Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-01-14

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hol, certain drugs, improve labor condi-
tons, establish laboratories for tests, in
augurate more stringent marriage laws,
more education, greater restriction in
order to prevent certain diseases and
others in the army of the black plague.
He said that the opinion that more far
mers wives than others went insane
was disproven by statistics. Alcohol
and disease were the greatest agents
aside from heridity.
Superintendent E. L. Luther OF
Rhinelander told what was being done
by him as a county farmers expert.
From the fact that his county carried
away nearly all the best.prizes at the po-
tato show was evidence that an agricul-
tural expert could do much for the ru-
raj life of the county.
Professor C. j. Galpin of Madison
told of the school and agricultural life
in Denmark. The school teacher and
the advancement of agriculture gohand
in handin Denmark.
Dress Reform
The,paper by Mrs. Dora CoWles upon
E'Drees Reform was filled with inter
est. Mrs. Cowes made some sweeping
criticisms upon the present modes of
Woman's dress and suggested many
practical reforms. The idea was ad-
vanced that it would be step forward
if federal laws governed the garb of
the people of the United States. Mrs
Cowles believes that this should be and
that the dress of the Individual should
indicate his profession or trade. Thus,
the doctor, lawyer, butcher and baker
as we'll as the house wife, the milliner
and as badge of disgrace the loafer, of
either sex, should be bound by law to a
certain set uniform or costume prescrib-
ed by the statutes. Mrs. Cowles be-
ieves that in the matter of dress the
masculine half of society has worked
out more practical and healthful style
than have the women.
Mrs. j.. Pfannstiehl followed with a
paper in many respects the opposite of
that presented by Mrs. Cowles. The
artistic side of dress was discussed and
the question of suitability drought up
as the paramount idea. Mrs. Pfann-
stiehl criticised the present styles Of
woman's dress and as a means of i'm
provement suggested that Ameri-
can society as a whole demand from
designers suitable and artistic cos
tunes. At the present time the fashions
are largely set by the stage and these
are often extreme and impractical for
in use n every day life. The idea of one
leading style prevailing each season
was discussed and lamented from the
standpoint thai it is impossible for per-
sons whose figures differ in proportions
to wear the same style with artistic re-
suits.
DR.. E. E. Lusk in an instructive pa
per spoke of the, danger to health in a
style of dress which in any way re-
stcicts muscular movement of the
human body. He lamented the fact
that high collars and pointed shoes
were worn ia spiteeof the protests of
physicians.
The doctor enumerated lengthy list
of ills that are in store for the woman
who permits her love,of style to lead in
stead of her judgment. From an
artistic standpoint he compared the
manned condition of the average Mo-
mans foot with the beauty of contour
of TIE female foot in a Greek statue.
Resolutions by committee composed
of H. A. Hill and j. S. Palmer were
read thanking all for their assistance
aad urging that rural carriers be not
placed under a contract system.
The Banquet.
County Superintendent Davies was
master of ceremonies as the banquet
given on Friday evening, large num-
ter being present. The repast was
prepared by Mrs. Jennie Peck and
served by number of young ladies re-
siding here. There were VIOLIN solos by
Miss Julia Cady Of Reedsburgs those at
the piano at different times being Miss
Margaret Gattiker and Miss Risley.
the double quartette sang as did also
the audience.
Among those who responded to
toasts were w. E. Smith, G. II. Hood,
T. F. Risley, Earl Thomas and W. B.
Stanley. The idea of the good fellow
ship between the city and the country
was commented upon.
The principal speaker of the evening
was Principal M. E. Jackson of the
training school at Grand Rapids. He
told of his experiences in England and
Ireland during the past summer, dwell
ling especially on the period after the
war broke. He had some most unusual
experiences and related his adventures
in most entertaining way. He is not