NUDISM FOR ALL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 6

NUDISM FOR ALL

FACILITIES WANTED ANTIDOTE FOR WORRY (My Air Mail) LONDON, May 1. Nudists, at their annual conference this week, behind drawn blinds of a London house, urged local authorities to permit nude sunbathing in reserved parts of public parks. They proposed that nudism should be included in the Government’s physical fitness campaign. Mrs. Marian Lili, Britain’s pioneer woman nudist, and secretary of the National Sun and Air Association, gave some figures proving the growth of nudism in Britain. “Our Association has increased its membership during the past year by 633,” she said, “yet in 1930 we were only a small handful of enthusiasts. We have gone on and on, despite criticism and persecution in the early days. Nudism is no longer regarded as a joke. Public opinion is rapidly changing in our favour. There is a sound psychological foundation for our movement. Time and again we have proved that worry can be shaken off by going naked.” One girl at the conference wore a pair of blue cotton slips, another more lightly clad, had a pale necklace and a pair of high-heeled shoes. All the delegates had what might be considered one article of clothing—each had a coloured ribbon round his cr her arm, signifying the different countries, so that delegates could recognise each other. Doctors, lawyers, clergymen, typists, stage and film artists, business men—all types are represented in Britain’s growing nudist movement. Whole families are enrolled. Parents bring their children to the nudist camps in Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, and Harrogate.