Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — Pope on Woman's Clothes. [ARTICLE]

Pope on Woman's Clothes.

The Pope has recently manifested a preference in regard to ladles’ apparel over and above the strict regulation in

regard to ladies who are received by the holy father at the Vatican. A niece of the Pope was about to be married, and her distinguished relative took so great an interest in her trousseau as to stipulate that the young lady should only have white, blue or black gowns, adding that these were the three colors most becoming to young girls. “Gray and brown,” remarked His Holiness, “are only Suitable for old women, and I do not like any other colors.” Possibly the Pope prescribed white because it is the symbol of purity, bine because it is the color dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and black because it is the time honored hue of dress for outdoor wear for Spain and Italy.—London Pall Mall Gazette.