| Show theotre hat legislation in ohio while civilized people in all the larger american cities have been complaining and lamenting for years over what is known as th the hat nuisance the 1 legislature of ohio has at last lasi set an ex ample to the autho itice aties of all tile the play going states iy ay passing a law the purpose of ii chich biati is to secure oil an unobstructed view of the stage aap to every person who occupies a se seat at in a theatre cestoni has ordained that men shall take their hats bats off in public assemblies but that women may keep theirs on it has never be been L n necessary nece to make a law kup suppressing pressing mens hats any man who kept his bis hat on in a well ordered angieri amerian an theatre would be held to be disorderly and promptly dealt with ith by the ushers because was competent to regulate men in the management of their headgear head gear it has been felt that it ought to be able to regulate women also aleto and all efforts to abate the ob obstructive hats hais of women have hr heretofore been directed to arouse a strong public sentiment to lo which all ail women would bow these efforts have been to some borne extent suc ce saul considerate and intelligent women have of late years years realized reali sed more and more that obstructive tive hats were out of place in theatres theartres the atres and have worn ivorn small bon nets or taken their hats off but the stupid and inconsiderate women still wear RB as big bats bat as ever and cave care nothing for the discie fort to persons behind t them hem anere is ia every reason why the legislature should not interfere with the conduct of these thick skinned persons dersons even though taste and right feeling are not effectual ef forces force with them the bill which the ohio legislature has bas passed makes the manager of every theatre ible for the comfort of his hie patrons but it is also an interference with the personal liberty of the citizen to be ill mannered if education and breeding and preference make ill manners mann rs native to him or her and in such matters the legislature can do no do real or lasting good by inter it ii is interesting to learn that the passage of this thia bi bill ll 11 is attributed to the influence of women when it was introduced into thai lower branch of the legislature it was regarded as a joke but after being modified modi fird so that the manager of the theatre became responsible tor for the of of hats and not the women who wore them it was passed in the senate it halt ed and there was a prospect thit it would be dropped until it was was warmly advocated by a wo mans paper bapp r in cleveland and by a number of influential ladies in columbus when the ohio senators learned that the bill found favor in the eyes of women they passed it with only two dissenting votes harpers harpere weekly |
