FEMALE AND SLIT SKIRT.
FINE OF £$ IMPOSED.
New York, July 18
A great flutter has been caused in feminine circles at Richmond, Virginia, over the arrest of a Miss Blossom Browning, who yesterday appeared in the streets of the city gowned in a slit skirt. The charge preferred against her was that of indecent exposure. Miss Browning was greatly indignant at being taken into custody. The dress, she argued, represented the latest fashion, and as she bought it in a licensed department store, and it suited her taste, she should be allowed to wear it. The hearing ot the case provided no small amount of diversion. The defendant’s lawyer argued that the sale of the skirt in a licensed department store permitted the purchaser to wear the garment, The judge, however, could not see that it did. ‘‘You may have a license for the sale of firearms,” he said, "but that doesn’t authorise you to commit murder.” That settled the matter, and Miss Browning was ordered to pay a fine of £5. “Well,” she exclaimed in disgust, “I’ll just go to New York, where the people are not so prudish,” and with that parting shot, Blossom, with her slit skirt still on, quitted the Court.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1126, 29 July 1913, Page 3
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205FEMALE AND SLIT SKIRT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1126, 29 July 1913, Page 3
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