The evening world., 1911-12-09
NINE. GOTHAM!
WILL YOUR GOWN
GET BY CENSOR?
II Not, You Can't Wear 1t, If
Mrs. Williams's Idea is
Adopted.
A Y IT'S MMORALl
II Il Is, Tights in Public Are
More Modest, Aesthetic
Director Thinks.
MAYBE IT'S IMMORALl

sQAsss should be established Q board
a censorship. with members invested
With the r.ght to suppress fashions and
styles that are not only offending from
a. srtAstic standpoint. but are absolutely
hagmfW to the morals Of the young and
on Of both sexes.
0rA Florence Clarke Williams. d..
reofH OF the New York School of De-
pertinent and Aesth .cs. thoroughly be-
lieves such q body 10 necessary, and
ays "a without the slightest hesitation.
M. Williams teaches men and women
noe only how to conduct themselves In
public. but also how to dress. In the
matter Of dress. she says there Is a
reos neh for either the lowering or
re1elng q. thu moral standards Of a
community.
Tue fashions Of tho present day are
Absolutely DEGRADING" continued Mrs
W3iaana. There IL no possible excuse
~ them and no way 20 find a favorable
fookufe In them. They are not boaut!-
~. but or the contrary. seem a con-
gio0meration Of all the ugliness and
VulQnsity Il has been possible to Gull
from the styles OF other periods, n
there II than one feature L.. them
that should be suppressed.
~Thsre 10 more and lasting harm done
by the wearing OF suggestively vulgar
clOehes than In witnessing many and
ssen At Y suppress. Clothes that. in
their making. are simply outrageous.
ere 0anufaetursd and sold and worn.
HBs u never . word uttered about the
aAviAbaiy Of s~upprsssins . certain
vulgas sty,a
THINKS WOMEN pReee UP TO
L9oAL LIMIT OF CLEANLINESS.
sWAo 10 70 blame for such fashions7
10 sels Of persons: First. the idle.
voAn woman. and sscond the mAnufac-
tnssgo aA1 Ne makers of styles. But It
- ~ wsmsn who IL % time-laden that
- ases ~ know what else to do who
= tAsUsly - blaAs for the really horri-
~ and immoral clothes that exist to-
dag. II 10 absolutely shocking to see
the Asgensrauou. ons might say. Of the
youAg society girl after her marriage.
Before marriage she y g. modest ~ size
eaa - ana foilows the styles of the
present time. After marriage she seems
- tel at liberty TO dress In the most
VutrAgsous Of outrageous fashions.
eThsrs 10 nothing more disgusting to
90 Of refinement h to see the young
married women parading in public In
tuoe - Few clothes ~ they car possibly
Woaf and escape arrest. These women.
w should 80 Q high and splendid
sta.Aard Of morality. seem to be aiming
a Suot exactly the roverse. and the
mare shookingly they car dress the hap.
Dier they seem.
These women become absolutely
hog6snAd regarding modssty. their ex.
ample reaches the woman OF middle
AAss. and this woman In tEn 10
watched and copied by those OF the
weridng class.
I'm this wAy. yen have . moral Do.
generacy brought about by the vulgar
fashions OF tho rich that penetrates
- all casses.
SUGGESTIVE GOWNS GREATER
Evil THAN PLAYS OR BOOKS.
tue reasc ] insist such clothes
~ tar more dangerous 20 public
morals than an immoral play or book
" that they are ever-present. that the
WEARING az them works on the mind
~ The habit OF taking a drug does
- ths system. The mind becomes 10
ssaut4y tsintsd by the wearing OF In
Aecsnt styles.
II have = deal more respect for thu
INA who walked into q fashionable
hotsl In tights. than ] have for thos'
weme who wear such Transparent
clothes and such low cut bodices tina
there " little or. one might say. nothln,
left 70 ths imagination.
TN suggestive clothes, one may I'm,
the very germ OF immortality. Through