New Britain herald., 1929-09-20
QUEENS EXAMPLE
 IN MODES7Y CITED
ObsCenity Only State Of Mind
 Sex Congress Says

London Sept. 2o. IP)-In an al- . tempt 10 define obscenity and iu- propricty from a modern and "sci- . entfic" point of view, the advanced . thinkers of the international League . for sexual reform discovered today that they had really nothing better . 10 offer on the subject than the re- . tort of a 14th century English queen, . The queen. on losing her garter in public, unblushingIy challenged crj- |. tjcism with the famous dictum; Shame to him who evil thinks"
 ObscenitY state of Mind
 Obscenity. the delegates of the sex reform league concluded, was just what the wife of Edward III inn piled 1t 10 be-a state of miud-a matter too subjective, too indefinite 10 serve as a basis Of laws and de- crecs. The league passed resolutions to that effect and proposed that human beings should be so educated as to he able 10 decide for tb",a- . selves what 10 avoid ana reject as obscene.
 "On this ground" the resolution of the league read, we declare ourselves opposed 10 all kinds of censorship Of soX subjects in ltcra- lure, scientific publications. pictures and other representations. Bernard Shaw, addressing thc congress. declared everybody was a ro,-,raI r~Frry,nr- Consequently" Shaw added. "in a world congress for sexual re- form all kinds of people would be brought together and the Pope might find himself agreeing on nine points out Of ten with Doctor Marie Stopcs.
 Expert on Sex Appeal
 'As a playwright. I am all expert on sex appeal but nobody calls in playwrights in these matters. They choose priests who are celibates and yet claim to be experts on the sub- ject, 1.-TWO sets Of people cultivate sex appeal One aims 10 minimize sex appeal by a maximum of clothing and the other aims 10 achieve a maximum of sex appeal by a mini mum of clothing. The Noluptuous woman of the 10th century was q masterpiece of sex appeal Every thing about her except her cheeks and nose was a guilty secret. The Victorian age was exceedingly inn moral and affected with the disease Of eXhibitonism
 "In England the nudism practccd in Austria and elsewhere, is unpopu- lar because people still cling 10 sex appeal. Let women progress toward nudity and sex appeal would vanish. Bring back clothes and 1t would be increased"
 Bertrand Russell. the noted phil osopher and mathematician. de- cIared if nakedness became fashion able women would be compelled to adopt another form of fashion to attract mans attention.
 JacHl9fs speech Discussed
 4ential address made by Aoa Te. Francis. Cardinal E9esr@ t oening the fivo-day cen .5 on Of the Roman Cath ollie Emancipation in England, was generally regarded today as an an- swer to the declarations that have emanated in the past week from the league of seXual reform.
 "The reformcrs who arc working for easier divorce laws" said the cardinal in his address at Albert Hall, ''are seeking means of self qualification Of the strong instincts and passions which contravcne both Christian and natural laws.
 'Thoy demand self qualification as a substitute for self control If It cannot he obtained within the limits Of the law of Christ that law must bo set aside. If natural req son forbids it. then that reason must he hushod anj put to sleep.
 "Analyzing the motives aiming at the extension Of divorc" facilities. they all come 10 the same thing; the cry or instinct for self gratifiua- ton and the proc.aimmg Of the im- possibility of self control
 tlays Hirtii Control
 Similar motives aro behind fNo movement for birth prevention. bat in more dangerous degree ae they lead logically and inevitably to rou- donine and justjfytn@ every form Of self indHlgancr within or without tn" married stat"
 'Writers of books. painters Of pictures. actors or inc stage Or screen and women who by tho ,ash- ion of their dress render seI con trol more affrault for tho average man. thereby making the natural craving for sinful saIt indulgence more imperious 'hau otherwise. arc doing evil and committing a sin in the sight ot God. This craving for self qualification at all costs is de- grading the holy State of watrmouv and bringing into contempt morhor- hood. which ehouIl h. the glory of woman rgel To man."
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