BAN ON BARE LEGS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 27 July 1927, Page 8

BAN ON BARE LEGS.

A MODESTY CRUSADE. LONGER SKIRTS IN FACTORIES. ROME, July 23. Tli© girls employed at the famous Borsalino 'hat factory at Alessandria are in a state of great agitation. A regulation is about to be issued compelling them to wear skirts reaching below the knee and blouses with sleeves to the elbow. It is almost certain that other factories will follow the example of the Borsalino works. The regulation is in consonance with a general campaign conducted by the two highest authorities in Italy—the Government and the, Vatican. The Government —that is to say. Signor Mussolini, in his capacity of I-lome Minister—has issued a network of severe regulations affecting musichalls, dancing-halls, and artists’ clubs. Many music-halls in various parts of the country have been compelled to shut their doors. Music-hall dancers are no longer allowed to appear in public hare-legged. The other evening some dancers in Rome were compelled to retire and clothe their legs. Hotelkeepers are nob allowed to let rooms to people unable to produce identity cards. Pope Pius XT has, during the past year, issued a series of circulars and made a number of speeches condemning immodest dresses and immoral life. A few days ago the Holy Office, through diocesan commissions, started a crusade directed against hooks and plays which “cover their sex appeal with a cloak of good intentions.”