Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-11
WOMEN WORRIED
OVER The tDCT
Ministerial Alliance Requests That
The Ladies Remove Their Hats
During Services. which Brings
Protest From Members of
the Fair Sex.

The merry widow" hat and the
other more or less fashionable bon
nets affected this season by the ladies
of Albuquerque have at last brought
down righteous wrath" and while
the women are decrying against the
criticism of their headwear the men
for the most part are indulging in Sc
cret qualification.
At a recent meeting the Association
of Ministers in this city decided to
start crusade for the removal of the
dig hats during services. Announce
ment was made from the pulpits in
nearly all of the churches except the
Episcopal and Catholic. requesting
that the women remove their mon
strous hats during services.
The announcement caused a pro-
found sensation among the fair sex,
and 1t Is said that in one church sew
eral women left rather than obey the
request.
take up too much room in the peWs,
aud in addition prevent those in the
rear OF the church from seeing the
pulpit, thereby hindering thom in fol-
lowing the services.
1t is said that some of the hats
which have been worn to church
measured at least four feet in width
and two or three of them were
enough to fill a whole pew.
81 do not know what the result of
the stand taken by the ministers will
be-" said a well known pastor this
morning. 81 must admit that there
appears to be a decided opposition to
the request from the women and
many of them have shown plainly
that they do not intend to comply
with the demand. 1t is not possible
for the ministers to make an ironclad
rule barring ladies' hats from tne
churches, but we are going to do all
in our power to prevent the wearing
of those big bonnets during services.
"The opposition on the part of the
women was unlocked for and | under
stand that some will refuse to attend
church rather than remove their big
hats"
The very idea," said a fair church.
goer today why sunday is about
the only time | get to wear my new
hat. Take it off? Never! | think
the request is unreasonable from sew
eral view points. When a woman re
moves her hat she cannot help but
muss up her hair. It's hard enough
to keep my hair up these hot, windy
days, as it is. Then, how on earth
can we get our hats back on straight,
without a looking glass?
MY! / can see myself going home
from church now, with my hair in
strings and my hat over one eye, with
everyone making remarks about my
slovenly appearance. II the women
must remove their hats in church,
they will have to carry a looking
glass, a comb and brush and a hand
full of halrpins. in order to get the
hats back on again"
"Why don't you wear a shawl over
your head" suggested the mere man.
The woman gave him one withering
glance.
My dear sir" she said, "shawls are
an extinct -pccies-absolutely extinct.
VI N'tG a Tlld W ! W Nllt guess iipAs
Tn, mere man was silent.
The women who are so fortunate as
to have husbands have taken the mat
ter up with the head OF the household
I'm several cases and some pretty
strDns kicks have been registered
with the pastors.
There is no doubt but that some Of
the men would like to see the request
OF the ministers become law, but the
women appear to have the best OF
the argument. Some OF the women
now wear hats in church while others
do not. In some instances fair church
goers are conspicuous by their alb
sguce.
The Episcopal and Catholic church
cs still abide by the Old Biblical
that women should cover
their heads in church and in these
congregations the women st.ll wear
the big hats without molestation.