CLOTHED STATUES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 12070, 25 October 1913, Page 3 (Supplement)

CLOTHED STATUES.

A wave of modestv'has swept over St. •Louis,"and the -'cafes and restaurants have : presented an •extraordinary spectacle, most of .the pictures and statues there being partially covered with some article of clothing. : TJrider a city ordinance,. which has .iusfeome into' effect; cafe arid restaurant proprietors are forbidden to display : pictures, paintings, or statues m •the nude, a form of decoration which has been almost universally indulged in.. The cafe' proprietors (says the Chronicle's Chicago correspondent, have let 1 their fancy run riot in the, matter of clothing their treasures. The l"Sleeping : Beauty", who has' for -years, slumbered peacefully- and unclothed' oh a slab ii6\v wears a Dolj'eemah's -uniform. ';— the wropriefor declaring that he could' pot -think', of no-more'fitting garb for: 'a sleeping figure'.'- ' ; , Another cafe manager, in whose place lis a : 'bronze- figure taken- from the. factious- "September ' Morn'-'- picture [has pressed-the figure in a short white linen ■Sai'meriVw-MW a- statue of Baccha'tite, the' .original :of "which.' was refused by".: tho f pnritnnicaQly .ificlined' of BostonV noTjr wears a complete, jnotorhig 'outfit, including goggles and veil.