The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-23
MORMONISM
A Party OF New York Ladies' Cali ~h
Mrs. Brigham Young, Jr, nc the Ste
HhehOlaa HoteI-Their Oonversatlon,

muoh pleasure that we learned of the arrival in
this city OF Brigham Young, Jr., and one OF his
tNow y we said among ourselves, 'now we
NAV hear the phenomenon of Mormonism DIS
cussed with people who, at least, know what
they are talking about a., but NOV now & get &C &C
Young and timorous, and pretty, and needed
not to have troubled herself about woman's
mieslon, for it was evident that hers would be
what her mothers was before her-namely, to
be early courted and happily married, and then
take to housekeeping and so on to the end of
She chapter. But the rest of us-who, having
failed in that early instilled ambition after
trial of several years standing-were not to be
daunted in sscertaining beforehand our
probable or possible fate by such baga-
teIle as the difficulty of getting acquainted. In
decd we saw no difficulty in the matter Con.
yentlonalties were made for commonplace
people. People who had attained the intellectual
attitude implied in taking an interestin social
problem, were not going to submit to rules that
did not include them nor apply to them. Ana,
besides, in visiting them we would be paying
them compliment, Tor which any OF the hume
rous Petroleum family on the avenue would
give us IN net cash % per cent on all the avail
able product of their Pennsylvania estates for
the current year, and consider it but trihe for
the immense favor of social RECOGNITION.
The party was stopping at the st. Nicholas
Hotel. Taking seats in one Of the drawing
rooms, we sent up our cards to Mr.. and Mrs.
Young" fearing ii we gave the lady any recog-
milton which her lord did not share that we
would not be received. The party was out, but
was expected to return before long; indeed,
was overdue already, and we were invited up
stairs 10 one of their private parors to await
their return. After waiting half an hour, little
whispers began to circulate between us as TO
the possibility of Mrs. Young never returning.
We had heard so much OF the desire OF Mormon
wives to escape, that we just suspected she
might avail helself of the sweet security of the
city streets to slip of from her share of hus-
band. One lady suggested that we might as
well go, and then mentioned that we would
know as much If we stald for If she really did
disappear tsat would be proof that to be one of
anumber OF one mans wives was not the true
destiny of woman.
While we awaited with scientific disinterested-
ness Tor the decisive turn in the wheel of time,
a lady entered the room, and was announced
by her servant as Mrs; Young, at which we
exchanged greetings. The conversation COM
menced by Mrs. Young saying that when she
received the cards she tried 10 recall Miss x,
Miss Y, and Miss H., but they remained stub
bornly unknown, and then she wondered who
among her young lady friends of long ago had
concealed their identity beneath the pseudo
nyms of Mrs. d. and Mrs. L. but then, she
added, it is often as pleasant to make new
friends as to meet old ones.
in her part of the country lady's maiden name
was never lost sight OF M IN marriage. 10 which
have 10 resort to numerals to make conversa-
ton possible" There ! we were actually on
delicate ground and that in tue easiest and
most graceful way possible. We watched the
lady closely while she spoke but could detect
NO soreness-no shrinking from the contempla-
tion of numerals of plurality. Indeed, she was
laughing galy as she drew little ssetchy
picture OF what it would be in Utah If each lady
followed the Gentle custom of taking her
husbands name to the Ignoring OF her
own. We watched her with the most
scrntiniz1ng air possible, with politepess, and
had to admit to ourselves, again and again, that
her gay ETY. was genuine. 1t could not be leVlty
that induced her 10 gay ETY.; her lace, manner
and conversation precluded any though OF that.
She looked about thirty years old, but possibly
was not over twenty -6ve-her life as pioneer,
as fugitive, as wife, and the mother OF seven
children, giving her an experience which might
have made her look fifty years old, but which
succeeded, owing to her natural buoyancy OF
heart in making her look only thirty. Sne was
dre ssed In a striped grey and white linen travel
ing suit, and looked fresh and cool as dew
dr"p. which was a revelation IN itself, for the
day was the sulriest of the season, ana IL almost
mt de one faint 10 look at the not, nxy, over
dlt ssed wOmen--we cannot call them LADIES', for
la6ies know instinctively how 10 dress-Wno
we're promenadng Broadway. Her nSure was
1.-THE and elegantlooklng; her face very strong
in lepose and very noble in Conversation; her
manner a union of timidity ana equlpolse that
was very pleasing. Altogether sne looked lady-
like and motheriy, and pre- eminenty Witely.
Now this wife question being the one we are
natticnlarly intere ted in in fact, the one object
Of our visit we made the best OF our opportunity
of putting questions. Now, MRS. Young, 9,d
you ever see wife really, truly, unmis.akaoy Tly
happy who had to share her huspauu auec.
tiobs with another woman, or other women q
We asked. in a tone of great eagerness. She
playhllly said something about real, true, un-
Allowed, unmitigated happiness being rare ana
unexceptIonal thing. -,
Was she dlplomatistg was that the way OF
turning our attention from the subject In hand
Fnrther conversation proved not. She asked,
"Are all the married gentlemen or your &C.
uuaintaDce blind TO all the beauty lying aooul
them or are they proof against II, ana 90 Ihey
ali live beautiful eXcrlslve hVesW VI course,
we admitted the little polygamtc tendencies OF
gentlemen in society-hOW could we DO other'
wise. when it is so well known? She asked,
"DO their wives know ltW yes, someumes II
comes to light; often they suspec; ~ Wneh a ~ !,
nCyer proven; then what they don't know dom
hurt them.n "Do you think thatS-we think
that every thing that hurts the husband hurts
true wife and none OF you Will surely MAINTAIN
that II does not iniure man morally 70 De RuilU>
OF deceit-of systematic and sustained fase
hood, We think that II would Affect even MT
children's children, and his furthest neigh oor 5
for not only has every act its rays oflnnuehce,pu
his moral attitude is Affecting others Tor good o.
evil whether he sleeps or whether he plougns
Now, lnasmuch as man is not exclusive IN MI
tastes-and tits for wise reasons that ne Is NO
sO-~we must not try to make him CONFORM Y
our idea of his needs or his destiny, at the rst
Of making him so weak as to give In 10 US, o
so mean as TO deceive u.s." But man musth
make us conform TO his ideas of oar needs an'
our destiny" said the pretty little MIS-
whom we referred to before. "Man does no
do It, my DEAR" replied Mrs. Young. woman
sphere is destined by nature. The civilization
Of the world are unanimous on that point, n
matter on what else they may differ; her spher
IA power; her destiny to replenish the earth
This, If women would only realize 1t, Is q hlg
and noble destiny II is the one ambition 9
fhe Mormon wife to be a mother In Israel On
.LS15.av are ali DledRes of love 10 our hushand,