Lower coast gazette., 1913-03-29
NATIONAL NEWS.

The Ohio Legislature is considering
q bill regulating the wearing OF dress
ea which are extremely low at the
neck and short and tight at the feet.
The bill provides for a commission
and STIMULATES that the members Oh
the commission shall not be under ~
years of age and of good moral char
acter. An attempt is made to have
the commission representative o.
those whom such radical legislation
would affect. Not more than two OIL
the members would be married men
OF proven moral standing, the other
members would be a minister, a par
ent of not less than three children
and a social settlement worker. Inc
bill would go further and prohibit de-
partment stores from displaying IN
draped artificial figures. The bill does
not expressly order the dressing Oh
the numerous naked statues which
adorn the parks and public buildings.
of Ohio. But it would seem If we
have the proper understanding OF It's
purpose to fail of fulfilling it if these
statues are to be allowed to go IN
draped. There is very little dlifer-
ence in the effect on virtue and
chastity OF statuesque art n the
department store artificial figure. We
are inclined to think that the statue
in the park is more evil than the
crude figure that decorate the store
show windows. But In attempting to
show what to us seems half done, we
do net mean to condemn the bill III
it's entirety. The bill regulating the
amount of visible rndress to us
would seem sufficient. To prohibit
INSIGNIFICANT figures which are sell
dem undraped and to allow art which
is always almost naked to be dis
PLAYED seems to Us to be a redicu-
itus expansion Of a good measure.
The Missouri House OF Represen-
tatives passed a bill prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes in Missouri utter
ian ]. 1914. The vote OF IS to *
in favor of this measure is surprls-
ing. Should the bill pass the Sen
ate also Missouri will be the first
state known OF to enact legislation
c~uatailing mans liberty. A tendency
to restrict the liberties OF men has
: beccme apparent in the laws now
; being passed throughout the United
; States This sort OF legislation is an
> indication of an unconscious political
J awakening which has been occa
stoned. by mankind's observance O
{ the violent excuses now lawfully al
e lev d. Mankind has awoke to TN
u TACT that of all The numberless Dhl
heretofore annually passed by legls
! latures, few have been UNIVERSAL,
protective measures. Measures pre-
:, melting the good of individuals haV
Seen diligently attended to, Wnll
It meanwhile the vast majority OF tn
u nccnle hav, been oppressed NOR
- and more. Governments which Wer
II fist intended to promote the con
Il mon good have made the promote
lie Ct the common good a secondary :
~ not an ~Ionentical part OF their pro-
nj er functions. The people have o.
IS, served all this and have gradual
de ,borgh not consciously rebelled. An
~ this is evident in the kind OF iegl
,aiion which is now more than ev'
Nj. felcre consuming the time and int
M lisence OF legislating bodies. II
measure prohibiting the selling
y. cigarettes in Missouri may be got
as. or bad. We are not concerned WI
M. .ha measure as such, but only WI
VIZ it as a reminder of the kind OF leg
90 ,at:cn which the present-day peol
sur demand.
"a The State Labor Department
'lsl New FORK has filed its report OF CO
~ d;t,cns prevailing among the text
%. workers CT Litl, Falls. The VIC
Ste, family is practically and intention
pas ~ emitted from the report Decal
as the report reads: "Famlly t
ont yacy is a thing unknown to the
ape tie workers. The report confirms
ellie cont .ntion Of the mill workers. I
= dirt and squalor and neglect Oh
workers is reported by the unbias'
GUS Investigators. The average wage
des calculated. And the average cost
aes living is likewise determined.
~ it is asserted that before the str
,elle The wages were exceedingly low.
t lie strike has therefor, been product
JUS Ct coed results. The reports gel
'nrn- ally considered, indicates that the
.ece- ganization of the workers has acc
ttait rlished a great deal. But for the
Idait r,,;zation q strike would be i'm
: A' y, sitle and if possible it would
arer PROBABLY fruitless.
nee. Mrs. Eaton, wife Of Rear Adm
!, on Eaton, vas arrested in Plymo
pour ,,o.. onorooa with tho murde,
un .am;.o,