Show U a idelt till WAY P bof F ic E I 1 0 a N 0 7 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 4 04 air neke are many persons persona in the show business who T never appear on an the stage they are the unsung heroes of the theater of whom the audience see or hear little or nothing at all they endure most moat of the hardships incident to the business yet they aro are never pe permitted bitted to bask bank in ae limelight who are they they ore are the stage hands electricians the maids and valets valeta of the stars ticket takers box office emco clerks scene shifters ushers dressers stage door keepers and lost those individuals whose job it Is to keep before the public the names nod and faces of 0 the players by whom they are employed loyed keeping themselves the while juo amre re jr less lees in obscurity the press the thrill of tho the show business affects the life of every person con with the theater once bitten by the microbe of the stage these individuals are doomed to live in by and for or the theater it la Is their bread and butter and try as they may to tear themselves away from its ita gripping fascination they seldom make the break take for example the stage door man inan who represents perhaps the theaters saddest story says the new york times while he receives a wage which Is not ou of proportion to the service he renders he be has long hours and sometimes Is forced to work seven days a week his chief consolation and an important one in ili tho the show business la Is that it if he proves himself capable which Is not difficult ho he may bo be assured of steady employment in season and out fortunately all stage door keepers are not married or have families to support they tell the story of the door keeper said to be worth who worked his ten hours or more a day and never offered the slightest hint of hla his somewhat comfortable circumstances cum stances the average door nian man Is either cither old or crippled consequently the task of holding the fort by the stage door where ho be can read his newspaper and smoke all day long without being disturbed too often Is as comfortable an occupation as ho he could hope to find anywhere consider next the dressing mold maid she Is taught soon enough to bear the brunt of her mistress temperament while the star by whom silo she la Is employed may be thrillingly happy today the maithas maid mald has learned from experience peri per lence ence to be always on the lookout for some mishap which however alight will alter her employers feelings completely the maid of almost any theatrical celebrity Is to all appearances one of the happiest and most punctual persons in existence she Is a quiet and efficient worker and learns learna quickly enough the necessity of not missing either cither performances performance a or cues always preparing in advance for the next change of apparel most maids and dressers are expert with the needle and often inherit the discarded butt but still serviceable gowns which their extravagant employers have abandoned there Is a new york dancer who la Is far from the ranks of stardom but still affluent lluent af enough to employ two maids and a chauffeur when things go wrong backstage she may bo be heard to shout and scold them with a thoroughness that halts at no form of express expression lon aej A rJ ari Jr abst k aum i fab S i 0 and yet for nil all that she la Is ordinarily quite a pleasant being and the two maids have been with her for years stage managers too are outside the theater picture and yet like the maids and valets they live in a world which revolves upon every whim of some temperamental star or producer when the sheets are tallied it will be seen that they also contribute largely to the success of the people and productions which they are working for the average stage manager has haa gone through several years of preliminary training irn InIng before lie he reaches his station a training that may include in its schedule anything from having been a callboy call boy to a playwright who Is trying to earn his keep between the gaps of his various produced leed works the stage manager Is of course tin an important cog in the tha theatrical machine really a minor factor in tho the life of a product production ibn the stage director a more Import important rint person for having produced and staged the play teaches the stage manager exactly how the lines aro are to be delivered and after that the latter must see t it that no alterations are ara made occasionally the stage manager may be asked by tho the shows owner tor for ills his opinion concerning the selection of an understudy but all told he will ordinarily bo be found back stage looking at his watch taking note of curtain times seeing to it that every one to Is ready tor for the next elle cue and everlastingly loud talking sometimes it happens that the stage manager has time to play a small email part in the production lie he may have been an ian actor once himself and lie he la Is still useful because he does docs not suffer from sta e I 1 h there are even stage manag are re ex producers having drevlou previously lost in their own theatrical gambles dambik the lot of the understudy Is more often one of kroml promise ke than of fal fulfillment fill but the odds anre aire usually worth taking for there la Is the the I 1 eternal ete anal hope that some time she will be called upon to assume her superiors role one such chance may decleo decide it whole career and in this fashion many a player on broadway today has Pas earned her first chance the man in the box bor office prides pride himself upon lils his ability to un understand ferstand ler stand human nature ile he Is a ell shrewd yd gentleman and occasion occasionally ally may rell bell ell an orchestra seat to a person who wha bev feals 18 lie he would prefer to sit upstairs ue knows for instance that abere therel Is a difference in the technique of stilling ailing tickets to men and women ile he k knows aws the laws rules and regulations tot both ticket takers and ushers may iba be combined its as perhaps tile tho most d dai cached employees of oc a theatrical 0 or row few of them undertake under their jobs as their sole means of eup eop port it la Is thus thua no great worry to thorn thoin when a production shuts abuts down among ushers there are college tto dents and young women married and unmarried their hours of work are short and they have plenty of spare time for themselves ticket takers taken in the daytime have been known to bo be letter carriers storekeepers store keepers a student A and even clerks although this list of uni sting unrecognized heroes bejoes of the stage might be 60 continued indefinitely into the outlying branches and offshoots off shoots of tho the theater there Is one wort mor person who cannot be neglected here namely th the w press agent thero there uro tire all sorts of definitions concerning a press abress agent at a meeting of the board of directors he be may be fraternally called a publicity director in social intercourse he be may inny bo be referred to us as if a press representative and the managers too usually all have their own quaint description a ol of him even the detached ob observe servel roust must admit that while hla his inventive ness nesa la is astounding hla his work la Is not always appreciated for like other human beings the press agent some eoma times errs and when he doeu teete Is I 1 a price to pay if ha be pulls a stunt that la Is pure fake dramatic editors and city editors learn to classify him properly ind and it la is a long time before he can come out of his hitting hiding place to face them again with another idea for publicity on the whole hla his la Is perhaps the tha most fascinating function of the long list of persons who attach themselves theros elvei to the allow business no he interprets interpret to me outside world the lure of working behind the scenes among paint and powdered troopers troupers troup crt ers fIll chorus girls and principals of ever rank A sue successful press agent la Is amon the worlds most indefatigable and resourceful beings ills statements state menta ti t a rule couched 19 1 the paper tire are as aa picturesque and sometimes ing language and he be leaves many ati ad editor gasping and guessing its as ta t whether or not he to Is telling the truth H he e la is not necessarily a pillar of gerac ity nor la is he likewise at fill all times I 1 pillar of the lesser falsehoods there ther are those who believe that the agent to Is one of the most important factors in the production ot of a play ile he can ruin euln a good on one e with ath publicity and sometimes he be can calt make a bad one through intelligent planning |