Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-29
-T Written for the Advertiser.
Beauty and Fashion.

There is q magnetism In the skies
which draws the soul toward the
"King in his beauty as be sits on
the circle of the heaven. The spirit
loves to drink from the fountain of
the beautiful. There is q fascination
indiscribable in looking upon the
fairy forms of flowers, with their ex-
quisite shadings and harmony Of col
Ors, and breathe their delicious fra
grance.
There is q beauty which bushes the
spirit to silence, which is eloquent,
when looking upon the water Of the
mighty deep We grow dazzled and
drunk with beauty as we gaze upon
the lovely night with her stars, as she
moves along the pathway of the skies.
Frosts from the icy hand Of winter,
fall upon the beautiOus flowers and
they wither and fade away. Storms
and tempest lash the waves of ocean
into fury, until they are terrible to
look upon. Clouds obscure the glOries
Of the night. But deep down in the
intuitiOns of our natures, go out aspi-
ratiOns and consciousness of the inn
perishable and eternal in the summer
land. And we exclaim with wide
spreading hopes, and far seeing vision:
All discOrd in harmony not under
stood. All practical evil, universal
good.
it is before the maTveluOs beauty of
the human body we stand in awe and
reverence.
Look at the nervous system. Those
telegraphic wires carrying thought on
the wings Of electricity to the brain,
there to take form and spring into life
a thing of power and beauty, which
convey those magnetic currents, which
are but tributary streams to the great
ocean of spiritual electricity, and car
ries the spirit of man onward and up
ward toward the Infinite one; the
eternal Father in the relms Of spirit
ual existence.
And this organism; the handwork
of the almighty into which he breath
ed the breath of life and man became
a living soul. This body 50 wonder
fully beautiful, Is called, by inspira-
ton, "The Temple of God"
Again, it is said by those under in
spiratiOn, whatsoever defileth the
temple of God; him will God Destroy y
We would shrink with horror could
we see at one glance all the defiled
bodies which God has distinguishes
trOyed by bis laws which have been
violated. Oh! how many noble tenn
Piles have gone to ruin that rum. has
defiled, and the spirit-hOrrOr. ''NC
drunkard can enter the kingdom OI
heaven"
How many beautiful structures have
become IOatbsOme wrecks by com
pressed wastes, tight lacing. We pity
the poor Chinese woman, who ban
dage her feet until they are 50 deform
ed she cannot walk. But it is worse
beyond all calculation, to enclose the
chest in stays, to bandage the waist
Who ever heard of or expects to SEE
noble, generous, thoughtful, intelli'
gent men and women who are the
offspring of fashionable mothers.
This cannot be.
IdiOtic, suicidal fashion, with its sill.
ly chignOns, its filthy trailing dress
its hiddeous Grecian bends, its mur.
derOus stays has defOrmed and defiled
and destroyed its millions. Were il
not for the bold, out spoken words Ot
nObleT type of men and women
amid the storms Of ridicule and perse'
cution, the people would fall back in
to the foolish notions Of the painted
savage; into the human sacrifices Oi
the heathen; into all the abOmnina-
ton of the animal man.
Philanthropists and benefactOrs Oi
the human race must ''cry aloud anC
spare not" And if they cannot re-
move all the terrible consequences OF
destroying fashion, they can do much
toward the coming ages, having 8
more noble, intelligent, spiritual and
beautiful type of men and women.
JENNETTE HARDING.
London. Neb.