SAVED!

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 26, 7 March 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)

SAVED!

To, speak sportingly, the moral sense of Lismore has been saved by a nose, or an eyelash, or something that represents an equally narrow margin.. Lismore belongs to the lotus-land of New South Wales, the Northern Eiverg, where the residents dream their placid lives away, the world forgotten and—very nearly —by the world forgot. But let the Sydney "Sun"' of February 2.: tell the story of the perilous experience of Lismore's moral sense, and how the day was saved: —- " Much excitement and curiosity has been aroused during the last few days jpwing to a lady visitor from Sydney having the temerity to appear in the '■■'■' street. attired in accordance with the . very latest fashions. "Lismore has been wondering if she has just come" from a Tivoli tango ten, of whether she is a mannequin from Sydney, because tango skirts and x-ra/ * costumes are an unknown quantity hereabouts. "The lady had been wearing a rather daring frock of black crepe de chine, the skirt of which seems to be a combination of the slit and the hobble, if sveh a thing were possible. Anyhow, it would be a hobble if it were not slit. With this skirt she shows a jewellel garter. Another gown is one. of mustard coloured ninon which clearly defines the figure. " The young lady seems to be quite unconscious that her dress should have called for comment,, and on being spoken to upon the subject remarked that - she thought it would be ' a good thing if some of the Lismore folk would pay a visit to the city and try to broaden their views. However, one particular -iady boarder at the hotel where the interesting stranger had been staying apparently did not think that the curtailing of a lady's garments necessarily broadens th,e ideas, and she complained to the proprietor. The latter apparently agreei with the sentiment expressed, for the lady with the skirt was informed that she would have to either cover herself properly or else move on. She chose the former course and put another skirt on, and now Lismore feels as though its morals have been plucked from, the burning, so to speak.''