FEMININE WEAKNESS.
AND MASCULINE SAGACITY. During the reign of Louis XV. of France the light chaise came into fashion, and great ladies of Paris were accustomed to drive in them about the city. But beautiful hands are noit always strong ones ; accidents began, to occur njpre and more frequently in .the streets. Consequently the King besought the Minister of Police to do something, since the lives of pedestrians .were constantly in danger. “I will do whatever is in' my power,” replied the Police Minister. “Your Majesty desires that these accidents cease entirely ?” The King replied, “Certainly.” The next day there appeared a royal ordinance that ordered that, in future, ladies under .thirty years plage should not drive chaises through the streets of Paris. That seems a mild restriction ; but it is said that scarcely a woman from that time on drove her .own chaise. The Police Minister knew that few women would care to advertise the fact that they were over thirty; and that the rest would probably be too old to drive, anyway.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4344, 18 November 1921, Page 4
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174FEMININE WEAKNESS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4344, 18 November 1921, Page 4
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