Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-31

And sure enough, down they all came
before the next Sabbath Most heartily
is it to be wished that some equally inge-
nious and faithful pastor would rebuke
the folly and extravaganza Of these
present days. Bishop Latimer was the
man for this business, though he was not
remarkably gallant as, for instance,
when he says, " Ye women, it is part Of
your penanee to be subject to your hus-
bands; We are underlings and must be
obedient But this is now made a trihe
and small matter. And yet it is sad
matter-a godly matter-a ghostly mat
ter-a matter of damnation and saliva
ton" Paul, continues the good
bishop, :" saith that woman ought to
have power on her head. But this
power that some of them have is dis.
guised gear, and strange fashions They
must wear French hoods, and ! cannot
tep what to call it lit would puzzle the
worthy bishop more nowadays and
when they make them ready, and come
to the covering of their heads, they will
call and say Give me my French hood,
and give my bonnet, or my cap, and so
forth When she would have her cap, |
would she would have this meditation ::
am now putting on my power on my
head If they had this thought in their
minds they would not make so much
primping up of themselves as they do
nova. days But now here is ven
geance devil; we must have our power
from Turkey of velvet, and gay it must
be--far fetched, dear bought, and when
it cometh it is false sign. l would
rather have true English sign than a
false sign from Turkey There should
not be sny such thussvecks, nor tufts be
seen as there be, nor such laying out of
the hair, nor braiding to have it open. )"
But there be now many adams, that
will not displease their wives (alas, how
many y but will in this behalf let them
have AL their own minds and do as
them listeth and some others there be
nowadays, that will defend it, and
say It may be suffered we'll enough,
because it be not expressed in Scrip
ture, nor spoken of by man. Though
we have not express mention in Scrip
ture against such laying out of the hair
in thussvecks, yet we have in Scripture
express mention de tortis crinibus lis
crinoline here meant p of writhen hair,
that is for the nonce forced to curl. But
for these hussrecks, that are laid out
nowadays, there is no mention made in
the Scripture, because they were not yet
come to be out of order" But Latimer
| is no more Nor is there any one in
these degenerate days TO chastise these
fair sinners for their extravaganza. Not
that we would so as far as the Bishop
would, were he here, and declare war
upon the hoops and other indescribable
vanities that grace certain windows in
Broadway--exposing TO the uninitiated
the manner in which many sylph-lik
form which happened to be sent into the
world "by natures journeymen, scarce
half made up, is rounded into fair pro-
portions. 1t is only the present style of
head gear to which allusion is chiefly
made If the gentler sex are willing to
tolerate an unseemly branch of the arts,
surely the coarser sex can have no rea-
son to complain. Byt there are things
that may not be passed over in silence.
From the one extreme of top knots to the
other of no tops al all, there seems to
be but one step. The present style of
decorating their heads appears to be 80
cents worth of straw resembling a pan
cake, tied on with a ribbon, and retailed
at ten dollars Truly might old Lati-
mer, if he were alive and Virginian,
say, They put poaoer on their heads !
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