BAN ON BIG HATS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10903, 21 October 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

BAN ON BIG HATS.

BERLIN'S STERN LAW. vlierr. von Jagow, the Berlin Police President, who recently declared war ,011 "murderous" hatpins, has now issued a ban on enormous:hats. f: Berlin theatre managers have -boon ntfeied that henceforth-.women who wear modern,, view-obstructing millinery--will be guilty of a misdemeanor, 'for which the. managers .will -be held.responsible. A fine ot £5 will be inflicted on-mana-gers every time a : woman:is allowed'.to keep on her,liat while m a box- .."~v-... •lierr von- Jagow states that-he is-im-pelled to issue this decree with a view to the "preservation of public order," inasmuch asUhe wearing-of large hats by occupants of boxes irequently ldads to violent altercations -with people .whose- view of the .stage is off. "It lias long been obligatory for -women sitting 111 stalls and remdv.e their hats.

iThe -Archbishop of Genoa has addressed a letter to his clergy directing vthem to exhort-the female members'of--their flock to abstaiu-from wearing the enormous hats-now in vogue. Th<s. Archbishop points out that these monster hats prevent humbler members u of the congregation, who wear a simple \maiitilla on their heads,. from getting: 7 "a glimpse of- the altar and of the" officiating priest. ' ' : '