Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-20


The General Federation of Women :
clubs has begun a movement for a
standard plan for the Dress of women
especially as to street wear, travel and
general public use The movement Is
timely. Men are more sensible than
women in their general wear-and they
never think of exposing their chests or
their arms in cold weather L have
seen woner's bare necks in almost zero
wcather-and the skin would be purple
Nth cold. There is no sense in fash
ions of that sort. In the first place
II is no. pretty In the next place II Is
rot heaIthy-and lastly, it looks silly
ANY one OF these three reasons should
he ample to reIeEate naked threats ana
bosoms 20 the discard
And I NAV he old-fogy in my no
lions. but I do not believe in naked
bodies for women anywhere-unless II
NAV be in the bath ROOM / have seen
the covering so thin that l could see the
very shake of the body through the
vossaurer drapery, and I have seen the
shane Of the lower limbs, with scant
skirts and thin ones. That cannot De
called pretty-and am continually
asking myself. What do they do II
for?T
believe in skirts that clear the
sround-and which cannot be stepped
15,on in "a crowd That fashion is sem
.ibIa hut n is going TO extremes when
a grown. woman wears her frocks so
short that you may discern the caves
of her legs And If their legs are
scrawny they are very hOmely. and II
rev are far and pudgy they look coarse
and also ugly. J arr willing 10 sign
a petitiou for dress reform-right now
the present short fashion in dress
..r-;~.s - hound 70 disappear.
ITALIAN FAMILIES MOST THH1f TX
THE yvomen's organizations in New
York CITY are getting things down fine,
and they are trying 10 ind out the
amount of money which viii give sup
mort TO various sized families OF diner
emit nationalities. and in various grades
OF society.
II is concluded that the Italians get
along in comfort on less money than any
other nationality in New York city In
one family where there was grand
mother mother and three children
the expenditures for fish and meat never
extended beyond IS cents per week-lO
cents for soup meat and IL cents for
6sh. After they were urged TO be more
liberal they raised the meat bill TO 40
cents per week
The Italians eat rice Ulacaroni and
tomatoes. with some carrots. turnips
and spinach and some prunes.
One little German woman supported
Eve children for FIVE years as janitress
Of a building. but living in a cellar
ruined her health at last She always
kept a clean and comfortable home, and
said: eff 1 do not keep my house clean.
my children will lose sympathy with IT,
There was a case Of another family, a
widow with FIVE children One young
daughter earned s26 per month and the
mother sometimes earned S4-3S. The
kind ladies donated $40 per month TO
aid them. making S7O-33 The money
was spent-for rent SIS. food $50. fuel
x325 and clothing S12. luncheon for the
working girl $3.50 and sundries So, and
they began to live well and healthy
Some Of these struggling women had
been trying TO live four DAYS on 81 and
were nearly starved when these gracious
ladies' came 10 their relief
The aid given by these ladies' organ
izations aforetime consisted OF sending
provisions, but the new way of appor-
.tioning the money b. the week or month
and requiring a list OF articles to see
that the money is well spent. has worked
much better and with better results.