New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-30
A DIVORCE REFORMER.
THE REV. S. W. DIXIE ON THE AGITATION
AGAINST A DOMESTIC EVIL.
BEGINNING THE WEEKS WORK AT cHAUrAUoUA
DIR. ELIZA MosHER LECTURES ON
"DRpssn-oRGANIzINGA W. c. t. U.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
DEPARTMENT

Cbautauaua. July 20.-The Rev. S. W. DiBe OF
Auburndale Mass. tall and serious man with high
forehead lecturcd here this morning on divorce
Reform Dr. Dixie is the secretary Of me divorce
Reform League and his share in the movement began
with letter TO The Tribune in December, 1883, urging
tbe necessity for Congressional appropriation Tor the
collection Of statistics on the subject. The outcome
q, bls efforts in this direction was the bill which
nassed the Senate three times and was subsequently
assented 20 by the House, authorizing the prosecution
OF Investigations and the preparation Oh an eAhauso
report by the Bureau OF Labor This repors Is ho" III
the press and will probably be made pubic withm
month According 10 Dr. Dixie, 1t VIII Dc inc most
accurate and valuable ever published in any country
The interest taken abroad IN the American Investigation
was shown I'm Mr. Gladstone's recent application tor
documents on the subject, and since then the Arch
h,sbon Of Canterbury and leading French and German
officials have had formal correspondence with the
League.
The increase In the number Of divorces In this couh
fry I'm the last twenty years is 157 per cent, whe inc
increase in population has been only about ~ per
cent The figures in European countries are aoou'
the same. In the Southern States OF the unlol nov"
ever the Increase in the number Of divorces has been
about four times great the increase oil popua'o
although the totals are large. This result DE-
Dixie, in a speech brlstllng with figures, attributed
10 the fact that the South Just feeling the toice VI
those movements which have already asl'a'ou
other parts Of the country. Whlle uepior''e
che want OF uniformity IN the uNor0o
laws of the different States he does not thnA looi
In this respect would affect more than a smah per
centage of all divorces and insists that 'ne Nus
beneficial results are 10 come from work In the FANNY
itself The Influence of tho Chautauqua idea he re-
cards as Invaluable and considers that In ulS way
alone IT Is making important contributions u PIdo
teal sociology. AS to the value OF the "orA VI INC
league he points the fact that OF eighteen or twenty
measures enacted through its influence In the idst 'o
years in eight or nine states, nearly all have re-
NAMED on the statute books, and the erect III e'eiS
state OF which this is true has been cohSiuor"Oi0
dlmlnution in tho number Of divorces
DIR Eliza Mosher Of brooklyn. who conducts de-
parrnent in DR. AndersOn's school of PLY steal Cult
,re addressed the Woman's Club on the SUBJECT oi
" Dressn Her remarks were full Of practical sus-
cestlous and were illustrated by ingenious model
Of the human figure, showing the III eiiects Oh To-
strctive attire. The lower position OF woman
lungs said Dr. Mosher, invariably undeVeloped
ewing TO the prevailing habit of tight laclng and no
nernanent improvement be attained until the gar
ments are made to hang from the shoulders
FoIlowinr DR. Mosher, Mrs. Emma 7. Ewing, OF
Purdue University, gave a free predecessor d, '-'
cookinp school which Mrs j. Ellen Foster and large
- 90 Ladies' attended The three DclSarte classes
l nv NJ Coleman f. Bishop have received an aces
sion Of twenty-five new pupils me toial n t
now taking instruction in ms dPsr'YYem ng Is W5Smcn
chrstisn Temperance Union held tonight to take
steps for an organization Of department here
oDd in >.,daccd as its president Miss Mary H. Maiher
Of Wilmington pei Miss Motnfr II 1s na0ea
81 The oreanization Among those present were Jula
j. bowman, of Newcastle Penn susie GSgeF e Ne~
Mrs {. L. Pick, Candesport, PENN; Emma +. 9trat
ford Moline, III Anna Da'sS GGnesSse goeS
Nashville; Margaret f. Atkins Nashville; Alcc "
Humnings Bellevue. Penn Lima NJ Perry, sP E
burg penn Ella SwitZer, Philipsburg, Penn EVcnne
Dickinson St. Louis: Laura DC Lagund, Caautaqqua
Belle Pierson. Columbus, Miss. Cora Gilbert Lane Zane
Ashbrnham Mass; and Anna Hale, Columbus, MISS.
MISS Mary Mcdowell, OF Evansville, Ill, wen known
I'm connection with this work, IS expected mere To-
morrow. . - -. ,..,,uos -,
Among The appointments today were ectgnS, on
" Common Sense Elocuton," by Dr. ). NJ. buchleS /,
The Hero Recognized and Unrecognizcd" BY the Rev
Charles T. Steck.