The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-02

( the censor The verdict was guilty in
I the nrst degree. Thereupou the add
vance agent made his appearance and
uutolded d lameutabIe tale. The re-
I jecJed advertisements were an ne had
i'm stock. and If they were not allowed
his company would appear on the fol-
lowing Monday without advance notice
and the receipts of the box ONCE would
be poor indeed.
What could be d0ue2 The censor did
not wish 10 iujure the business Of a
company which supported such attrac-
tive young ladies' but TO allow such in
dammabIe display along the vacant
walls and fences OF the city was quite
impossible.
Lucky Inspiration
AT this critical stage of the game, the
bin poster had am inspiration The
artist had not properly clothed the
nymphs. but he could. He and his able
assistants would secure supply OF
plain white paper and while ii sklrmish
line of Drushmen held back the innocent
and pure-minded, the posters could be
rapidly placed i'm position and strips of
the plain paper quickly applied TO the
uudTessed limbs.
This happy solution Of the problem
was at once adopted and put into exc
cUJlou- Along the allotted spaces there
soon appeared rows OF merry, laughing
fairies with bodies from the waist line
down artisJiCauy draped in white pa
per- Every tlllg was lovely, and il any
passer-by stopped 10 speculate uuuu
what was concealed under the friendly
covering he was forced 10 the conviction
that nothing could be done except visit
the theater and view the originals.
and then came the horror OF the ar
fair After the departure Of the noble
minded patriots who retired TO their
family circles with the pleasing assur-
auce that once more the peonIe of
Washington had been saved in spite of
themselves, there stole forth from cor
uers and alleys divers and sundry very
small and very bad boys. These urchins
laid sacrIesious hands upon the freshly
applied white covering and rudeIy tore
il from the posters. leaving the uympns
TO shrink. like Phryne. before the gaze
Of passing judges.
Wickedness Of Small Boys.
II is some consolation TO know thar
the matter was promptly reported to
the celsors, and that they iu turn sent a
nuTry-up cali 10 the bin poster who
rushed relays of gorImen 10 the spot
20 repair the damage. The records Of
the department fail 20 disclose how
many times the wicked little boys ex-
posed the half-dTessed maidens. and how
many times the biI poster rushed to the
rescue Certain IL IS. however. that in
the end law and order triuu8ned and
toT the greater part Of the time that the
posters were displayed the covering OF /
plain paper shield the lovely forms from
the cold gaze of an uusymDathatic mob /
The law is very clear and distinct ON .
the subject Of clothing the female forms .
70 Dee hung in the public eve. The Ia .
dies are Obliged 10 wear skirts. or az 4
any rate skirt One viii do If 81 is /
or thick material More than that /
this skirt or these skirts must reach at F..
the very least TO tho knee CA hair DO +
says the Persian poet. divides the false
and true but not even hair must di- /
vide the exact center or the knee can
and the Zip OF my lady's skirt
on the other hand there IS an absolute .
limit 20 the lJWuess allowed fin the cu+-
ting of a bodice. The law IaboriousIv
markes and defines the extreme south /
eEn boundary OF loW-cut dress. You
are O vi0IsteT OF city ordinance If.
you cut the dress even one shade be-
low this deadiue- And right here is /
where the censor has gone uD against /
&c Eo0d and hard.
IL is q matter OF common knowledge .
that ladies have a thousand and one
ways OF having au evening dress cur.
There is "a mysterious pattern which, if /
followed. win give you a waist that /
barely exposes the shoulders, but at