The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-26

WORLD.

=. ,s interesting, says the New York
--f,ss TO stand at the entrance to the
-.,- IN matinee day and see the pyramids
eb,,- hat pass in and wonder how it
- that people ever enjoyed a play in
~. DAYS when the hats all remained IN
,.,a GA the heads of their owners. Ii
,riy here and there that a woman in
-,rre hat, or any kind of hat. can be
=, now. and it looks as if it was about
,.r,a that the women, having removed
80 distractions to the enjoyment Of
80 thea,ergoing man, should have their
'.o,c,s 1t does not seem fair that
u.1so She has her hat off and in her lap
- crafty men, they should put her to a
rrs,r amount of Inconvenience. and an-
r,rsnre and threaten her hats dire de-
s,r1ctIon by going out between the acts.
To stand and let a man pass the woman
must gather up quickly her opera glasses,
tpa case her programme, sometimes her
fan and her handkerchief, and her hat. If
there is place to hang the hat in front
~ t+~ ft has to be unlocked before any
enc can pass, and then it must be held
l5gb in the air TO be out of the way.
bright woman has been talking about
ipyeuting some kind of a folding theater
bstbox. 1t will be low, with a standard
in the center on which TO place the hat,
GO that the edges will not be crushed. In
the box. around the hat, will be room
enough 10 place the opera glasses, etc,
and there will be a convenient handle, So,
thal the whole can be gathered up in one
hand 10 enable the woman to rise con-
yenieutly and quickly AT the close of
tte play the box will fold into small com
PISS and become in appearance a little
I9ckage of leather which will present
very decent appearance and not be too
troublesome to carry.
This seems 10 be the only solution of the
trouble unless a few men are tripped a
few times in a theater where there are
orera glasses to be had from dime-in-the
slot machines. One man nearly met with
dire disaster The other night at one of the
,Iavs coming in after the theater was
darkened and nearly falling over the
chain that connected the opera glasses a
woman held in her hand with the seat
He Just escaped taking a header, and lost
his temper entirely when the girl who held
The glasses could not refrain from a gig
gle at his expense. Unfortunately, there
are not enough people who use the glasses
10 make their defensive chains Of much
us6.
The individual who tells this story will
vouch for its absolute truth, and being
a person of known veracity it is not 10
be doubted. The heroine of the story is
a young girl of IA, who lives not very far
from New York. She is bright girl, Old
for her years, and when a friend of the
family was obliged TO leave the school she
was teaching for time on account of i'll
ueSs she put her pupils-not being under
the rules and regulation of city schools
in he care of this H-year-old girl She
made an excellent substitute; the school
prospered and at the end of month the
Old teacher came back and the new young
teacher went out of business the proud
and happy possessor of $50 in bank notes
It was the first money she mad ever
earned, and the next question was what
to do with it. The girls mother prided
herself upon being a sensible woman, and
it occurred to her that this was an OPP
pOrIunity for her daughter 10 take
lesson in the management of finances.
My dear. she said, when the girl
brought her the money, that is all your
own, you have earned it. and you may
spend it as you think best"
80 lle young woman went shopping, ana
her first purchase was a hat which cost
S. If the mother thought that was
good deal of money to put into the hat of
a girl of IA she did not say so, and the
young woman started out to invest the
remaining Sl5
What will it be this timer" wondered
the family. Something practical, very
likely" It may have been in the main.
but not exactly to the extent of $15
worth, for the girl came home from her
second shopping tour having. spent the
last half of her first earnings, every cent,
for stockings The story does not tell the
kind and quality of these garments. If
they were of silk, that would not mean
many pairs. If they were of the three
pair-for-5O-cents kind, there would be
enough 10 stock a small store. The girl
may have invested her. money better than
it wound seem. Some girls in families of
moderate means grow UP with an unsatis-
fed longing for a pair of silk stockings.
This girl, if she did invest in the silk ar
tee, win have enough to last her a long
time with care if she doesn't grow. Any
how she didn't spend her money for
candy.