, 1869-02-21

tVeF before. Ii II RcA 70 Cu1te at'o ~ 49,
,toried lands, but 1t Is no pTace for me- TO live
H. People write and describe eycTythtng
1os,tur de rose. Photographs A1c clean aad
sweet, bu. they give no idea Of that which
caurot be photographed. One comes heIe
w1th u false Ideal Of Rome, which ~ hfst SUD-
|.aa yqu to y bitter disappotn ment yoa
to the flth, the vile habits Of the
people, the dirty halls and stairs, and ths
knavery, shftvcry aud extoztfon~ After this
you take Rome IS 1t r, stripped Of all It's
inns sinary beauties, and then jon begin to
ENJOY II.
FEMALE LUXURY.
FTcE the Leadon Saturday R4r.ex.
" The Sovereign poutid,' says our coatem-
po,a1y the Tal[et. with that tender aud uu-
ahatinR ksliclsude with which he watches
over the children whose soRls are committed
to his charge, puts bis finger upon the evils
ont the practical remedy which Is At hand"
Ne caccot profess the katne reverenca for
Papal authority which inApit.s these ehaEac-
ttr,st,c sentences, and Ea don't e1pecs the
papa1 finger to be guided with uniaili9g ae-
The expression OF opinion TINS solemelY
commented to cur notice, II onlT ~ coming |
from the venerable head Of body Of acute,
though prejud,ced, observers. Tho Hom.u |
sSals Sa,ao 81 tesslood could aoss 5i, .s say
and the rope's remarks will naturally re-
dect the opinions current amongst |
hia order. Tbs evil upon which he dihies
upon The present occasion Is thai Of
- te1n11e luxury mud extrava&ancc." This
is, he thinks, . 81 terrible scourge which Is
cyes5Hhrsc spreading It's 1avaxes,'' aud has
even cIept III. tu some cxtcat. amongst the
population hich has the peculiar blessing OF
special Papa1 aaperiutendence. II Is tais,a
he infeEna Ii = and percxpa 1t scarcely needed
Pope 10 detect the cham oLcanse and elect
:" which Ii the occasion Of brilliant assem-
biies, puhilc p.rmenas1ss, and thea&feA-" 1t
leads women to run about tHFpetuAlly from
hpuse 10 house, acd to spend thcir time in
ldltness, cs,11oslsy aud iudfscreet c3uversa.
cons unes he Fatlimony Of children. Men.
!: seems, are unwilling 10 uudtrsak= the enUr-
Mou> expenses which their wires Incur and,
ffany oEe EhouId doubt 70 startling an as-
ser1ion, be Mti b: sru:hed by quotation
nom Tcs:allIan- "Ten million s<.stercss.'' a
nscklace; ana POSSIBLY he might
Isis Ct Pasizi.n prizes. Tha
impellnerl TO m.rria!.e produces all kinds
Of disorders ''snd s-eiug''-as the Pope re.
lra1 Ks In An elaborate, bu', ~ We might have
fAO!AAS4} l4A3SA4Eot AAtlE4 ALAEEE3-Ait CtA4W
Of reasoninc-'thst town Is composed OF
families, Wovitcc OF towns, kingdom Of
p1ogil ces. ll.p, The fr1nily be!u1 corrupted,
| Il poisops u Its source the world OF society,
a1a fnsensiblJ pfcfa afes 'or II those calami-
ties which, At th= .prs:cct day, arr over
tie Pope ioie1a ttat ''nis d=sr daughter in
Jesus Christ, Mtr:n de- Geutclle.,'' has writ
ten IN excellent book , and hc au9urs most
| happy suecess for her enterprise, which IL,
II appears, the organization a;,.1inss luxury OF
t Tic women Of The period, snd above Ill, Of
Christian mothers aud Children OF Mary.
There certainly no couht that the vo-
men Of our aEe ara great deal more frisotou
and luxurious than they ought to be- Money
aspent upon assemblies md public PRONE
nades md theatres, much Ut which might be
O'Clock tea, and else Vhe4r, when the5 had bet
Tar b. looking after their children, and their
conye1satisn would rot always bear to be
reported by short hand writer Ifneckla-
ees don't sell for ten million se4tezces, they
&C st great deal more In modern money than
their purchasers can always afford. This, and
much mosr than this IL srue and Is much to be
regretted. We have, andeed, heard something
very IKE It before As the Popa's appso-
WNe quotanon AhoFs, TeEtuntan was h.
dnEiug IN tie sarne yeln Of ;srhctodc, and
prohanlr with equal Justification, owe: tlx-
brew prophets had found occasion III de-
ncEuce the feminine propensity tor luxury II.
tcT tho fashion Of their dsy-si lesast IT tho
t1analations (which has been louhtcd) maj be
trusted. There might be made Kith vary lit,
t,e trouble an; an uninterrupted NJ .;1; ea.ens
Is ,s Il T. 1;::sss ss' =; M: W.; f
evl, aEd y oH aal1anss oktte
special crtenRoIs! = d.,ion.; e. ms, Sesaa
tha1 demonstrations Of the startling I'd
vanees Of luxury, aud tie consequent dacaJ
which, a proved By numerous historical eI
ample, was rapidly coming upon The world
Tho seycn 'BelgraEfan Mothers made II
but substantially Identical with That iron
which We have Just been quoting; and
: would be difficult To mcotlon any fournai II
! the dnT, Or tbs WorKs Of any popular noTel
: ist, IN which the compliant has not been X
!terated In one form Of another OF cours
: t7om tbs ya1ue Of the Condemnation 4
, folly ard vice hsve IN unpleasant way {
; peEpetuattng themaelre. with NOR
: change IN the form thin the Substance
I presehen and satf;istE must necessarily coz
they do good work II they nanage to kee
$ the eTn mere or les In check. We c1nnc
: congratulate the PDpa on having throw
t much new light upon the subject, A.. In fac
, he Is merely repeating the commonpiae=s
: good deal harnpe1ed b. Tie requirements .
:. the ponsttc,a1 style. Bat hs Is perfect
! right to protest, though the protest VIII CT
Il tasn1y not 1tn attention By soy intrin.
4 beau1fes Of ttyle: fthc similar treatment
.he sams me- &tspis p Ia popular periodicals ", :,
Pope, they would h4ye Nlt'e chAuc. Of hea
i ing. However, Pupal tla.1ode ie, Of cours
), worth much more than 4uy M*pl1y Of eli
quence N 4 rewspapeT: The Pope may, II
distinguished lady Who does 20 much ior b
cause IN France, Ard 4. the samc umc b
: 80 great IN Influence on ths fashion Of Psr1
r and the world. II she would only &c. th
esample Of strict eeorouy L r1a.:era c
It drefs nua cnt II tfs3nECnt, the new taAhlo
d might cert&iniy be taktur for time. #
) lear, indecd, that crsu IN such = cAse, the ol
i instincts would be too strurg in the long RI
a | even for the Pope; md, meanwhlle, 80 lou
r as the nost' disttngut.att daughters Of u
n / Church SIT q questionable example, tho {
I'd forts Of Marie de 0trtelles arc not likely
Q, beat very important huli.
ar There IL, however, smother question up<
m which re could xish TO hare seen N e1prea
ID sion Of opinion. People will doubtless
a on trakins the Laws Of morality 10 the Ii
10 syllable Of recorded tine. aud preachers v,
90 ~ senosrss ssen sar n. Ws .S .;s not
N$ 1 rAhkNs - ~ 4VPN 9O+ ]A1E sEN<Af AAAtS
N ,ion Of in11uit!es 70 deeply rooted Ia hun,
! nature. But We may crrtaclT e1pe
1t 10 sec certain eyIls 3eESrced when ths
causes are Thoroughly understood.
70 ssna'e sxtrarsEsues Is eonmon lto
he at one epoch rhan another. aud
N may he that the present Is one Of them.
cl 20, We should be glad to know WEat ara I
OF specially Frtd1sposinE csutcs which M
30 this nalsdy, likc ncrrpus diseases, unusual
ID | prevalent 1t this particular epoch. We AA
ITS never get nd ofs4 phT1cal Or moral evN
4. but ekll1iu1 diagnosis would be equally u.
ID tut In both. Mere coudemnations. wheth
al from TcstullEau or from hishT authority, 4
he not much 70 the purpose. because ne III
Is. brought home 10 peoples uinds most ed
'es traIlJ 1t TIE present cay: The Pope dt
ho not tnur upon this topic, and VIC cannot
ed | tempt any coupltte e 7p1Ana:ion. The G.
,al development Of material prosperity Is q
mt obvious cause OF inc1eased luxury II weal
TO has made a'mnre sapld pfoKEe-s than c4vill
he tlor, We fnay expect 10 tna It squ1ndc,
he gil In America he y ap. TO p!nsSe lnto sen
Z T less osseatanon. Our whole generation N
he be said h a sense to have sluek 0
the DEVELOPMENT Of mechanical kkill /
er,, suddenly enriched whole clks.e., sad
= great dral Of truseless e1rentiture has b,
1p- the sr.ul., II this Is In any des,ee ! t.
sue ezpse, though not IN adequate can:e, wha
cir TIE Appropriate renehy Surely It u
a . bringing mental cultivation up 10 the pro
lat standard. That wuurn, - = general n
no. a,e sharefuIly III educated, wifi be Renera
1d admitted. The advocat<1 OF NonsnG rig
lii have frequently .uccetded II uakiag i
Of cause ridiculous By 1etJ IN advised sugF
to tiers, and oy their general Impression,
fIsnk!T ettr7{ed. that the E.y 70 put nj