LADY M.P.s.
VOTING IN EVENING DRESS, [From Our London Correspondent.] July 26. Without any such sumptuary regulations as Benchers have decreed for the court attire of lady barristers, our existing lady M.P.s seem to have imposed upon themselves a self-denying uniform. Lady Astor and Mrs Wintringham invariably appear in the House of Commons attired in black tailor-made costumes, and Mrs Philipson wears a dark blue Quakeress dress. But tho other day Lady Astor was seen in tho lobby wearing an elaborate gardenparty gown, and one night this week Mrs Philipson appeared in full evening dress, but only just behind tho Speaker’s chair. What happened was that Mrs Philipson was compelled to leave a smart dinner party in qrder to vote in an important division. Sno was without a hat, and, anxious to be strictly correct, popped in behind the chair to consult one of tho Wliips. This gentleman thought perhaps her head-dress of vino leaves might hurt the susceptibilities of some extreme members, and, on his advice, Mrs Philipson went to her room to put on a spare hat before voting.
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Evening Star, Issue 18375, 8 September 1923, Page 8
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