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Show HE STOPPED THE BELL. Applicant Had Good Right to Dttund u Free Seat The requests for theater favon In the small towns are very troubleKSte, says the Chicago Inter Oconn. BUT person of local standing feels that he hns a right to admission at least, villa tho 'rusteea and the constable el that they are entitled to private befa. Some of the requests are docldelly unique. Recently a company played U small Southern city. The msntltr r es taking the tickets at the door of Iho theater, and the natives e struggling to get In. "Suddenly." tells, "a long, thin, bushy chinned Individual In-dividual divided the folding owrs with his shoulder, whispered con(ld"-tlally: con(ld"-tlally: 'I stop the bell.' I asked Wm to repeat 'I stop the bell.' he ld oguln. In a hoarse whisper. 'Yon "l hnve to see the opera house msor and toll him what you stop,' I nl4t reaching for tickets. Ho trlpH "P several ladles while backing out. Soon the manager of the house rams In, saying, 'Hn's all right, he stoni the bell.' I allowed him to go lu. ana after af-ter the people wero sealed 1 asked h local man what ho meant by hs 'ifP the bell.' 'Well,' said he. 'this Bn Is the Janitor of the Town Hall, rllht opposite, and on "show nights" he does not ring 9 or in on the w clock. You see.' he said. 'It would i1-turb i1-turb the performance,' and so the r people do not know v. lint time It until II o'clock whon the operi hoa la open. If I had tumid blui duwi A would have rung out 9 or 10 ,T half hoMr to got even." |