A Revolution.
Labouchere in Truth writes thus :— A sensible person, whether manor woman, dresses according to the custom of the country in which he finds himself or herself, in order to evade attracting at* tention to his apparel. A Bill has been introduced into the Alabama Legislature which proposes to make it unlawful for women to wear skirt-waists, tight-fitting jerseys, bloomers, or divided skirts, or " to appear in stockings fastened above the knee ; the top of their bodicen, moreover, mnst not be more than Bin below the juncture of the chin and throat. Why forbid tight-fitting jerseys <• Why this arbitrary measurement of the top of bodices, which evidently would make a distinction in the bighswater mark between women with long and short necks? All this is senseless nonsense, There is no more indecency in a woman showing her shoulders, or her arms, or arraying herself in a divided skirt than in showing her hands without gloves. What is called decency in a dress is a matter of convention.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 175, 27 January 1897, Page 2
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168A Revolution. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 175, 27 January 1897, Page 2
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