USE OF LIPSTICK
HUSBAND'S COMPLAINT
DIVORCE PLEA IN PARIS
(Received April 7, 11.30 a.m.)
PARIS, April 6.
Alleging that his wife's unintelligent use of lipstick gave her the appearance of a vamp, a husband is seeking a divorce in the Paris courts.
The wife produced photographs showing examples of artistic and inartistic use of lipstick, and said that the application of bright scarlet was merely conforming to fashion.
The husband replied that she had changed her mouth to such an extent that she ceased to have the appearance of a woman of her position. .
The case is not related to the 'society woman's application for divorce (referred to in a .cable on April 1), because her husband refused to kiss her.
Judgment was reserved in each case.
The second case referred to is arousing much interest among English divorce law authorities. A young French society woman is seeking a 'divorce because her husband is alleged to have refused to kiss her, stating that from childhood he had had a deep-rooted antipathy to kissing and being kissed. The case is unprecedented in legal history.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1936, Page 11
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183USE OF LIPSTICK Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1936, Page 11
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