The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-10
Girls Dressed In Mems
Clothing Plead for Release
Before Chief O'Hare
Monday Night.
LEARN A GOOD LESSON
Torrents Of Tears Follow Order of Chief
TO Take the Girls Downstairs and
Then the Chief Relents and Girls
Leave Sadder But Wiser.

They had the garb Of men but the
walk oe girls and SO tho policeman
looked them over carefully as he passed
sextette on Main street just before
ten o'clock Monday evening. There
were three couples of them and-mira-
bile dictu-each Of the "young gen
tlemen'' wore caps down over their
ears and high heeled shoes. It was a
strange combination so the officer stop
ped and chatted with them about the
curfew law in particular and every
thing in general. Then he made up
his mind that someone needed lesson
and he invited the couples to walk
with him over to the police station.
They started to slate them at the sta
ton when Chief o Hare called them in
on the green carpet. Then he asked
their names and Margaret and
| "Geraldine and four other feminine
cognomens, was the result. Then the
girls realized the seriousness Of their
situation and began an explanation
They were just out for a coed time
and thought it would be good joke
to dress up like boys bat they never
once thought of the consequences.
"Now, johnny said the Chief, to
the one dressed in a brown suit Of her
brother, "didn t you know that it
was against the law for you to dress
up like man? But Johnny never heard
of such q regulation but he-or She
was certain that now she would never
forget it. The Chief wanted to be sure
they understood the law and so he
suggested that all of them be taken
down stairs. Put them all in the same
cell,o was the suggestion and then
came the torrent of tears
One Of the girls started down the
stairs in the rain followed by the Of
fcer with the key to the lookup. Oh,
please do give us another chance,
said the last one through her tears as
she left the inner Office. eve really
didn It know and just can u think of
going down there. -
"Alright, J, said the chief in his most
gracious mood. ''Tell the girls to come
back and we IL talk it over" He then
explained that since it was their first
offense he would give them another
chance. He wanted to talk to their
parents and they promised on their
honor to have them report this morn
ing.
The Chief added some good advice to
the girls and warned them that they
should not attempt repetition Of the
escapade. They thanked him profuse-
" for his graciousness and assured him
that they would remember the lesson
that they had learned so well. "We II
slip home the back way, If you III let
us,'' they said as they said goodbye
and they went down the steps leading
to the alleyway at the back of the City
Hall, protesting all the way that they
had had enough of the boy business.
Before leaving the police Office the
girls told the whole truth about their
escapade. The three who were dressed
like boys, one in dark blue, one in gray
and one in tan, said that they had
thought there would be no harm at all
and never once thought Of the police
taking hand in the escapade. They
admitted that they had paraded down
Main street several times and had
stopped in one of the candy stores and
talked with the girls in there at the
time. The other girls had been a party
to the scheme and insisted that they
had had almost as mitch to do with
lit az the ones who actually wore the
boys clothing.
Chief O'Hare had several comments
to make on the episode. He hopes that
it will be lesson not only to the six
girls who were picked up and brought
to the police Office, but also to any
others who may contemplate such an
escapade. "They may not get out SO
easily another time,' he added with
a twinkle in his eyes.