The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-04
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THE REIGN OF SCARLET.
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30 say the fashion writer's, Red |
dresses, red skirts, rcd jackets, red
cloaks, red in tic Souuets, ribbons
to adorn the hair, aud. to come
down to the latest Partisan limo.
walton. fright red hooped skirts.
and, equally rcd corse,s. . What
is the object OF scarlet corsets and
scarlet hoopcd skirts ;" said II Ia
dy to an attendant in a store where
those CANDY articles were display.
I'd. Object" repeated the wo.
man, cycling her intelocutor con
ttmptously, why, they are the
latest style"
This was sufficient. A garment
may be opposed to every idea Of
pro lri,t good sense, and ia te; it
tuav be ugly in itself, as well as
unbecoming to the wcarer; but i
it is the --latest style" that ia en-
dorsrment enough the most coura'
u ons woman would not after that
dare to question it's claims to re
spect and admiration. .l.#L
l.r The reign OF scarlet is not in
compatible with the reign Of gold
which las been inaugurated abou
the same time, and divides th,
horrors about equally IA tho world
otlashion. But what shall he done
win this rage Tor scarlet and this
rage for gold which has broken oui
Ike the smallpox or tie crys'pe
las, and exhibits itself in g'mug
bl ,tches in gilt bands ard brassy
pendants, suitable enough rs AZ
ad1iumpnt for window curtains, but
to our crude notion ont of place on
the delicate and graceful form OF a
pretty woman.
We say nothing OF the scandal
and impropriety OF blazing ont IN
the loose tinery of shamclc,s Parl'
sian lorettes while the earth is yet
fresh above the graves OF thousands
of the noblcst and bravcst among
us, while thousands of homes arr
vet darkened Ivy the loss of all that
made life worth the living, or wres
tel it from the grasp OF absolute
want and miscry-because sucl
considerations, though wei! enough
for the visitors Of a tract society, o.
as the ground OF appeal for cha /
table assistance, afford no reason a
all wiz fashionable laiies shonl'
not follow their lancies and indulg,
their capr ces. t. ...a.,
But, unfortunately, our fashion
able ladies' are also onr wives, sis
ters, mothers, friends, the guard
ans of our households, the angels
OF the hearthstone, upon whom
und,r Providence, the future des
tinics Of the Republic depend.
"The King rules the people,
But thou ru!cst the King
Mou rule the nation, hut womc
make men. And what sort ofmr
shall these women in scarlet, an
gold, and gew "a ys make Ala'
not men honest. not men true, NJ
men incorruptible, but false mel
treacherous men, scheming mel
men willing to sell themse|yss
their country for that gold an
mockery of wealth, the love
which they drank in with the
|, inothrr's milk.
Shall we have modest and hn
women for our wi"e" ana u"""N' y
as. or snail we have purple All
scarlet women, their shamclcssnes
scarcely disguised by a thin sen
blance oil respect for decency an
virtue Atthissupreme momen
when the nation is struggling
regain the life and strength whic
it spent in the cff,rt to maintain i
9 completeness aud power it need
,ho co operation OF all good an
= earnest people to head. pnrif,
a siren. then, and consolidate III
; elements 50 lately disunited, no
: under skilliul manipulation, rapit
! ly fu ing themselves together. :
!, And can women do nothing to al
? the accomplishing of this desirabl
work 2 Are they real y tho dol
which some mon consider them, {
the something worse that they Al
y Ehcld TO be by others, that they cai
a aside duty, decency, and every so
!, manly attribute, auc, contcntcdl,
!, nay, proudly, become the copyist
of tlcoe who are excluded from tn
dlhumblcst fire side, whose feet Z
= down to DESTRUCTION, whose hand
lay hold on death. "
Snch course Of action on til
a part, of American women is ba
< enough as a present evil, bnt it
worse in its future consequence
= We cannot touch pitch and not |
defiled, Already the results al
seen in the loose habits, the reel
! less expenditure, the free aad eas
!. STYLE of conversation, the adoptiu
of slang terms and phrases, AT
q the total neglect Of all formerly +
10 ceived ideas as to good taste al
Eprcpriety amopg women, who ca
stitute what is called the b>st 9
cietyg hua.3 T. al iapo4
HMary Brandegee,l' a nov,
p Z, whicl, PROCESSES TO give an insig
. into upper New ork life, repI
IS sents young ladies as totally ema
cipatcd, from all moral or socj
90 restraint, and worse sill, as qul
q unconscious OF the evil, not to s
infamy, which attaches tn the u
= bridled indulgence "f loose and
cious habits and inclipations b !
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