Evening journal., 1898-03-04
THE THEATRE HAT.

American public Senllhehb "iiN
mans good sense and obhging spiIlI
have conspired to make play-golns
more pleasant in this city ana else-
where For many years person VINO
purchased a ticket to see thehurlcall
performance was not sure, unull alVel
tho audience was seated, whether his
ticket would permit him to see a play
on merely the rear elevation OF some
elaborate piece OF millinery on the mead
Of some fair play-goer Immediately In
front Of him Now II is all changed.
when n woman goes to the theatre
with a large hat upon her head she ex-
meets TO take 10 of either before the
curtain goes up. or else Immediately
afterwards. If she does not do so, the
nerson whose view Of the stage is OBJ
structed by her hat feels no delicacy
whatever in asking her TO remove't,
and she no longer regards such n re-
quest as either impertinent or unrea-
sonable.
AT the Opera House last evening the
Wayfarer. who got in earlier than
usual passed his time by observing the
conduct Of the Wilmington women IN
this respect. Some of them removed
their hats Immediately after they were
seated. 10 was nodced that this was
particularly SO when the hats and bon
nets were not especially fetching in
either design or material. As soon as
the lights flashed for the curtain TO
ascend there was a rustic all over the
house as the women, who had not pre-
viously removed their hats, raised their
arms and began removing the pins or
untyme the strings This frOu-frou last
ed but few seconds and after IL had
subsidized the Wayfarer noticed but few
hats showing above fair faces. In one
or two instances he noticed that those
who kept them on turned to those be-
hind them and asked If they should re-
move them. In three instances within
his range of vision those behind re-
quested those in front to remove their
hats. In no instance did IL occasion
displeasure, and in every instance
The request was granted. Women who
occupied high seats at the side of the
house had no occasion to remove their
hats, but many Of them did IL; some
doubtless from force of habit, and
others to ease their heads of the bur
den OF felt, feathers and ribbon, not to
mention the hat pins tugging at their
hair.
Now THAT it has become fashionable
persisted in wearing their hats in play
houses are among the first to condemn
those who still persist in so doing.
They regard IL as bad form. display
OF ignorance or cOntrariness. and be-
gin to pity the husband who has. or the
poor fellow who will get, woman who
has no mere tact than to annoy her
neighbors fer the mere sake of display
ing piece Of millinery which is an
object of annoyance and in no sense the
subject Of mans admiration in such a
place as a Theatre. He would rather
look at her bonny brown hair than look
through bunch OF ostrich tins. NO
matter what their cost may be. or how
artlstically the milliner has arranged
them.
BY next season there will not be a
high hat worn by any woman at any
play given in the city, II the present
seasons progress in this respect NAV
be used as glage for prediction.
THE DlSPArCHER'S MISTAKE.
Two OF the car dispatchers Of tn,
Wilmington City Railway Company
were walking down Market street yes.
terday. The Wayfarer was not fan
from them
One Of the windows OF a large stogN
near Seventh street was filled witt
wOmen's belts, Of all sizes, cOlors anS
qualities.
Why when did these people get Z,
dealing in dog collars?" asked one O
the dispatchers Of the other.
Dog collarsl" exclaimed the other
Where do You see amy dog collars {?
THAT window we just passed is fil
OF them" said the dispatcher
'They are not dog cOllars-they ar
women's belts said his companion.
~ guess ] know a dog collar when
see il, answered the dispatcher. "anl
I'll bet you a cigar that those are do
collars
Take your bet. Let's 60 back"
Go back they did, and then the dis
patcher was convinced that ne had nc
only made mistake, but also lost
good cigar
AN INCONSIDBRATE HORSE.
One Of the clerks at the Court TIous
whose home is in St. Georges hundrel
went out driving ON Wednesday ever
ing. While on his way home so u
Wayfarer is told, he dropped his w'hl
and had to alight His horse went g
without him and he was forced
plunge through the mud and slush,