Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-25
WANT DRESS REFORM.
The W0men'S Club at Chautauqua
Decides on a Crusade for 1t.
MRS. P4RKER'S TRENCHANT TALK.
An Exciting PrOnouncing Bee, in Which
Georgian Lands First.
ANOTHER GOOD HISTORICAL LECTURE

CHAUTAUQUA, July 24-The Women's
Club, presided over bv Mrs. Emily Hunt.
ington Miller made quite a stir in the serene
and scholastic circles of Chautauqua to-day.
The club discussed dress reform, and Mrs.
Frank Stewart Parker, of Chicago, cham
picned the reform movement in a way that
would have made those two great beacon
lights of reform, DIR. Mary Walker and DR..
Mary Lee, of Oswego, rejoice. Mrs. Parker
did Tot nince matters in the least, but told
the packed audience of 1000 women in the
Temple that they were very foolish to con-
tirue in the old style of dress when God had
intended them TO be beautiful in figure and
form. She denounced the stay, the old
fashioned garter, the high heel and the mar
row shoe. and begged her hearers to be no
longer the creatures of Man AIilliner Worth.
Her address was remarkably strong and
Jrenchsnt, and the club decided to go on a
crusade against the tabOoed articles.
Curiously enough the ladies are not a
Unit on the divided skirt Mrs. Bishop, *he
Delsarte teacher, told big audience the
other DAY that she got more solid comfort
out Of the old style skirt, and inasmuch as
both women and doctors disagree on the
subject of the divided skirt, the young
ladies at the gymnasium have adopted the
Zouave style of dress, or Turkish trousers,
and hence the three great systems are -four
isEing here like a green bay tree. The male
portion of the camp are enjoying the fun.
The Events of the Day.
The following were the interesting events
on to-day'S programme after the chapel d6-
ercises: AT $50 the Women S Club discussed
dress reform in the Temple before the
biggest audience of the season: at IL A. NJ,
q lecture on Beethoven" by Mr.. l. Flag
Ter. assisted by Mr.. Robert Bruce and Mr..
Forrest Cheney. in the amphitheater: at
go P. NJ, lecture on 1.-The Supreme Law
of the Land" by Prof. F. n. Thorpe, of
Philadelphia, in the Hall of Philosophy;
at i P. NJ. lecture on The Divine and
Human Element in Prophecy, Prof W. R.
Harper. of the Chicago University; in the
same place, at 5 P NJ, conference on "Corre-
6pondence and Instruction. and at P NJ,
by the Apollo Quartet and
readings by Miss Jessie Dalrymple, of
Philadelphia, in the amphitheater.
The unique event of the season thus far
was the prize pronunciation match in the
amphitheater last night, in which the school
teachers from nearly every State in the
best speller, as well as for a prize of So
Professors, Students in fact everyone here
turned out TO see the fun, and each to ap-
plaud the representative of his respective
State. Prof. r. L. CUmnock, of the North
western University, conducted the match,
and announced that the authority would be
WebsIer's international and Worcester's
unabridged dictionaries, as the words
chosen were those upon which both were
agreed.
A Georgian Wins the Prize.
Forty-two contestants entered the lists.
For one hour and a half word after word in
common use and commonly mispronounced
was written by Prof. Cumnock on the black
board, and one by one the contestants sue
cumbeI until but four remained. Two went
down on the noun ''exile," and deep
silence and suppressed excitement reigned
as the remaining two pronounced these four
words: Collect" "a noun), 'igneiss," sir
''garrulity." Miss Ellen f.
Mason, OF Binghamtop, n. Y, missed the
last two words and thus received the second
prize. Mr.. c. NJ. Steed, of Macon, Ga,
pronounced the four words correctly and
was awarded the first prize.
Following is a list of all the words mis-
pronounced: Gladiolns, grimace, grimy,
gvve, halibut, haunt, homage, laundry, leis-
ure, swarthy, slough, sough, spinach, con-
dolence, cashmere, cognomen, prediction,
shough, senile, rapine, conjure, construe,
contumely, clique, maritime, resume, sacri-
1ice, yizer, swaths, brooch, exile, irrefrag-
able, garrullty.
The fifth in the course of musical lectures
By Prof Flagler was given this morning be-
fore large and enthusiastic audience. Mr.
Flagler's lectures are not biographical; they
ln1-+ ba
He described the appearance, the daily life,
the eccentricities Of Beethoven SO vividly
that one could almost see him in his room
In Vienna, with music books, letters,
clothes and the remains of his last meal
everywhere in confusion.
How Beethoven Composed.
When engaged in the composition of a
there was around him on the
table pile Of little dirty, bethumbed note
books, that contained the musical thoughts
which he had iotted down from time TO time
In the street, in the woods, or at night in
bed. He takes thought from one Of these
little books, starts up from his seat, goes to
the piano, strikes few chords, sings and
howls like madman. He mas begun to
The musical illustrations
were selections from the symphonies on the
organ by Mr. Flagler; the ''Kreutzer Som
ate, by Mr. Forrest Cheney, on the violin,
bnd the song, Adelaide" by Mr.. Robert
Bruce, Of the Apollo Quartet.
Prof Thorpe continued his lectures on
the civil development of the United States
The purpose of the lecture was to show how
the National Constitution was made, con-
terrlng all necessary powers on the National
Government The lecturer examined close
" the personnel of the convention of 1887.
Prot Thorpe is making quite reputation
here as q lecturer.
The Business Educators of America
passed resolutions before adiourning last
night highly complimentary to The PITTS
BURG DISPATCH and the New York
lrj5a71e Tor faithful reports of the conven-
ton. DIR. w. r. Harper was given an
elaborate banquet by Chautauqua Assembly
and College Faculty at the Hotel Atheneum
tonight as slight testimonial of the high
respect IN which he is held here He leaves
for Europe in a few davs
There Is serious doubt whether Prof. Her
bert Adams, Of Johns Hopkins University,
viii accept the position of Chief of the De
partmcnt of Liberal Arts at the Worlds
Fair. ''It is an open question yet, said
be TO your correspondent to-day, land /
cannot say definitely what my decision will
be-" Prot. Adams left for his home ct Am