Show WOMAN S BIG HAT A lesson given to one who needed it in a new york theater that some omen not remove their hats in theaters until compelled so to do Is a self evident tact says the ew yori pi ess an instructive lesson was taught in a popular play house a few night ago A gentleman nd his wife occupied a box in the second tier immediately behind a couple in one of the first tier he sat behind madame his wife behind monsieur madame s millinery reach ed to the moon and was all lingerie and a yard wide after craning his neck till it looked like the skintight cervical vertebrae of a giant he said to his wife in a voice that carried six feet are you able to see the staged oh yes I 1 can see quite well and youa seea not at all I 1 am hopelessly shut out Is the cirtain upa Is the play going ona monsieur turned quickly fiercely corn eed the speaker made a mental estimate of his abilities then whispered sa to madame and off came the skyscraper the story recalls the first time in ew york in recent years when ef forts were made to persuade women to their hats in playhouses it oc burred in daly s theater one night that a man in an orchestra chair was shut out by a magnificent gainsborough his frequent hems and haws were un noticed finally a brilliant plan forced itself into his mind picking up his silk hat aiom the floor he placed it upon his head and straight ened up immediately there came from the rear of the house tal e off that hat off with that hat the wearer of the gainsborough in a panic hastily complied whereupon the man returned his hat to the floor aich action w as followed by a chorus of satisfactory as possibly the oman does not yet know that the silk hat was the object of attack |