A CONFERENCE OF WOMEN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10892, 5 March 1914, Page 5

A CONFERENCE OF WOMEN.

SCANDALISED BY FASHION

ABLE DRESS

SHOCKING AND DISGRACEFUL

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received March 5, 1 p.m. Melbourne, March 5.

The Australasian Womens’ Conference resolved that all members of the Assoeiatlon refrain from the prevailing fashion of indecorous attire. The mover spoke in warm condemnation of the prevailing fashions and said it was dreadful to sit 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 such costumes the police would, arrest them. It was degrading to respectable women to sqe others wearing insufficient clqthing to cover the body. She saw a window display of tango underskirts being viewed by more men than women. A delegate interjected: “Like their cheek. ’’ Another speaker urged women to take aet'on to prevent such displays of indecency which were shocking and disgraceful.