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Show PROVO PUTS BAN ON SCANTY DRESS Provo. Sept 1 The combined parents par-ents class or thiB city have drarted a set of resolutions which they will present to the city commissioners, urging that a law be placed upon the statutes prohibiting the wearer of scantv clothing to appear on th streets of Provo and calling for a gen eral reform of dress The resolutions pass.-( cstcrda) are as follows: He not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the lasl to cast the old aside 'Since the leaders of our church have cautioned us against excess in dress, and in lew of the pre ailing fashions, which do not sufficiently over the body, and therefore are 1m modest and not sanctioned by th thinking public at large, regardless of creed, we, the members of the parents par-ents classes in Provo City Sunday schools unite our efrorts to bring about a reform in this direction "Therefore, be it resolved, That these fads and fashions are not a creation cre-ation of our own, nor a creation of necessity to fill a want for suitable lothes. but are forced upon us by manufacturers who are seeking mar kets for their products by creatine new and extreme opposite fads and fashions regardless of propriety or modesty, in order that the may make financial gain Resolved, That these extreme fans and fashions are causing economic and unnecessary waste to those who participate in them making it a double dou-ble hardship to the poorer classes, and haUng a tendency to create a spirit of false pride among those who indulge In them and putting those who can't afrord the expense and those who for other reasons do not follow the fashions In an embarrassing position. po-sition. "Resolved, That this extravagance in dress takes attention away from school work and other useful studies of life, and has a tendency to make boye and girls wasteful Instead of economical, Immodest, frholous and pleasure-seeking Instead of modest, studious and thoughtful of others, and deelops an inclination to disregard the more serious things of life "Resolved, That we discountenance improper and extravagant dress in the home, upon the street, in thn school room, at the sports. In the ball room and at public and private gath rings "We hereby petition the parents, the heads or all church organizations, the Brlgham Young university, the Proctor academy, the public schools and all other schools and organlza ttons that they co-operate wnn us in trung to create a sentiment ror the correction of the dress evil. We suggest sug-gest that the B. Y. lT , the Proctor academy, the public schools and other schools choose a uniform or other plain dress and encourage its adoption adop-tion among the students; that an expensive ex-pensive raiment, powder and paint be discountenanced, and that the several heads or the above named organizations, organiza-tions, as well as others we may havn overlooked In naming, take up tho queBtion with the departments under them in ,1 manner that this move may be kept alive ror mutual cooperation and strength in righting this eil Innovation In-novation and promoting a sentiment that will encourage modesty and economy." |