Show What Our Readers Think Reader Raps Discourtesy Of Usherettes at Theater Editor Telegram Now that the election is over thank goodness perhaps goodness perhaps the citizens of Salt Lake City will be able to air their grievances again in their favorite paper The Tele Tele- gram My pet peeve at the moment Is the way some Salt Lake theaters theaters theaters thea thea- arc are run We Ve have a friend an old lady Indy well past 70 who Is Isa Isa isa a cripple She fractured her hip several years ago and now has hasto hasto hasto to walk with a cane A short time ago this lady attended a certain Salt Lake theater When she arrived In the lobby at the tho head of one of the aisles she saw a group of ot usherettes in a huddle having a gabfest She waited a few minutes and when none of them offered to usher her to a seat she asked one of the girls if she would please show her to a seat The Thc girl said she had no and when my friend asked her if the manager manager manager man man- ager had one the girl replied He might My friend then went to the managers manager's office and made her request to an individual who to put It mildly was exceedingly exceeding exceeding- ly brusque No he wasn't the manager Theater managers are arc Invariably courteous and ing He tin finally ally produced a flashlight flashlight flash lash light from somewhere and took It to one of ot the giggling usherettes usherettes usherettes usher usher- ettes and the thc lady was shown to a seat There is another theater in Salt Lake City where the ushers arc are a credit to the theater the management and to Salt Lake City Every patron who enters the theater is asked where he would like to sit and he is escorted es escorted escorted es- es to his seat scat by the usher who uses his flashlight until the patron is seated We Vo have two friends a married married married mar mar- ried couple who left lett Salt Lake City for tor another state about three months ago The city where they live Uve has about population and there are three theaters in the city two showing showing showing show show- ing first run pictures the other second run pictures Admission for the former is all day and the latter all day Our friends have seen several pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures that have been shown here at the same time but at less than half halt the price The lady writes And best of ot all the ushers at all the theaters theaters theaters thea thea- here are arc charming and courteous So you see Mr Editor how everyone appreciates appreciates appreciates ates courtesy no matter in what part of the globe we live in in J. J R R. Brocklehurst |