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these changes was in dress.” Even the unsaved
saw this change. For an example, a fashion
writer for the New York Times said, “The
American woman has lifted skirts far beyond
any modest limitations.” Another writer said,
“If dress hems are nine inches off of the ground
today, there could come a day when our nation
becomes so immoral hems will rise to the
kneecaps.” These are lost people writing during
the times of the Roaring Twenties.
Hundreds of years ago John Bunyan said,
“Why are they going about with their naked
shoulders and paps hanging out like a cow's
bag? Why are they for painting their faces, for
stretching out their neck, and for putting of
themselves unto all the formalities which proud
fancy leads them to?” I put that quote in one of
our articles years ago, and somebody said, “You
shouldn't put that in there.” I thought it was
quite a good quote because John Bunyan was
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