rotated from which will emerge his final ticket
with the seat numbers. Chance is thus resorted
to in order to avoid any semblance of favoritism,
and the worker who sits behind a post at one performance 
can hope for better luck at the next.
 
 The management of six German theaters alone
has put Strength through Joy definitely in the
show business, but its involvements reach still
further. In various towns it will rent theaters
and hire its own actors and artists, particularly
for its extremely popular "variety evenings( Bunte
Abende - admission price 20- 30 pfennigs) which
are enlivened by cabaret shows, by light songs from
operas, and by accordion playing. Strength through
Joy also goes on the road with some 30 traveling companies 
who visit the smaller towns and give as well
free performances in the camps of laborers working
on the new Reich roads. In addition to these companies, 
strength through Joy also has two automobile 
trains (later to be increased to six) which
take up one-night stands in the smaller villages,
particularly in frontier sections. A glimpse has
been had of one of these bands of performers who
tour about the country in their auto-trains consisting 
of a bus for the performers and a big
Diesel van for the stage and scenery. Its coming
will be announced by the town crier with a bell,
and its arrival greeted by the children in the