The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
Fashies, Folly and Health.

We seek out for ourselves many de-
vices which entail misery and dsA1h
mon rhe race. Refusing 10 follow the
suggestions of common sense, we waste
our earnings and our live al the shrine
a fashion. III religion and philanthropy
received L 1.-THE of the contributions
which are gladly given to fashion, the
Improvement in the morals and the
health Of the people would he greA--
Well, what are we going 10 say about
it2 Only this, and inat only with the
nope that q few may be induced 10 give
attention TO the subject; The partner
ship between fashion and health i con
,innonsly injurious to vigorous life.
and j. apt to end in bankruptcy Of pure
and person. We are aware that feW
enterprises are 90 hopeless as = contest
with fashion, but still some max be de-
tered from following that goddess
bindly.
Medical mel tell us that disease. are
multiplying, THAI new arrangements If
,be system are manifesiing ihems ives
IA a way which requires new remedies
ana new thought for their treatment
Ia the science u medicine great pro-
cress has been made since the begin
ninr II the century, but human stupid
ity and folly have advanced more ram
idlv. With the invention II the sewing
machine (Which. rightly used. j. Of in
ealculablc benefit 20 society) came ia 3
new danger 10 health and life. Our
grandmothers were cunteufed
With six or seven yards
-..r.N L. =. Ar.Aa- sAarm w~aaH
DAUGHTERS will not look N anv thing
less than three times a. much. and al
thi, bundle ofdry gods Is suspended
from the wasp-ike waist instead 81 the
shoulders. Where such unaccouniabie
folk prevails Is il any wonder that dis
eA.e- are increasing, that half n chill
dren die under i've years ~ a-e. and
that the percentage Of people who -
through life afflicted with an sorts II
maladics i greater than eyer2 Family
life j. rendered unenj0yable anl almost
impossible by fashion and is wasta-e
Of money, health and life.
We are not now alludinE h. those
t~houghiless creatures with drAgglelAils
who are in the habit Of spending their
nights At the poisonous opera and the
lItALFf. nAA W AAaE HAA4N AAt~~ ~ YEA
cocks who areon the church rolls. Here
iswsere we look for light and example.
but we look in vain; and when we hook
We see the world pointing IL finger Il
.corn 81 u and asking Where j. the
difference between the Church and the
world3 The q miserable sinners 81
each are much upon a par. Fashion
commands - reNel the most II thf
NIGHT in overheated crowded. and haallt
ventilated rooms, and many Obey. The
most of the next day they siumheTaWly
IN apartments that are not managed on
hvciesic principles. l. IL any wonder
80 many are in physical trouble and 1is
g. the fool dieths Ihe halmy fresh AL
invites vs. 10 It's embrace. but We are tu-i
lan-uid u accept the cheerful and kind.
IL Invitation.
Fashionable society calls such q
course enjoyment. and too many CHRIS
tians (perhaps only IN name) fret that
they can not. with the fullest freedom
mingle with the deyotees Of fashion.
Are not the evil things the naturzI
things, and DO not the majority take q
them A. . duck 70 the water Fashion
j, the goddess fhai empfies the purse,
ruins the body. and DESTROYS The soul
"Piace before me- said the diving anl
impeniient actress, my Jewels and
wardrobes. that ! may take = last lpos
AZ them ere ! die"
With the return u spring the ques
ton in almost every household j aEair
about the spring bonnet and the new
dress. IL j. not only waists and toes
that are Subjected to ChiEese pressure
but every part II the system J. thrown
out u healihful equilibrium by the blind
following after fashion which seems r
be fastening itself upon u more firmly
than erer n ith il dreadful incubus. J.
there a remedy? Yes; and i isto T.
found in religion and common SENSE