"SHOCKING AND DISGRACEFUL."

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9740, 5 March 1914, Page 5

"SHOCKING AND DISGRACEFUL."

! WOMEN'S WARM ATTACK 0\ PREVAILING FASHIONS. (Bt Electric Teligraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Received March 5, 9.40 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 5. lhe Australian Women's Conference resolved that all members of the Association refrain from the prevailing fashion of undecorous attire. The mover uttered a warm condemnation of prevailing fashions and said it was dreadful to fit in trams and trains with women who had lost all sense of decency and modesty. She was surprised that the Government had not taken action. If the unfortunate class of women wore Buch costunics Hie police would arrest them. It was degrading to respectable women to Pee others wearing insufficient clothing to cover the body. She saw a window- display of tancro under-skirts being viewed by more irjen than women.

A delegate interjected: "Like their cheek.'

Another speaker urged that women should take action to prevent etieh displays of in decency which were shocking and disgraceful.

AMENDMENT IN MARRIAGE LAW DEMANDED. Received March 5. 10 a.m. MELBOURNE. March 5. lhe Australasian Women's Conference haa decided to approach the Government with a view to an amendment to the marriage law. to prevent the marriage of thos* unfit for the duties of parenthood.