Ferreting Out Evil - the records of the Committee on Evil Literature by Tom Quinlan - images (3)
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(Left) Petition with 516 signatures,
submitted to editor of Our Boys, Reverend
Brother J.C. Craven, supporting suppression
of obscene literature. Sent to the
Minister for Justice by Brother Craven with
accompanying letter, 10 December 1926,
stating...' the reading of such papers as
the News of the World has depraved
the minds of the younger generation of our
community to a degree that they are copying
the manner of the robber, the murderer,
the scoundrel and the filthy beast, as recorded
in that diabolical production'. (NAI JUS
7/1/5) (21K)
(Right) Photograph
published 18 June 1924 in the Bystander
captioned "A Featherweight Affair - MISS
DORA DUBEY, who is one of the company now
appearing in the 'Dolly's Revels' at the
Piccadilly Hotel, in one of the earliest
styles of summer dresses known to man".
Submitted to the Committee by the Irish
Vigilance Association. (NAI JUS
7/2/14) (16K)
![Newspaper cutting [January 1926] Click to see larger image)](images/evil10.gif)
(Left) Cutting
from The Irish Independent [10 January 1926]: Advertisement for health tonic called
phospherine. Sent to the Committee by a
Mr. J. Arthur of Co. Clare. Mr. Arthur
seems to have regarded the illustration
of dancers as obscene, as well as the placement
of it in close proximity to an advertisement
for a Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.
(NAI, JUS7/1/5) (27K)
(![Newspaper cutting [January 1926] (Click to see larger image)](images/evil11.gif)
Right) Cutting [Irish
Independent 20 January 1926]: Advertisement for Veet hair removing cream. Sent to the Committee March 1926 by Mr.
J. Arthur, Co. Clare. (NAI JUS 7/1/5) (27K)