FREAK DRESSES.
CRUSADE OF SUPPRESSION IX MELBOURNE. By 3-alejrraipii—PfesS Association—'CopyrijrUl j Melbourne, November 21. The City Council contemplates action tiO cheek the tendency towards freak dress-wearing by women. One councillor stated that female clothing was likely to assume greater _ transparency j and airiness, and something should be done to prevent immodesty. | Intlu> State Legislative Council, Mr. i Manifold, dismissing- the Crimes Act Amendment Bill (introduced, ''to protect men," as is done in America, by forbid-' ding tho wearing of transparent skirts which showed tlio whole of tho female form afel limbs in detail), said that vi-omeii vqr* vicing with one another .in , wearing costumes, nr want of' costume, simply to attract men. ■ There could lie no other reason; it was not tea .attract women .
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1913, 22 November 1913, Page 5
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124FREAK DRESSES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1913, 22 November 1913, Page 5
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