Trailing Skirts and the Health Warnings Against Them
By L. A. S.
THE truths which were pointed out many years ago to Seventh-day Adventists concerning the evils of wearing long dresses which drag in the dust of the streets and walks, are now fully recognized by the world, and in some places this unhealthful style of dress is discouraged by society, and even by the civil authorities. For example, this is how they do in Germany, as mentioned by the Springfield (Mass.) Republican:— “The campaign against women’s trailing skirts as communicators of disease is lively in Germany735many, and municipalities are prohibiting them. Women wearing such skirts are not allowed to enter the gardens at Ems, and the decision as to the proper length rests with the keeper. Dresden puts notices on the trees that wearers of trailing skirts will be fined.” Long before the important part played by germs in the communication of disease was known and established in sanitary science, Seventh-day Adventists were warned against the danger of wearing trailing skirts. It is now seen that they enjoyed the privilege, which perhaps they did not all appreciate, of being years in advance of the scientific world in this important matter. L. A. S.