The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-14

Under the above headline the
Caldwell Tribune makes the follow.
ing facetious comment on the KEY.
STONES recent criticism of Mrs.
Gov. Steunenberg's neglige style Of
dress:
We are amazed that the usually Dem
ocratic KEYSTONE should so far forget ita
reverence for Jeffersonisn principles Us to
descant critically against simplicity of at.
tire. Mrs. Steunenberg is good, honest,
motherly woman, severely simple in her
tastes aud manners. She cares nothing
for the foppery and tawdry of fashion or
the artifcialities of society. Comfort,
economy and health dictate her dress and
mode. But why should the society" of
ketchum be sh0ckedf Have not the noun
tains and valleys round about Ketchum
resouDded for years with anthems to the
masses and anathemas against the classesi
DO cot the PopOcratic apostles on the
Wood River, from the furthermost waters
to its mouth, make vocal the ambient air
with apostrOphes to the "plain common"
people3 DO they ever weary of telling
how } Jefferson went to hts Inauguration on
farm plug and how Jackson used to rip
out linked and swiveled oaths like bull
whacker3 And now the ''s0ciety"-the
Organized s0ciety-of Ketchum ia shock
ed because the wife OF the governor ap-
pears in calico, and the son of the governor
bares his shins to the summer sun and his
toes to the inhospitabie sands. Consist
ency thy name is not Bryanite! We might
have expected something of this sort from
the aristocra attic circles Of Republication
the vain but effete votsries of goldbug-
ism and corruption but we had never
dreamed of hearing the voice of Organism
soughing down Wood River laden with
roproaches against the insignia of the
masses. Running through our mind like
the subdued melody of a silvery stream
falling over gentle declivities are recollec-
tons of the Popocratic campaign Jodler
lifting 10 the wilderness for general re-
Mobilization Of that beautiful simplicity
OF Jeffersoniau origin, renewed and regen-
Grated in the unadorned ankles of Sock
less Jerry Simpson, sustained and vital
lied by the nti-Spiked tailed Bailey of
the Lone Star state. And now comes this
harsh and incougruous note from the Cit
adel Of the plain people, the camp that
cast only two votes for plutocracy and
social caste, and as many hundred for the
idol OF the proletsriat. Jew gold has
insinuated it's baieful presence
into the fastDess of Blame county and is
moving a swsth Of desolstion as broad
As the Chicago platform. The trusts and
|he money changers are corrupting the |
fountains of purity aud holding up to
public derIsion the virtues of the plain |
people. The society" of Ketchum has
become the hotSed Of astheticism the |
capital of Dudedum.
The KEYSTONE has never for one
moment forgotten its reverence for
he time-honored principles of
Thomas Jefferson, which do not con-
1ict. however, with the rules Of
polite society.
We do not desire to enter into an
controversy with our es.
eemed contemporary Oh the sub
ect Of the etiquette Of dress. A per-
on accustomed to mingling with
he exclusive set" should not be
amazed at the suggestion that a
proper observance should be paid
o ones personal attire, especially
n the case of governors wife, for
nobless oblige" and above every
'ther woman in the state should
be one who presides over the des-
ines of the gubernatorial mansion
ppesr, especially in public, appro-
'riately dressed, no matter how
nipple, but let it be according to
he eternal fitness of things, and
ot 50 as to provoke universal com.
nent. The right has always been
ccorded the press to criticise the
of public officials and
heir families, and the KEYSTONE
attended no disrespect to Mrs.
teunenberg in its criticism of the
nique style of her own and chill
ren's attire, and regrets for that
ady's sake. and not our own, that
ONE of the state papers have seen
t to copy the article and make
omments upon it.