. and naturally we don't like to. But, stern duty compelling, what we gei l from the young man-and maype from the girl--is that anguished fa- cial expression. How can you do it!' l Sometimes the sweetheart gets bold | AL 4A