The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-26
Oldham Vaudeville Censorship
Bill Is Killed.
Short Grassland Skirt-MOd-
esty Meets a Setback.
AMOS MEASURE is IN CREPE
Municipal Ownership Bill Dies
in Committee.
Physical Training Plan Recon-
mended for Passage.

Lady footlight artists need not dis
play their pink tights and abbreviated
skirts to the movie censors before
coming to Kansas. Representative
Oldham's bill making the vaudeville
houses a safe place for persons who
have adopted the short grass district
sense of propriety and modesty, has
been killed by the house committee
on state affairs.
O1dham's bill west to the morgue
today along with twenty-nine other
bills which were adversely reported
by house committees. The member
from Wichita county had offered a
bill which provided that the movie
censorship board should pass on all
Vode shows, costumes, scenery, litera-
ture, advertising, dances, songs, acts
and skits before they were projected
across the footlights to the audience.
Oldham had confided to his legislative
friends that he attended a vode show
in Topeka, was overcome by the
sensuous and suggestive cavorting of
the lady danseuse and went home
shocked and chagrined.
When Oldham came to Topeka to
help make laws, he had the Leoti
standard of decency. Leoti doesn' t
permit these tomfooleries of the show
girls who carry their wardrobes in a
POCKET ndnQk0rcnleI. SO Wnen
friend took him to a vode show, Old
ham frankly admits that he got right
up and went home, by gum, just as
soon as painted maiden danced in a
| manner that exposed her limbs away
up around where her garters ought tc
| be. The next day Oldham introduced
the bill which was tended to stop such
shocking, sinful and disgraceful ex-
posures. 1t also regulated this prick
| ly, tingly, itchy music and enabled the
censor board to remove a whole sec
| ton from the lines Of any vaudeville
| act.
| Amoa Bill Dead, Too.
| 'Dick" Howard's committee or
| cities of the second class today huns
a yard or two of crepe on the Amor
bill permitting Kansas towns and ci
| ties to do all the things permitted il
| the good zold progressive, forward
/ looking Nonpartisan league state o.
North Dakota. Amos simply wantet
/ a little law which would enable ;
Kansas city to vote bonds and acquir'
any sort of a public service corpora
ton from an electric light or wate
plant to a street railway system or
! telephone plant, packing plant, coit
storage, public market or general lin'
of business industry or activity which
has a public patronage. The Amo
| bill was introduced several weeks ago
member and kind, considerate an
| thoughtful in his actions, didn't repor
| the Staying of the bill in the earl
| casualties In fact he followed tn
war department policy of breaking tn
news gently. He waited until flocl
of other bills had been slain and whel
the mortuary record was reported thi
morning, he modestly advised tn
house that his committee was unabl
to see its way clear to go to the up
rising states in order to gather idea
for advanced legislation.
] Garnishment Bill Dies, Also.
/ Add to the list of dead bills tn
measure by Beard of Sedgwick regard
ing garnishments. Beard sought t
overcome the obstacles which a credi
tor finds under the present 10 per cen
garnishment plan. He provided tina
creditors might pool their interest
and collect larger sums each month
But an unkind committee reported tn
bill adversely.
Physical Training Bill Out.
The house bill providing for phys
ical training in public schools of tn
state was this morning recommends
for passage. A hard fight had bee
made on the bill in the committe
rooms, but the measure will now TAX
a place on the calendar for discussio
under general orders.