Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30
THE RIGHT OF SIGHT.
Tho High Hat at a Theater Should Not b,
Permitted.

Tho High Hat at a Theater Should Not be
Permitted.
LFsomAhe Chicago Herald.
h Right Of sight in a place Of public amusement
is as sacred as right Of thoroughfare. as right
OF air or right OF water. This right should be
enforced in all countries processing civiliza-
ton: The stage OF tneater is primarily de-
signed for spectacle. For this reason it is
raised a number of feet above the level of the
floor, and seats for spectators are terraced in
order that all shall have equal chance to crafty
the eve without obstruction. What the science
of architecture seeks to accomplish the art
of the miiiiner succeeds in defeating No
woman Is entitled to wear upon her head any
thing in public hall which will obstruct the
view OF the stage. If a man should put on his
silk tile at opera On usher would promptly eject
him from the house were it not instantly re-
moved when his attention had been called to
the improperly. No woman of taste or breed
ing wishes to deprive a fellow being of some
thing paid for and something possible. No
woman should be permitted to do out of
thoughtlessness what no thoughtful woman is
willing to do.
Many women are under the illusion that
there is no medium between what is conven-
tional full or evening dress and street or re-
ception dress. They think that they must
incur the expense Of a carriage; that they must
wear a gown cut low in bodice and all but
sleeveless; that their hair must be coiffed BY a
fashionable hair dresser, and that they must
deck their naked shoulders in brilliant opera
mantle or abide by the only alternative of Ordi-
nary street attire with pinnacled hat. This
error Is due only to inexperience. Any lady
IL In perfectly correct evening dress who is
dressed modestly and tastefully, gioved and
bonnetless, when sitting at public entertain
ment. To be bonnetless in a theater or opera
house does not imply the hire of carriage to
make the trip between home and the amuse-
ment resort. Nothing is necessary but ordi-
nary means OF transportation; after
reaching the play house the bonnet or hat NAV
be checked, or. il delay of getting it is to be
avoided, the lady may remove it at her seat and
keep it in her lap or secure it under her chair
as men do their hats.
No bonnet or at is permitted in any first
class foreign amusement resort The people
In European countries are poorer than in oura
They cannot afford carriages and they do not
use them to half the extent that marks their
use here. They 60 to opera eagerly even the
artisans and poorer class Of common workers:
the women remove their hats or bonnets in
tneir seats precisely as the men remove their
hats. No additional expense 10 involved
In this simple and common-sense pro-
ceeiing. 1t ought to be recognized as
the absolute duty Of every woman who desires
to be esteemed thoughtful and considsrate mot
TO Keep her hat or bonnet on in . theater. At
lectures seeing Is not essential ~ in opera or
at play. When spectacle forms an essential
part OF an enter tainment no selfish or thought
less person should be allowed to rob . part Of
right Of sight
Why not print on all programs, 'women win
thoughtfuily remove hats or bonnets In the
house 90 as not to obstruct other persons view
Of the stage2'