The record-union., 1896-10-08
WORDS TO OUR WOMEN.

WOAOS III OUh WOM&Ns
Extracts from the San Francisco pa
pers quoted in our amusement column
this morning indicate that what was a
few years ago considered by most peo-
pie a mere grumble has become mat
ter Of very serious concern. is now in
vested with gravity sufficient to COM
mand attention and bring about reform.
When complaint was made in these
columns two years ago against Often
sive headgear In places Of public assem-
bly, that obstructed the view and was
injurious to the eyesight, it was on
the eve Of an unripe reform, and the
offmdtng women rose in their strength
and fatty decided that when they
pleased they would cease to offend;
they might be coaxed, they said, but
they would not be driven Albeit
number of good women warmly in
dorsed the position taken by this paper.
Such of the fair sex as still offend may
as we'll make UP their minds now that
they are going to be driven II present
ooax1ng fails.
In three courts their offending has
been declared to be violative Of the law;
in many halls and theaters and
churches they are not permitted to en-
ter the auditorium with obstructing
head gear. The New York Herald"
has taken up the matter in perfect Sc
robustness and announces that an un-
ending warfare Is on until so much OF
the nuisance as remains Is abated.
In San francisco the theatrical man
ayers are coming around to the view
that men and women who do not offend
have rights that are to be considered
and protected, and in the chief theater
of the city the obstructing hat is now
forbidden. Probably in no place has
the offense been more in evidence than
in Sacramento, and here 1t shows least
sign of abandonment Just why this
should be so is not explicable.
It ts now suggested that the women OF
the Capital City at once. by common
and gracious consent, drop into the
line with the we'll bred and decent Wo-
men who do not offend, and that OF
those who respect the rights Of others
and remove their hats in the theaters,
concert chambers, churches and lecture
halls or wear inoffensive head cover
ings. The season Of evening entertain
rlents is just opening. There is not
an assembly room in the city so seated
that a spectator behind a large, wide
spreading OF towering hat, or one
deoked with great plumes and ambi-
tious flowers, can possibly see stage,
Eostrum or pulpit without lodging.
duodng or rising in place.
Let the women Of Sacramento reflect
upon the truth as SGT forth Ia the New
York Herald" namely, the large hats
solely for the street; that they are
never worn in assembly In Europe By
women Of good breeding. or any who
wish to be considered good hammered.
If a woman in Europe does appear La
an assembly with such a hat she Is
required to retire Immediately OF re-
move It.
The Herald" adds that reform aas
80 far progressed in our own country
that now at the East in the best assem-
blies NO woman dares offend good taste
by such headgear, no matter whether
it is In the theater. concert room,
church, lecture hall or any other indoor
entertainment or aSsembla,ge.
The offense does not stop with the
high and wide hat by any means-let
women understand that the fine, feath-
cry, dancing aigrette, even II 1t rises
but three inches, is an obstruction, and
more than that, is held to be very in
furious to the eyesight Of whoever at
tempts to look through or past 1t.
Our friends OF the other sex may be
surprised to learn that they can ba
oiked to several cases Of persons now
under treatment for injury to the eye,
ehs source OF the harm having been
traced directly to the dancing aigretts
On rcmen's hata
Shall n be necessary to have any oc-
ca&inu 10 again r0fer to this unpleasant
suh1ectp WILL not the women Of the
Capital City from this on resolve to
enforce reform and set all other cities
Of ths State an example in good man.
nsrs and regard for individual rights?