The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-01-17
Not What is on the Head.


"7hat Wendell Philips cant be-
Why see what hat be wears! Pooh
you are hoaxing." ....
mo, l am not; that is Wendell Phil.
lips. l sat close to him when speaking
The other night. and passed cut behind
him, and saw him place that veritable
hat on his head Il know am not mista.
KEN"
"Well. all have got 10 say is, if that
is Wendell Phillips, he amt much of a
man after ALTO be seen in the street
with such hat as that on. Why, Dick,
it is an insult to the good taste Of the
people Of the West. Did be think he
was comming out to lecture to a herd Of
btsons or wild horses, that he must cover
his Uranium with such slouch as that?"
"But it is no, what he wears on his head, ,
but what he has in il, that he has brought
here for US to receive. What does it
matter, If he RANTS bright pictures, fur
nishes solid food for lho.ght, strs our
emotions, and plays upon the keys of our
souls with master touch. Which is
most worthy our esteem and honor, his
hat or his head!-,he he ad or its cover
ing9 1t does not require great man to
wear a fashionable and uncomfortable
bat. l, does require man with moral
courage to discard uncomfortable follies
which are fashionable. The creates,
Ounce, the most shallow pa,ed fool, may
be dressed richly, but it does no, add to
his respectability-not at all You de-
spise the silly, shallow ilnitator Of other
peoples follies-you cannot help it,"
"rha. is true, but there should be some
harmony be, seen the mind and its sur
roundings. 1t shows something Is want.
ing when the reverse is the case. The. G
should be some regard for ether peoples
eyes and sense-especially should pub
lie man pay attention to these things
"But Wendell Phillips is radical pro-
gressive. He is in advance OF his age.
He diseards stovepipe title. He is SEN
sible. A black, stiff, glossy hat may
have its advantages, but few comfor,s.-
But we are tossing sight of the question
at issue. | do not think the fact that
Mr.. Phillips wears hat that does not
correspond with your notions Of good
taste, should lessen him in your estlma.
ton as man, a scholar, or an orator.
|, is not the covering, but what is IN the
head that most controls humanity, and
matter too -moulds both after an ideal
model. tell you Ben, we need TO make
more effort to store the mind than to
cd I'D oh
ure loose sight of these conventional ex-
actions, and neglect to notice their claims.
1t is curse to US young men that we are
obliged to be judged by despicable stan
dard-the gloss Of the coat--the curve OF
the hat rlm--the size of the bow of our
nsckerchief--angle of our boot toes, aud
the amount of care bestowed in pertum-
Ing and dressing The hair"
but you would not have a man neg
lect all these things, aad appear like a
codg"r "r-regardless OF all the attentions
which so to make his person presenta-
ble."
"No, cleanliness of person, fitness of
clothing and its adaptation to circum-
stances, and so far as may be. to fashions,
which are not too outrageously absurd
a plain manly attire, not compromising
coiafor' and convenience in the effort 10
be fashionable, is to me a surer ,ndca-
ton Of good taste, sound sense, and a
we'll balanced and independent mind,
than ought else you can point out. II
tiihe Of the time absolutely wasted-say
nothing OF the money squandered in su-
pcrllulIes which might have been used
in the purchase OF books Of value--had
been employed In an effort to acquire
ideas, to store the mind with the choicest
fruits of science, and adorn il with the
richest gems OF literature, we should no,
have obliged ourselves to forego single
social enjoyment, or lost single pleas
ure, and yet can you compute the extent
to which we might have increased our
usefulness : Why there is Frederick
Fitzpatrick Fitzgerald, who dresses in
better clothes, better fitting, more fash
ionable, and wears 'Genin' on his head
and yet you do not respect him as you
do Thomas Ssalwart. with bis bare black
ened arm, at his anvil. Thomas has
good Judgment common sense and
that is the thing wanting in Fred-and q
heart as large as his arm is strong
What is Fred doing in the world IA
sentative. standing, walking ADVERTISE
ment for the halter, tailor, barber and
boo,naker. Thomas, on the contrary,
hammers out iron to The shape OF his
thoughts. You know he is a skii.fui
workman. You have admired the inge-
NOUS beauty and proportion Of his man
ufactures. They were wrought-iron
thoughts every stroke Of his hammer