The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04
The High Hat.


Our sprightly and valued con
temporary the l.. S. U. Revcile, IN
the true spirit of the reformer, has
called attention TO matter which
deserves consideration. In its re-
cent issue the Reveilie says:
''Nothing can be more exasper-
ating than to be seated behind two
or three square yards OF High Hats
of the neck to catch even a glimpse
of the performance. Any one WHO
has ever been SO situated knows
that it is utterly impossible to con
centrate ones thoughts on perfor
mers heard but not seen. We must
look at them to get anything at all
like our moneys worth out of the
performance. There we sit in
blissful misery, 'fcussing" the men
ton of hats, and having a huge
amount of wrath to boil over with
out even the pleasure of letting it be
heard.
''Too much praise cannot be
given the worthy manager Of our
Lyceum Course for the thoroughly
satisfactory way in which he has
carried out his charge, nor for the
untiring efforts which he has put
forth to do this. We would like to
request that he look to the High
Hat part of the program and when
this has been satisfactorily arranged,
there cannot possibly be any thing
| said against our entertainments"
! The Advocate missed good deal
of the beauty Of Gov. Taylor's lee
ture on this very account and it is
glad to see that the Reveille has
taken up the cudgels against the
| High Hat. The editor of the Re-
veille is young, unmarried, brave
and good fighter and if he will
take the lead in the fight every
married man in the city who pays
for ticket to lecture only to be
treated to the rear view of "severa1
square yards" of millinery, will
rise up and call him blessed. "
When DR.. Warner lectures here on
Wednesday night we would sug-
gest that the ladies leave their large
hats at home SO as to enable those
seated behind them to see some
thing besides bewildering forest
of plumes and ribbons.-Baton
Rouge Advocate.
The High Hat problem was be-
lieved to have been solved by the
illustrious Mr.. Dudenhefer of New
Orleans, but judging from the fore
going excerpts taken from our Baton
Rouge contemporaries this stipend
| Gus nuisance still exists at tie State
Capital. Let it be said to the
credit of the ladies of Lafayette
that they have no desire to make
millinery displays at the theaters
and do not wish to conceal their
pretty heads behind what our friend
! Chevis aPtly terms 'sbewildering
forest of plumes and ribbons" We
| don't know, but it strikes us that the
daughters of old mother Eve add
neither to their good looks nor
comfort by packing on their heads
world of flowers and other ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
| We understand very well that Bro.
Chevis and the other married men
of the press are not in a position to
express themselves too freely in
their opposition to the High Hat,
as proper regard for their own
domestic peace compels them to be
conservative in a matter that SO
vitality concerns "the other SEX, "
| but if the unmarried members of the
"Fourth Estate" will follow the
leadership of the dashing and IN
trepid young editor of the Reveille,
there isn't the semblance of a doubt
that the High Hat will go glimmer
ing before the waning of another
moon.
Mastic Mixed Paint is certain to