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...neither a happy-hander like Jim Farley nor a glowering bully like Mark Hanna. He is a slim (5 ft. 10 in., 150 lbs.), neatly tailored man with an easy smile, a low-pitched voice, a high-pitched forehead, and the unassuming air of a side-aisle usher in a big-city church...
After 20 minutes, peace returned to the chamber, now slopped with ink and blood and littered with glass shards, torn paper and shredded shirts. One usher went to the hospital with a brain concussion; a Red sported a two-inch-deep gash in his scalp; a Demo-Christian nursed a badly bruised abdomen; the House first-aid station impartially bandaged Red heads and court-plastered Demo-Christian faces...
Critic Kronenberger has been enjoying such exercise for the past 14 years. His interest in the theater goes back much farther-to his teen-age days in Cincinnati. The theaters there hired high-school students as ushers, paid them by letting them see the show. By working once a week, Usher Kronenberger got to see all the plays that came to Cincinnati. A few years later he arrived in New York City and began seeing every show he could...
This is the last chance to see all the home football games free. Ushers must attend every one of the seven contests and be at the Stadium about an hour and a half before game time. The HAA will blacklist any usher who sends a substitute to the game...
...persistent playgoer in Manhattan, a man must really love the theater. If he wants to see a hit play on Broadway, he is likely to be insulted by the box-office attendant, scalped by a ticket broker, upstaged by the usher and snarled at by a fireman. He will find no place under his seat to park his hat, he must refrain from smoking, and, if he wants a drink between acts, he must fight his way through the crowds and buy it somewhere down the street...