WALK OUT.
LONDON SHOWGIRLS.
Protest Against Scantiness Of
Costumes.
"COLD AND INDECENT."
(Received 0.30 a.m.)
LOXDON, January 11
Nine of the showgirls in a revue entitled "Fig Leaves," claimed to be the biggest show in London, walked out because their costume consists Of the meagrest brassiere and a narrow satin strap round their hips.
The leader of the strikers said: "It is cold and indecent, and covers less than men wear at continental swimming baths. It would vanish if anyone in the stalls sneesed."
The producer f/fered to add either an extra feather or a fig leaf.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 10, 12 January 1940, Page 7
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