Our Women.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 22, 26 January 1914, Page 5

Our Women.

FOOD AND MODERN DRESS. ROMAN CATHOLIC INDICTMENT. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] I'iiiES—Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received 8.0 a.m.) Vienna, January 25. A Roman Catholic dignitary addressed bis coreligionists in the Army and Navy in a pastoral letter, and declared that luxury ami extravagance ivere every day attaining greater dimensions, and becoming a serious menace to the well-being of the individual and the family. Modern dances and other forms of amusement, he wrote, lo not aim at beneficial relaxation, 'nit at excitement of the senses, while the majority of theatres disseminate immorality.

THE OLD ORDER CHANCETH.

[United Press Association.] (Received 8.0 a.m.) New York, January 25. Professor Taylor, Pennsylvania, naintairis that women eat more than they did twenty years ago in order to keep the body shapely, and fill the place of clothing previously worn, vhile they also required more heat because their clothes were thinner.

IMPROPRIETY OF SLIT SKIRTS.

(Received 8.0 a.m.)

Vienna, January 24

Field Marshal Tekete, commander of the Buda Pesth garrison, announced that women had overstepped further limits of propriety by appearing in slit skirts, and military men must nform the women of their families :hat these will not be permitted at military functions.

WOMANHOOD OF AUSTRALIA.

(Received 9.50 a.m.) Sydney. January 2G

At a big gathering which celebrated the anniversary of the first Angli-

can service held in Australia ;2'5 I years'ago, the Primate, >n his address, said it was sometimes said that the womanhood of Australia forgot something of the dignity of their womanhood in the decorum of manner hul decorum of dress. He did not believe it was true as a whole, even if it were true now and again, but it was certain 1 that they (the women of Australia) will rise and take that •are that these things shall not be because of the solemn charge they have for the future.

WOMEN COURTS OF JUSTICE.

New York, January 24

Women's courts are being inaugurated at Saint Louis to try eases in which women and girls are involved in minor offences. Two women judges have already been appointed.