Religion: Modest Creed

"For the combating of every form of indecency and the preservation and spread of the virtues of modesty and purity," a League of Modesty was founded two years ago by Roman Catholics in Chicago. Last week this League, headed by a Franciscan named Rev. Celestine Strub, presented a Modest Woman's Creed based upon the preachings of Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani, Vicar General of Pope Pius XI. Recommended to all good Catholic women, it urges:

"The dress should not be cut lower in front or in back than one or two inches below the little hollow of the throat.

"The sleeves should at least cover...

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