STOCKINGS FROM LONDON TO BE USED TO TREAT NORTH AFRICAN ANIMALS
London, U.K. (JFK+50) On February 5, 1926, Associated Press reports that Mrs. F. K. Hosali "is in London making a collection of stockings" to take back to Algeria.
The "stocking fad" is not for her personal use or profit, but to be used on "mules, donkeys and camels" in North Africa.
Mrs. Hosali has been doing humanitarian work "among the mules" who suffer from fly bites on their legs. The stockings will keep bandages in place to protect the animals from those bites.
AP says Mrs. Hosali is authorized by the governors of Algeria, Tunis and Morocco "to seize any unfit animal" and treat it.
SOURCE
"Drive to Put Silk Hose on Donkeys of Algeria Begun," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 5, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
