LOW NECK LIMIT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1739, 2 May 1913, Page 7

LOW NECK LIMIT.

FASHIONS BY LAW. STATE CENSORSHIP Of MESSES. A Bill which furnishes a classical illustration. of the grandmotherly legislation occasionally favoured by local United Statos 'Parliaments, .was introduced on March 10 into the Ohio legislature. It is described as a "Bill to prescribe the fashions to be wn'h by .wom:n in. I his State." If th£ mwiiire secures the approval' of the Legislature, _ the;designing and manufacture of womens clothing will be 'subject in future to the ccnsorsliin of a commission cf three,npiiiters, ol whom, it is stipulated, one is to be an ordained minister of religion, one a parent witli not fewer than three chikiteu, and ins third a social settlement crkor. _ These sartorial cciifors will be ornpower-1 ed to "prohibit such styles and patterns, of garments as they shall deem after a hearing to bo detrimental to viitue 01 chastity." . Tlio .rfiiwfion«ryjio\vcre ot the censors, however, will -fc-s stl ictlj muted, as, according to the conditions ot the Hill, "piH'iimonia," or open-work, Moms « in future he considered iUcgal. J he L II fixes an eact limit for "decollete goxwns, prescribing that "not more than two " 1C of the neck Mow the chin, shall be un°°ThTßill makes it unlawful for women to wear any outer garment trimmed 01 combined with a lace insertiou through whicti the colour and text re ot the skin may be distinguished. It , prohibits the display at, '.''3 ptockings in public places and . mi« <■■■> _ a punishable offence tor shopkeeper . - habit in'.ship windows ur.dra.ped aitiliciai figuros. /■ it t„„; c In introducing the Bill, J-I'- - , ; Capellc, a 'representative tor St. Low., nclaired: "The immodesty in the attne bv women in III? streets is the cause ot tiho great wave of immorality now ..«i.ep ing the country." The three members .of the censciship commission must be selected from men an j women tet.veen the ages of thirty and fifty. Each member will receive a salarj of ",£oM a year.