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Show Hat Problem Abroad. Hero is n very simple method which, has been adopted by an English manager man-ager for the purpose of prevontlng women from wearing large hats In his theater. Ho announced recently, says ther New York Herald, that In future during dur-ing tho performance of a play all the men would bo required to sit at one-sldo one-sldo of tho orchestra and all tho women wom-en at tho other sldo. On tho first evening when this rule, was enforced the women, after taking tholr seats, wero dlsmnyed to And that scarcely one of them could seo anything on tho stago, for tho reason that most of them woro largo and high hats. For some minutes there was much confusion among them, but finally a clover girl pointed out that tho only way out of the difficulty was for all of them to remove their hats, and this was quickly done. A fow murmured mur-mured nt being obliged to remove their picturesque headgear, but tho majority wcro good humored and oven expressed admiration for tho managor who had outwitted them In this novel fashion. |