The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-09-17
ARCHBISHOP GLENNON AND THE
FASHIONS

Archbishop Glennon was interviewed
| by a press representative in regard to
the recent report that the Pope had
put a ban on some of the recent styles.
The news comes in a dispatch from
Rome through London announcing
that Pope Plus X has requested all
bishops to publish pastoral letters dis
approving the prevailing feminine
fashions. The dispatch contained the
reported information that bishops had
already done so at Milan. Turin and
Venice.
AT those places" the dispatch read,
the priests are denouncing in the
church the 'scandalous attire in which
women have been appearing in pub
lic.'
The archbishop scanned the dis
patch and then read it aloud.
That does not sound as we'll as 1t
ought to, does it2 He sends these
proclamations out so often that really
he ought to get them UP better than
this" said his grace.
The Vatican?"'
"Oh, no." returned the archbishop,
the correspondent. He sends them
out at regular intervals 1 don't thinl
he takes the Vatican into his conf
dence. His output lately has been
very poor"
what is your own opinion of the
prevailing feminine fashions?" was
asked.
You mean just on general prlncl-
pies ?" asked the archbishop.
Yes, Just on general principles"
We'll" returned the prelate, Just
on general principles it reminds me
of a paragraph l read in Chesterton,
the London News man. 1t is some
thing about life being too important
and serious to be taken seriously.
Chesterton is a brilliant fellow.
That's the way with your errand;
it's really too important to be taken
seriously. 1 do not think the POPE
has made any such requests on the
bishops as is contained in that dis
patch. l have received no letter cir
cular or proclamation, and l do not
expect to receive any on the supJecl
Of feminine fashions"
HAS there been anything recently
or in the last four or five years come
from Rene on feminine styles was
asked. m
mo" returned the archbishop, L
do not think there has been new
STYLE come from Rome even in hVe
years. You see, the women get most
of their styles from Paris nowadays
We get religion only from Rome.
You have no opinion then on the
hobble gown" the interviewer asked.
The archbishop loosened his arms
which he had folded across his chest
and laughed.
IF were to express my opinion on
feminine fashions" he began and then
stopped. He turned again, all smiles,
and said:
Just think what position L would
get myself into if 1 set up as critic
of women's fashions. No, I'm not put
ting a church-like stamp on the
then he stopped again. Whether it was
the hobble skirt he had in mind or
some other kind of trapping he Gid
not elucidate. But he is willing tol
leave the hobble skirt to arbitration
I'll tell you what l will DO" he
said. I'll direct you to the editor OF
the fashion magazine of the Post |
Let him decide the mat
ter of the hobble gown.
well, good-by," concluded the
archbishop, I'm sorry the subject of
our discussion was so light" There |
was an extra twinkle IN his eye as he
said this; but it was impossible to tell
whether he meant, when he said light, |
to subject of the subject matter-the
thin fabrics that go with the prevail
ng feminine fashions.-Catholic Reg
ster. Kansas City.