THE HOBBLE SKIRT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15861, 26 February 1912, Page 8

THE HOBBLE SKIRT.

TO THE EDITOR. c; r —Your correspondent, 'Healthy TT" id " seems to 'op one on whoso corns T hnVo trodden, nnd who, smarting under tho pain, lias lnshed out with a tirndd of imputations winch are apnnr;tlv' . m ore applicable +o Bwlthy Mind " than to myself. I did not say the hobble skirt was indecent: 1 reier-

red to the indecent creatures who were distorting it. " Healthy Mind " quotes: ' lo tho pure all things are pure." Exactly so; but when acts of indecency are brought glaringly before one, one cannot close one's eyes to the fact. I admit I am familiar with tho natural laws of animal life, and that is why I am protesting against tho actions of those who seem to .be akin to such a low standard, or who are drifting from tho laws of civilisation. We know there are degenerates who, if left to their natural instinct, would parade in a state of nudity which "Healthy Mind." appears to advocate, under tho pretext of '' seeing; our Creator's works through clean and healthy eyes " ; but this would not be tolerated under civilisation. I made no attempt to write about our Creator's works: they are to be seen on every side; and some of them are mucli abused, which I can " seo through clean and healthy eyes," though they are dim with ago. When the Creator sent his Son on to the earth to be an examplo to mankind, wherever the Son appeared Ho was clad in a gown which reached from His neck to His feet, and tie was not bound up like a mermaid.— —I am, etc., B. DECENT.