Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-31
RELIGIOUS.

Just O little Sermon. l don't often
preach, but In this case nothing but a
sermon will DO.
I. You ore perfect idiots to 60 on
In this way. Your bodies are the
most beautiful Of Gods creation. In
the Continental galleries 1 always
saw groups of people gathered about
the pictures Of women. 1t was not
passion; the gszers were just rs like
~ to be women as men;it was Of the
wondrous beauty Of women.
Now stand with me at my office
window aud see a lady pass. There
goes one! Now isn't that a pretty
looking object? \ big hump, three
big Jumps, wilderness of crimps and
frills, a hauling up OF the dress here
and there, an enormous, hidcous mass
Of hair or bark piled on the top of her
head, surmounted by Il little HAT. Or
i.amented with bits of lace, birds
tails, etc. The shop windows tell us,
all day: long of the r%add!ngs, whale
bones. and steel springs, that occupy
most Of the space within that outside
rig.
In the name Of the simple. sweet
sentiments which cluster about a
home. l would ask how is Il man to
fall in love with such a piece of COM
pound. double and twisted touch-mc-
not sriificialitr na YOU Gao ina thu,
wriGSling curiosity?
2. With that wasp like waist.
squeezing your lungs, stomach. liver.
and vital organs, into omc-llalf their
natural size, and with that long tail
sweeping on the ground, how can
3ny man of sense. who knows that
htcis made up Of USE, of service, Of
work, how "aII he take such a part
n.r: He must be- desperate. indeed.
TO unite himself for life with such Il
frttercd half-breatlling ornamcn
8. Your bad dress and lack of cyrr-
else lead to bad health: and men wise
~ tcar that. instead Of helpIncct.t they
would get an invalid to take care OF.
This bad health in yuu. just rs i'll
men. makes the mind. a, wei! Is the
body. iuddlco and cileminair. You
have no power, no magnetism. |
know YOU gi9Ilc freely. and use big
afjectivcS, such As ~">rlcndid,' and
awful" but then this does not
deceive us: we see through it all. You
are superficial, affected, silly; YOU
nave hone of that womanlv strength
and warmth which are So assuring
and attractive to man. Why. YOU
have become SO childish and weak
minded that YOU refuse to wear
decent names even, and to insist upon
baby names. Instead of Helen. Mar
garet. and Elizabeth. Won affect Mel
lie, Maggie. and Lizzie. When YOUR
brothers were babies. YOU called them
Bobby, Dicky and johnny. but
when they grow up to manhood no,
more OF that silly trash If YOU please. !
know a WOMAN of Twenty-Five Wears
and she j. as biz as both Of III, grand
mothers both put together, and her
real name is Catherine. and though
her brain is big enough 10 conduct
affairs of State. she does nothing
but gigglc. cover her face with fan
anu eAclaiIn once in four minutes,
Don't now, yOu are real mcan,''
How can 4 man propose Il life
partnership to such Il silly goose: Ny
dear girls, you must il you would get
husbands, and decent ones. dress in
plain, neat, and becoming garments.
and talk like sensible. earnest sisters.
You may say that most sensible
men arc crazy after these butterflies
OF fashion. l beg your pardon; il is
not so. Occasionally man OF bril-
liant success may marry a silly. weak
woman; but to say, as | have heard
women say a hundred times, that the
most sensible men choose women
without sense, is simply absurd. Nine
teen times in twenty sensible men
choose sensible me l grant YOU
'hat in company they are very likely
10 chat and toy with those overdrcss-
ed and forward creatures, but ,licv
don't ask them te~got to the altar with
them.
1. Among the young men in the
matrimonial market only q very
small number are independently rich.
and i'll America such very rarely make
good husbands. But the number OF
those who are just beginning in life,
who are filed with noble ambition.
WHO have q future is very largc.Thcsc
src worth having. But such will not,
they dare not, ask you to join them,
While they see you so idle, silly aud
gorscou.ly attired. Let them see that
you are Industrious, economical, with
habits that secur health and strength.
that your life is earnest and real. that
you would be willing to bcgin at the
beginning in life with the ma YOU
would consent TO marry: then mar
riagc becomes the rule aud not, as
now, the exception. -Dio LcmiS.
Observation-Disclosures i, love
in society it is love holding inter
course with those around it. 1t i
that cordially Of aspect, and tina
soul Of speech, which assures Us that
Kind and earnest hearts may still be
met with here below. 1t il that quiet
influence which, like the scented flame
of an alabaster lamp, ill, many a
home with light and warmth. and ira
GRANGE altogether. II j. Tie carpet.
soft aud deep. which, Will. it .l,uiisu.
q look Of ample comfort, dcadens
many a c%reakimg sound. 1t i, the
curtain from which many Il beloved
form wards of the summers glow and
the winters wind. 1t is the pillow
on which sickness lays It's head aud
forget, half it, misery, and to which
death comes in q baimier dream. 1t
is considcratcncss. IL j. Tenderness
Of feeling. IL il warmth and affection.
j. ~ prompfitud: of sympathy. II il
love i'll all its depths and all it.:
delicacy. II is everything included
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