The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-29

on abolishing the present styles. They
looked full of deter~ nation and greet
ed Mrs. Christine '4umsdon, the origi-
nator Of the club, with an air that be-
tokened an epoch in dressmaking and
styles. Mrs. Lumsdon advocated dis
regarding the proposed Introduction of
bustles and tight sleeves, too, which
fashionable dressmakers say will be all
the style this year. She urged that the
members of the club should set the eX-
ample themselves, and at once COM
mence a crusade against the introduc-
tion of such styles.
Mrs. Arthur Dodge who also ad-
dressed the meeting, was attired in
one of the abbreviated reform costumea
which the club has already adopted.
1t hung gracefully to within three inch
es Of the ground and was an exact
counterpart Of the rainy weather skirt,
only that the latter is three inches
shorter. The bottom was lined with
a three-inch borde: Of alligator skin,
and she wore cuffs and belt of the
same material. Her feet were also in
cased IN the style OF boots adopted by
the club, made OF alligator skin, too,
with fiat common-sense heels and with
elongated uppers. Otherwise she was
plainly attired, the skirt and waist
consplCuously lacking fancy trimmings
After the costume was carefully in
spected 1t was voted that If, after the
lapse of one month, any of the clubs
members were seen dressed in finery
or long dresses, other than that adopt
ed, each delinquent should be fined
the sum of ten cents. Many agreed to
this proposition, but insisted that they
be allowed to wear the regular dress to
church on Sundays, as they were sure
their husbands would bject. The reso-
luton went, however.
While these dress rcfnrmers were in
session a new lePel precedent was be-
ing established by Judge MaCLean, of
the Supreme Court, in the interest of
the new woman" The Judge ap-
pointed three feminine members Of the
legal profession as receivers in supple
mentary proceedings Of three men who
have been unable to satisfy the judg-
ments which have been obtained
against them. The court records of
this city contain no report of a woman
having before been appointed to a posi-.
tion of this kind. One of the women
oppOihtSu WI EiSdI werner
formerly Miss Mella Stanleyetta Titus,
who was the first woman to be admit
ted to the bar in this county. She is
placed in charge OF the assets of Louis
Strauss, saloon keeper, under a judg-
ment obtained from Civil Justice
Roesch last April. Miss Anita HethS
erington Haggerty. employed in De-
Lancy Nichols's office, and Miss Rosa
lie Loew are the other two receivers
named by the court in other cases
Mrs. Werner and Mss Haggerty arc
two of four young women attorneys
who are to deliver lectures at the New
York University this winter to classe,
Of women.
The recent storm was terribly d,
structive to the seashore resorts along
the New Jersey coast and at Coney
Island and Rockaway. The officers of
coastwise vessels say that they never
experienced such weather before, but
the loss to the shipping interests is
not large. At Coney Island at least
half a million dollars worth OF prop
erty was destroyed In few hours. The
old iron pier was almost swept away
and the new one was badly damaged.
The storms havoc at Rockaway was
very great, but the estimate of loss
has not been made. While all the New
Jersey resorts from Atlantic Highlands
to Ocean Grove suffered severely, AS
A'Ty Park will have the larRast hin sA-