WOMEN'S DRESS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17470, 2 June 1922, Page 9

WOMEN'S DRESS.

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS.'' Sir,—With reference to the letter on women's dress by Peter Trolove, may I suggest that there be an unwritten law amongst women folk that the wearing of knickerbocker trousers is imperative, which can be covered by a skirt or'costume by those so desiring. Surely it is not beyond tho wit of women to make this garment handsome and attractive. There is a great range of materials and form. Not so many jears ago women wore skirts so long and wide that one could scarcely see their feet. Now they have gone to the opposite extreme. It does not appeal to or.e's sense of what is right to see. young women sitting in a tramcar with skirte about two inches below the knee, and to add to the stupidity of such a garment, sitting cross-legged. —Yours, etc., MODERATION. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS.'' Sir,—Dean Harper's quiet warning should be taken in earnest by the community. "Women in many cases have fallen from the plane of man's respect, and what is woman when she loses a man's respect? The low necks, short dresses, open-work silk stockings, and in some cases outrageous evening wear, have gone far beyond decency, and some of the drapers' windows, too, might sometimes bo modified. If women will take the case of men today, it must be admitted men dress sensiWy and comfortably. A decent man likes to see a well-dressed woman, and likes to see his wife comfortably, sensibly, and well dressed, but few men con have any respect for the question-aoly-dressed women. As to dances, some are- good, some bad, ard some indecorous . The Pres-

bj-tery in its recent resolution was not tar out. A little more home life would do some of the gay ones good. The happiest bonnes are those where home life is appreciated. "Wo want more or it, and we would not be such pleasureseekers and not so discontented.—Yours, etc.. MODERATION" IX ALL THINGS.