| Show president smith denounces styles A sweeping denunciation ot of mod ern 9 ms as made saturday after noon by president joseph F smith in the assembly hall briore the of fibers of the I 1 L M I 1 A dent smith declared that cl 1 the worn today on the streets of salt like are a diser ice that il it was not necessary for amen ot of the church to copy fa fashions chions ot of questionable origin or ard d that he be hoped the day moul aull I 1 soon come when women of ta tie e church would set their own tiles and follow them ither rither r than accepting fashions decreed by gen tiles in large eastern centers he decried the wearing of low necked dresses ses fiort and short blurts skirts and ill all uch quell styles as allow undue exposure of the body his mathei mothel lie declare I 1 would have been disgraced and dishonored in his eyes had she appeared appe ired clad is many mani oi of the women of today he ile advised not to permit their children to dress in extreme moles and declared that there was no nee I 1 of his daughters conforming to such fashions the speaker also warned the mothers present against allowing their daughters to remain out late at night with men inen the they y do not know and against allowing them to assoni ite with men of other faiths in closing he be appealed to the women to wear clothes made ba a their own olan hands neat tidy clean and presentable mrs amma god lard ot of the gen iral oral Y L 11 A board preceded the president is speaker she also criticized modern dress but admitted hat that it was aas necessary tor for women of the he church to enjoy at least to some legree degree the fashions worn morn by women ornen f creeds the president en ered while she was inas speaking and the theme ot of the first pealer deseret |
