MANNER AND DRESS OP WOMEN.
AUSTRALIANS NOT LACKING IN DIGN! X ADDRESS BY DR. WRIGHT. SOLEMN CHARGE FOR THE FUTURE. By Tclwa-sii-Prcss Ass&ctatlon-CopjrlKliV Syifnoy,' January 26. A big gnt'heriiKt celebrated the nnni-ycrsa-ry of the first Anglican service hold in Australia, 126 years ago. Tho Pri- ■ mate (Dr. Wright), in an address, n> lr.ai'k-ad that it, was sometimes sitki ilv.it the womanhood of Australia forgot something of tire dignity of" their womanhood hi decorum of rtiami-oi- and decorum of dress. He did not believe that this was true, as ,i whole, if tn.;o now and again; hut lie was certain that tho women of Australia would riso smltake cfl.re thai, things should Dot he, because of tlto solemn charge tlier had for tho future. , SLIT SKIRTS. WILL NOT BE PERMITTED VF MILITARY JUNCTIONS. Vienna, January 25. Field-Marshal Eekcte, conunamlcr of the Budapest garrison, lias announced ti'iiit women had overstepped th© further limits of .propriety iit appearing in slit skirts. Military i-wen niitet inform tho womeni of their fainilies t7>at those skirtg would not ho permitted at tniliiary functions. CLOTHES ARE THINNER NOW. AND WOMEN EAT MORE. • NOW V.or!l, Jantlary 25. Professor Taylor, of Pennsylvania, maintains that wonien eat more thaii they did twenty yoars ago i'u order to keep tho hotly shapely, and fill the place of clothing previously worn, while also requiring more iK-at, because their clothc-s arc thinhor, THE MEN WOULD SPEND SO MUCH. . BY . WOMEN. Berne, January 25. Factory proprietors in Switzerland op« endeavouring to iutmUu.c a Saturday half-holiday. The nieil are . aceeptinjr the holiday without enthusiasm, wlitl* the women strongly resent the innovation, saying that the men would spend so much on Saturday afternoon {hat there would ).m notlimg loft for family 'excursions an fiuncluV.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 5
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288MANNER AND DRESS OP WOMEN. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 5
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