The New York herald., 1865-06-25

ths men believed in the dress reform ss them s.ne o
,,sry woman who wears the short dress short 6sse
oi hsS Ssas and sress sSs Z SOUND al Ssasl when ~
refosner he forms her acaseSntanee ane eoegnr
~. - word ia i.vor o. .hs yeskg
iady who could not wear the short skirt because nsI
poverty any one could help her they would oe a0'ns
lsshion N was outrageous When woman wants 70
DO right she will not be allowed TO.
The convention adjourned to meet |" nA''-p''' "o
s'clOck.
The convention was c.lled 70 order at haifpass 70
The Committee on Nominations reported and - 70
Dr. JAcxsos stated that he had heard that Nrr Dr.
p,snd had conc back 20 long dresses an' miSht not
therefore b eligible 70 Office He moved suAstiuts Of
another name for hers Carried rnn....
dent elect, Mrs DR. York, 70 the c, 1Asss. Carried
had ns taken the chair ~sa sSs. a James Clark
favor the audience with Ieg Ne came forward and
sung ballad entitled .F 4nnie Wsusen"
speech Of some lengA a Hs WAS very ready speaker,
and went quite do,.p issO the subject Of reform He
In strong terms the nevuveniencs Of present style
Of d1e Hatho0Gkf tho long skirt incomplete and I'M
r s ne ss sSue ess @ . rsrs s
climbed or fences 70 se crossed.
Hr. oAaz WAS oai.ed on for song. he sung by re-
Il vas intended that Mr. Everett should b. the nsit
spsake but he desired that Miss Lucrea Roberts should
Miss RosrRzs came forward She said she could not
hope 70 enghten the audience dress other Sub
ec out shs would give her testimony She thought sss
chose 70 into the field and till the soil was no.
bodys business and II was great deal better 70 be
sowing the seeds Of dscord by goespng She Shought
working the neld honorable than making tasng
She thought that with such ouandish dress women
now wore she oould not command good wsges She
could do half the work. and her drcss
she w:s s.sSed, and thought she was right She Knew
| she was free. She was frequently oheered
M. Ev.a.n, Of Illinois. took tns noor he did not
the idea that he would like TO convert the world 70 his
way Of thinking He saw now that this could not be
much good possible He begged leave introduce
little friend Of his, also from the West, Nn. Sarah A.
Nm PoRna was called for and reluctantly took the
floor She said that she was frightened in the forenoon
when called on 70 speak on resolution Her heart gave
say that her life like that Of her husband dead
and almost the last words Of whom spoken this
Same stage in favor Of the reform should always be for
the abolition Of the skirt and the adoption Of the really
| sensible Dress tho American costume.
II had previously been announced by Dr. Jackson that
the convention had received invitations TO visit the
places Of great interest and beauty IN the city and Mr.
L
the propety Of accepting these Invitations He thought
1t opportunity TO visit those placee situated
they were In 'the garden Of America The places ho
said, were the gardens Of Ellwanger Barry and Mount
| Hope.
II moved that these places be visited Immediately
after Adjournment
GEORGE W. CLARK called for and sung song, and
then made few remarks TO the audience. He was In
favor OF tho short dre and condemned the long skted
style In very strong terms He then sung piece on
was talking to them now, and he would say 10 them Be
free.n
Before he had hardly taken his seat lady sprung up
IN the audience much excited and said she thanked Mr.
Clark for telling them TO be Free She thanked the other
speakers. for what they had said. Some ono had
spoken Of the marriage rite whore the is told
obey the man She could not do thAt She would obey
NO man. People might call her old maid. She had
rather be an old maid than be forced to obey any
She thought the women had great work 70 perform;
the men could help them, but they must take the lead
Dr. JAcKsoN announced that the Mayor had assured
him that they would bo protected In their evening
meeting BY force Of police and they should not BE- dis
turbed. He said he would speak at that time.
Meeting adjourned until seven O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention met In the evening TO listen 70 the Cd
dress Of DR.. Jackson he tried speak, but
at all times, whether the speech demanded not
Mayor Moore spoke 70 the audience, advsng thcm TO
keep STILL and this might have had the desired effect II
mad not been for the remarks Of gentleman who said
that the Mayor had announced that DI Jackson would
detain them but short time The doctd had hired the
His Honor replied that he had said the doctor would de-
tain them only short time u the Doctors request
The hall quite crowded, and II impossible for the
police TO nnd tho guilty ones, scattered they werc
through the audience Dr. Jackson could 60 on and
the meeting adjourned amid some confusion.