The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-06-20

| SsPi'si' ene origind new W0-
man and the pioneer Of women sun.
rage. clad in her familiar black trous.
ers, or pants, as she prefers them
Called doing the Dr.. Mary Walker
Glide. at the slightest provocation
sne 10 the only woman in the Unit.
ed States. she ssserts, who Knows the
real ,oye Of the new dance steps,
because she is the only woman In
the United States to whom congress
has granted permission to wear the
bifurcated garment. Other women
wear slashsd skirts. but, according to
DR.. Mary Walker, they do not know
the FIRST note In the seIery Of free.
dom.
The modern dances are not i'm.
modest any more than were the old
round dances" declares DR.. Walker.
Il have long contended that womens
clothes were dangerous on the dance
floor, and there is nothing which will
make the women Of this country
come to their senses and don proper
attire so quickly as will the need of
proper attire in dances.
See now when stoop in the dress
reform dip there is none OF my leg
exposed; but take the little girl who
is dancing with me. She is wearing
one Of those narrow skirts. and II
is impossible for her to keep It from
slipping w and exposing her knees.
The dress reform for women which
! have advocated for many years Is
sure to come, for 1t is sensible. and
woman is at last finding herself"
DR.. Walker is not only an ardent
follower of the present school Of
dancing, but has invented several
numbers herself, among them being
the Mary Walker Glide and the dress
reform dip. Her first appearance as
given by the Womens Democrat club
given by the Women's Democrtic club
in Washington not long ago. Since
then she has gladly danced on num-
erous occasions for private exhibitions
and at social affairs. She dances
principally with women, though the
sex of her partners makes little diff
ference to the well known doctor, as
she dances equally well with man
or woman Neither, however, must
have the slightest scent of tobacco
about them, for If there is one thing
aside from a skirt which DR.. Mary
despises it is smoking. The odor of
the finest cigar or cigarette diseusts
her and makes her peevish.
DR.. Walker explains that she has
taken particular interest in the dane
es of the day because of the opportun-
ity to demonstrate the superiority of
her manner of dress over that now in
vogue for women. Dr.. Walker is
still the quaint little Hetfe she has
been for sixty years, wearing her
black trousers and frock coat and top
hat on all occasions, accompanied by
a stick or umbrella. For evening
she wears stickpins. of which she has
a wonderful and varied collection; al.
so the two decorations presented to,
her by congress for bravery as a.
surgeon during the Civil war. as well
as wrist watch. The watch DR..
Walker wears In a most unusual man.
ner in the center Of her left hand,
the bracelet part being too big for
her wrist. She says that having the
watch on the back Of her hand Is
really most convenient.
DR.. Walkers age seems to be of
little concern to her, and she is quite
as alert physically apparently as
she was sixty years ago. when she
gave the world an active jolt on
dress reform. She is very seldom i'll,
and then dispenses with the services
of physician, ministering to her own
needs. Once when suffering from a
serious attack of pneumonia DR..
Walker was taken to a hospital. 1t
4.