WOMEN'S ATTIRE
NO SENSE OF DECENCY OR MODESTY DISCUSSION AT WOMEN'S CONFERENCE. (Pbxss Association.—Copxbight.) (Eec. 9.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Australasian Women's Conference resolved that - all members of the Association refrain from the prevailing fashion of indecorous attire. The mover made a warm condemnation of the prevailing fashions, and said it was dreadful to see in the trams and trains, women who had lost all sense of decency and mode.sty. She was surprised that the Government had not taken action. If the unfortunate class of women wore such costumes the police would arrest them. It was degenerating to respectable women to see others wearing insufficient clothing to cover the body. She saw a window display of tango underskirts being viewed more by men than by women. A delegate interjected: "Like their cheek. Another speaker urged women to take action to prevent such displays of indecency which were shocking and disgraceful.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 5 March 1914, Page 5
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