THE STATUARY CONTROVERSY.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17441, 29 June 1928, Page 9

THE STATUARY CONTROVERSY.

'(To' the Editor.) Sir, —Your correspondent “Sightseer” is evidently, an admirer of the . beautiful, but only when well draped, < and his fastidious taste appears to be sorely offended at the display of silki clad legs of all sorts and sizes that meet the gaze as he perambulates the town. Since short drecses have been in vogue I have on numerous occasions seen ladies stooping down, bntli-

outdoors and also at home when per-' •forming their household duties, ■'thereby displaying; a good six- inches -'of what is. to he seen-above,the-.tops of their . stockings; but -this Has' never shocked my, sense, of modesty in the .'slightest degree, and I cannot understand it ■" doing so Ltb any rational human 'being, cither ..male or female 4 . When at the seaside -.'during-' the- bathing; season one cannot avoid seeing; a great deal more of, -.the'female form divine than; is usually exhibited: in town; therefore howsilly. it is to make an outcry-and protend to .be shocked if occasionally one gets .a'fleeting--glimpse of ,whal is underneath the outward attire. As .it is predicted by the leading -Paris dress authorities that in another .'decade skirts .will have entirely appeared; it" is *as well »,-for supersensitive individuals such as "Sightseer" that they arc fading away by degrees, otherwise I tremble to think of his state of mind "were-1" o to wake

up'one morning and discover that even the abbreviated skirts .he; views with such: horror- had been entirely discard-

ed. .-Let me: advise,''Sightseer" never oh any account to pay- a visit .to any of.', the delightful seaside resorts of France or Italy; because -I am con-

fident that.theisights.that would meet

.his.;'; eye would so, upset his nervous '-- "system;.:that, .an . attack .of..apoplexy would surely follow.-—I am, 'etc.,'' ":',--. ■■■■ .-;;-;..; v : common sense.