St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-17

AS this is the time at which women
are popularity supposed 10 be reviewing
their sins, both of omission and COM
mission, it is good time to reflect upon
the sins that the big hats worn to the
theater have been the moving cause of.
No one will deny that a big hat, with a
fetching bow and no end of ornamental
ton. is pretty thing in itself,and when
worn to SurmoUnt fair face with its
halo of fluffy hair, is almost irresistible
when one can fancy that So looked the
old-time beauties immortalized by
RubenS or Sir Joshua Reynolds. Also
one can imagine how such a picture
would touch the
Heart of a Lover
if he met his lady ON the street as one
did on st. Peter street the other day.
The walk was CLASSY and gave ample
excuse for the support so readily offered
of the young mans arm, and the big hat
just touched the tip of his shoulder and
made dainty screen behind which the
happy fellow whispered sweetest words.
safe from the prying eyes of the news
paper woman behind them. But, bless
you, she knew very we'll what style of
conversation was going on. The mans
face was not hidden, and eyes will tell
stories, sweet and Old but always new to
those who tell them. Under such cir
cumstances, ! say, a big hat is lovely;
but did you ever try to see the preacher
at church. or the lecturer on the plat
form, or the actors Oh the stage OF the
theater with one of these same big hats
in front of you? If you have, and have
not realized the poWerles>ness OF ordl-
nary English words to express yourself
with, you are not the person of feeling
your friends have supposed you were.
1t is not so much that you feel VeXed to
lose the worth of your money, as the
sketchy nature of the scene before you
that makes all
The Savage FLOOD
in YOUR body boil and makes you long
to rise up in your inherited savagery ana
scalp the innocent object Of your wrath
who sits so smilingly before you. VINO
is to bear the responsibility for the
WhirlWind Of veXatiOn that aSSallS your
usually mild and placid mind? AS the
moments fly, the play goes on, and you
can hear the hcart-br0kCn words OF the
Ioyel0rn hero, or the b!ood-curdling de-
taEce of the vjllainS but alas, so tar as
you are concerned, curtain as impen-
etratahle as that which so meEcIfully
hides the future might as we'll hang be
tWt en- you and the sage as THAI Dig hat
Now, appeal 10 all hat wearerS and
ask 1t tney arc willing to take the re-
spomsibilily for all this wickedness on
their shoulders, for somebody has got
10 Dear il. and surely it would not be
fair TO make the sinner bear that in ad-
ditun to the loss of pleasure he or she
hau promised himself at the play.
You mHy say that You paid tor your
place in tie theattr and lave right TO
Wear What Icu Please.
Very true, ma'am, but did you pay for
all the sight in that part OF the house?
Are thy neighGors of no account that
they can thus be defrauded? by no
means II Will do you 10 good to say,
Am | my brothers keeper?" fer l
would politely request you to read the
history Of the author of that remark be-
fore Won prepare to use it as bumper
between yourself and the awful
responsibility of the dread remark that
your hat has induced an innocent
unprotected man to make. Reflection
will show you that this must be So
There is no balm in Gllead" to S0oGne
the feaings of a creature who wants to
see and can't Could not one suggest
that there are scores of pretty devices
by which your beauty would be Ell
hanced far more than Dy the shadow OF
the big hat, little contectionS OF lace and
flowers and ribbon that are neither hard
10 make nor costly to buy, and that rest
or pretty neal like benson
from above and that bring smiles to
the face OF its beholder, smiles that say:
BLESS her bonny eyes, she is treasure
with the best heart in the right place,
for behold she diviueth the sight OF the
actors with her neighbOrS."