Apparently, a reader wrote to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper asking about the law and women wearing male attire. The newspaper published this brief response in the “Answers to Correspondents” column.
“Answers to Correspondents,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 22, 1887, p. 4.
Transcript:
LAW.—The city ordinances prohibit men or women from appearing on the streets in costumes unbecoming the sex. Under these ordinances a woman may be fined for appearing in male attire.