Told To Keep Her Shirt On -- Blonde Elaine Stritch, understudy to Ethel Merman in the Broadway hit, "Call Me Madam", wears halter and shorts which caused her arrest in Central Park Sunday. Today she was fined $1 and told by Magistrate Emilio Nunes: "A beautiful girl like you could cause a small riot and cause a large crowd to collect by removing your shirt". "Well", she replied "I was there all day and nothing happened". Blonde Elaine Stritch understudy to Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam, wears halter and shorts which caused her arrest in Central Park, New York. Fining her a dollar, the magistrate said, 穡A beautiful girl like you could cause a small riot.??Elaine?s reply was, 穡Well, I was there all day and nothing happened". June 26, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).