THE MODEST AMERICAN.
WOMEN'S DRESS COMMISSION. Received March 18, 9.50 p.m. By TolcKi'.-ipli- -PrcxsAH!-w>oi;i4ion. Uopyrurm Columbus (Ohio), Tuosday. Representative Capple, attacking present-day immodesty as shown in women's dress has introduced a Bill into the State Legislature proscribing fashions for women throughout Ohio. It is proposed to establish a Commission to fix the limit of docollotto dresses two inches below tha nock, and make it unlawful to allow the skin to show through embroidory, lace, or net. Members of the Commission aro to be men of good moral character, over thirty, one being a clergyman. The Bill prohibits department stores from showing undraped figures.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 551, 19 March 1913, Page 5
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103THE MODEST AMERICAN. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 551, 19 March 1913, Page 5
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