The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-12
THE WOMAN AT THE PLAY.
~ AND HER BIG NAT ARE o
THE OGLr OFFENDERS.

out Between the Acts-Tbey spoil Her
Honnet and Ruin tscr Ciotacs-A wor-
nn'- Complaint.
When n man goes 10 tho rlay and finds him
self seated behind forty dollars worth OF
French millinery, all tome iowls. He con-
signs tho woman who wears II to the neither
most cloistcr of his Satanic majosty's domain.
lie denounccs the whole scx us utterly de-
PRAYED md unprlncipled H. rerchance. he
misses tho climax kick OF ihe dance he
ought not to SEQ at NIL. because II he is not too
good to SEQ 1t he isn't anywhere noar good
enough. And when the act is over no chambers
out past tho woman beside him. crunches her
feet beneath his boot heels. bangs her bon
not. wipcg his wet umbrella on her dainty
gown. whi'c sho quietly takes his elbow
out Of her eye. smiling AZ serenely as
n serarh on n church window all the time.
Attor tho net Is on again he comes dancLn~
back. and with n very berry pardon me-"
does II all over again. and leaves her to gather
up her belongings and arrange her effects
rendy for tho next invader who comes plung.
Ing In past her. Herein lies the difference
between a man and n woman. II n man can't
see the stage the piragrapher shnrpons his
pen, tho cnticaturist enriches his Golfers, the
press becomes n medium for the mans indig-
nant protest. and all at the expense OF the
bewildered woman who never saw an en-
tire play in her life on account Of the pro.
cession OF mon always prom enading In and out
past her like n Greek chorus.
She didn't suppose any one expected
to see all tho play. She doesn't herself,
and she can't understand what oil tho fuss IL
about. She thought the theatre was the place
where men went in to rcst when they wore
tired holding up the bar or couldn't eat any
moro cloves. and where women went to wear
their bcst gowns ana pick up the thing that
men made them drop. She looked upon the
play MS n sort OF post graduate course in
patience and long suffering. whose honorary
degree entitled It's possessor to q middle seat
in glory. where no one would crowd past her TO
90 out between the psalms. Every right
minded. sweet-hearted woman wears her
Sunday things to the theatre. whether she
goes with her own or some other woman's
husband or brother. Every man accounts
himself an injured being II he has to take .
woman out in her second best, whether skies
be fair or the %foodgates are open. 30. with
the spirit Of the Christian martyrs. she crowds
man would say. the lords Prayer backward in
She %aaatsS her !e ~ ii ttisa hands az Hs1 into to- n DS,1 gloves o,es
that fairly stop the circulation. though they
h ses Ks siTs lH1 inse 4 ss aeWs sh tss sy IL. W: e. i Hoa
: :I3ss f {ss sr sss ff iSS'ss sa SpI Az 81 i J W. IL F i q. T.
fun !. nnt ed lawn nr fr9m beneath spenia her bodice sna In case
pocket. untolds her programme, gives the
Is Lsr rssd y t Rst tie r.! ys an dGRs.cTElhn eyy n asSss l Hai' h AZ
never dIsappoint; They come rushing r. after
ff oeam niafs d %soh tine sp as asll. ~G oas th up t taa.
tss feS S!sa "a if sF1 ssss VIZ As ' e. sSsIsost:
o os!sPhs asSan a T sss' Is sn Beside %ss' h .St h Il has = eo oss
m mi5s the nisE, TSst up sh; Ii" o shinss. @ EVEN e Il
i tx T sDx sst a.. ss s ed 4 Eh e n sss i sssss, lit IL . AZ
fEpoTs Tie ssqaTsrs esn psesat6ls ~ the becs
s !hs '3 ha2 su besa esesstdi s Ssas ssi ~ sso ssf te Masi:
; ;S$;$sss;;; e. e. IS ne e; :sS 1, :s; sS !;':i r. 1t +; n J !isS HI 5 S'i i Is. ~ e
ass e g out T. s9ss!p, T. n: ieSSs sS:a .t5s;s
s ss:sfs skl EtE' i Ss9 sse 'at sR III az Sslis e: & d eif :stsssss.. td
II xl e. n naMsn will to- eve TN sa' bsSs sei soo s ~ SG psss.
GGt GS1iS t (; make him hnqI slsfsP; 4 s z ~ VII n Ks have Mo an.
e fss !. th {; r. 4 .Sftasss; In ts:S her thf set
IL almost sure nor bonnet isn't straight and
there is no. one to ask. and SO the rose color
I cross-s 0uS IN lnf Ssre gray ana everything seems
SIN: when ne cheer, com tockins, back
ss,Iaf i e oH %st !; r. az 5 RsSp Ii,ti SoP PhiiSS ~ iSsS;
woman. She Is as true as steel, but she will
1o . s 1gsIisa d into yo ond e yss n as Innocent %ces,notnasa
like that on occasions. Just as she is as stead
fast as the stars and yet never thinks Of keep.
wAyR. inst az il ia tn romamhar hnw five HIM.
S SsGd, dresses wSsn we're fe s.R made de- th f9s s she SAY saw At =. =
She doesn't want to vote or interfere with
the 6.svs street enoS cleaning nusinIs ness shs has;
Stand why + e 50 much xorss Tor =
fashionable hat than It is for a man to spoil a
woman's pleasure and temper and best gown
act az a si aas ' thiaH ss% T. 1 rss { Rfn out she ss,S Ssssn sys sss
s "A u ssts s5t,Isf III tIs1s gsss ! : T Sjsy sit Ill., : 1 II:
ting through oil the entire. acts alone.
tlo Mfs el ol aeiolSep men t shst , +; RSs p eHa aia
ssther; Ilks Iridss%aids at E wedding Or cups
the inm ed %Sicinity.. 's When ot shs curtain sM!aT' de-:
tents of the place is in the theatre. Now, no
himself. i must be Admitted that it requires
considerable nerve to sit through some Of the
seasons plays without u bracer: but WHY not
bring modern. invention to bear on the prob
lem? Why not carry q decanter and glasses
with you to the play? A woman wouldn't mind
Juggling 1t along with the sweets and smelling
salts and other traps she carries. IL you get 1t
up In silver and put a ribbon OH it som9whore.
Or why not take out the chained opera
glasses. that no one uses. and put in IA penny-in-
the-slot machine where a fellow could deposit
his silver and take out q nice little gin fzz or
whiskey sour. a brandy and soda or a cham
payne cocktail? The adde's might take a Wee
nippie themselves and ENJOY 1t IL 1t we're ~
slipping two at Il time out Of the same glass all
around her. Or some sort 81, syphon system
from u central fountain and attached to every
other char in the house cXtertin the front row.
ticllar tube.
The women have been very patient under this
onslaught against the hats. Eut these are
chaotic and turbulent times. There Is y stir
and Il trempr in the ranks of ~womanhood.
thInkImr ThnY ara nnlnfullY KNOWING. ThaY