New-York tribune., 1898-06-12


vrverR THINKS ABOUT IT.
,,,..,.r has read Hugh Wynne' must surrey
...s,her how scandalized were m""'
rsas of the last century when MisuesH
@ I,'e"- trs mother Of Hugh. broke through '"e
VIM IT. ,vbich in those days were drawn aoou'
na',0. ,roran.s dress. and. following her freheh
s'., M, upon her cap briGhi-co'oreu 'io'o''
ra hedecked herself in colors more sui'eu ~ 49,
.~r ueht-hearted nature than WAS ''0
n,yor gray But that was many years "s'' w.
~. oraters were sir!cter than now Al le"s, - "
...rsd 20 the onlookers who were present u"' ''e
49, yearly meeting held by the friAhus i@'e'' q"
S. ~ r,sa,ing- house In RutherfIr1 Square.
r,. ooher meeting room where the Inemoe's as
-,oa Was not decorated with the Natohal coioI''
=. ,us. now is the fashion al other ea'heiis'' wv
. .xse-t faced woman said that TINS WAS IL o."
NV ~ patriotism, but rather pecauSe u '".
or,ters. inborn dislike for the employment %
sscoration Of any sort. BE thai as i may
- ,ba. ,be latter-day Friends have given up
es''A, ,,..,~ drees which their ancestors wore
so- generations. and have blossomed forth as sa!N
~. ~ snv descendan, OF the men and women whom
John Wynne disirusted long ago
A rsnor,er Of The Tribune pushed open me oooi
heading into the meeting room. ana ms'e"u o'
holding the sober decorj4s saro. there see"'.u -
n. selds OF freshly blooming flowers roses, mas
.,a carnations with all the wild flowers know"
and loyed-buttercups. DAISIES udi"-''0' ~
beautiful trailing arbutus
The shsence OF the Quaker dress was commented
upon. and woman present SAID: we'll YES -
seems 10 be going out o. use more ana Ho'e e'e,s
rear OF course some OF the oder r''e'oS wa
continue 10 wear II as long as thev HNe' "o-"
Of their old associations with It. but tho younger
,snber. with few exceptions. do not adopt IL:
.necially is this true OF the larger cities oont
,ss how they ever called II becoming. think IL
4, the reverse For myself, | have never worn II
a, oil You see when my father and monther came
Eas, before the war. mother was wearing 'ne
Quaker gown and bonnet. and she continued 70 40 40
A. Tor a YEAR or two afterward. Iheis. somehow vi
ohar she became dissatisfied with IL, ana adopteu
shs n,or fashionable dress worn at that perloo pE
Vew-York women. So We children were hol a~cus
toned 10 seeing the dress worn az NONE, anu o IN
Ny mother never put on the HIess asa!i s;,o5 az
i<rt the old gown in which she had uANstel -. ~
New-York because. she said It vas ren'i,oer mn e 10
her OF the many happy days when she hao spent
with the Friends out in Indiana; -, - tho
s'But there are some women here VINO "eai '4'r
Quaker dress" said the reporter ,,.o,,, soa mora
than Ten women to-day who wear the gray gown
and close bouDet which their mothers ana e'a,o %
mothers wore before thein now, StsI SIo roo" ora ~
tsred yroroan whose rich bonnet and gown would
ia another assemblage. have given no hint OF her
"She is a prominent Friend. and yet look how
Tar away she has drifted from the ola custom
Just then the reporters Afternoon "ds n.ber
II was evident that the vanities OF this word hdd
tempted her beyond resistance. for her Htie "hI'e
frock showed hints OF pink through US neanes a'o
here and there holding its folds In place was sdl
ribbon elea ming brightly while her golden curis
were caught back from her forehead py rose p.i~
bows OF satin. She made such os.ntG, ~ "a -
Ire olsoY TIN Is the Quaker ma.Ge3s .ooK. as
eharmr, =. thc- setter dress did this iiite fairy