Show iii I r In New Y rk r NEW YIRK YIK-Tho YIK Tho Tho ticket spec sp Is a product of or Broadway His Ils ceo oco- co nomie existence Is us as s precarious a athe as gunman the physical e existence tence of ot a Chicago A spec Is vernacular for lator lies He's los lo's the fellow who buys up tickets for events that are aro expected to draw great crowds and who re resells le ic sells sels them at a premium of ot generally gen gen- en- en oraly 75 per pr cent more than standard stand stanl- stanl and ard ad admission price His IUs habitat is any sidewalk Whether this happens happens hap hap- happens pens to bo the gato of ot a a. baseball park pak the tho doorway of Madison Square Garden on the night of a a. abig abig big fl fight ht or the many illumined theatre lobbies the spec will wl al always a- a ways be b on hand with his Inevitable chant Good tickets for lor the tho big bl show a a. couple of or good god ones mister He lie le is the nearest thing tin to a good gambler that can be found in any racket l For or every time that ho lie ever cleans up upS ho gets cleaned out his profits and his Is losses are aro equally heavy hev Ho lIe gambles against tho elements cements and against the tho uncertain and tastes tates of ot the tho crowd I Ho ILo Ie gambles against tho the chances of ot stiff competition from unexpected quarters and against tho the possibility of or ofa ofa ora a last minute reversal of ot public enthusiasm Many question why ho keeps on going and still others ask how ho lie keeps on going Yet Yel there seems to be an inexhaustible supply of or his breed playing f for r big 11 stakes or quick losses S S S The recent world worl series contest was a a. typical example of the tho downfall downfall down down- fall fal of or the spec At the opening game Iame his hJ sales ran heavy hevy But Dut thereafter for some 1000 reason or other a a. drop of fans was recorded He lie a. was stuck with wih his tickets Furthermore Fur in m the tho section opposition had ha presented presente Itself Inthe in inthe inthe the shape of a a. a hugo huso concern t at sold at a 25 5 per pe cent premium and garnered most moat of or tho the business The Tunney Dempsey fight again aln landed ande the spec an uppercut Thousands of tickets died on the sidewalks the te gates In the thelast thelast last minutes before the bout started started started start start- start start- ed they thy were selling for less than admission charge in an effort to get geta et eta a a percentage of oC their money back This Is a a. common occurrence with wih theatrical attractions that have havo ben been heavily bought ought up on prospect pros pros- pr- pr pact but which somehow fail fal to catch the public favor S S S SOur Our own Gotham Who's Who and nd Who Vho Andrew J. J Maloney Maloney Ma- Ma Ia- Ia loney the new nevi millionaire president of or the tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal corporation got his start sta 03 M a Broadway usher Jeffery who writes aTtIcs Broadway Bradway paragraphs for lor a Now New NewYork York paper Is I really raly a member of ot the British Brish royalty and can cn 1 lay claim dalm to tho title of lord Barney Bar Ban oy y Gallant Galant maestro of Greenwich Villages Village's snappiest night nightclub dub club was a a. police poUce reporter rere In St St. Louis Luis and got his start by making main loans t to tho the other othe scribes for a asmal small smal margin of ot percentageS percentage percentage He lie went to Mexico on a news story and when he ho came back spoke Spanish so well wel that ho he mado made lila his entree to Manhattan as a a Mexican and an a authority on that nation naton Anne Sutherland who conducts an atmospheric ham and ham and Inthe in inho ho tho Village was once heralded as ashe a the he most beautiful blond upon the tho stage She Sho was wa leading lady for a aChico Chicago Chico stock company in a a day when seats could be purchased purchase for 50 0 cents cent Now a a. veteran in the theatre she makes mae reappearance from rom time o to but tirrie-but but lien her bel hair hai has las grayed graye and she gives most of her he ler attentions to Van Dine I is tho the name namo taken by bylard lard Willard Huntington Wright one of or our ur leading intellectuals when doctOrs doc doc- tons tOrs ors sent him away with a a. nervous breakdown m and he ho decided to wite write Selective detective stories GILBERT SWAN Copyright ht 1928 NEA XEA Service Inc Ino |