The herald., 1897-01-29
ASSERTING HER DIGNITY
How She Rewarded Her Escort for His
Conduct at the Theater


The campaign against theater hats
inaugurated several seasons ago is excit-
ing interest in many cities just at pres
ent, especially in Galveston and Hcus-
ton. The gentler sex have long since
declared war against the opposite sex for
the objectionable sin of visiting "a
friend" between the acts. The fair crea- :
lures justly claim the right to wear their
hats during the performance and in
crease the size of their millinery out of
all proportion so long as man, inconsid-
crate man, continues restless and with
that burning appetite, only appeased by
coffee or cloves, during the brief inter-
missions at the theater. Both sexes feel
that they have a grievance and each side
presents arguments conclusive and con-
vincing of the justice and reasonable
ness of their demands, yet a mutual
compromise seems impossible.
Among the conquests won and lost
many have been chronicled to the credit
of the lady with the high, high hat while
the gone-to-see-a-friend young man has
played many losing game. Among the
latest victories over the dew drop"
manly sort of fellows. the Washington
Star relates charming incident of "A
case where a young lady asserted her
dignity at theater performance in the
following manner:
The man in the case was perhaps 80,
the girl %, and the theater was one in
which the melodrama has it's home. The
girl was pretty and there was that kind
of jaw hedging the lower part of her
rosy cheeks that ought to have been a
hint to the young man. The young
man was a very fair sample of the aver
age chap who makes from $1,000 to $500
a year.
Dnfx H. :-1z l..
man of so with his wife and two daugh
ters, and the big man had voice bigger
than he was. When the curtain went
down on the first act there was slight
scrap between the couple, which ended
in the young man not going out between
the first and second acts, because the
wait was short and he hadn't time to ar
que. The girls cheeks were redder than
before when the curtain went up, and
the set of her jaw was firmer
At the next fall of the curtain there
was slight scrap again, which ended
this time in the young man dragging
himself over four people and leaving the
girl to sit alone until he was ready to
come back to her.
Two minutes later the girl dragged
herself after him, over the same four peo-
pie, but she stopped in the aisle long
enough to say something to the big man
appeared.
1t was a long wait, and just as the cur
tain started up the young man hurried
down the aisle and was about to drag
himself over four people when the big
man called his attention to the vacancy
which had occurred during his absence
The young mans jaw dropped, and he
actually grew red in the face.
The big man handed him ring with
a bright little diamond glistening in It,
"She give me that and told me to give
it to YOU" he said, with menace in his
tone, as he looked over at his own girls
land she said if you ever came to her
house again or spoke to her her father
would thrash you as you deserved"
The young man was paralyZed.
And l want to say" added the big
party. that If the old man amt able
to do 1t he can call on me-
Then he let the young man go, and the
way he went was a caution to flying
machine.
1t was clear case of ships that pass In
the night, but with just little more in
teresting cargoes than usual