WOMEN MINISTERS DISCUSS THEIR DRESS PROBLEMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18641, 19 December 1928, Page 3

WOMEN MINISTERS DISCUSS THEIR DRESS PROBLEMS.

PREACH IN CAPS AS “ A SOP TO ST PAUL.” (Special to the “Star.”) LONDON, October 18. All sorts of small problems were discussed at the concluding meeting of women ministers at Oxford, not least among them the problem of dress. It was decided that women ministers out of the pulpit should dress in the current fashion and not make themselves look “fogies.” It was agreed that in the pulpit a gown should be worn and a cap according to taste, some arguing that men did not preach in caps and others conceded to a demand for caps as “a sop to St. Paul.” Women ministers out of the pulpit have, I am relieved to find, both enthusiasm and a sense of humour. Enthusiasm is perhaps most strongly represented in two of the youngest members of the conference. One is Miss Violet Hedger, whose sunny smile and captivating manner must win her wide popularity at the Congregational Church in Derby of which she is the single-handed pastor. The other is Miss Vera Findlay, who, having preached four times at the Partick Congregational Church, Glasgow, was urged by a large majority of the congregation to take up work there—again single-handed— next month, though she has not yet completed her studies.