Mr Percy Harris (a Liberal), speaking IrefceDtly of fljpndon’s need, for houses, said he knew a portion of the East Erul where there were houses with 10(1 people living in them. Fashions for men. They are with us at last, states an exchange. Not only does a Alelbourne paper publish regular articles on the garments worn by the sterner sex, but Hie Louden papers arc giving advice on what is “the mode for the season.” Flnupiug trousers are being worn which are simply bifurcated skirts, and an ad- ! vanco has already been made in the direction of the opcn-uecked shirtblouse. A AVest End tailor said: ‘‘Tim wide trouser has certainly come. The ■earliest demands reached us from the universities. Up to the present the limit i.s 25 ins at Hie knee, and 22 ins. round the shoe. This is really a divided skirt, and if the fashion goes a bit further it may cease to be divided.” No wonder “Time and Tide.” the womans organ, controlled and run by women, asks in mock horror “Should men have the vote?”
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Grey River Argus, 23 April 1925, Page 6
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