“Lost Modesty”
ALTHOUGH Italian women in general . have shown a praiseworthy spirit of discipline in obeying the -oft repeatedin junctions of the. Church .in regard tc ilress, the holiday .season, and ' partial lnrly the. hot weather, induced: many ol them to return temporarily"-to 'Snort skirts, sleeveless drosses, and stockingleslegs. A parish priest of irugarolo;" lreai Alessandria, hit upon a novel method ol bringing home to the offenders in. his flock the error of their ways. Outside the church lie fixed a notice, which'said : “Reward offered to anyone who .re.tune t-.vo spans of dress sleeve, a span o ! material for covering the neck down wards, four spans of skirting, a : gramim or brain, and a kilogram of modesty lost by many women and girls while walking in the streets.” • ■ *t‘ ’ *i.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17917, 22 October 1932, Page 10
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