BARE ARMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1927, Page 9

BARE ARMS

LONDON TYPISTS RATED. Girl typists’ increasing adoption of the tennis star, Miss Betty Nuthall’s fashion of sleeveless sports frocks in British offices, led to a lively discussion by the Monaghan, Ireland, Board of Health. Colonel J. C. Madden, a councillor, complained that their typist was improperly dressed. The chairman, however, said that the style was disgraceful and instructed the secretary to undertake the delicate task of suggesting a new board-room fashion. Although Miss Sander, head of the London Secretarial School approves of Monaghan’s ban of sleeveless frocks, saying that she always warned students not to apply for a* position in such ugly attire, Miss Holmes, the city’s only lady stockbroker, who is also managing director of the school, believes that sleeveless'frocks are sensible and businesslike. They do not gather germs, she says, or become entangled in the typewriter. All her girls wear sleeveless dresses. The secretary of the Clerk’s Union says that Monaghan must be located in the backwoods if employers must have a voice in the matter, for it is generally recognised that short sleeves and no sleeves are a great improvement on stuffy sleeves. A leading employer said that he was unable to express an opinion as he had never noticed typists’ arms. The Bishop of St. Malo, France, where there are thousands of English tourists, placarded the town, notifying women visitors, that in church they must cover their heads and arms. ■