The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-18
ZION WOMEN SEE our SoDoM.
STEPLADDER SHOES AND PEEK
A-BOO WAISTS AWFUL!
And the Painted Faces and Bleached Hair!
Not Even Baby Powder In Zion Guy
But Non women wear Corsets
Our Women waste Their 1lme'

Our Women waste Incar 11"e'
do all the women In New York palnt
their faces'" asked Miss Minnie Wallace
who in z,on City is manager Of lace fact
tory. The advance guard CHANGED 10 BE-
lect room for Miss Wallace on twenty
third street near Seventh avenue.
should not think the men Of New YORK
would have much faith In or respect ior
women if they are all like the ones have
seen to-day. Why. such a woman wouh
be put of The st rect Of Zion City
and those awful French heeled shoes!'
continued the Zion Rest orer, glancing
at her own broad common sense Footwear
And the lace hose. ard the silk petit
coats. and the lace and fuzzy things TO
attract tho attention OF men to their feet!
And the way the women hold up their
dresses--and no law to forbid it! No wonder
the General Overseer wanted to come to
purify this city,
Miss Wallace was working in lace &C
tory in New England before she heard
Dowie preach and became converted.
Are Zion women fond Of pretty clothes?
Why just look nj them. Sec that girl with
the coral silk waist She's bride. She
has as many pretty things to wear as most
any girl in New York. OF course Zion
girls love nice clothes. That is natural
and tho Great Overseer believes that every
ono should have what they ran Afford
40 long az 1t does not interfere with their
work for God.
Feathers Why, yes. lots OF them
all we want No, there is no branch OF
the Audubon Society in Zion City. We
don't believe In that. God made the birds
and everything else in the world to serve
man. How about tho swine! They can
serve man by being kept out Of his way.
You don't use the snake or the spider
Mrs. Ethel Robbins is the wife Of prom
inent merchant in Zion City. Mrs. Robbins
has Ave children with her and four more
at home With one baby In her arms,
leading another, while her older boy guided
the two younger ones, she was endeavoring
to make her way to the auditorium.
Am Zion woman3 should say am
and these are all Zion children-Peaoe be
unto them and to yon. said the mother OF
many to SUN reporter
mo, there Is no possible question OF
race suicide in Zion City. Every family
is a family. Women live there for their
families and God. Every woman aims
to get married-and most Of them do. My
next door neighbor has sixteen children,
and they are all living. There are no flats
in Zion City; we have houses and homes.
Despite the fact that Mrs Kooolns ae -
clares that the women OF Zion live for their
families and to have one. Mrs, Josepha
Johnson, known as maternity deaconess
in Zion City, erstwhie famed for being the
only woman doctor in Norway, declares
that women Of Zion are leaders and organ
izers.
compromise, said Mrs. johnson. We vote
In our own city for our own officers. We
adhere to all plans for the progress OF
women. We believe women should stand
head to head with men in the higher pro-
fessions.
mo, we do not believe in do ctors.
have abandoned my profession We DO not
believe in doctors and drugs We have
there are no physicians-exceptr retired
ones, like myself. My knowledge Of sur
gerry has often proved OF value to me In my
work, but use no instruments or drugs
in my Office OF maternity deaconess.. We
believe in the best nursing and clean mess
this before all else. 1t Is not next TO
godliness with 1t.
while / believe In women working they
should never do anything whit h will in any
way in lure the body. That should be kept
clean and perfect and beautiful as far as
nature can make it So
-Theatres?" exclaimed Miss Adelaide
Norris, one Of the singers OF Zion City:
Theatres? Peace be to thee, sister, neverl
Why, theatres are the workshops OF the
evil one. NO, indeed, we haven't any thea
tres in Zion City. And you may be sure
that no Zionist will enter one here.
Some one suggested that Sister Norris
had once been on the stage, but that she
yes" admitted the singer. Il was on
the stage once. Why, used to work here
in New York. What was my manner Oh.
will never tell you that. Not very great
one. Yes, used to work in dance hall.
but those days are gone forever, and my
life is now given to the Lord.
Amen" echoed several OF the sisters and
brothers who stood near.
Sister Norris has no trace OF the stage life
Paint? Yes used to do that. used to
make up on the stage and off, she said.
But never now. Why, II your soul sal
walton depended upon it,. you could not
in Ras ali G Of Zion City. Why, the Chief over
seer does not even like his daughters we
are all his daughters-to use baby powder
In the summer time when our noses become
shiny
There was no trace OF powder on Miss
Norris's face, and though her hair was
lighter at the ends than at the roots, IL was
evident that II nature had once been coaxed
1t was long time ago:
what are our daughters taught at home?"
said Mrs Bessie Wilson, whose husband
and four sons are in the choir and whose
five daughters are among the Restorers.
I'VE teach everything you girls learn at
home-only better-and great many
They can bake a pons Of bread that is
better than any Of this cottony stuff you
have in New York. They can sew and make
their own hats and everything they wear,
except their shoes and--well-well their
waists-and-and you see, my two Oldest
girls wear corsets.
"No, that's not against the rules. Why,
we wear anything we want to-except those
awful stepladder Shoes" and Mrs. Wilson
glanced with some pride at her own broad
commonsense footwear and that of her
daughters. there are no pink slipper
stores in Zion City.
aOne thing do find to criticise in New
York women" said Mrs. Wilson. looking
with disapproval at several who had paused
to satisfy their curiosity. lis their sinful
waste Of time. All day yesterday and this
morning walked around the streets here
lust looking around. Why, half OF the
women seem to hang out the windows
doing nothing but watching their neighbors
and the passers by; l don't see where
would spend that time in the work OF God.
this pit OF hell would be bit OF paradise"
There are number OF brides and grooms
L. tha Zion Heat Naarlv all the Iovora in