Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-24

and pushing and showing In the struggle to get
headgear and overcoats It took SIX policemen to
keep the men out Of the ladies' dressing room
themselves. but when they brought the women
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pushing the women rapidly into the cioaS-roOn
they waited half an hour. more or less, until the
iair creature appeared, done up to the eyes In
@ and ios1 they nate
say $780, was spent In the Garden Wednesday
night. The tickets were f1ve dollars, the hat
checks one, the wine four dollars bottle and
the boxes from nifty to one hundred dollars
apiece
OSCAR WILDE AGAIN
II any other proof were needed that Oscar
Wilde is a fraud, insncere In all his sentiments
aud falsif1er generally, 1t can be found cow In
his present determination to t AXE up the stage for
q living. What becomes Of his heightened and
elegantly expressed principles respecting his
everlasting and loyal devotion to the beautiful in
art9 We all remember how he delivered lecture
in n,''' bis IGNITE intervieWs that. he lived only
for the beautiful, and that his Life
M Now he it ana en
stage. AS Romeo, OF course, he win be failure.
man with long legs stopped shoulders and an
speak so that people can understand him; but ii
he drawls out his words in u hideously monoto-
nous voice, that crates on the nerves like the
steady filing OK steel. he Will not be gigantic
success Wilde cannot play Romeo because he
cannot look, speak or act the part OF course he
comes back to America to do 1t because there Is
more money here than there - Ia England. Miss
Presc0tt'W1il be in his company, and they Will
GlSao play IN Mi W 1e tSgp amt
the American peoo.e have had enough OF this
e sthetical humbug, and that when he comes over
will find that the spirit OF the age has somewhat
changed. The weather is growing colder every
day for Mr.. Wilde In AMerlcs.
HIS OPERA HAT.
What would become of the average society man
without his opera hat He carries it everywhere
with him. When he is in full dress and without
1t would feel as lonely and uncomfortable as
though bereft OF his coat lie twirls 1t in his hand,
he yawns behiniit, fans himself with it, spins it
on his finger, springs it in and CUT poses II in
rious positions, and when he goes near the door
cocks 1t On his head with the air Of king crown
Ing himself. / am glad to see that the habit,
which was once common. OF having huge stripes
OF elarlng coOred silk with the monogram worked
in gaudy colors pasted inside OF the nat has gone
out OF vogue. 1t was never pleasing sight to see
man Haunting huge Sign with his initials OF
three-inch letters on the inside of his hat The
fact that some girl worked it for him may have
been vastly interesting to him. but did not inter-
est the rest o. the world as they looked at the
suit and not the motive OF the thing. The great
to know what to do VITA his hands. He cannot
wear them IN ms pockets an the time, and il is
really thing or absorbing interest to him to know
what TO do with them. The opera hat solves the
problem. He can hold 1t In bis hand behind his
back, or stick 1t In his vest when he wishes to put
his hand in his pocket. Few men look we'll In an
opera hat though every man thinks 1t is becoming
TO him. They appear most ridiculous when poised
upon the heads or fat little men with round faces
and big ears. By O peculiar fatality this Is the
very style OF men who wear the crushed hat the
most. l observe that a number OF idiots bave of
late started fashion Of wearing the opera hat to
business. 1t Is by no means all uncommon thing
70 see man trot along down town In short coat
or a shabby overcoat, muddy boots, turned up
trousers and soiled gloves, With an opera hat
parts elegance to his appearance. The reverse is