Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-07-11 | Page 3 | Judge Bars Strip Dance at Trial despite Heat

J Judge Bars Strip fu Dance I At Trial Despite Heat PARIS July 11 AP The AP-The The The pres presiding ding ding judge admitted it took I more than mere nudity to shock him as Joan Warner Varner Ameri American an anI I dancer w who o maintains that clothes hamper her art went on trial here lere today on charges of offending Paris morals A gallery of aviators notables notables aviators painters novelists and even one zoology professor rallied professor rallied to defend Miss Warners Warner's contention that nudeness nudeness-iS is not necessarily naughty The painter Maurice Devlaminck regaled the courtroom which previously previously previously had be been n denied the sight of Miss Warner Varne doing her dances for tor foris US its is benefit with his dissertation upon artistic nudity Mere nakedness nakedness nakedness naked naked- ness he remarked failed to shock him Well Monsieur Devlaminck the judge put in giving confidence for confidence it confidence it it doesn't shock me either cither At the opening of the hearing the he judge announced there would be no debate as to whether her dance which brought down the wrath of the Association for the Increase Increase Increase In In- crease of the French Population was obscene or artistic He announced it was artistic and that the case would be based solely on n the question of whether the American girls girl's antics were a danger to public morals The courtroom was packed The spectators heard M. M vice president of the plaintiff association association tion ion ask for the condemnation of all rill nude dancing in Paris with Miss Miss' Warner in particular being made an example Said Since Hitler suppressed nude dancing in Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many the nazi birth rate has risen a year Joans Joan's witnesses included the famous famous famous' famous famous' fa fa- fa- fa French fliers fUels Paul Codos and Raymond Delmotte the painter Maurice Devlaminck and the Dutch Zoology Professor The judge banned the taking of motion pictures of the trial and adjourned adjourned ad- ad the case until all cameras and sound apparatus had been re removed moved from the courtroom Then Henry Torres the counsel for lor the defense suggested that his client dance nude in the courtroom to prove in m the interests of justice justice justice jus jus- jus- jus tice that the dance was all art artt The judge however demurred answering ering Despite e the fact that it is a hot day it cannot be bc done for I am afraid I would have to allow the spectators spectators- to strip too I