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Show ATHRElS IMMODEST Ohio to Prescribe the Fashions to Be Worn by Women of State Columbus, O.i -March 17. Declaring Declar-ing thai the immodesty of the r.ltire' worn by women on the streets and in public places is the "cause of a great wave of immorality now sweeping sweep-ing over the country," Representative Louis H Cappelle. Cincinnati, Introduced Intro-duced tonlghi a bill in the lower house of the legislature providing for the appointment by tbe governor of a commission of three members to "prescribe "pre-scribe the fashions to be worn b the women In the state of Ohio " Introduction of the measure resulted re-sulted from a charge filed with Governor Gov-ernor Cox today by a woman who did not sign her name, "that immorality immoral-ity is practiced by married men In the offices of the state house and elsewhere in the state of Ohio." Decollete Gowns Taboo. Under the prolslons of ihe bill the proposed commission would be Compelled to fix limits on decollete dresses so that "not more than tevo in- ! ches of the neck below the chin shall1 be uncovered." Another clause of the measure provides pro-vides that 'transparent stocking-: shall not be exhibited or worn in public pla i Another provision of the bill states that "It shall be unlawful to display or wear any outer garment trimmed or combined with lace, inserting or an kind of embroidery mesh or net through which the color texture of the skin may be seen, without having hav-ing the lnce or other transparent material ma-terial backed with opaque material. Members of Commisson. Members of the proposed commission commis-sion according to the provisions of the bill, would have to be between 30 and 50 years of age. Not more than two of them would have to be married mar-ried and "of good moral character " One of the members would be an ordained minister, one the parent of I not less than three children, and the' third a social settlement worker. The commission would be authorized to "prescribe rules and regulations for the designing and manufacture ofl women's clothing and to prohibit such styles and patterns of garments as the commission after hearing shall deem to be detrimental to virtue and t hastily." The bill goes so far as to prohibit prohib-it department stores from displaying uudraped artificial figures. The bill makes a violation of the act punishable punish-able by a fine of not less than $25 |