Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-05-14
Low NECEs AND BARE ARMs-INFLAMMAToR
APLEALs TO MEN'S PASSIONS.
From the Washington ID. CO. star.l


[FrOm the Washington Cd. CO. starl
As numerous quotations have been made from
the Holy Scriptures by the lawyers on the Sick
les trial, beg leave to introduce or two
from the same great source, in subject which,
trust, will find place in the columns Of your
paper, with kind permission and approval.
am sure that no parent can RoJc di<approve Of
the subject, and hope it will be taken up aud
handled properly by the press, not only in this
city, but in every city throughout the Union.
Not only by the press, but by the ministers of
the Gospel generally. Let them speak out from
their pulpitS, in unmiSiakable terms, (and, if
need be, even point out cases that may be then
and there in the house Of God,) and shameless
evil ill then be stung to shame-then we may
hope to see women as they ought to be, not hHt
dressed, but drcssed-appareled with the modes
ty becoming the honor ard dignity of woman.
In the Lords Prayer, the Saviour has taught
US to pray in these words: LEAD US not into
temptation, but deliver US from cvit'--and
again, we are admonished, that ''llc that loveth
the danger temptation or the occasion of SIM
shall perish therein"
Now, the husband who allows his wife, the
father who allows his daughter to appear before
the public gaze, on the street, i'll The ball room,
at the theatre, and even in our churches, with
umcorerfd nec&: and shoulders, and naked arms,
makes her n Svducer-the cause of innuuerabr
insults against the majesty of God. Parents
who allow their daughters to dress i'll such man
ucr, should not he held gultleSS Of the evil con-
sequences resulting from bluntcd and weak
ened sense of duty. The husband who sanctions
or allows his wife to SO apparel herself, m"y he
held responsible for her temptations. at least by
an All ruling Power; and if worse follow, he
should not be held guiitcss.
| The woman who so dresses, is tempter-a
living evil. And if the Almighty has pronoun-
ced temptation evil to be avoided, is it to be
presumed expected that lie will endow with
| grace and strength, and unfailing virtue, those
who definitely act as agents of the tcmptcr?-
| Is it to be presumed that God will make them
altogether invulneraGle and secure against the
wiles Of those whose worst passions they have
excited? No; for Christ says "WithOut me,
YOU can do nothing" And "He that loveth the
danger, shall perish therein
| Every possible ineanS should be used to ahol-
iSh the evil. The seeds Of immodesty should
not be implanted in the hearts OF young misses
of even ten or eleven Years old, for they have
sense enough to know what it is done for. As
children grow in years and size, mothers should
| make their dresses longer and TO the ankle, and
little higher to the neck. Dressing them like
stage dVnceTS has no good tendency.
Some ten or fifteen years ago, the present
manner of female dress Casually during the
| summer season. was nowhere tolerated but on
the stage of Theatre, and an inclined to think
the TIShiOn owes its origin to that infamous
SourcG-infamous not only on account of the
too frequent vulgar exhibitions Of the half nude
a.4mseuses or the 6uIlOt troupe but because Of
the immodeSt manner Of dress usually intro
duced into even the most, otherwise uneNcep'
tionablc plays.
But am pleased to know the fashion has
been adopted by comparative few, and that it
has always been di<countenanced and held in
utter disgust by a uast majority of ladiess; and
hope that every modest lady will, in future,
Shun the company OF those who may disregard
the dignity of their sex in this respect.
JUSTITIA.