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 NOVELS OF TODAY
Sharply Griticizes Women's Dress in Speech to State
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New Britain, Conn, Oct 14-Sharp
 criticism of present day modes in wo- mems dress, Of the modern novel which she declared badly needed cen ssoring, and of what she describes as
 Tax thought about the teaching of the
 young," was made today by Mrs. Car oline B. Buell., president of the Wo- mems Christian Temperance Union of Connecticut, in her annual address at the second days session of the annual
 state convention here. She said
 We are glad to note that the senti- ment is growing steadily against the | foolish habit of smoking. The pleas
 ure to many Of reading an otherwise entertaining novel is badly marred by the constant smoking by the hero and other characters. The example therein set forth must be demoralizing to the young who more than any others are the readers of these stories.
 sIf there is anything today which needs censoring and needs it badly and immediately it is the novel and popular story with the ever-recurri11g references to the bad habits and lapses in, morality of those characters which appeal to the young. Surely this whole matter lies in the hands of women and to them will the world look for a remedy; nor should they have to look for long. W:omen's soci- cites could easily bring about a differ ent state of affairs without causing a ripple in the popular mind.
 t"The world has been turned upside down in the last few yean by the rev eIations regarding the white slave traffic and yet this is a result and not a cause More than one cause has led up to this awful situation and not the least, feel sure, is OUT lax thought about the teaching of the young in the home, upon the street, in school and even in the church.
 ssAIl this leads me to just word about vomen's dress. Can anyoneSteII me why we make guys of ourselves worse than that in many instances? Is it becoming Christian women, mothers or daughters? am hoping that our, fashion makers across the seas are so busy with other thoughts and doirgs that this country can choose it's own fashions and possibly strike a. happy medium between the ultra, and the commonplace, retaining the good features, for there are many such, namely the larger waist the conforta ble, short and moderately scant skirt for where one recalls the fashions of a decade or more ago, the hour-gIass waist and the over-fu1, heavy and volu1ninous skirt, one can see some good points among the many absurdities of the years garments.
 tsBut lest the men here present may feel like congratulating themselves. I shall call attention to the fact that while it probably is raining in Lun- non about every day, in this country it's fairly dry a great share of the time But the real criticism upon our own dress is that it exposes the per- son unduIy and teaches at least by suggestion lessons we are all better without It seems a letting down of our standard, holding of things sacred to ourselves very lightly and very in differently; something which might well be called a contributing cause and it is these contributing causes which are the little foxes that spoil the vines
 Mrs. Buell. spoke urgently in favor of woman suffrage; commended Sec retary- Daniels of the navy depart ment for his order abolishing intoxi- cants in the navy, commenting on what she describes as the more favor able attitude of the press towards a discussion of prohibition and asserted that s'the list of newspapers and mag azines which do not carry liquor ad- vertising is each year growing longer and longer Mrs. Buell. then dis cussed the novel smoking and wo- mems dress. Continuing she pointed out how the moving picture play, properly handled, might prove of great advantage to the union in its work