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Show London Chorus Girls Under 18 Are Protected Producer Responsible for Return of Company After Foreign Tour, Charter Says LONDON,' May 31 (UP) The trim-limbed, timid little chorus girl of England hue been 'xiven a hand as Texas Gulnan often haa urged her "suckers" in New York , nlfiht clubs. In reality, ft Is more than a hand. It Is tlio protective hand of John lull. If you can imagine a wing on a lion. A. charter for cliorui girls of 16 and 17 years of age had been drawn up and mude effective. The charter, officially known as the children employment abroad amendmenj, act. was drafted after considerable agitation by moralists who claimed many of the girls were taken to M range lands and h-ft stranded when the show collapsed. col-lapsed. This, the moralists argued, left only on course open to the girls, too proud to wire home for funds. The act provides that a special license must be obtained from a magistrate by a producer before he can enjrug the service of girls under th age of 18. The masls tnite mut sattnfy himself that the girl has the consent of her parents; that she, in fit for the encasement; that ha will return home ss en as it is ended and that she will be property treated and her welfare supervised while she Is s broad. If a maniigcr fails to do this h Is subject to a fine of $'.0 and en-thence en-thence of two years at hard labor. |