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Show THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF CUPID. A heartless and unsympathetio judge has denied the motion made on behalf of Mine. Hiss Debar for an injunction to prevent the theatrical managers who have engaged her to star from exhibiting exhibit-ing photographs of her as Cupid. The prospect of Ann O'Dolia's most un-sylpli-like form 250 pounds in weight being thrust before the unprotected public in tights is sullicient provocation for every state iu tho union to pass the law against tights introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature on Wednesday. Wednes-day. Philadelphia Press. Let Diss Debar, or her manager, mark upon her fragile form the outlines of the traditional Cupid, or those, say of a plump Bnd chubby boy of six. Then when the people begin to gather with their deferred cabbages and mislaid mis-laid eggs, their diseased potatoes aud deceased kittens, let it be firmly but respectfully announced from the stage that no missile which hits outside of the line should "count." Brooklyn Times. The various clerical nnd jurist societies socie-ties should turu their attention to the New York judges who have decreed that Lillian Russell and Diss Debar must wear tights. If "nature has been generous" to Lillian, how profligate must nature have been to Diss, who weighs 2r0 pounds? In the interest of morality (aud high art) let the colossal limbs of the fat priestess be screened from the publio gaze. Kansas City Star. "Sensativo females protect themselves them-selves from anything immodest without the assistance of courts, and the plain-till plain-till has the liberty of doing likewise," said Judge MeAiiam, of New York, in crivini? his decision in the Diss Debar tights suit. Truer words never were spoken. If actresses do not want to wear tights, they should not sign contracts con-tracts to appear in plays demanding tights. Buffalo Express. There may be no relief for Mme. Diss Debar, but if she stick to her contract and represents Cupid whose tread will make the boards of the stage crack beneath be-neath her, the audience may require the relief which the open air affords. For tho satisfaction of the the public this particular cupid should be allowed to wear as much clothing as she will consent to don.f New Y'ork Telegram. The afllictod lady may at least have the comfort of knowing that the drapery dra-pery which the law allows her in the role of Cupid is very ample indeed, as compared with that of the traditional love god. Troy Press. Mme. Diss Debar must be a Cupid ot tho stage, so the court has ruled. What a great Cupid she will bo with her 800 pounds of llesh! It will be a ghastly instead in-stead of a ghostly exhibition. New York Press. According to a legal decision Mme. Diss Debar, tho famous spook priestess, will have to appear in tight as Cupid. Fancy tho god of love weighing 200 pounds. Rochester Herald. |