Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1919 — Girls in Tight Skirts Protest Safety Mirrors [ARTICLE]

Girls in Tight Skirts Protest Safety Mirrors

Los Angeles, Cal. —The little safety mirrors on cars of the Lbs Angeles Railway company have been attacked by the fair sex of the city and already a number of protests against the mirrors have been lodged with officials of the company. Fashion, which has decreed the tight skirt, is the real cause of the complaint, and the women declare they are embarrassed by the stare of the motormen as they climb aboard the cars. On the other hand, officials of the railway company have filed a counter-complaint, charging that the tight skirts cause undue delay of the cars. In addition they s»y the motormen merely do their duty in watching the mirrors to make certain passengers are on the cars before starting.