Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-19
Miscellany
For the Nsusdealer
The Beginning OF Evil.

To 90 l.aes to the creation Of men and
recount The evils Of cisobedience is no,
my intention. Ii is the evil Of the pres
.nt day and their most prolific cause with
which | have to deal. We have in our
midst murders. suicides. robbihg, theft,
aud long list too familiar to need rep
ctiiion. but the greatest Of all wrongs is
the sin of physical disobednnce. We
will 60 back 10 our grand and great-grand-
parents whom We hnd generally strong and
healihful. aud what are the records si
crime. How do they compare with the
present. Not one murder then where we
have hundred to day Why? They had
strong steady nerves, nourished by the
good blood made from healthy blood max
ing organs. These supported quiet rest
i've mind, Lspry with good feelings
content with its own possessions,
and at Ioace with all man; nd.
Hard work and plain feod was nearly the
the exten, oftheir role. The plain diet
was the right thing iu the right place but
excessive daily tasks weakened the con.
stitutions of the next generation render
lug them less able TO withstand disease,
and cnscquently petted with more deli
cacies of food. This led to morbid appe'
tites in addition to reduced constitutions
still dilutipg the vitality Of Cnce per
feet organization until rosy checks gave
place to faded morning glolics. Next th'
stomach Langs out lis sign Of distress anC
that implacab,c monster called fashloI
comes in and rrescribcs cOrscts as ;
relief to already lrrltaied nerves
Then and there is the finishing blow o
destruction to all that was natural ant
perfect. Since then, and, perhaps, To-
aye. are we TO look upon onl" pinched op
ologcs # human beings instead of the ful
rounded forms of beauty aud health
NOW the question arieses who is respon
sible for this last great sin And Wit
shall begin the reform. we take The biog
rarhy of corscts aed fnd they were in
vented by man as punishment for hi
wife. And this murderous practice wa
coniinued till stout waists were 50 dimin
ished in size as 10 be lhough All improve
mcpi on the figure Men admired then
aud at once sought improved inventions
Went to WORK TO make implements .
death for their wives and daughters
They praised their patterns most who wer
most successful in the lacing process, an
folded most closely the ,ini2st forns, sc
Iecting those almost breathess creature
for the wives and mothers of future ger
erations. And is it any wonder men ar
numbering each other daily =? lntrodue
ed into this would with such mutilate
and robbed natures peevish aud fretfu
half insane for want of strong nerves al
broad full chests. | repeat, is 1t an
! wonder crimes incrcase ? Aud If ma
was the originator Of this curse can h
better atone for his sin than by being tn
author of reform Tor health reform
the basis Of all other reforms. Does b
value his brains so lightly as to be wilir
to passively submit to the growing poss
bliiy of having them carelessly dls'rib,
ted in his neighborhood ? Then tur
corset manufactures into broad sUlcd she
establishments and announce TO all del
cate ladies, too weary from want Of vita
ity to wait upon themselves, that you al
not looking for small wasted wife b'
one dressed so that she can expand ht
waist three inches with each breath, an
YOU will have taken the first gre:
step toward this nati,ns most needed IT
form. A reform in dress and consequen
" of health would do more toward bal
! ishine crime then all the laws men ca
make. While ourracc continues to dwil
die and grow exciiable for want fsirengi
of body, so long crimes and crimiua
will be numbered in the majority.
Stowe MAUD