THE SCOTTISH KNEE
AND SACRILEGIOUS TIGHTS.
(UNHID PRESS ASSOCIATION.-COPIRIGBT.) (Received 2nd April, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day A play is being produced in one of the theatres in which the chorus wears kilts, -but their legs are clothed in Ohts * prominent Melbourne Scot protests -nrough the Press against the tights as an insult to the Scotch race " He says.the Scotchman's knees have been his proudest possession for centuries -here are two things a Scotchman will not do_ wish his knees—bend them and •".over them. It is all very well to pander to certain opinions, but it should not be done at the expense of the Scotch, the salt of the earth. The enemies of Scotland have always been awed by thn knees of her fighting men. and lie pleads that the knees of the chorus should be equally inspiring.
.47 V ?■ ,news ln this issue accredited to llie Tines lias uppfurerl in tbiit journal but only where expressly t:nte.J ts sucii u«w( tv» editorial oi-imou of. "ilis Jias»,"j
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 79, 2 April 1924, Page 7
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168THE SCOTTISH KNEE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 79, 2 April 1924, Page 7
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