ROME’S WAR.
AGAINST “JAZZ” AGE.
AUTHORITIES CLOSING .DANCE
HALLS
Taxicab “petting panties” have been banished in the “Eternal pity’’ by the latest edict in a nation-wide campaign against the growing influence of the “jazz age.” All taxicabs equipped with shades which may be drawn across the windows have had these shades fastened shut by means of tiny locks; each of the locks bears the lead seal of the R.ome prefect, so that a chauffeur who permits a client to break a seal to .shut himself off from public view can easily be caught. A fine is the penalty. _ For severel weeks the authorities of all the cities of the kingdom have been raiding and closing dance halls of all descriptions. This campaign is vigorously sponsored by the Holy See. Another campaign is 'being waged against alleged questionable books. Half a dozen important trials against publishers are going on in Florence and Milan. Only modern and non-classical books, however, are affected. Boccaccio, Oessanova, Oellini, Aretino, and other classics rest firmly installed in public favour .ancl no one has even thought of Wnninig them.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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182ROME’S WAR. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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