The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-21
In New York
RY PAUL HARRIsON

I Aebv0 OOCA OAA SAtO NOA60 OA 6oOSk- ing that Broadway would be a much happier place if all the box office treasurers, those theater ticket sellers, could be rounded up and exiled to some remote island where they'd be able to snarl at nobody besides themselves. ,Specu- Hating further on an appropriate room, I always figured that the is- land should be so small that 1t would offer standing room only.
 We'll, it may be that New York box office people are, on the aver age, the most disagreeable folk this side of the Borneo jungles. Many 8 ducat-vender, I am sure, practices sneering while having his morning shave. But for all that I have developed great measure of sympathy for such un- happy individuals. I am even pre- pared to say that, under the cir cumstances. their patience and composure are phenomenal.
 Rows over Seats
 This reversal of opinion was ef- fected in exactly i've minutes, a brief but trying interlude which I spent in 8 box office. The ticket attendant in this case was a wo- man. In fact, she was a lady. A lady called Mickey. Time: 15 minutes before the evening cur tain. Place: the Glib theater.
 | Mickey was answering one of the three telephones as huddled into a corner. |. .Mczilch Agen- J-103, 4. 5. and 6. Yeah, J as in l Mo nfy. 1aft <,v, 1T tickets for Ogenschlagle. Sorry, for Ogenschlagle. MT Ralph Stein left the tickets? We'll, MT Stein manages the Nolan Theater next door; you're in the wrong place L.. Sorry madame; can't give you four anywhere in the first twelve rows. Madame, there just aren't any seats left on the aisles. Here's four in R, a little to the side :, l. :. l "GIib Theater.. Mrs Man-
 helm? You've got six in the
 balcony for Wednesday mat
 inee and want to change
 them for eight in the Orches-
 tra Friday night? No, nOth-
 in in the third row center: I've
 got eight in IL. IL as in Lind- bergh; the letter L-twelfth
 row. Yes, yes, admire Mir | Hndbergh too. Thank you, Mrs Mannheim ..
 | T wasn't ignoring you. sir. l was answering the telephone Those seats were sold. We can't hold unpaid reservations longer than half an hour before curtain. Can't do anything about 1t; that's the rule. You got caught in a traffic jam? Can't help 1t, sir; here are four in R. best I've got lty. The thirty cents is the tax, madame. You want to see the seats first? Can't take you in and show them, madame, but here's a seating diagram. .. Hello--Glib Thcater. Leviathan Agency ? Yeah, four for to-morrowN To as in oyster, O-16-17-18-19. Bye. Two in front. sir. Sorry; two at the side in the fourth row is the closest tonight. No, we're not closing to-night:.sI T said these are the best we've got What's that, sir-you left your tickets in your other suit? And you don't re- member the numbers? Just step aside, and wait till the curtain goes up. Pu-leezei can't help you now Hello--Glib Theater. Boxes are sold out. I can't help who wants them. The boxes are
 "A refund, madame? told | you those seats were on the
 side. Oh, you just remem- | bered that you've already
 seen this show? okay
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 | Those too-too-original society benefit at the Casino de Paree the other evening, with whoopine big initial charge and a male-pop. uiarity contest to swell the rev. enue. Votes were 10 cents each a good deal less than Tammany used to pay for them, - and thu names of the candidates, about [ dozen young blu1b1OOds, Swer, chalked on big blackboard. Jus for fun somebody added the nam, of Jimmy Savo, who's appearinf [ on the stage of the music hall Savo, you may recall, is a l0w-com ledy pantomimist and I believe thu { funniest one this side of Charii'
 Wei, the comedian won. I may be that the only Kind Q drawing room he ever saw wa : painted on a stage set. But h' has rich and valiant friends--yow
 sah! Score; Sav0, 2z,904 vote Cat dime each): Carnelius Van derbilt Whitney. 21sSt4.
 jthat they had not known before. ~ The shadow of panic throw Ithem into sharper relief. And tht . story about them makes highly on