Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1910 — COVER POSTERS OF BALLET [ARTICLE]

COVER POSTERS OF BALLET

Membsrs of Old Ladles’ Homs Resent Billboard Pictures of Women Scantily Dressed. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Opposite the Old Ladies’ home In this city is a dead wall, which is used to advertise attractions at some of the local theaters. A billposter put up a number of posters of ballet dancers clad in gaudy and scant attire. The Inmates of the house, who ssw them from their windows, were Indignant. They held a consultation and then resolved on action,. They procured a number of newspapers, and with paste and pot made their way to the opposite side of the street and covered the lower limbs of the dancers, and were much pleased with their work. One of them remarked: “There now! I guess decency will not be outraged.”