More modesty needed with feminine fashions
Another nugget of wisdom from the local rag...


To The Editor:

When I see [sic] in church on Sunday morning, I am amazed how closely many young ladies' pants are tailored to the nth of an inch "above," with waistbands resting on hip and thigh.
This is a deliberate and immodest act of clothing themselves that requires a lot of any man's male graces.and is an act against their own feminine modesty. It is probably innocent. But it distracts one's attention from the Mass being offered by the Catholic Priest.
This feminine clothing style seduces a man's or anyone else's attention from the real reason we go to mass on Sunday: to rest and get a respite from the worldly cares.
This seduction of male altruism makes me nervous, especially in church. Any man with modicum of self-respect can make only so many excuses for the young ladies so attired.
When embarrassed, I begin to look upward and count the ceiling tile and start to talk under my breath or both at once. When my neck gets stiff from gazing upward, I then turn my attention to the floor, and I begin counting the grains of sand on the floor. To my surprise I see that there is only "one set of footprints in the sand."

James A. Lecher
Wakefield

Let us focus on the last paragraph in particular of this poor tormented man's letter. It begins "when embarrassed": what do you think that means? Let's see, he can't stop staring at the young ladies with their low cut pants and he gets "embarrassed". Hmm, what's another term for embarrassed...aroused? yes I think that's the catholic translation of embarrassed. Ashamed is also a synonym, I think. So he gets a little excited and has to look at the ceiling and talk under his breath? What does he say? A few hail mary's? Or maybe he is praying that he'll get in behind of one of those young ladies in the communion line, or that the priest won't ask them to "please rise" and find that he already has.

I'm afraid this poor fella will never realize the absolute nasty old buffoon he has made of himself with this letter. I think I might have to write the paper myself and tell them how I feel the same way...

TO THE EDITOR:

I must agree with Mr. Lecher on the point of women's fashions in the house of our Lord. Soon we will have to admit women to the priesthood and exchange their garments for two piece bikini's to compete! Terrible! How does Jesus expect me to concentrate when that Tammy Anderson won't stop swooshing her hair back from her face like a gol darn supermodel right out of the box! Why can't women dress more like the Virgin Mother? Nice long robes to cover the body. I'm no mooslem-lover (support out troops) but I tell you those Taliban might have been on to something with making their women cover up all the time! Heck, I could finally go to church and sleep in peace, not have to look at my shoes during communion, and it wouldn't stop there! I might even get some work done at the office!



Something tells me they would not get the joke.

Regards,

Wakefield