Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1916 — WILL NOT GET HER WAIST [ARTICLE]

WILL NOT GET HER WAIST

British War Regulations Prevent Father of Indiana Woman From Following Usual Custom. "'Fort” Wayne:. Ind. Mrs. Brownie Simmons of Chicago; Who has been visiting relatives. In Fremont, will not recelve this year a waist from her father In Englund, as she has each year for many years, because oif the war regulations. She has received a letter from her mother saying the customs officers have refused to permit the waist to be sent out of the country, saying that wofild mean another waist would have to be imported to replace* it. i Mrs. Simmons’ mother also wrote that she Is required to spend one day each week wheeling wounded or kick soldiers about for an airing.