Show WOMEN AND A TICKET DEAL The Adventures of Seven Pair Fair Ones Onesin Onesin Onesi in i Quest of Grand Opera Chicago Tribune Seven Chicago women who live in the same sama sam suburb on the north shore made up their collective mind more than a month ago that they would go 0 together to a performance by b the Grau grand rand opera company to hear teat The Magic Masic They Th discussed cu dJ ed the matter of getting etting seats at some length Jen th There was one business woman among amon them and she finally solved the problem You make meke a check cheek she said to the member of oC the party who had bad a bank account of oC her bar own Make it for se sad and d payable to yourself Mail Uail It Jt to morrow and ad ask them to reserve s seats ats for us bJ But where shall shaH I send the t e eh k asked the involuntary treasurer Then followed another long Ions and heat ed ad discussion di eu ion out of which a decision was wag w finally reached that the check had better bettar b be mailed to the box office of ot the Auditorium And Aud to whom shall shan I Indorse it pur sued aued the woman of ot wealth That Thai matter was also debated and it was as agreed that t the paper had better f be made payable to Milward rm Adams Ill tell teU you what said the business s woman wootan Write Writs the check and Rive give it to me e and Ill tend to the rest of ot it The check was made out and mailed to the box be office of the Ule Auditorium Nothing wan waa 11 heard beard of oit it in any way The opening of or the grand opera season came and aDd went W t and still till there was no word One of the seven women interested wrote rote rotea a letter Jetter of inquiry In the rush of the I opening season it was w probably y over looked At any all rate no answer came As A the tIN day of ot the performance ap the women became excited Mrs Mis Brown who had bad h made the check went to her bank and there discovered red that the check had bad been presented reee and paid SUIt Still no notice tice came from the Au At last Jast 9 a week before betote the date ef of the performance the Ute husband of one of ot the women was persuaded te to 1 undertake an n investigation tin He Re went wet to te tn t tOe bank with an order and an was vs given the tie canceled check ch k Then he visited the Auditorium The roan man aua at the box office ofte had bad no n record red of ot reserving any a seats st for Mrs Mr Brown Thou Then Tei he went wet to see M Mr Adams Adas Mr MrA Adams Adam A could cu do nothing If I a cheek check had been b sent nt it must have passed the th box office or It I could cul pe sot net ft have bave done dope that th without ut a record bung made of It It Mr Ir Adams Ada was was sorry but bt he be h could do d nothing if It his hl box office Of rice man had no DO DOrr record rr of ot the check ehe or the tickets At this t point pint in the debate deb the sub suburbanite sub suburbanite urbanite drew the canceled canle cheek cek from tro his b pocket and an presented it to Mr MrA Adams pet Mr r Adams Ad glanced at at it and A recognized recognised its It authenticity The two tw an men me went wt out otte to the te box office to make Jake further tut i The treasurer tr also looked locked at a the U ur cheek check cek and an then th need made Rd a an another a other oh search of his records record n There Th wee was w no sign M of ot its It receipt ree and and no so tickets Brews B we a held beki hel to t the t order ord ef ot Mrs Just then the an a Inspiration came cam car to the theman te theman man mn from fr the Ue suburb Mrs K Brown Brwn signed that cheek check eek he be bead said as a you can c see se But I believe be Mrs Mr ad Smith Sith sent ant It I 1 is n here P by mall m L Perhaps she asked aR for tor tickets tes In her he name The ticket seller looked Ceder r the new nw name end and a found toM the seven soe tickets without b always Wa the te way wy whoa a 8 par parcel eel cel cl of ot women WR try tr to t do d anything ayt p said s the man ma from tm the suburbs as a he bf h put i ithe the tickets in his hil h pocket k t Im Tm sorry sor to I have hae bothered you yu about abut this thi matter and I Ill Il certainly cerly tell tek t those hose women what fools I they have m tos themselves S Several eral ral ot of the seven sven women W eD came over 7 to his bl house hous after dinner that night to I learn ler what was wa the result reul of his investigations invest Investigations He was wa severe uIs Its all al your you own fault he told them them The Te idea ide of having one woman sign sig the check chek and another mail mai it and ask asic ak for the seats st in her name is enough to mix anybody up Its Is a wonder you ever got the seats st and you would never have got them tem If I been clever cever enough to guess ge that there was wa some such twist in the deal del After he be b had hd made all al of iT the women feel tel much ashamed ahamed of themselves he re reBut relented lente But alls als well wen that ends well wel he said with wih a smile smIe Here are the tick es He put pt his hand han Into his outside coat pocket but bt the tickets were not there Then pet Ten he dove dve into another pocket pocket He Hest sat st up straight and made a thorough search serch Well where in heavens name have these te things th gone he ho asked aked de do despairingly None Noe of the women present attempted to enlighten hint him him Instead they looked at each ech other and grinned Alter After Ater spend spending spending spending ing five ve or ten minutes ginned in a a fruitless search sarch for the bits bIt of pasteboard he fin finally fn finally ally aly gave it up Ill rn get ge you y some o other her seats sets in the morning he ne said as he retired into his 8 stud study studA As A he b went into his office the janitor janior ket was Just carrying caring out the waste wate has bas baskets ba Tom he said sid I 1 lost Jost some tickets to the Auditorium yesterday If I youl look through the waste baskets basket for tor them in Ill Il you u ii 1 and If you find them Ill Il make w It 2 An hour later Tom came caine back with wih the little envelope envelop which still contained the tickets Clutching the lost tickets ticket In his hand ban the man from the suburbs rushed out of his hi office and went straight to the place where the business woman of the unfortunate seven was employed pi d Here ar art those blamed tickets he said sid laying the envelope down on her desk desk I r refuse refus te to be responsible for them another minute Now count them and see se that they are re tl ll 11 there thero The tickets wera all al there and the wo ivo woman woman man pinned them envelope and all al on onto onto to tn Vw her waist so as to be b sure that she would woul not drop or forget them tem At a S she sh took tok the train trin for the sub suburb suburb suburb urb and without even going home rushed up to the house hou of Mrs Brown to de deliver delver deliver liver lver the precious pasteboards That was ws preus a good joke on Mr Jenk Jenkins JenkIns Jenkins ins last lat night wat it i she said And Ad Adhe he was wa still sti mad today He came up to tomy tom tomy my m office and threw the tickets down on my desk dek and said he be re responsible responsible for an them a minute longer lon er Any Anyway Anyway way wa rye got them here now all al right Whereupon sh she unpinned the envelope from her waist The envelop envelope was as ab absolutely empty It I had been Pinned on with the te open on flap down and the tickets had dropped o OUt outWell t tWell hd Well Vei dropp that does do settle it i she said and wept tat on en the shoulder of her weeping friend fren While she was retiring that evening she found fond the missing tickets and next she went around and an distributed them tem one by one tb t the seven seyen members of f the th party She found foun one of or the seven who de declared dared cared she had bad never authorized the pur purchase purchase chase cha of DC ae a ticket In her name and who refused refU te t accept or pay for it it That left an al extra ticket in the hands of the party and a the other oter six sL members spent the afternoon trying tring to sell seU It to their friends frend They succeeded so s well wel that the next afternoon It i was s discovered that no noless nole noless less le than tha three different women claimed it i and ad refused reu to be put off of with any excuse ecu By way of or compromise the woman who originally made the check and the woman who had bad done de the correspondence agreed agee to t give up their own tickets U ket to the extra two selves purchasers and an stay sty at home them themselves When en last lat heard herd from the seven mem mom members member bets bers ber of the te party Including the two new Dew ones were having baving an excited de ide debate de bate b as to whether one of their number should be allowed to buy librettos for car e all aU the te fare tae party and an 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