The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-15

The young editor of the Powerful Mind
has his thoughts sadly tinged by the autumn
days now beginning. The melancholy days, tho
saddest Of the year, have indeed come. The
leaves will soon strew the ground, and the
whistng winds will make play among these
skeletons Of the summer, careless OF the memo
ries the bare bouehs excite. Alas Mutability,
young editor, is the law 81 this mysterious life
Of ours. From low TO high doth dissolution
creep and falls from high to low. But these
leaves which whisper OF death and decay pre-
pare the ground they enshroud for the metemp-
schycosis Of the seasons. Lift yourself young
editor. out Of thoughts so depressing They
are the children of moods not deserving OF en-
enlargement. We love not to see youthful
brows corrugated with sadness. A Powerful
Mind should rather feed on more nourishing
food.
what uisturbs the young editor Is what he
calls the styles of September" He thinks
people build, paint, and furnish their houses,
and buy their clothes, not as their tastes dictate,
but a. fashion prescrbes. The thought, though
powerful, Is not new. We have seen IL. we dare
say. thousand times. II is what unfeeling
people call thrcadbare. Though 80 worn out by
much using by powerful minds the thought Il
not true. People follow fashion as a rule be-
cause It supplies them with what they lack
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a cruel mistress as kind godmother who tells
her vain children what gowns to wear and how
TO fabricate them. II suppies invention for the
great mass incapable OF Invention. Now as to
houses, general talk about architecture such
as the young editor INDUCES In Is profound,
but not destined to reform our building.
Moreover, people who look at JAY GouLD's
tall tower, all height and no breadth,
seemingly built for no other purpose than to
support the weather vane, may hesitate about
taking as a guide In architecture the Powerful
Mind which disports itself In the spire which
perces the dome OF heaven. Our house archi-
lecture II improving; our house furnishing
grows yearly more sensible and us to dress,
both men and women, TO our eyes, are more ftiy
and charmingly clothed than ever before. The
eyes Of the young editor are iaundiced with
much bordering. Come down from the tall
tower, stool pigeon, this very day, and take a
walk up Fifth avenue. You will find an album
dance Of pretty women, tastcfully and prettiy
dressed. Let us not have It to record that the
! Powerful Mind ia misogynist. Give up, once
! for all young editor, the thought that YOU can
induce women to change the cut of their
| clothes 10y argument. You might cover one of
! your quntuple sheets with reasoning OF your
most ponderous sort, and they would never alter
a ribbon OF omit nounce 10 reward YOU for
your labors. Seeing the herculean efforts Of the
young editor to tx JAY Gou:Ds organ in the
affections OF the fair sex, we feel 1t to he ouI
duty to tell him that sound argument is never
certain to convince a woman. JAY GOULD can.
| not he so much concerned to make his organ
the pet Of the boudor. The fair readers buy
no stocks. This Is why we are so SURPRISED tc
see the young editor enticlng school girls to his
journal by lovely articles. Go on in that limo
cent course, young editor, but send to the winds
| all hope Of remodellng womankind, even b,
the oui giyings Of your Powerful Mind.