The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-30

I A|ht1 fOut idhlcs
are also our wives, sisters mothers, friends
the guardians OF our households. the angels
Of the heartIlstone upon whom, under Provi-
dcnce, the future destinies- of the Republic
| depend a+orr49ai FL .- @r[
The King rules the pc pie,
But tnou rulsst the XII g."
| Men rule the nation but women make
Aud What sort Of men shall these women
in scarlet. andgoid aud gew gaws make
| Alas not men honest, not men true, not men
imcorruptible, but false nen, treacherous
men, sctlGiiiing men, men willing to sell
themselves or their country for that gold
| aud muekery of wealth, the love Of which
they drank in. with their mothers milk
Shall we iIaye modest and true women
for our wives and daughters, or shall we
nave purple and scariet swmtsn their Shame
less ness scarcely disguised by a thin sem.
bance of respl It FIR decency ana virtue !?
| At this supreme moment vheu the nation is
strugglirg to regaini life and strength
which II spent in the effort to maintain its
completeness and power, it needs the coop
Grafton Of all good and earnest people, tr
heal. purity. Rtreugthen, and consolidate the
elements so lately tisuuited, now under
skilfu manipulation, rapidly ftIsing them
selves together sFf7-g ,a 5.es.- Fs. =
Is And can winner dc, nothing to accom-.
pish this desirable work r. Are they real ~
tie dolls which some men consider them or
sttle something ..orse, that theyJaFe5 held to
be ''y others, thaF they cast aside duty, de
eAncy and every wonanly. attribute, and
conteptiy nay, proudly. herone the copy lists
OF ttiDse3WhR are excluded from the huinbiest
hresiae;; whose feet 20 down TO distinctions
whose hands lay bold on death .ag.g, :
SuGsfa course of action On the part of
Aolerican women is bad enough as q present
| evil, Dut it is worse In it's future conaequen-
ces. We cannot touch pitch and not be de-
| filed
Already the results are seen in the loose
habits the reckless expenditure The free-and-
easy style of conversation, the adoption Of
slang terms and phrases and the total ne
glect Of all formerly received ideas of good
taste and proprlety among the women, es-
pecially the young women, who constitute
what is called the best society,
Mary Brandegee, novel which profess
ses to give an insight into upper New York
life, res resents young ladies az totally eniaIl-
cipated from all moral or social retrsint,
and, worse still. as quite unconscious Of the
evil, not to sayrinfainy which attaches to,the
unbridled indulgence of loose aud vicious
habts and inclinatious. Yet many people
say of this book, How natura1i'9 and are
willing to forgive its want of Conference and
common sense on account of its truth to ma
! ture ... -, us -. u. 4aa
We do not believe that the. pure young
girl nature which all men love, and which
poets have paid homage to, is yet wholly
lost we have faith that it even yet RENAL us
unsullied III many young hearts, notwltb
standing the bad influences of the daysupon
which 1t has fallen tits true that what
ever can be doue is done to make them
false, lying, deceitfui, and selfish they are
early taught to despise modesty and sin
cerity, as olo-fashioned virtues aud that
their busiiess is to get themselves up, with
all the arts aud aids ttiey can muster, for
the market. They bury their freshness be
meath yis load Of paint powder false hair
aud dirty Iio'se-ilair, tndslose their limo
cence in the, love Of displity.a aud luinaidenly
attempts to attract and sepuse the attention
t they consider it their business to win Fash
{ions are followed without any reference t.
Etheir modesty any more than their beauty
kfnd are exaggerated, let the consequence
be what they may.
A weii-kn5wn writer drew down upor
( herself viatis of wrath sDne time ago by Incl
fstrlctares upon the reveistions made By tht
! hooped skirts If the young lady visitors dn
ring the corr ,4lenceiaent festivities at Har
ward College Err - Il. '..5' ~
h.. tsqtnats time the small hoaped Skin
KNOWN as the Gu sker was in vogue. What
would she say now 30 the OeIl-shape,' thai
/ expapses,f erinoine >Viliah extends its area
at its base, and will moi, allow ladies t.
move. stoop. sit down. enter a car or leav,
au ompibus> without such exposure q,
should crimson tiIeir'cheeks with sharie ,bu
which has become 81 common that it rarely
EFFORTS more than \ laugh or II look Of in
| difference. 70 aaa sza 'ai sa
Over THESE Immense hoops one thin Skin
is often worn, aud above this the dress L
drawn in such a way that the slightest dis
arrangement of drapary reveals the slSeie
ton III all It's naked deformity The be:i
shape IN its mos, expansive FORM, Is III
!styie Of the nea scarlet. and silver hoope'
skirts which are intended To- add their shos
snd glitter to the sPlepdor Of the winte
evening tolets4 Plainly, aud, possibly, no
unwillingiY, visible they viii he IN Ia
swift moving redowas aud wild galop; bu
We doubt If the siga,t would add to To
pleasure With ~hieh. any man you'd see III
wife or bis sisteren gageIn these fascinating
exercises. ~ ~
The apoIogists for modern morals AM
manners charge upon our grandmothers
whom we are wont to- consider models 0
decorum, freedom of speech and action
greater eysn than shat Of their defendants