THE CHAPLE LIFE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 81, 26 May 1911, Page 5

THE CHAPLE LIFE.

CH .;; ' : ■ : i i.O i other ir;*tniag at the V at:: police! j Court', Sidney, win-:*, :• I'Hr Liie fmmsl Inisinc;-s hi.-l been traussu.tcd, a j man outei ad lira Cam i and war. 1 placed isi the il ah ati'.ivil ia ;; viek-.o | lathing costume. Mo was introduced .to the; Magisi (Taco (A!;' dud .hers) !>y Bolrce Imo- ■; r-eni D: w, \. raid: “I i! i•••>«• .iiiTtrodyc-'o to iia Court a selt-hH led I mrc-aiicnt of the : iuu.i ■ life, who on Wednesday was walHiig a:) (J; :i!gc I St r. at w'ling tin; !;•;.<>!; ? row |>. aj due', garbed as he now is—-in a hathina; era fclllnt‘. ! * | _\ iJ eye; wars directed to the d id; , where .stood William dames Chid ley, ! a tall, muscular man of about oO i yoais of attired in a long violet | tunic a 'sellnig nearly in the kne; slim i oathing ti links beneath, and with hai a arms and leg/.. lie whs cuaigc'l with I .'aha via y,; in an offtaH sivo ins, mum- in (leovgo Street on the lOtii irs.t. Constable Weaver d ■•posed that c|elondant was. walking along the footpath in (ieorge Street mar the. immutable Budding, about i p.m., dressed as, ho now appeared !adore the Court. Ho had on the chest and hack a placard with tin' name of a nook printed upon it in large letters. He was also carrying a leather handhag with the .sss.r’ words printed upon it, and a hook I..suing the sunn) title. Defendant deliberately jostled several pedjcr.tr ia as and attracted considerable attention from the crowd following him. As iris .dress wan not in accordance wiih the rules governing social decorum and bis behaviour oflensivo, ho was promptly arrested. ■ When questioned hy Sergeant Drew defendant denied having jostled anyone, but admitted that ho adopted his dress to advertise his hook, .and that Sydney was the first town in which he Jnul so conducted himself. Ho was trying to .introduce the simple life to Australia. Air. Hin ithers, who considered the conduct ol the dofondairt simidy that or a faddist, imposed the nominal line of os or in default imprisonment in the cells until S p.m. Tfio fine was immediately pa id, and defendant' left tutO Court still in his scanty attire, amid the jibes and laughter of those "ho witnessed the unusual and somewhat dramatic incident. Sergeant Drew informed the Bench that the >ook carried by defendant had been forwarded to the Crown law authorities for their opinion.