SHORT SKIRTS MUST NOT GO

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 891, 7 February 1930, Page 5

SHORT SKIRTS MUST NOT GO

The prevailing fashion among modern women to wear short skirts is now threatened by the dress designers, who decree a change, says a woman doctor, writing to the "Daily Express.’* Woman lias extricated her skirt j from the mud with great difficulty, ! and now she is ordered to revert to j the old unhealthy fashion. After centuries of irrational clothing, a type of dress has been evolved which is not only reasonable, convenient, and pretty, but, what is more important, healthy and hygienic. But the law of fashion is inexorable, aqd its dictates are considered as a law of nature which no one dares to disobey. HEALTHY SUN RAYS Men show much more individuality in their clothing, and it is impossible to stampede them into constant changes in the cut of their clothes. The wearing of short skirts and thin, transparent stockings is particularly desirable in the summer, as it enables the sun rays to penetrate the skin. This not only benefits the legs, but the whole body. Thin, transparent stockings are the best alternative to bare legs in hot weather. Sun rays are one of the best safeguards against anaemia, and the wearing of short skirts, and thin, transparent stockings, has no doubt helped to combat this disease, which used to be so prevalent among women. YOUTHFUL LENGTH Though the short skirt was abused at first, and is even now sometimes attacked, it is preferable to the long skirt on hygienic grounds. Long skirts carry bacteria, which detach themselves from the dusty roads and are introduced in millions into our homes. The saying that “a woman is as as she looks’* is no doubt justified. The short skirt helps women not only to look younger, hut to feel younger. The reason modern women feel younger is because they are healthier. It will therefore be much more advisable for them to sin against the dictates of fashion than to sin against the laws of health.