THE FINANCIAL END.
TRIALS OF THE BOX OFFICE MAN AND
THOSE WHO WATCH HIM.
Story of the Bit oF Cardboard Yount Ades
One to the Theater “The Manager on the
Road Has to Keep His Eyes Open, Says a
Man Who Has Been Through the Will.
There is something about the wear
and tear of the duties incidental to the
pox office that preinaturely ages a young
man. Stay by him a single day, and
you'll know what it is. When he comes
to the theater in the morning and ar-
| panics kis tickets in the rack and cons
ont his change and the advance sales on
that day, it is with an air of resigna-
Yom such as kings and queens used to
wear just before they were carted out
for execation
There are 80 many tic kets of varions
kinds and prices prepared for each per
formance and énly dated and numbered
and marked with a big letter or number
for the day of the week This larger
‘designation is with the view of han-
dling rapidly. There are drawers con-
taining the tick sts of the following days,
each day by itsclf, and when an advance
sai is made he puts the money received
for it with the tickets for that day When
the day is over, be puts that tray of
tickets and money in the safe for the
pight. The advance money is thus nsu-
ally kept until the day comes around
and then goos into the pile received for
the night's performance.
The peculiarity of this business is
that everything connected with the box
office is cash. The sales are cash sales,
and if a combination show is in the
house the settlement with the combina-
tion tressurer is made in cash at the
close of every performance. Simply put,
therefore, at the close of the. day the
"difference between the number of “tick.
"etd on hand in the morning and the
tickets left unsold is represented in the
‘cash drawer.
As a matter of particular fact, how-
evey, there are numerous complications
incidental to the operation, and the
treasurer of the house and his assistant
—1he box office young man before allud-
ed to—become prematarely old and sb-
normally smart grappling with them.
On the rural circuits the traveling
manager is obliged to be very wary in
his dealings with the box office man. As
soon as the theater doors are thrown
open to the public the combination man-
ager or treasurer looking after the in-
terosts of the company playing in the
house makes his appearance and takes
ap his stand at the door, where he can
watch both the box office und the ticket
taker. When you enter gny theater
where a combination is playing, you'll
see this wary individoal at his post of
duty.
that the local people will ‘do’ him if
they can. He kmows all the tricks and
wriles of the box office young man and
. the doorkeeper and takes nothing for
"granted.
‘He soes that every comer hands in a
ticket of some kind, and that the door-
keeper puts that representative of so
much cash in the padlocked box. The
pasteboard in that tin box represents the
receipts of the house, of which his com-
pany has s certain percentage unless
playing on a certainty. He carries the
ew tothat box, and if he is “fiy”’ never
Jets the box go ont of his sight. There
is another watcher at the gallery donr
taking the same precantion. Of conn«
"he knows toe nice box office young man
. “wonldn’t cheat him—not for the world!
Bat all the same he is on guard against
a possible lapse of conscience.
“On the road,’”’ said Billy Keogh,
who has had experience in the box of-
fice and as traveling manager and ought
to be preity well mp in the tricks of
both, ‘‘the traveling manager goes on
the principle that every box office is 89- | jg ey knake cut him open and extract-
ing to ‘do him up' if it can. The first
thing he does is to go to the theater and
get his mail and ‘size up’ the local
man. And the first thing the local ‘HAN
does is to get “fy,” and if so it will be
‘diamond cut diamond, That process
we call ‘jollying’ begins at once.
“The traveling man is always on the
defensive. He can’t beat the other man.
All he can do is to prevent the box office
from beating. him. He must be up to
the tricks and as hard as nails You
“know in small towns the local treasurer
gots a yearly benefit and the doorkeeper
gets a benefit. So these two men will
‘play’ traveling companies for the ben-
efit of their friends at every opportunity.
*“Tho ‘collusion between the box office
234 the doorkeeper is perfect. Some-
they are very sensitive about be-
; Ba ched, and sometimes they pre-
tend to be indignant. The most indig-
pant treasurer 1 ever met was in a place
. where we caught the doorkeeper, who
was on the landing just above the bo
office, sliding tickets down a crack in
- the floor into the box office below.
“Take a popular price homss and tg
audiences of from 1,400 to 1, 500 people,
and in the rush it is hard to prevent be-
ing ‘done.’ If I can manage to hold
them down to $10 or $25 margin, I'm
pretty well satisfied. A new pocket reg-
ister has come into use that helps keep
run of the admissions. You can stand
‘at the receiver, and with your hand in.
your pocket count every person that goes
‘intg the house.
: “When the ticket seller and the door-
". keeper are close together, ther» is the
most danger, for they wiJl commnnicate
with each other with a nod or by signs
or words that the company's represent-
ative will not understand. - No, I don’t
think the house itself often profits by
these tricks. It is considerod arule that
the house is ‘done’ along with the trav-
ling company, though this is not al-
ways the case, to my personal knowl
edge.” Hew Y ork Herald
“Where ignoranee” Ete.
Bride groom Elect (who has given ev-
ery reason he ean find to justify his
marriagey— Besides, ‘old man, it will im-
prove my position. Now, you were well
off before you married, weren't you?
He mpecked Husband—Yes, 1 was
Bat 1 did't know it. london Judy.
thoughts of some person.
"are ‘‘visgalizers’’
He is there on the presumption
. clock winding snake.
.pame from a peculiar buzzing noise
18 1b
weNT AL MAGES.
Sistorial Pieler Commits With
Thought Impressed Zpon fhe Brain.
“A man conversing in carnest,”’ says
Emerson in his essay on *‘Natare,"" “if
he watch his intellectoal processes, will |
find that a material image, more or less
laminons, arises in his mind contempo-
raneous with every thought, which far-
nishes the vestment of the thonght '’
“This power of forming mental images
appears to vary in strength among indi
ridnals to a considerably degree Natu-
rally we should expect to find it power-
ful in poets and artists Charles Dick-
sts has himself told ne that he actually
“saw’’ his creations ag he wrote, and M
Taine mentions a painter who only Jook-
esd at an object while he sketched its
putline and was able to fill in the oslore
from the image of it in bis mind On
-the other hand, there are people of aqual
intelligence who, being vmable to see
such mental images thernselves, have
doubted their existence, and Mr. Fran-
cis (alton has shown that habits of ab-
stract thought, soch as men of science
and philosophers indulge in, are apt to
weaker: the capacity of forming mental
pictures.
Mr. Kirkpatrick of Winona, Minn,
an experirnental psychologist. has made
a series of nbeervations ¢m this phenom-
enon with the help of his classes. The
scholars were asked to write down jost
what came into their minds when oer-
tain familiar words, such as “book.”
“tree, '’ ‘church,’ were called out, and
the answers were carefnlly investigated.
He found that the majority of the sta-
dents formed distinct images of the ob-.
jects corresponding to the words, and
the rest formed indistinct images, with
a few exceptions, who seem to have in-
.dulged in philosophical ahetractions.
The word “book,” for example, called
up visions of a Bible, a dictionary, a
novel, in all but a few scholars, who
thomght of ‘food for the mind" or ‘the
** The word
‘‘tree’’ was represented by some kind of
tree, more especially the illustrious cher-
ry tree which George Washington cnt
down. The word ‘church’ usually
evoked a picture of aos church in the
vicinity, but some of the hearers thoaght
of & ‘‘religions organization.” It is ev-
ident from his results that most people
in thinking. while a
few are ‘‘nomvisualizers.”’ The tenden-
cy to form distinct images was very
conspicnons among the female stadents,
and in both sexes it reaches an abnor
- mal dévelopment about the ages of 14
"and 15, or faring the period of adoles-
cence, which, it has been otherwise ob-
served, is also ome of exceptional good
health and rapid growth. The tendency
is further checked ar fostered by the oc-
cupations in life. —C assell’'s Magazine.
: The Clock Winding Snake.
In Persia there is a kind of snake
which is known to the natives as the
It derives its
which it makes that resembles the wind-
ing of a clock. These snakes are per-
fectly harmless and frequently glide in
‘and out of the houses, no attention be-
ing paid to them by the natives Dur
ing a visit there several years ago |
was aftracted one moraing by an una-
sual twittering of birds, and on looking
ap saw about 20 sparrows om the top
of a wall, all jumping sbout in an ex-
cited manger.
At firstd was at a loss. to understand
the cause of such a commotion, but
presently 1 heard the peculiar bozzing
of the clock winding snake and in a
minute perceived the reptile crawling
along the wall, making directly for the
birds, which appeared to be fascinated
and made no attempt to fiy away. The
‘snake glided in among the birds, and
choosing one to his liking deliberately
seized it in his mouth and swallowed
jt. I picked up a stick, and.after kill-
ed the
ates’ ex
up, and i
away,
ww. After about 10 min-
to the sun the bird got
as few minutes more flew
ls unhurt. — St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Rosebery's Foresight.
The foresight Lord Rosebery display-
ed in arranging his matrimonial plans
is illustrated in the following anecdote:
Shortly after he had ‘returned from his
continental tour he was one of a house
party at Mentmore, i lordly pleasure
bouse which Baron Mever Rothschild
had built for himself :in Bockingham-
shire. One evening, at dinner, the con-
versation turned on the exquisite deco-
rations of the room. Lord Rosebery’s
observation to his next neighbor, by
way of epilogue to the conversation,
Was, “Yes this place would suit me ex-
cellently.’’ When, seven vears later, he
had married the daughter of the hones
‘and was the owner of Mentmore his
friend, happening to meet him, remind-
ed him of this observation. Lord Rose-
bery replied with assumed gravity, bat
with a telltale twinkle in his eye
“Well, of course yon know that the un-
expected always happens "—San Fran
cisco: Argonast. :
; A Philanthropist.
““What is the subject of your lectare? id
inquired the editor.
*“ “The Canse f Hard Times and How
to Cure Them, ' '" replied the gifted or-
Ror, ‘and as thé object of the lecture
its verr nature purely philan-
thropic I will ask von to be gener
the matter of free notic Br the way, n
he aided hurriedly. ‘1 forgot to fill a
biank in this advertisement
tend to it now.’
And he
blank after the words,
sion," by inserting
ters, ‘$1. "Chicago Tribune
ee
I will at
took the €opy an Jd Blied the
“Price of
the simple
MEMES
charac
Increase of Suickdes In Austria.
The increase in the number of suicides
in Anstria, which is stated to have been
‘very marked in the sixties and seventies,
fell off in the 10 yu 1 580-80,
the latter date, however, it has again
become noticeable. In 1581 the nimber
of suicides was 8372, in the following
year it was 803, and last year it reac hed
1. 005 3. — London Times -
irs Since
behoid.
_ after leaving Detroit
sumed their joumey
Cece to Dless her, bat she ne
Us in.
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1A PIONEER SKETCH
A TOUCHING TALE OF A BURIAL Kh
THE WILDERNESS.
ha Lonely: Grave a Ziti ath: Which
Was Cored For by Some Kindly Hand
Por Thivty-five Years A Mother's Awful
Grief Almost Alone In the Forest.
In the year 1829 a steady stream of
was flowing into the terri-
tory tory of Michigan The evar rostloss peo
ns wonderfol sto-
ries of the abundance of gare and gress
fertility of sofl to be found in the new
territory, snd the sturdy, adventure
some farmers of rocky New England
were ping thule way westwarvi, with.
the hope of
Detroit, at this time, was a Sght to
Its streets wore thromged with
the covered wagons of the immigrants
Huanters and Indians half breads and
soldiers were mingled in a chastic mass
© Among the great throng of home seek-
ers that left Detroit on the 2d day of
May, 1829, were James Harrie his wife
and year old baby. Young Fioris had
finding the Fl Dorado of
pat all of his earthly possescions into a
covered wagon, and bidding grodby to
friends and relatives had joined that
endless stream of home seekers that were
pushing their way into the wilderness
‘of Michigan, hoping by their emergy
and ts build op a bome for
themselves and an inheritance for © ir
children
The road westward from Detroit fol.
lowed an old Indian trxil, and by eon
stant travel the mud had become a0
derp that it was almost impaseabie.
Many of the pioneers left the old road
and strock oF into the wilderness, mak-
ing roads for themselves
Among this number was Junes Har
ris. and all went well for a few days
After camping one night the wind sod
denly shifted to the northwest, and gs oold
rain set in This was the eighth day
The company that
they had begun thei r jomrney with had
gradually dropped off; and for toro days
they had traveled alone, slowve in the
great wilderness, anpritected save what
protection the canvas covered wagons
gave them Was it any wonder that as
they listened to the howl of the wolf
and the hoot of the ow! they bacame a
little homesick? Harris had made a
great fire of dry brush, and while it was -
barning brightly the family had gone
to sleep. From this sleep the young
mother was aroused by a sharp, hoarse:
oomgh from her baby. She immediately =
awoke her husband, fresh foel was
thrown on the fire, and as it blazed op
the young mother pared anxicasly into
the face of baby Rath One glance at
the little drawn face resting on ber arm.
ard the mother knew that the baby had
that dread disease, the crogh. Every-
thing was done for the little sufferer
that the distracted parents could da
They were young snd inexperienced,
and all night long they fought for the
life of their little one. but all in vain
Just as the first glimmer of light ap
peared in the éast the spirit of baby
Rath took its flighs
The young mother,
wild with grief, presaed the form of ber
darling to her breast moaning and say
ing over and again, ‘Baty is
dead!’ She refused to jet her hoshand
take the little one from her. She wemid
never give it up: no never! All that day
they remained in camp Toward evening
the wife became calmer, anil standing
over
pear the wagon with the babe in ber
arms she saw her hustand dig the litge
ve, and when it was finished a rude
was made, and she tenderly laid her
baby to rest, with her own hands ples-
ing it in the grave, and as the dirt rat.
tied down on the HA she fell senseless
into her husband's arms
After filling the grave the young fa
ther took two little spr mts of Lombardy
poplar that he had in the wagon, set-
ting one at each end of the grave, and
cutting the words ‘Baby Rath”
piece of board he placed at at the head
of the little mound, and then they re-
Y ears passed, and
a road was laid near the spot. The pop-
lars grew and became a living mome-
ment. The piece of board that had told
the little one's name was snanunally re- |
placed by some kind hand
Time passed quickly, aad May 10
bad come and gone 35 times since baby
Roth was laid to rest in the wilder
pess, the poplars had grown to be
trees and. stood in a cleared field near
the roadside; the surrounding forest had
long since disappeared ‘A board was
pailed to the trees with the words “'Ba-
by Ruth'’ painted on it A carriage was
passing by when the driver. an elderly
man, glanced toward the trees and saw
the inscription. He looked at the trees
and at the sign. hitched his horse, made
inquiry of a farmer near by as to the
meaning of the sign and was told that
when be came to the country he found
the little grave marked with a rude
board, and that he had spared the trees
and nailed np a new board. His infoem-
ant wi mdirnd at the émuginn of the
stranazer, wha staid with him overnight.
bnt his wander ceased when he was told
the story of baby Ruth as] have written
it. The wife and mother had died some
two viars before Other children had
Lor Arettorn and the lintl grave in
wildermess, A antifaln nr
marks the soot wher sleeps bats ~ Ruth
—Van Barsn Connty Republican
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A Years Werk of the
Tie annals of tt
for the vear 1343
tisha: Tt
PETRONS Wer
Pasteur Institate
roy shone that Mae
treated
amt that only six
disease. (Hf the num
wer ]
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& Portugus in
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heen treated by his meth
died of the disease = = n
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and 72 have
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Prop'r
GERD
Re pres nts the foll OW-
the city with an ‘elegant and
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complete stock of
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{and will occupy. one of the
le Late! | rooms up stairs in the Good
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Dale & Fotkreon.
“=. PATTON, PA.
FW ry
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PATTON, PENNA
W. E. Probert,
pes ARTISTIC Yoni
Barber and Hair Dresser,
A Nee Time Piece
ff
is a
necessary
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A full line of Wathes and Clocks
Companion :
that :
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DANTELSON & “ENGEL AD'S
SHOE - SHOP
$th Ave. near RR Station
Ghoes made to order and repairicg
of all kinds done promptly Prios
: if
sells vou will ran and Kewp time with the sun
al lowest prices.
Repairing and Engraving
a Specialty. Al repair work Guarrantesd. Pall line of Spectacles Youre eves
fitted acrurately
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53 SHOE WELT.
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Attorney-at- [aw.
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all basinees with Devenparees
sew wii te 3 he
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whi clus to increase the sales on their full line of They am
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fost wear of the dealer md verted below Outalague free free spon
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BARBER AND Hamre DRESSER,
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We have a full line of .
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for IY
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to Jon Yahoer's Hard ware ston
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nds of Shelf Hardw are kept on hand.
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Patton,
INTER,
15 years experience.
Fact We rk
QUEENS.
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Freacoes, Calsominos an
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A Few Facts a
OF INTEREST TO
~~ EVERYBODY.
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tina the high reputation Hard Times Prices!
i essors “have CELA IsIO :
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i «hiich 13 a beautiful bx 37 . Right Goods
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