The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03
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BiE Theatre Hat.

said Cinythc.
Nothing whatever" | replied.
"weli.' said he. II have Il couple Of seats
for the California. Don't you want to Gomez
III should be delighted, my dear boy"
And IN n few minutes we were In a cab. roll.
ing toward the theatre.
Scarcely had wo settled ourselves in our
seats when | saw. entering the row in front OF
us. n tail. thin blonde. who seated herself in
the chair Immediately In front Of mine. Aud
then | saw with sturefaction that she wore
uron her head n curious sort of hat cooked
down IN front and cooked up behind. gar
nishcd with flowers. with vegetables. with
shrubs in fact, - verltnble garden. IA she
Ind cooked her cooked hat over her eyes, II
resulted that the rear OF this vegetable gar.
den I, wercd above tho top of her blonde CHG
non, so that | could see no more of tho stage
than II I had been IN far Cathay.
The bell rang; the curtain rose: | heard
voices presumably of actors but II was i'm
possible for me to tell. At the risk of acquir.
Ing n telescope neck, I leaned to the right,
then to the left. But | had not counted on
the balloon sleeves of tho blonde. which wcro
perfect monsters OF swollen silk. and which
masked completely both wings Of the stage,
as her hat did the middle.
Holy smoke" said I to my friend. that
hat is going to he rather n nuisance"
The blonde lady heard me; she turned slight.
ly, put UP her %lorgnon. and SURVEYED me with
the utmost bnnvbtincss Then snrue,Ine
her shoulders, She pulled up her sleeves. 10
that 1t was impossible for me to see even the
proscenium arch. Then she braced up her
feet against the chair in front, and hoisted her.
self up a few inches, so that by this gymnas-
tic feat sne succeeded in elevating her vege-
table garden even more than Def ore.
In q melancholy tone I said to Cmythe, 1T
had stayed at the club and tonstei my toes in
the cafe In front of the fire. / would not have
peen lhcommoaoa T or oi'cominodea. ana
would have seen iuily as much Of this piece as
Hearing this the blonde lady turned around
ing smile that 1 have ever seen. It provoked
me and 7 determined IN Owe ber , ,os.on - 7
could. for ! might as well have been in n thea
trephone Iisten,ng at a telephone, could
near. but ! could see nothing. Noices-female
volce', male voices contuscdiy came to my
you cannot see the personages JUROR the stage,
play or their faces; Hut che first act terminated
amid roars Of applause, a man knew, three
f eats to hod my n IN ri I'm was shaking with Laughter.
" amused at the play, except myself. And the
and favor me again with her sneorinE smile.
Seated Immediately IN front Of the. blonde
lady was a very little man who looked like a
his, shoulders. l looked at him carefully. He
had the appearance OF being n dendlcad, Ow-
Ing to ne rather shabby attire. J. TAPPED him
on the shoulder and asked him if he would go
out with me between the acts Tor a few min
ntes: When we were outside | said to HIM,
occupying your chair. No. As, Il you will par
don the liberty l tale, ! would like to give you
this trihe q slipped a 50 piece into his handl.
s ssss and Ss e" " may have / ws% MIN. .As So TO o@ h"v' your
u II He slipned ny s. piece into his waist
You are very good. l Will take your seat with
pleasure"
reyenae sI''!M Ny Ssf fr st idea deasy was SI to S insta !, T mys self
there, wearing, my own high hat, but I re-
Elected that this manifestation might not be
actors. and that ] would be forced to take it
off; suddenly an idea flashed across my
walked a block or two until | came to a mil
s sa 1esso shsp' to s entered ma a ana ID, de ma n ,noa, Of Iiu the
tic: the most ar69rlferoas. the most pyrai%idal
hat she had. She opened a drawer and ex-
hipited to me a monument IL black felt, with
nm enormous knob Of black velvet upon It's top.
and on top of the black velvet knob a puff OF
black flowers, extremely high. Without hag-
Cling, paid her the price and swiftly re-
To the stupefaction of Cmythe. who wos
still seated in h.s chair. No, 90. l seated my
lady with the big hat, and then. with il G.G per-:
fectly serious ,countenance. | placed upon my
head the black velvet monument. l do not
moustaches under the velvet hat. but If a
bomb LAD burst IN the orchestra, it wouli not
have produced a greater effect, Exclamations
up on their seats to sc ms, amid roars of
laughter.
The men poor wretches. they do stanu to-
gether once in a while-understood the motive
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