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Show The Theatre. I EJUon Herald: j la the ptlmy days of tl e theatre it wis ire tt to attend, as much to many to see an audience made up ot acquaintances and friends, as to witness the playing of a drama. Toose times might be revived, if aj Bimilar course were pursued by the! management. Tbere is much more1 satis action in sitting in a well filled auditorium than one half empty. And we think that by the adoption of the plan which worked so well in the early days oi the drama, more people would at-ecd and ejoy performances at the theatre. It is this: There are numbers of citizens who would patronize patro-nize the play bouse but foi the scarcity of mony. Could not an exchange be made by those having charge of the institution, whereby working men could secure tickets for tbe kind of pay tuey receive themselves? A large amount, if not all of it, might be disposed dis-posed of to the company, tbe scene shiliers, tbe supernumeraries and general attache. It has been done, and with a little manipulating could be done again. It would be tbe meanB, perhaps, of awakening a liveiipr interest in the drama here, of olteutr opening the house and ot keeping a Block company for the support ot stars. Barter and trade is not a firBt-class way of conducting a business, but the order system which has been in vogue since tbe early settlement here could be worked to a certain extent with satisfactory results. Orders. |