The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17

ordinance, empowering l-e iL-a4-e-e- gu
OF theaters 10 expel ladies whose headgear
fmpe5es the view Of spectators. Fortified
by this law. usners politely invite wearers
o. offending hats to remove them OF call
At the box Office 70 get their nonew back
To stern necessity the ladies have sue
oumbed. and orchestra and dress circle.
instead Of presenting the appearance OF
parterre Of flowers. glowing with the gay
colors OF myTiads OF snowy birds are no"
mere backs o. heads. trowsy with disney
e.ed hair. and glooming the eye with dun
neutral tints. For the preparation Of the
female hair for exhibition at the opera
involves hair dresser ana a carriage, and
for1ids the use Of hat OF toque until the
show is over. whereas 10 LADY cares 10
walk bareheaded through the streets on
the way TO the play.
Throuphout history me female head
dress has been worry and vexation.
Five hundred years ago, when Europe was
taking breath after the crusades, ladies'
wore a head dress which was built Up in
a couple OF pointed spires an ell long, ard
had long. loose pieces Of Grape fastened to
the top Of them and hanging down the
back Such head gear enraged a Iaous
monk named Thomas Conecte, and ne
preached against it with such ferv0r tEat
hundreds of women threw down their head
dresses before the pulpit and the street
boys took delight IN peltlng with stones
those who chung to their high hats. But
when Fray Conecte died the high ha's
came 10 life again, and. in the quaint IAN
guage Of Monsieur PaTadIn, the women
who had crawled into their holes ike
snsils now put forth their horns once
more.
It was left for Louis the Eleventh TO
deal a death blow TO the fashion. In our
day we put the high hat out Of the thea
ter; the king excluded It from court ana
church. But even his power was mad
e1uate 70 set a limit TO the Norman cap
which to this day scars two feet above the
wearer's head, and Is the Joy ana pride OF
the country women OF Charlotte Coflaf.
It was rather By its breadth tnan py us
hight that the modern theater nat maue
Itself offensive. AUX trOis quarts du par
4erre Il cacba les acteurs. II the hat wear
ers could have kept their heads stlil, the
nuisance would not have been so unDear-
able But the tall hat seemed 70 set the
muscles Of the neck quaking, so that the
wearer waggled her head necessarily IiAs
the old effigies OF ChinSe mandarlns. ana
discovered a practicable vista under one
of the hat wings than It was closed oy
change Of pose For its disappearance
NAV we all be duly thankful; ana now, II
eornetodv viii devise a cure for the chat
ter OF the sweet girl graduate at the most
Interesting part OF the play, we may reaIiy
cease to take our pleasure sadly.
4 sad fix. says Clara Belle. in her New
York letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer IS
"a be recorded for one of our young
.ryvelIs who in the absence Of serious en-
ployrnent has turned to bicycle racing
with considerable success in amateur con
tests. He is engaged 70 very rich girl
whom he met this summer when he went
"a he Rye Beach meet in July He is nice
looking and fascina tor. Is all over gold
medals and trophies when At meet, ana
A. il no wonder the girl took to him. II was
a very good catch for Johnnie, and ne was
as anxious az any OF his friends 70 pun
the marriage off without any mistake, but,
for all that, he cannot resist pretty
face. He put up at the hotel where his
dance was stopping, and was devoted TO
her. but although all his interest ought u
have centered in Miss Bullion, he could
not resist the pretty housemad ne used
20 see on her floor.
II happened that one evening, just as
he was going up TO call al Miss BIS parlor,
leaving Johnnie cropping on the stairs.
While he CROPPED, right into his arms
T,iurnped something something that gig
gled prettily, that smelt Of roses, and that
choked and whispered: You stop" John
ME didn't stop, he was sure ne felt an
apron and a cap, he knew II was the
prettY house maid, he pleaded Just one"
and did his best 10 trap the lips he had
80 often longed for. But his captive wrig-
eIed. giggied and said she would scream,
and. in the scrimmage, pulled OF one Of
his pet mile-and-a-half medals. Johnnie
was desperate. IT'S gold" he whispered;
give me just one and you shall keep it,
Without more ado she gave him Just
one" a very pretty one, and then she es-
capped his arms and scurried upstairs. The
lights gloWed again in time to show him
the flash Of a black skirt, but he felt
sure he had kissed the right girl. As
matter Of fact, Johnnie had kissed the
girl he meant 10, though, of course pro-
Triety demands that we take note that
the housernaid was not the right girl.
When the maid came TO look at the medal
she had secured she felt very doubtful
about it's value, and she didn't know how
10 realize on II. At last she decided to ask
one of the guests in the house about IL,
and the one she chose was Miss Bullion.
She took the medal shyly from her pocket
and said: Il found this, miss; is It any
good at al?' Miss =. recognized It at
once. and she said cautiously: mo, my
child; it isn't Of any especial value, but
81 seems a pretty thing, and will give
you IS for it, II you like" OF course, the
maid liked, and thought herself lucky.
Then Miss 3. said TO herself how pleased
Johnnie would be, because she knew how
ne valued that medal.
When Johnnie appeared Miss =. was IN
the prettiest of coquettish moods and she
inquired If he had lost anything Johnnie
replied that he hadn't. and Miss y. put
her head on one side and said: Careless
boy you have" and out she took the
medal from her pocket and held II up.
"Where do you suppose ! got it?' she
asked, teasingly. Johnnie was complete
IL staggered, and he retorted: IF ] had.
known it was you, you wouldn't have
got It,"
Some of Johnnie's friends think there
may be some way of getting out Of it, but
ali the ways he has tried so far have
failed.
II seems odd, says the New York Tri-
bune, TO add the study Of the noble game
OF poker TO the curriculum Of a young
lady's education, but it is nevertheless
true that an up-to-date and fashionable
rnatron has actually engaged an expert