DRESSES ON CREDIT.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1922, Page 6

DRESSES ON CREDIT.

PURCHASE AN EXTRAVAGANCE. London, April 7. The process of enlightening Judges as to the customs of the fashionable world continues. Mr. Justice Rowlatt has been called on to adjudicate in another case, wherein a wife pledged her husband’s credit for dresses. The husband, Major E. T. . Kings - cote, the King’s cellarman, living in St. James’ Palace, pleaded that his wife had an allowance, and he was not responsible. Mr. Justice Rowlatt closely inquired into the credit system, and said: “If goods cannot be paid for money down, it is an extravagance. But I am afraid I’m an old-fashioned and humdrum person.” Counsel: It depends on the style in which one lives in society, and where one moves. Mr. Justice Rowlatt: I should have been in other society. The Judge was surprised to learn that men accompanied women when buying gowns. He asked a young saleswoman: Don’t gentlemen feel awkward when they come to these shops? Witness: Not a bit. Mr. Justice Rowlatt: Aren’t they shy? Witness: Oh, no! Judgment was reserved in the case. Mr. Justice Rowlatt (Sir Sidney A. T. Rowlatt) has been a Judge of the High Court, King’s Bench Division, since 1912. He was Recorder of Windsor from 1906 to 1912.