THE THEATRE HAT.
The Jubilee revival of the Early "Victorian poke bonnet has revived the agitation against the theatre hat, whereupon a deep-thinking correspondent of a Home paper—obviously of feminine disposition observes that if it is to be decreed that women shall not wear large and high hats to the theatre, the managers ought also, while they are about it, to add a clause declaring that “ all men who go out for drinks between acts should take seats next the aisle, so that a whole row of people will not have to rise each time they dodge out. It is a poor rule that will not work both ways.
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Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 23, 11 September 1897, Page 6
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109THE THEATRE HAT. Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 23, 11 September 1897, Page 6
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