Show DRESS t CL ASS su timit teO the public by mrs birs z orson smith j THE ASYLUM AT i V I 1 macit of the insanity among women caused by ignorance and too 1 1 prolific families I 1 I 1 tate fake fa pleasure in reviewing a few f points eints of interest as experienced by us in our visit to Spring springville ville andi and Provo I 1 do so feeling that it will be interesting Z to to all women heart the welfare of and also to all noble be hearted arted broad minded men association boci with those ot c congenial on 0 anial sentiment has the effect to sharpen the wit and make clearer the horizon of thought tle members of the womans comans hygienic physiological reform classes of S ringville ring ville and provo have enjoyed one advantage in ad panr vance of us as they have been organized ono one year the conference we attended being the first annual meeting of those wards DIA UiA of provo an n ardent supporter borter of the movement gave to OW taj class members and public gerie generally fAlly a most compre comprehensive bens ive lecture on dress and its effects for goodar 4 evil on the human system in in bath past and present ages giving a clear blear and decisive position oil boujie dihe ground work of our re fort forr nai hollas made a research of past and present writers of womans comans collation physically in its bearing on the drass of their days day and age age L I 1 in in r N as afi the w worlds r d S V rn d S th a or r att T q A 4 T L at bouay is i the bourse urse of much of the displacements and other diseases of a uterine character abundance of other testimony also abounds on the subject jr dr austin flint proves it by sabino aying m that in one dissecting e room under his own observation was shown the liver pushed up tip tile he stomach pressed down even as low biow as tile iho pelvic cavity the spleen that blood purifier is also pushed out of its place with the other organs thus making F such a great disarrangement of the e system as to bring 0 on a ca complication of diseases bafo before re unknown to the in medical edical profession and also stated that such buell cases c base s had become common in the dissecting room all to be attributed to the conventional dress olour of our day da now as class members wo we feel that if the upper organs whose functions are arc fur for tile the digestive and assimilative work are so seriously displaced what can be said of the lower or reproductive organs 1 who cave have been mado made to 1 give ive place to their crowding neighbors t with them the displacement nt is positively frightful and but one result can be expected to follow sterility suffering 0 and discomfort can we in view of our pr profession ofes sion Is as latter day saints afford to allow our young daughters 0 to lay such a foundation as to break one of natures and gods most imperative pera tive laws to multiply and replenish pleni sli tile the families of the earth and utterly unfit themselves for lifes solemn duties it ba has s been said by many women that men delight 0 to view the slender delicate forms of their wives and daughters to say nothing of what may be the opinion of the yo young ung men of our community and th thy thay y say as ion long r as men hold these de delicate licate fl figures 0 ures at such a premium so long will women continue to sacrifice their health ayel aye even their very life on the altar of mans pleasure we now earnestly ask the men of our community if this be true the old adage will not fill tho the bill that no D man lall of sense feels this way for either there are few men of sense or else women have no respect to the wishes of their husbands and fathers for wo we have only to look around us to see how bov nearly universal is the habit of compressing the waist and lungs if some of tho the fathers and mothers feel this way it is quite reasonable that the sons of those parents will admire even more those delicate forms a and nd the girls who are wholly incapacitated to make homes will b be e the chosen and selected ones for those homes I 1 even fear that the present young husband would rather wat watch cb over the frail flower of a wife with such assiduous care as it often requires to maintain the slender thread of life than to see sec his wife with such a 01 substantial waist as perfect health requires now husbands and fathers you aro are responsible for this if you by look or action or by even word have given them occasion to believe these to be your sentiments on this point we were invited to visit the asylum for tho the insane at provo and a history of many of the female inmates was wag kindly accorded us by bv the courteous matron as to the causes for much of the insanity by a majority of those sufferers overburdened mothers too prolific families ignorance and inconsiderate husbands husban dg aud in nearly the whole asylum male and female an inability clity to cope with the realities of life was the reply to our inquiries thus thug un unexpectedly i expect ealy was added t to 0 our research much more material for sad iid and serious reflection all readers of the news of the day know how alarmingly 0 prevalent lentis is insa insanity city becoming abroad and an hircan ar we expect to e escape heiam 0 00 e quence I 1 if wa ive also live I 1 1 aag OJ id liv aa nd differ from that of the joriu rg ro ai general we feel that to the thoughtful the effort to correct our lives wherein they are inconsistent with the knowledge of what is for the best good of ourselves and children has not been begun too soon we have a kindly and considerate dis discussion cussi on of these subjects and the causes of the ills of humanity as far as we understand them with the view of getting 0 ettin 0 a clear und understanding er of these subjects at the regular weekly meetings of these classes and would also say they are upen apen to all women without reference to relious reli t gous ous belief who are interested te in ill these subjects our instructress N wo re tand has been accused of inciting disturbances tur bances of the ties of the family circle but to thia we feel we must protest ifer her whole aim lias has been to better the condition of the family circle and if au aught lit can call be said against her teachings it is wholly in the lack of wisdom wisdom of her hearers and class me members inberg for wo know the majority of he her r class members have not so interpreted her instructions but car bear witness to her constant counsel to live only in the truth kindest most prayerful manner in t these hese most sacred of all ties the family t ties ies I 1 refer with real ale pleasa re to the testimonies of a n number lim b ar of gentlemen husbands of class members member in it springville Spring villo ville and provo to the effects for good enjoyed by the whole family circle in tho the benefit of this class I 1 must not forget to mention the alie hygienic cooking we were treated lo 10 sister young and I 1 and will E pay ay of this too that to participate in such a treat alone can call show up fully the benefits derived in a eb change ange of diet for had we been feasted on the usual fare we would have undoubtedly been on the invalid list so liberal were the ladies in showing 0 how adapt they had become in enic cooking we certainly can endorse en 5 orse it know knowing for ourselves the effects for good on the system of a proper diet enough E bough nough range ran 9 e is given in the articles of di diet et to meet the demand of any and ever every y constitution CARRIEM nl C SMITH |