The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-02
SKIRTS UP TO
KNEES LEGAL
If Crowd Collects Officers May
lnterfere-'D Don't Disturb
the Peace" Must Apply

"A WOMAN may wear her Skirt,
up 10 her knees. That is hcr
own affair Higher thua that wcIl
that IL matter for tie iaw.
This gem Of legal wisdom was hand
rd down by Magistrate Koenig Zoo
New York city the other dny. 80
mat he spoke officially. lie readily
o"mltled 1t was question Of ethics
lhls disturbing problem of how lung
% WomanH skirts should be- Rt n.
ana ndd with true masculine rcl.pi
rucity:
! consider the knee the highest
Hhllt ot proper exposure. The fash
l"'hhlr skirt limit Is . Inches from
the ground | suppose Nuu .rr.
am keeping we'll within the law.
Daring tpto-Date Costume
Ihcn the magistrate was told tina
Dame Fashion nowadays was winl
Ing In guy uuroncern nt the I1mU
llmit Yea, even II inch. II one wrl.
young aud pretty enough Trim. hIe.
ItuN,lnn b"ots Of stunning black pll
cnt leather, and even white leather
iiul~h off the dnriug uptodatr rO.
tune
The judge smiled as he listened
'Ihnt * entirely ont Of my Jmi,d.
lion.' he declared. ANY woman mu,
dress aS she plensrs, provided she
does not nttrnct undue attention. Rut
II her costume causes II curious crowd
Ia collect In admiring excitement the,
the police must interfere Much de-
pruds on the intent That's mur,
q legal than n dressmukmg term.
Don't disturb the peace" The
magistrate spoke quite judlclally "uuI
You cnn wear anything YOU please
Lots NJ women disturb masculine peace
OF mind rs well AZ feminine envy. p,
their clothes But certainly the law
has no right 10 Interfere
Wanted Young Woman Arrested
Last June, the judge continued 90
| woman came Ia me She wnutrl "a
| Young woman arrested. The latter
wore her skirts too short, the com
i pInnunt said. Her husband had uo
Il ticrd II and. well-the wife wanted
q court rrprimand for the girl and 900
II Injunction for her future drrs~makIug
designs"
Judge koenig has a sense of humor
HIS answer Ia the woman was char
acicristic aud to the point
I told her" he snid. "thr court
ana drcSsmakcrs should try to work
In harmony and that the exposure
l uI a woman's leg, from the knee down
was of no interest 10 the har.'
This pcrplcNing legal aspect of the
II proper length Of "A wnmaus skirt
started when Judge Kocnig passed
y Judgment on two men caught masuur
: radlng In womcns clothes Thnnksgi,.
Ing night. Both were I'm the nigh
court Their skirts were too high. The
policemen who arrested them admitted
that hut they were only men out for
: pleasant evening, So u complaint of
disordcrIy conduct was charged
against them They paid 81 fine and
were hastily dismissed
soon Detect Nulgarity
, "Nl this Is very Interesting.
] though the magistrate declared In
dlNuu--lug the cusc. There Is Ger
tain morality for every community
In the kind of clothes women wcur
Women myc more influence than they
realize in thl, matter. Men Ike well
, dressed women, but they are keen tu
, detect vucaritv in feminine taste.
. luotiIrially, | should sav skirts are
ascending and pity the plight Of the
, girl whose dignity is measured hy
. the length Of her skirt. Eyeu grand
mothers nowadays scotf ut the old
problem of the balance NJ year,
, against inches
D.. 10 l- 1910 ardent question " the day.'
. the magistrate concluded. "Girl. mat
I ron ouWoccr all look like sweet lG
. NId o- for grandmothcrS-t are hc
- coming %. extinct ny the dodo!"