WOMEN'S DRESS.
THE ARBITER OF FASHION.
A DRASTIC MEASCRE.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.
Received IS. 10 p.m. Columbus (Ohio), March IS.
Representative C'apple, attacking the present-day immodesty shown in women's dress, has introduced a Bill in the State Legislature prescribing the fashions for women throughout Ohio. Tt is proposed to establish a commission to fix the limits of deeollette dresses at two inches below the neck. It is unlawful to allow •the skin to .show through embroidery, lace or net. The members of the commission are to be men of good moral character, over ,thirty-one'years of age, not being clergymen. The Bill prohibits department stores showing undraped figures.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 256, 19 March 1913, Page 5
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107WOMEN'S DRESS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 256, 19 March 1913, Page 5
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