| Show THE THEATER HAT the ladies who attended the per for firmance foroi mance ance in the theater last evening wl without phout hats hate or who removed them on taking their seats may not have been conspicuous for weir their number but they hey were noticeable for their courtesy their unselfishness and their observance of the great underlying principle 0 all true politeness and good breeding a consideration for the feelings of others othera ane gentlemen and ladies too who sat eat behind the towering headpiece headpieces head pieces that were all too freol freely y sprinkled through the fashionable part dart of the audience and whose enjoyment was of an inverse quantity to the agility displayed in dodging their heads beads from side to side bide in order to get an occasional view of the stage assuredly felt if they bey did not declare that at the price of per ineat seat the pleasure of having an artificial flower garden or a bunch of waving plumes thrust squarely before their eyes for three hours cornea comes a ittle high our only wish is that their nd ignation might find expression loud enough to reach the ears of the offenders one who is so regardless reg of another an others Is oom com fortas tortas to impair it in this way ought not to be too tender to receive an occasional word of rebuke it Js is an interesting question whether the he management are not in a certain degree doree deree ree responsible for the continuance of the evil if there is any force in what is usually understood as a contract we think they are the purchaser of a ticket to any per performs forma oe ce hands bands over his money with the understanding that he is going to be permitted to see the stage and those who appear upon it he would hardly take the trouble to go to the box office and pay for a reserved sent seat to look at a milliners milliner window these latter ex are free at least to those who only care to look why then should the company that accepts his money fail to guarantee him that which he paid for why should one patron be permitted to destroy the en of another patron why has a lady any more right to wear her hat if it interferes with the view ot of those in the rear than a gentleman to wear his bin why cannot the women who go to theaters be ladies in this one respect and finally why cannot the management do something to remind them of the proprieties since it seems that nothing short of a pointed personal request will accomplish that much desired result |
