No Kisses

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 521, 26 November 1928, Page 9

No Kisses

Paris Police will Chaperon Midinettes FUN ON BOULEVARDS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) PARIS, Saturday. The kissing of midinettes in the streets on St. Catherine’s Day (tomorrow') has been prohibited this year. On each recurrence of the day the Paris boulevards resemble flower gardens. They are thronged with laughing girls with head-dresses decked with ribbons, lace and orange blossom. Beneath chic bonnets they smile on all the world. It Is a traditionally reserved fete day for the little dressmakers’ midinettes. Those who have reached the age of 25 and are not married are entitled to wear lace bonnets. The younger ones, in order not to be outdone, wear charming fancy dresses. The more important houses give their girls champagne and cakes and a dance. Less fortunate employees take their amusement on the boulevards, walking arm in arm, singing and reaping their full share of admiration. The decision of the police to prohibit the kissing of the midinettes is regarded as a concession to anxiofts mothers, some of whom have complained of the free and easy manner of youths and maidens who play “Catch-as-catch-can.” Each chase inevitably ends in a stolen kiss which is promptly returned.