The Washington times., 1921-02-13

use little Of the black lace you may thoughand
then dance around each table on the floor up the
and away from them before they can grab you
Miss Hurley, her plans thus approved instructed
to have photographs taken of herself in her dancing cos
tune of pece of black Lace these photographs to be
distributed to the guests the ball souvenirs is
one of these photographs that is reproduced this
When the momentous evening of the "Mecca Ball.
arrived Miss Hurley appeared at the hotel and was as
signed an undressing ROOM"
To the court in the later proceedings, she said:
when had undressed and had draped the lace about
looked around for the oyster shell and could not lind
it, / sent for Mr.. Karpen and asked him about IT, lie
professed surprise that should ask him SUCH question
Haven't YOU brought it along with your ne asked
told him had not and that had not understood was
to furnish the she'll understood only that was TO iur
nish myself and with just little else as possible had
to do my dance without the oyster she'll and then Mr.
Karten refused to pay me. He offered me twenty-five
dollars, but would not take that 1t was his duty to
provide the she'll ~,
.sThe question them said the Judge, turning to Mr.
Charles Hess the lawyer for Miss Hurley, SINNERS down
to the question whose duty it was to produce the
oyster shelf"
Eyes, your Honor" replied Lawyer Hess. ::
'It is commended by Mr. Karten that the oyster shell
was part of the of the act and therefore should
have been supplied by Miss Hurleyf'
YES your Honor" :
CIT is maintained by Miss Hurley the model that the
oyster shell part of the stage setting or paraphe
MALTA of the act and not part OF the costume OF the per
provided"
eyes, your Honor -
Snow them" said the Judge, solemnly turning his
eyes toward the ceiling et see il we can reason out
this problem by analogy Suppose Miss Hurley had been
engaged to play the part Of Eve e..
Eyes, your Honor
sWould the fig leaf which Eve in the Garden OF
Eden be a necessary part of the actf
1--WE think it would, your Honor. 7" SOY
would the fig leaf be part OF the costume OF the
part of the paraphernaia or stage property OF the
partf" -.
Clearly the fig leaf Of Eve in the Garden of Eden
would have been essential part OF her costume and
not piece of scenery paraphernalia 10.
''Since therefore his Honor pursued, "a fig leaf or
any other historical NEUROLOGICAL garment which is
part to portray the character in the nature
Of costume il is the duty Of the person representing
that character provide the fig leaf characteristic
portion of the costumef In the case of Eve the fig leaf
was essential and necessary to identify her Eve And
is the oyster shell inseparaby associated with the
NEUROLOGICAL character Of Aphrodite that must be
part the ensemble in order to properly characterize the
eharacterf''
''No, your Honor" cried Lawyer Hess. cit is un
thnkablc and impossible to contemplate Eve in the Gar
den of Eden without the historical fig leaf yet con-
tend that the history of literature and art and sculpture
shows concusvey beyond peradvenure Of doubt, that
Aphrodte can be and is and for centuries has been por
trayed in sculpture and in painting throughout the gal
leries of the world without the oyster she'll"
But the stauary and paintings you refer to of Aphro
de were Of the goddess in afer-fe and In subsequent
stuaons-not at the time Of her emergence from the sea
in the oyster SHE'LL remarked the Judge.
eyes your Honor that Is true. But we contend that
for the purposes Of the scenic effect Of the appearance of