The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-28

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Ara dis, dandies and l0asssai Is,it, stau,
strasge that 70 bes ID, pretty AiFt with
great amount Of snsll talk inA M selse
10 be dainty eequstts ana 10 dsess finely,
and to know how 70 twill = fsu ana bear :
paraaol elegantly, sosmss 70 be the lottiess
ambition Of 20 many ycung ladies : ls II
any wonder that there is such mad, rage
for Anery among our peoplssi '-a' q 49,
They are thns trained. They are fitted
for this, aud only fars-thia, by our present
system of education s..,s.. ss-..,,t7 z..5 ..
q Areai scholar is fast beeoming-as rare
as an angela visit. Sensible, practical men
and women arc fast disappearing before
these fiocks OF butterflies fashiona BILE
young gentlemen and fsshionable young
ladies-that yearly swarm from our places
of education. .s5 Ii, sf.et 49,; H~a
Fine manners 90 called rule the hour,
and mind IL. banished. Hence, owing to
their education, our people are becoming
40 Desperately frivolous ~ ~ CT
Who dresses finest Who talks pretti.
est WIZ" dances besti : Who shows to
the most advantsGe7 Who has the dainti-
est foot9 Who possesses, the tfniest hand
Who has the lovsliest HART Whose we'll
powdered face 10 most beautifully Who
makes the most elegant bow These are
the saprene 40estions-shese, the only
tests of merit! These, the criteria of
character It 10 not-who thinks the most
but who smiles the prettiest! 1t is not
-who - the best-but who appears to
best advantage It is not-who Ia the
most senaible--7but who sings the sweetest.
It ID noe-who is the most practical
who 10 the most fashionable. r.
1t is not the mind but the manners it is
not the character but the carriage; it is not
the sense but the sentimentalityj It's not
the solid thought but the gossamer tissue
that meets with admiration.
Our people blindly worship the external.
They adore fashion. The silly simper of q
silly face charms them.
The curve Of an eyebrow, the make Of q
nose, the dimple Of cheek, the twist of
piece Of false hair, q ribbon, glove, a
flower, a hounce, calf-skin slipper are
objects Of downright idolatry. For this
thew are educated. For this they are
trained.
But wiser than we said it: "All the
glory of the kings daughter is from
| scithin." And wiser than We know that
men must be judged by their mind, not
by their manners. Not seldom can the
creates Ike the most elegant bow
But unfortunately in our education the
ornamental has the preference and the use
falis disregarded. 1t is not right. 1t is
ruinous. 1t must be stopped. 1t lowers
life's dignity; it degrades life's aims. 1t
forms fashionable gentlemen but who does
not know how frequently in the forming OF
such creatures, the true man is destroyed
1t produces fashionable ladies'; but who
does not alec know, how often in producing
such wonders of elegance, the real sooman
is LOST Let US have more men and aconsen
and fewer 60 called gentlemen and ladies
Our institutions, Catholic and Protestant,
Converts and Colleges, and fashionable
Neutrality-suspicious. have given Us enough and
more than enough Of the latter. IT'S time
they should try and give us a few Of the
former.
But give them they cannot until always
and altogether the ornamental is made te
yield to the useful. Educate the mind and
the manners will come. Develop the en-
,card, and the out,card will not be slow il
appearing. -ro.. -...
We are surfeited with mere piano-play
ers and moustache wearers. Teachers fo
heaven sake give M less of the piano, AND
more of the practical; diminish the nous
stache and give us more OF merit and o
man. -#.t- 49,.
FESTIVAL OF THE HIBERNIAN ASSOCIATION
Last week we briefly called attention to tn
programme of the festival to be given by thi
Association on the 4th and 18th of August
Unlike many other Associations, the Hibernian
do not expect to make immense sums of mono
by Offering Inducements to all classes of peopl
| to otta1d INIT make use of all necessary seft