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...explained by President G. Clifford Prout Jr., 32, and gleefully reported in the nation's press, the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals was founded four years ago by his late father, a St. Louis real estate man, who left $400,000 to institute an organization dedicated to the proposition that "all animals should wear clothing for the sake of decency." "It should have been the Society Against Indecency to Naked Animals, of course," explained the junior Prout disarmingly. "but unfortunately my father was a little-well, not quite of sound mind when he drew up the will...
Grave Danger. Prout claimed a membership of more than 50,000, and 47 chapters throughout the country, all dedicated to clothing pets in breakaway shorts, pants or wrap-around skirts. How about calls of nature? Easy enough, says SINA; a few weeks of practice, and any animal can learn to lower his pants with his teeth...
SINA also boasts a marching song, "Wings of Decency," which begins: "High on the wings of SINA/We fight for the future now/Let's clothe every pet and animal/Whether dog, cat, horse. or cow./G. Clifford Prout, our president./ He works for you and me,/So clothe all your pets and join the march/For worldwide decency...
When Clifford Prout, Jr. comes to Harvard (in late March or early April), he will probably declare Cambridge a "moral disaster area" because of its tolerance of animal nudity. In Prout's view the sight of naked animals "triggers moral deterioration and helps explain why there is so much juvenile delinquency and adult crime." Presumably, the proposed campus chapter of SINA woud correct this laxity by providing knickers, shorts, and other coverings for the local fauna. (A SINA "emergency clothesmobile" cruises the streets of New York with simple animal garments for the worst cases of indecency...
Many persons have expressed concern that the Society is "for" Indecency is Naked Animals rather than against it. Spencer explained that the name was specified in the elder Prout's will, which must be followed to the letter. "The old man was not in the best of mental health when he died," Spencer added...