The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-23
A DRESS REFORM CRY
It's a Good Thing, if Not Quite a
Novelty for Women.
MRS. W. C. wHITNEY's APPROVAL
Gotham's Young Newspaper Men-Two Useful
Girls-What the ex-Prize Fighters
Do-0ther Things.


tauQua and w. g. T. U. women who have
taken up dress reform were cackling over
an old egg, since the style of garments they
recommend have been in the market for
number of years, and have already been
worn by a great many ladies of fashion.
Lady Harberton went much further in
England with her divided skirt which
she was forced to give up wearing, on the
street at least, because" rs she naively
said, 1.-The boys made fun of me-" All the
Delsartesn opponents, who have writhed
and twisted for the last three years IN New
York drawing rooms, have gone without
corsets and hung their clothing from the
shoulders. Society women, especially
when young and snapely, have, TO g con-
siderable extent, followed their lead, and
the wearing Of tights and combination
suits TO do away with injurious bands and
carriers has been very common.
IL is curious fact that American women
are much ahead of their English sisters in
this respect. In spite of Lady Harberton,
English actresses, like Mrs. Kendall, Mrs.
laugtry and Rosins Vokes, ruin their
figures by tight facing, though Miss Vokes
manages TO secure some freedom of move
ment IN her corsets by pulling all the bones
out. Many American actresses, on the
other hand, set good example in this re-
spect.
When the Forsyth Technical College for
Gentewomen in London wanted an ipstruc-
tor in physical culture, Miss Faulkner, the
principal, an earnest, deep-voiced, thought
ful woman who has recently been in this
country, tells me they had to import one
from America, the late Hilda Thomas.
When Mrs Edwin Russell visited London
she created somewhat of sensation.
don't wonder at it. She is magnificent
animal, with the great muscles of her hips
showing through her draped silk robes like
a race horses under its soomth groomed
skin. They don't raise such fine women
In England and never will till little
\ ankee common sense is imported. One
would have to look far in Europe for So
ciety woman of Mrs. w. G. Whitney's
prominence publicly supporting moderate
dress reform. It's only the shop girls who
go on cutting themselves in two with
corsets and hanging twenty pounds of
needless garments about their hips.
The Chautauqua movement is a little
late, but that is better than never. More
power to its elbowl It's in any healthy
woman's power to become fine animal
and humanity gains by that in the long
run.
YOUNG NEWSPAPER MEN.
George Jones has been for sometime the
Oldest man at all prominent in the news
paper business in New York. AT present
the most conspicuous feature of the paper
world is the youth of the leading lights.
Two veterans linger, David Stone, of the
Journal OF Commerce, and Charles A. Dana
Both are enthusiastic horticulturists. Mr.
Stone has the finest private garden in
Brooklyn and Dana one of the finest in
America, on pretty island in Long Island
SOUND, Where almost every variety of tree
TONVpT known m hnf
never an Office cat to claw their bark.
The veteran editor of the sun boards the
train every morning at Glen Cove. a stoutlv
built but lively old gentleman with a long
gray beard and the invariable glasses
When he enters the train the newsboy
serves him first cepy Of the sun, and he
reads every page with utmost care. When
he reads he requires two pairs of glasses
aud occasionally uses little microscope
on hne type besides. He dresses neatly
but there is just suggestion of "Dr
Greeley his one time editor, in the care
less fit Of his clothes.
1t is not so easy to enumerate the Young
newspaper men. Joe Pulitzer is still in
middle life, ana Ballard Smith. the editor.
of the World, under forty. Colonel Cock
erlll, the brilliant editor of the .4dpeytiser
and the Worlds greatest light in DAYS past
is IN the prime of life G.. W Turner the
energetic Recorder man, is under forty and
his editor and managing editor, Messrs
Keller and Lyman, are thirty-fou and
twenty seven respectively. Arthur Bris
pane, OF the evening sun, is one of the
youngest men in New York, though / don't
know his precise years. Foster Coates
the managing editor of the Nail and Err
press, Is handsome man of thirty-five
Richard Burton, the city editor OF the
EGgis-and that is the most imnortant
place on the paper-is twenty nine. The
city editor of the World doesn't
look over twenty-four. The virtual
edltor OF the Herald, who is reputed
to enjoy an income of $3.50 a week.
is alluded to as young Rieck,n being ia
TACT thirty years old. Paul Dana and Ches-
ter Lord, Dana's lieutenants on the sun.
are about thirty five aud forty "Nartyr''
Hennessy, OF the Neics, looks too young to
be such hardened criminal Irving Bach
eI!er and James w. johnson. the leading
syndicate men, are close neighbors of
thirty. Allan Forman, of the Journalists.
couldn't be as young as be looks if he were
porn slnce the war. Richard Harding
Davis, of Hdrpor's " ecBlu, is thirty also
mat seems TO be the golden age in journal
ism. "a
suppose young men drift to the front in
newspaper work because or the tremendous
physical energy required to keep the great
machines moving. Older men are more
valuable in an advisory than an execntive
capacity. There are plenty of veterans
among the editorial writer's.
TWO USEFUL GIRLS.
know a couple of sisters who live in ono
OF tae great uptown flats and who haven't
yet arrived at their field of usefulness in
life, which is that Of a beacon light warn
ing others off the shoals of sloth and sell
fishness. Every talent ought to be utilized
TO the full.
These sisters live, as before said, in a
fiat. They do no work. for there are ser
wants. carriage is at constant call and
they never walk The elder is threatened
with heart trouble, which might be averted
py moderate exercise, toning up the sys-
tenn and preventing the accumulation of
mesh In fact her physician has plainly
warned her that exercise and careful diet
are absolutely necessary If she would con
tlnue 10 i've, but really, she says, she can
not walk. And, really, she cannot climb
the stairs which, in moderation. would be
IN excellent thing for her, and as for bicy
cling or horseback riding. really. she can't
learn. so she is likely TO die of sheer lazi-
ness.
The other sister is not yet in quite as had
4 way physically, though she may be at the
same age, but otherwise is eouallv avail
able as a frightful example. Her chief
offense, besides those possessed also bv her,
sister, is that she will squeeze a so inch
waist into q 22-inch corset, a practice
which her physician assures her is slow
suicide for her. But really, she saws. She
must wear corsets, you know. And they
aren't tight
Here are some of the things these inter
esting sisters won't do: They won't 20
into room after dusk until domestic has
lighted light. They're afraid to do il
They won't answer a door bell for the same
reason. or possibly laziness has something
II 90 with it. They won't dust room