The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-08-11
A SPLENDID WOMAN.
One of Brigham YOung's Daughters Wis
its Chicago.
She Expresses Her Adherence of the Poly
gamic Observation-Disclosures of Life
In the Salt Lake Harem.
[Chicago Inter Ocean, July 2s.l


cago hotels yesterday might have been seen
a particularly handsome and attractive-look-
ing woman with complexion of great beau
ty, abundant golden hair, and set of the
most perfect teeth, which shone like pearls
when she smiled. She was dressed in ex-
treme good taste, in fsshionsbly made dress
of black brocade and satin, with borderings
of crimson satin. Her white hands dis
played several elegant and costly rings, and
her shapely arm was set off to good advan-
tage by the rich lace of her elbow sleeves.
She was a woman who would have attracted
attention anywhere by her pleasing appear
snce and attractive manners. Had it beer
generally knewn that this was Dora Young
the favorite daughter of the great Nor
mon apostle, and one of the seven
children who prosecuted to successful
issue the suit against his estate, receiving a
large amount of money and property, the in
terest she excited in the minds of observers
/ might have been unpleasantly intensified.
Dora Young, until two years ago, was never
out of Salt Lake City. Until two years
ago, she scarcely ever saw a book except her
| school-books and the Mormon Bible. Until
| that time she was firm believer in the Nor
/ mon doctrines. Now she regards the whole
i system as infamous beyond description. Not
/ only has she been eXcommunicated by the
| Mormon Church, butts he has voluntarily
forsaken her early home and connections,
and intends making her home in some of
| the States The successful termination of
| her suit against her fathers estate has made
| ner mistress of a handsome competence,
and, to use her own expression, she feels
like "A bird who feels for the first time that
it can use its wings beyond the confines of
its cage.
OF course all who meet her regard her with
"A degree of earnest curiosity. One thing sur
prises them all, that young woman scarce
| ly more than girl, who was born and reared
in Brigham Young's harem, should be so en-
tirely at her ease in general society. Her
| manners are without the least shadow of
self-consciousness, and are very pleasant and
winning; her use of language is fluent and
she expresses herself with great accuracy,
correctness and ease. Naturally, all who
converse with her are anxious to learn about
| the peculiar institution, and what the feelings
| of so gentle and refined lady must be-
toward Mormon principles and practices.
In the first place. while abhorring their
| polygamous doctrines and practices, she has
no luminosity toward those among whom she
has grown up. Her mother was the seventh
| wife of Brigham Young and was an elegant
and fashionable woman, whom her husband
was fond of presenting to strangers or taking
to fashionable assemblages. In reply to the
questions of some ladies to whom she was in
troduced she said: "My mother was devot-
edly attached to my father She worshipped
the ground he walked on. She has never
been herself since his DEATH"
"How many wives were in the house which
was your home"
al was brought up among the wives and
| children who lived in the Lion House. There
were about seventeen wives and forty or
forty-two children"
"Did your father notice and seem attached
to all his children
"He knew and noticed all Of them, but he
was much more attached to some than TO
others. l was one of his favorites, and 1
loved him beyond anything that words can
tell. When he died i wanted to die, too.
He used to come in the evening to hold fam
lily prayers in the large room used for that
| purpose, and if one of the children was miss
ing he would send for it. The statement
that is sometimes made, that my father did
not know all his children is false; he knew
them all by name and caressed them all. He
used to take me with him in his journeys up
and down the Territory, and can assure you
had nice time. Every indulgence, every
attention was lavished on me. Ny father had
a way when he had anything nice for me of
giving
| THE CUTEST LITTLE WINK,
and calling me to him with gesture, say
ing, Look here what I've got for my daugh-
ter Dora. Won't we have a nice timer He
was the most magnetic person ever knew
or heard of. Every touch of bis hand-and
he had beautiful, soft white hand-was a
a caress." "Ah," said the lady, earnestly, al
can feel the touch of his hand to this day"
$50 your brothers and sisters all grew up
in one house2"
eyes, we were all one family. The house
was just like large hotel, and we had a
school-room built on purpose for U.S."
"Who took charge and managed for this
large family2"
"Well, we generally had housekeeper,
but sometimes one of the wives would do it.
Then there were plenty of servants. 1t was
Just like a hotel"
"Did the wives live pleasantly with each
other2"
"There was an outward semblance of good
| WILL out In reality the mormon wives nate
each other with deadly hatred. This alone
is one of the most evident i'll effects of the
dreadful system, this hatred that exists un-
der roofs called homes, which are often per-
feet bells, and scenes of the most disgraceful
quarrels."
''Did you know John Youngs wife, Lib
bic Canfeld?"
al did, and his first two wives, Lucy Can
field and Mary Van Colt. The two first
wives were living together in one house when
Libbie Garfield came from Philadelphia to
visit her cousin Lucy. She was one of the
most fascinating and beautiful women 1 ever
met, and very soon she fascinated John
Young, and he married her."
ait has been stated that Libbie Garfield
made it condition of her marriage with
him that he should give up his other wives
and have only her,"
"That is not true. On the contrary, she
lived as his wife with him when his other
, two wives were right there; and she has
told me herself that sometimes when the
} other wives seemed to feel particularly bad
l.