HOBBLE SHIRT “FOOLISH."

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1923, Page 4

HOBBLE SHIRT “FOOLISH."

| LONl)< >N. September 22. I Hectors believe Hint the general : health of women will hr alfeeted afiveri seit by the return of lhe hobble skirt, j Yesterday a London medical officer for j health said that he thought that the inj iniduorion of the hobble skirt was rc- • greltahle from a national health point • of view. ‘‘AA’licn women wore the short shuts of :t little while hark it did H em it great deal of good,” he said "lho\ walked freely, got good exercise and improved their carriage and general health—one effect of which was ro ' give them good complexions. AYitl; the hobble skirt, women will make of walking a mincing, self-centred operation. To derive thorough benefit from walking people should not think about it. AYidking is .-ill-important for women vim do not get much exercise, and the li-.'i-dom of their walking should not bo interfered with. “L their walking is restricted hv n-'riow skii ts there is a tendenev for Hie natural functions of the body to bo upset. “It must he remembered that since the last time hohlde skirts were being "'em in London the traffic congestion has increased very greatly and there is more chance < f a woman hampered hv Skirts being injured now than there was then. ‘T shail he sorry to see the hobble skiit come in. I think it is a foolish fashion.'’ According to M. Paul Poirot. Paris, the dres-s designer, the hobble skirt veil

no: return. He tilings that the women of to-day prefer freedonl of movement in walking rather than elegance attained >.y discomfoii.