Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Slippers In The Office.
Has an employer the right to dismiss his typist because she wears slippers while working in his office? A young woman, at the end of January, told the judge in a Paris court that she had been in the employ of the manager of a bank.
Some time ago she was operated on for appendicitis. When she resumed work she experienced pain when she wore her elegant shoes. So, on arriving at her office, the first thing she did, following the advice of her doctor, was to put on comfortable slippers. This was noticed by her employer, who said he would not allow it.
As the typist refused to wear her shoes in the office the bank manager told her she had to choose between her post and her slippers. She selected the slippers, and was dismissed. The judge decided to think the matter