WOMEN'S DRESS.
to the editor of "iiu: I'ttESS. 1 Sir, —The word "epieikes" should keeps us smaller fry out of the ring while the theological "t-auri" have their bout on tho main issue. Perhaps 1 jnay he allowed a word on the above side issue raised by the contestant wl.oso side i am on. J. expect uotn wnl agne with the Scotch lady who instructed her dressmaker thus: —"Make it, up at neck, down at hand, walking length, straddling width, with a good broad hem, and a flounce to it-." Don't you think, Sir, that we men s-hould take the present day styles in dress as a compliment—a delicate compliment from the women showing thaithey feel that they can trust us more than they did in the past, and it is not necessary to dress as if we were Turks? The masculine leg exhibition seems to have had its d;iv about 300 years ago—a Bishop' 9 gaiters may be a surviving relic. "Whv should not the women hnve their dav'P There an? many signs that the'dawn of that day is with us now. —You™ etc., PETER TROLO\ E.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17469, 1 June 1922, Page 9
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188WOMEN'S DRESS. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17469, 1 June 1922, Page 9
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