Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-05-10

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woman forgeis her mission. and her hsb-
its excite only illicit love, the result is SCI
eial and moral degradation. A young L.
dy who dresses In the fashion Of the pres
ent day. does not dress as "beeemeih ~o-
men protesting godlness with good
works" A few days since i was in the
business part Of Rochester settling the ac-
counts OF the church, ard after leaving
the banking house where these things are
done, | stopped on the front step TO Ieoh
over the church bank. book 10 zee that
everything was right. While stood
there | overheard two persons ~bom 1
took TO be gentlemen-from their clothes
certainly not otherwise rniscd ny
eyes TO see what should cause such remarks.
and saw three young ladies', two Of whom.
we're ten or twelve years old, and the tiTifd
about seventeen. They stood With their
backs to me. looking through a magnifi-
cent store window, where jewelry aud fan.
cy articles were exposed to the public
gaze.
The elder one stood IN the middle, and
when looking closely through the window
she leaned forward; You can undersfsnd
what mean by this, end the result Was
what l heard said. Those gentlemen
were standing in front Of Powers Bank
ing House, and they saw something mors
than was becoming; something not in ac-
cordance with strict rules OF female ned
esiy and proprie.y. That young lady would
have resented any imputaIion against her
modesty, either in net or intention, but
the question is. why did she thus dress
herself? She was dressed in hoop skirt
Of very extravsgant dimensions. aud the
result was the remarks that greeted my
ears. That young lady would have been
shocked and blushed, had she heard them.
But she is just rs responsible before God
as a drunken man who has destroyed his
reason, is responsible for his actions.
Now, there can be but ore motive in This
fashion, and that is TO attract the opposite
sex. | don't know that this thing, strict
ly speaking, is absolutely wrong; but
young ladies' commit an error when they
suppose by attracting sttention they COM
mand the esteem of the sferner sex.
There is sufficient virtue left in a man to
force him to respect and love woman 20
long as she respects herself, and loves
modesty and purity, but not single mo-
ment beyond that. The duplex Elliptic
exposes more Of the person than ought to
be exposed. t' sttes fo.i.
Low neck dresses, thanks be TO God, do
not exist to the extent they once did.
Such things are absolutely intolsrable--
gross indecency.
There are certain things for putting and
padding which one can not describe.
They have but one purpose; TO mike =
woman appear what she should not Wish
to appear, lascisious. 1t is very COM
mon thing for young lady TO go into a
millinery store and expend from twenty.
five to one hundred dollars. and then is
sue from the door in such way that her
own mother would not be able TO receg-
nize her. They spend great deal of
money in making themselves appear 10
the young gentleman precisely what they
are not a young gentleman said TO me:
"Mary; who am 10 marry? you don't
know what they are. They can go into n
millinery shop, and III you marry them,
you will find they are not what they rep
resent themselves TO be-" This is one
reason why young men hesitate about en-
tering into the normal wedlock.
A great deal Of money is squandered on
the ridiculous head dresses Of the present
day. Simpsons strength lay in his hair,
and young womans strength night lay
in her brain, but certainly not in great
roll of hair on the back part Of the head.
The lecturer brought his discourse TO =
close by reading part Of tie tbild chap
ter of Isaiah, ccmn encing at the sixteenth
verse, which lie recon mended 10 the csre-
lul lusal Of bis lady Lcsrers.