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WHY DO WOMEN DRESS?

TO PLEASE MEN OR WOMEN? BACHELOR JUDGE TRIES CUR- ~ lOUS CASE. London February 22. Mr Justice M'Cardie, who is a bachelor, is hearing a case arising from Captain Nash’s wife’s alleged desire to be London’s best-dressed woman. : The firm of Callot, of Paris and London, is suing Nash, for for' dresses supplied to Mrs Nash within a period of six months. During the hearing, the Judge asked defendant’s counsel whether he thought a woman dressed to please men or to please women. Counsel: I think to annoy other women. The Judge: What proportion of a husband’s income ought to be devoted to decorating his wife? Counsel: That depends on their station- in life. For people like the Nashs, with a flat and a house in the West End, £4OO n year ought to be enough. This appears at present, to be the husband’s total income, as an officer of" the Army. The Judge: What is he to do?

• Counsel : File a petition and retire from the scene. The Judge: He can retire from matrimony but not from his responsibilities as a husband. The law holds him to them. t : The Judge in view of the social importance of the question involved, reserved his judgment.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19230227.2.16

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2548, 27 February 1923, Page 3

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WHY DO WOMEN DRESS? Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2548, 27 February 1923, Page 3

WHY DO WOMEN DRESS? Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2548, 27 February 1923, Page 3

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