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Show Kv . -oo LOW NECKS AND SHORT SKIRTS. H'l In the state- of Washington the leg- ! Islaturo has attempted a most difficult H task that of regulatinc fashion. Teachers and pupils in the fehools are barred from wearing hich heels and ' ' transparent clothing, and the superin ijj tendent of public instruction Is empow Byf ered to tlx (he maximum amount Hl which they may spejul for clothing, un- J der the provisions of a bill introduced H.f in tho house of the legislature. The Hf bill provides that teachers and pupils fl j must cover their persons with nan- transparent clothing "from the neck to within twelvo inches of the heel." Heels must not be higher than one and one-quarter Inche i This is a waste of time and effort. 5 ; Whatever is fashionable women and Lm girls will wear. Dunne the cold days of January, when the thermometer was registering below freezing and a chill north wind was blowing, girls ' LW could be seen on our streets with j necks bared to the lowest point of i modesty and with skirls abbreviated at the knees. The young ladies wore nothing other than thin silk stockings to cover their legs Though weather ' conditions threaten ilv girls with 1 I ; pneumonia, tbey still persist in refus-1 i ing to dress warmly in order to guard ; against ill health. Is it to be expected ; j that legislation will be more effective : Ih.n r-.-nra in Ita irornlnnc" Ji A woman or a girl out of style might LLM as well be out of the world, for i woman's world i that of association and admiration. |