Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-18
"You are very serious, Mr., Grave
man, but for my life / can see no dan


man, but for my life | can see no dan
ger"
"No dangeri Bless me IS tnere
no danger in dressing up chiid y
! flowers and ribbons and all SORTS o.
eewgaws to turn her head and make q
foo. of her 7"
"a thing which | do not do" !.
Although yea permit your wife TO
lido it." ~,
ch;lJrsr are no: dressed up in flow
ers pad ribbons and all sorts of gew.
gaws.
.Why, Mr.. Shaw, / met two Of
your little girls minute go tricked
out like butterflies"
allow were they dressed?"
"With gay frocks and gay shoes.
and ribbons and flowers all over"
"Think again. What color was
their frocks ?"
"What color. They were-they
were-yes. they were white"
!" Natures own sweet emblem of in.
noeenee-the color Of the virgin lily
May their minds be ever as pure.
see no harm in white frock for a
child, but good. always like to see
children dressed in white"
"It's more than do, Mr.. Shaw
Not one of my girls ever had or ever
shall have on fiashy white frock tc
make her proud. But this was it,
They were bedizzened, as | said be-
fore, all over with ribbons and flow
ers."
GLOW many ribbons did you see p
Think again, Mr.. Graveman."
.They were gay red ribbons tied
round their waists with ends streaming
off some yard or two behind"
"Ycu did not see correctly. Eacf
of the little things had pale blossom
colored ribbon around her waist, the
ends not over quarter Of a yard ir
length. In each of their little hats wa.
a cluster of three budding roses and {
few graan laovos DO yn"eeAa an,
thing evil in flowers ~
81 do, when in children's hats"
"God made the flowers beautiful
and gave them to US. thank Him 70
the gift. Oh, if my dear babes Were
pure and lovely as the flowers, how
my heart would rejoice. keep flowe
vases in my house and growing flower
| in my garden and that my children
may love them more and more, ! lie
them use flowers as ornaments
i aThe evil one is binding your mind
brother Shaw; he is leading you away
from truth by his devices. You mus
not conform to the world. Onl,
world y minded people dress up thei
children with ribbons and flowers"
"And they eat and drink also. BE
cause worldly people eat fruits an
pleasant food, shall we use only wha
is coarse and unpalatable9 ] do nc
! think SO. Every creature of God
good, and ] will use all his gifts in
thankful spirit, and then twill be in n
danger of abusing them"
Mr.. Graveman expostulated still fur
: Their, but without effect.
4 Il am seriously concerned abou
brother Shaw be said to ancthe
church member II am afraid he still
longs for the flesh pots of Egypt-tha
worldly spirit is taking possession Q
him. Have you noticed how gay1y al
his family dress?"
"Not particularly"
! "They don't look like church pee
pie at ALL"
|" Mr.. Shaw is an excellent man. i
all the business | have had with him
4 have found him strictly honorable. IL
is one of the few who are willing
. live and let live. As to the way I:
, which he dresses his family, that is a
together a matter of taste"
.sOh, no, not all it is matter {
4 sin. 1t is wicked for any one to pu
ribbons and flowers on children. Blu
. shall do my duty as far as ! am con
cerned. His daughter Ellen is a mem
Der Of my class. The very. next tim
| she comes | shall speak my mind to ne
plainly about the way she dresses.
is scandalous! Is it any wonder tina
religion is brought into disgrace whel
lis professors indulgein such pride ant
vanity ~
i Ellen Shaw, to whom allusion ha
Just been made, had, from her earlies
childhood, exhibited sweetness Q
! temper too rarely seen. The curren
. OF her feelings and thoughts had al
ways been religious. The consequence
! was that she became member Of tn
: church and joined class-meetin5 whe
nf nnn Ear 81,