DRESS CENSOR FINED

Shannon News, 27 March 1928, Page 4

DRESS CENSOR FINED

TOO OFFICIOUS POLICEMAN

GERMAN STATION INCIDEN

For “endangering the peace tween the British Army of Odfßpj and the German public’ a rai policeman, named Fehl, who stituted himself a censor of la apparel has been ordered by tl»o Br Court at Wiesbaden, many, to pay a line of £lO or prison for one month. The railway policemen watch for thieves, umlesirabies who infest most Gei railway termini. On the last mgl the famous “Andreas Market,’’ v Wiesbaden is the shopping venue the entire countryside, the station full of wayfarers at 3 ii.m. ,The policeman was asked by a in the ’first-class waiting room to quest another lady to don t because her dress was much too •collete. for the first lady’s liking., second lady complied, but, in her t directed Fchl’s attention to o tables at which were seated ltfrdief evening dress and suggested that - order to put on cloaks should a to everybody. At two of the tables were { se t, some British officers and their la * who were waiting for a train to ; theTu to Bingen after a ball. Sing : dut one lady, Fehl intimated, t making impolite signs and gbsti ‘ that she must put on her cloak, w - she did. Another British lady as (sarcastically if she should also don i; wrap, but Fehl, after coolly study ) decided that she was die (and said “No. ’’ Fehl’s behaviour caused some tention, and a crowd gathered ro the tables •where the British \

? seated and began to pass rcpia ? One of the British officers theren i ordered Fehl to leave the room, -later he was arrested and charged t linsulting four British officers by . ting to salute and with- insulting {families of British officers.

A railway official, who admit ithat FehlV behaviour -was most in trcct, stated solemnly that there v mo regulations requiring ladies wear’ cloaks in waiting rooms w

their dresses were low cut, nor w fthere any regulations forbidd Sadies to appear in waiting rooms evening dress. In sentencing Fehl—whose na means literally * 1 error the Co expressed the opinion that he was a fit person to perform railway ]rjp duties.