"SHORTEST SKIRTS AND WORSTDRESSED MEN."

Shannon News, 3 November 1925, Page 1

"SHORTEST SKIRTS AND WORSTDRESSED MEN."

Melbourne women are the shortest skirted women in the world. Melbourne men dress badly. Melbourne is the most beautiful city in all the Dominions. The three principal industries 0£ Australia are horse-racing, cricket, and football. Nature is the only productive agency not controlled by the trades unions. » Briefly, those are the impressions of Australia which Mr. David Davies, of the South Wales "Daily Post," has carried away with him, says the Melbourne 'Herald." In a talk at Menzie's Hotel, he de. clared that Melbourne's motor traffic wa s the most careful he had seen anywhere, and that the street traffic was controlled better than in most cities. What he terms 'obvious signs .of high standard of living" impressed Mr. Davies very deeply. "The great mass of people," he said, "are comfortably dressed and well shod. The women dresa with great taste, : and the material they wear seems good. I do not pretend to have an expert knowledge, but at any rate the clothes look good, and are well carried. I cannot recall a city where the standard of dres s in the mass is so admirable as in Australia. "Possibly by first impression obtained in Sydney —-but to. my mind your women wear the shortest skirts I have ever seen. But in extenua. lion of that 1 must admit they nave something good to show. "On the other hand—l say it with reluctance and apprehension —your iiKii are the worst dressed I know. Maybe it is because so much money is spent upon the women folk, and they have none left for themselves. There are , exceptions, of course,, but as a whole they not only wear badly, cut. clothes, but wear them badly. Each garment seem s to be thrown on and left where it sticks. "Generally speaking, however, I have seen- nothing more cheering- or more eloquently indicative of the comfort of the people or Australia than the 5 o'clock processions to the central stations. I have seen similar processions in London and ' other cities, but never have I seen a mass of people so well dressed and appar. ently so .prosperous. It seems to me a great illustration of the Prime Miniter's amazing statement that in Aus. tralia no fewer than 3.000,000 people land lying waste cotild be turned into are savings-bank depositors. No such relative figures can be cited in any other country in the world."