WOMAN WITH GREEN NECK

Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 February 1931, Page 6

WOMAN WITH GREEN NECK

SUN’S EFFECT ON DYE. "I took the coat to the Mediterranean, and when I became warm the dye ran out and made my neck green,'* said Mrs Elizabeth Hesketh, of Middlefield, Chislehurst, Kent, when she claimed £7 7s from Mrs Dora Arlington, a Women’s tailor, of Piccadilly, at Westi minster County Court, for a green suede coat, alleged to have been damaged in cleaning. Mrs Arlington said -it had not been redyed, but it was usual in the cleaniing process to rot int. The original colour might have been loose. "These materials vary, like the human skin,’’ she added. "Generally tlrey’re all right, but some give I trouble. This one may become all right. I with a liltie wear. " Judge Turner: But how green has she to get first ? Why cannot it be washed out? Airs Arlington: Exposure in the air may have loosened the dye. It will come out naturally. Judge Turner: Rather rough luck on Mrs Hesketh if she is to wait till ..the gentle dew of heaven lias washed the colour oNit all over her undergarments. He said later: It is an unfortunate happening, and does not affect your reputation. If I assess damages at two guineas that is sufficient.