Following the dictum of Morris we refuse to cherish performances Which we do not believe to be beautiful or know to be useful Which ix not saying, of course, that our standards of aesthetic values or utility'. will necessarily. be popular but at least they are honest, and we can say "Come along with ux" instead of "You really ought to 0."
And we discriminate, too, We do of prose tickets for' benefit cons certs upon our deaf friends when we should be selling them cinemas entrances, Nor do we urge the claims of Shakespearian readings upon vers libre enthusiasts, Rut even then we are not 0 terribly' good tickets sellers, For tance. when we proffer tickets for some highly delightful—shéw which ix likely to be caviar to the eneral to. a few choice souls, it infrequently happens that the Hattered few buy, but do not mos This is highly annoying, and makes vs feel that we have been obtaining: money under the felsest of pretences, Difficult. Dilemmas:
The only thing more aggravating: ix to have the chosen elite refuse to Duy at all! We have never, be able to make up owe ix worse. When we start out fre inclined to sweay that we shall refund entrance feex to all who show themselves so unworthy of the Spivitual treat set before them as to refuse to partake, even after tickets have been paid for. But as we became more grasping im the face of diseourayement we feel differently about returning xo large proportion of the proceeds. And we feel vindictive, O very vindictive towards those who order tickets and then forget the date and the obliga tion, We wonder how—professional bookers manage to keep cool and smiling, oF at least conventionally polite, We support it is largely hecauxe they are not campaigning: for their favourite poot-readers, or rhythmic daneers or neediest charities, Business is business and then some. "A poet by the river's brim, a pot attraction was to him, and "it "was nothing more." We feannot be so calm about our heroes fand heroines and Vital Causes, 30 we suppose we had better withdraw ourselves from the ranks of amateur ticket-sellers. We become too disillusioned of human nature, and particularly of our own natures in" such an investigation.
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