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January 19, 1889
The Big Horn Sentinel
Buffalo, Big Horn, Johnson County, Wyoming
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Philadelphia newspaper debunks notion that traditional Quakers are fading, noting full meeting houses today as 25 years ago, with youth reverting to ancestors' austere ways after brief worldly experimentation.
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Quakers in Philadelphia.
A Philadelphia newspaper says that the prevailing impression that "the old time, broad-brimmed, sugar-scoop Quakers" are dying out is erroneous, at least as far as Philadelphia is concerned. Twenty-five years ago the same impression prevailed, but today the benches in the meeting houses are as full as then. The explanation is that, after coquetting with worldly styles for a season, the young ones of Friends undergo a reversion to the same ways and austere garb of their grandfathers and grandmothers.
A Philadelphia newspaper says that the prevailing impression that "the old time, broad-brimmed, sugar-scoop Quakers" are dying out is erroneous, at least as far as Philadelphia is concerned. Twenty-five years ago the same impression prevailed, but today the benches in the meeting houses are as full as then. The explanation is that, after coquetting with worldly styles for a season, the young ones of Friends undergo a reversion to the same ways and austere garb of their grandfathers and grandmothers.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Event
What keywords are associated?
Quakers
Philadelphia
Meeting Houses
Traditions
Austere Garb
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
Event Details
A Philadelphia newspaper reports that the impression that traditional Quakers are dying out is erroneous. Twenty-five years ago the same impression existed, but today meeting houses are as full. Young Friends revert to austere garb after trying worldly styles.