The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-01
NO PANIERS FOR THE SAINTS.

Dragging skirts Discarded-'sD sDissustinEiy''
short Ones Ditto-The Grecian Bend TabOOed
Reform.
From the Deseret Ne,os, June 20.
The following resolutions were adopted by the
First Young Ladies' Department of II, the Ladies'
Cooperative ketrenchment Association, Salt
Lake City, organized May %, 1S70:--
ResOlued, That realizing ourselves to be wives
and daughters of apostles, prophets, and elders
of Israeli and, as such, that high responsibilities
rest upon u.s. and that we shall be held accounta-
bic to God not only for the privileges we inherit
from our fathers, but also for the blessings we
enjoy as Latter-day Saints, we desire to unite
and co operate with, and do mutually pledge
ourselves that we Will uphold and sustain, each
other in doing good.
ResoLyed That inasmuch as the saints have
been commanded to gather out from Babylon,
and mot partake of her sins, that they receive
not of her plaques, we feel that we should not
condescend TO initiate the PRIDE folly, and
fashions of the world; and inasmuch as the
Church of Jesus Christ is hkened unto city
set on a hill to be beacon of light to all ma
tlons, it is oul duty to set examples for others,
instead of seeking to pattern alter them.
ReSoIUed, That we will respect ancient and
modern apostolic instructions st. Paul eX-
horted Timothy to teach 1.-The women to adorn
themselves in modest apparel-not with braided
hair, or gold or pearls, or costly array, but
which becometh women possessing godliness,
with good works." Peter, Also in his first
epistles, in speaking of women, says:-"Whose
adornlng, let 1t not be that outward adorning of
plating the hair, and wearing of gold,
or of putting on apparel but let it be
the hidden man OF the heart, in that
which is not corrupuble, even the ornament
of meek and quiet spirit, which is, in the sight
of God, of great price; for after this manner, in
old time, the holy women also who trusted in
God adorned themselves" In a revelation given
to the Latter day Saints in 1881, the Lord said
Thou shalt not feel proud in thy heart; let all
thy garments be plain, and their beauty the
hpantV of the work of thine hand - III nf
which we accept as true principle, and such as
should be fully illustrated in our practice.
ResOlUed, That, with q firm and settled de-
termination to honor the foregoing requirements,
and being deeply sensible of the sinful ambition
and vanity in dress among the daughters of
Zion, which are calculated to foster the pride of
the world and shut out the spirit of God from
the heart, we mutually agree to exert our inlu-
ence, both by precept and by example, to sup
press and to eventually eradicate these evils.
ResolUed, That, admitting variety has its
charms, we know that real beauty appears to
better advantage in plain dress than when be-
dizened with finery, and while we disapprobate
extravaganza and waste, we would not, like the
Quakers, recommend uniform, but would have
each one to choose the style best adapted to
her own taste and person; at the same time we
shall avoid, and ignore as obsolete with us, all
extremes which are opposed to good sense or
repulsive to modesty.
ResolUed, That inasmuch as cleanliness is q
characteristic of saint and an imperative duty,
we shall discard the dragging skirts, and for
decency's sake, those disgustingly short ones
extending no lower than the boot tops. We
also regard 'paniers" and whatever approx
mates in appearance towards the "Grecan
Bend, burlesque on the natural beauty and
dignity of the human female form, and will moi
disgrace our persons by wearing them And
also, as fast as it shall be expedient, we shall
adopt the wearing of home made articles. and
exercise our united influence in rendering them
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