Show laws against low necked dresses A correspondent who has been enfa impressed lythe recent police raids suggests a new field for official activity in the protection of public morality as follows 1 find in my scrapbook scrap bool a newspaper clipping where under the heading of old pennsylvania laws appears the following if any white female of ten years or upward shall appear in any public street lane highway church court house tavern ballroom theater or any other place of public resort with naked shoulders i e low necked dresses being able to purchase necessary clothing she shall forfeit and pay a fino of not less than nor more than if this be really pennsylvania law still in force it beema to me that the police officials at a recent ball were derelict ia their anty as conservatory conservators conserva tors of the public morals in not immediately sending for officers and patrol wagons when so many flagrant violations of the law must bavo been visible to them philadelphia record |