The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-08
THE ANACONDA STANDARD MORNING..

The Yankee, who will occupy the time of
the meeting this evening. You viii all
kindly refrain from any demonstration OF
hostility until the gentleman has finished
speaking.n
Vociferous applause greeted the appear
ance of The Yankee as he stepped for
ward and il was several minutes before
he was permitted TO speak. After silence
had been restored he started to say some
thing, but bis words could not be under
stood. The President discovered the
cause of the trouble and ordered The
Secretary to button his coat over his cor
duroy vest, as the prominent ribs In tue
waistcoat interfered with the sound waves.
This was done, and once more The
Yankee arose. He was attired in a Mack
inaw jacket of brilliant hues and wore a
long white apron.
II want to explain my peculiar attire"
said The Yankee. "before speak to YOU
at any length. was invited to-day to
assist some friends of mine in a charity
dinner which was given this evening to
INDECENT lumbermen and / have been
waiting on the tables all the evening.
When Tho President called for me he
would not allow me time to change my
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II was told that 1 must not speak on
politics or religion, as this club does not
NEEDLE with either, so have concluded
to say a few words to you on Reform
This is a subject that has always been
deeply Interesting to me. In fact, am
SO much interested in it that 1 reform
regularly every month. 1 reformed to-
day and / feel better for it tonight.
would like to reform every day, the effects
are so pleasant. But, of course, that is
out of the question. Once a month is as
often as / can stand il. To those of you
who feel the need of some change, would
suggest that you try to reform. You will
like 1t even IL you only reform for little
while. 1t is as beneficial as a change of
climate and is far cheaper.
II am speaking now, of course, of a
personal reform but the term, reform,
covers n much wider range than is con-
tanned in this single application. There
are dress reform, school reform, munici-
pal reform, reform schools and houses of
correction. You may think because am
from Boston that / am an advocate of
dress reform, but l am not.
have seen its disastrous effects upon
the young ladies of my native
town and. If you respect my advice, let it
alone. Woman as she Is, is an adorable
creation. We all love her. But put her
in boomers or divided skirss and she
doesn't inspire much respect. She makes
you laugh. Let me tell you what cured
me of dress reform. l was in Boston one
day, near Scolloy square, when saw a
young lady whom l knew, clad in reform
garments of the extreme type. 1t was q
rainy day and she was dressed for the
weather. knew the lady we'll and
watched her cross the square. She went
all right until she came to a puddle and
then she instinctively grasped her trous-
ers where she had been in the habit of
taking hold of her skirts to lift them out
of the mud. The figure she cut was SO
ridiculous that have never been dress
reformer since.
"You people here seem to have pretty
good idea of what is meant by municipal
reform and I will only say that commend
the movement. 1t will do you good and
will benefit the community. AS to reform
schools, / think that unless some of You
adopt my system Of reform, you will be-
come thoroughly acquainted with them.
In conclusion, want to say that / hope
you will all reform, even il you do it
geographically. You will like it when.
you get used to it. Reform is good for the
souls
The Yankees effort was warmly APP
plauded and he was rendered a unani-
nous vote of thanks for his address. He
accepted thatbut would take nothing else,
as he is now in one of his reform periods.
The meeting consequently adjourned TO
assemble again next Sunday, when the
club will hold special Easter session.