Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-21
BETWEEN THE ACTS"
Twin Nuisance With the Much-Hated High
Hat at the Theater
San Antonio Express.

San AHlOhlo E8preSS-
The "going out to see a man. be-
tween the acts of a play is becoming
such great and growing nuisance in all
theaters throughout the country that it
| is becoming subject of comment and
criticism by the press, and the Express
makes no apology for reproducing the
! annexed extract from an editorial in a
recent number of the New York Tribune
| and giving it cordial Endorsement.
After referring TO the difference in the
construction of the ordinary continental
fheaters from these of our own, and the
differences in the habits of the theater-
goers, the Tribune says:
This being so, the matter must be left
to the courtesy of individuals. gen.
tleman who takes lady friend to the
theater will not leave her alone at any
time unless he is forced to do so. 1t is
his business to devote himself to her dur
ing the only intervals of the evening
when there is an opportunity for CONVEX
sation. If he cannot entertain her with
his own talk he can at least listen to hers
an arrangement which may suit her
quite as well and may be more instructive
to him. And tn re is no ap-
parent reason why this rule should
not apply to mans wife as
well as to other women, though many
men have one code of politeness for the
one and another for the other, and
though it must be said also that many
wives have an amiable habit, not only of
overlooking this inconsistency, but even
of encouraging their husbands in it. But
the persons most aggrieved are not those
whom the men leave behind them, but
over in going out and in Women's hats
are crushed, the toes of both sexes ditto,
women are made to rise from their seats
perhaps half a dozen times in an evening
i'll order that men may push, past
them. This is serious annoy
ance. No gentleman should subject any
one, woman or man, to such personal
discomfort without very good reasons. 1t
is popularity supposed that most of these
restless individuals 90 out for drinks and
it is more than likely in Number
Of cases this suspicion is fouaEed o1Sacts.
The drinkin habit is n fooliSkSthke at
best, but when it goes to the ASdg& of.
dragging man out of Il thASzfe tebr,
three times in the course<M aHsTn z
ing over the more sof belT&
less forms of his neisHIors 81
is even less entitled to respect al 4 tolera-
ton. Every person I1f0 is thus discom-
NODDED must feel n Certain resentment az
the thought that they are made to nav
III Ihe ioss .. tneir pleasure, for the self
ish Sralihcatlon oi 4 vulgar and foolish
appetite. re. eve one of these men has
prooaeiy nau ms about the women s
big hats that my his eniovment
Still there is SOM NJ m he said
for those who groN rStless during a
representation lasting Nm hours and a
half and like the relief Title motion.
If all the seats could be MAD aisle seats.
as some day the model hotel hin be en-
tirely composed of corner rooSs. all ON
the first floor and all with southern ex-
posure, the problem would IN solved
AS it is, it must be determined by eircum-
stances. There are times when n 90 out
between the acts Inconvenience M one
and there are times when the pracuAe he
comes positive nuisance.