The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-25
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Mems Fashions.-"Rough and Tender"
Defines the Meaning of the Holy
Ghost-From Gay TO Grave.

NEW YORK, April 10.
To the Editor IF The Leader:
As 1 am to begin this letter on
MEMS FASHIONS,
1 will first serve my readers with an
apt quotation from Hamlet" out Of
the mouth O fold "Polonius."
"Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not Expressed in fancy; rich not gaudy;
For the apparel oft procialms the man.
Almost every stranger who visits our
shores is struck with the patrician
beauty of our women, their elegance of
manner and their taste in matters of
dress. "But you men," they will say,
''are the most Indifferent class Of the
genus homo we have eve met, in the
matter Of dress; you western men es-
pecially. Now what is the reason of it?''
Whereat, being an American du bout de
mes ongles, 1 reply that whilst we adj
mire seeing our women well dressed,
that for ourselves our commercial ac-
tivity is such and our desire to make
money such, that we think very little
of the matter where we are concerned,
and so long as our clothing is clearly
and respectable, we do not care to fol-
low the fashions strictly, for in that we
should become slaves to Il custom, which
to men given to an active, free and easy
existence would become as binding as
slavery So we dress as we please, and
so long as we are satisfied, there is no
earthly reason that others should be
dissatisfied with us. A TRADE so
we'll begun as this must needs end
somewhere and therefore, attention,
gentlemen!
DRESS.
Blue and black diagonal cloth for
coat and vest, and cashmere p%antaloons
for every day wear. The cassimeres are
rather loud and 1 do not fancy them.
A very fashionable coat is made with
three buttons to button, and cut away
medium in front, medium in length,
waist and skirt and flaps %discounte-
nanced. The vests are cut q la mill
taire, single breasted with step collars.
The principal styles in trowsers are
stripes oven diagonal grounds, and
checks over striped grounds, cut wide
in the leg, Il little larger at tie bottom
and smaller in the knee. Some Of the
coats are only two buttons; the pockets
under the flaps. Of course the double
breasted frock is still in fashion; like
the inevitable silk hat of civilization, it
will e go out until something bet
ter is invented. 1t may be worn, made
from diagonal goods, blue predominant
ing. Navy blue and a dark wine color
in cloth is very fashionable; the latter
is decidedly stylish. 1 met an old rep
~resentative Tennesseean the other day,
4 veritable beau of the old school, and
what a boyard for slxty-seven! He
was perfectly dressed-a wine-colored
cloth frock coat, plain gold buttons,
white vest and magnificent white and
immaculate neckcloth, n shirt frilled
just enough. and showing but little.
The coat had silk breast facings, and
was very smart. His trowsers were
plaid wei a diagonal ground. He was,
in fine, bien gaute J.in chaussee-a rep
resentative man of the nation in days
past-and a gentleman, albeit old in
years, not yet too old to forget how to
dress.
Sporting men will wear very
fashionable light colors in frocks and
other coats; trowsers to match. A
very fashionable color in spring over
coats is gray or drab, though other col
ors are worn. These goods have plain
facings and velvet collars.
FROM GAY TO GRAVE.
Some one asked me the other day to
sermonize a little on the following pas
sage from the Holy Writ. 1 hesitated
at first about sending it to you for pub
LEGATION, but as your paper goes miles
into the heart of the interior, where
churches are a curiosity, 1 send it m
bodied in my letter. l am not aware
that it will give offense:
".All manner of sin and blasphemy
shall be forgiven unto man, but the
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall
not be forgiven"
"Whosoever speaketh a word against
the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven
him, but w%hosoever speaketh a word
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the world to come"
Question by my friend-What is the
definition of the Holy Ghostp
Answer - The Holy Ghost is a d.
vine emanation or a spiritual influence,
proceeding from the Father and the
Son, and was alluded to by our Savior
many times during his earthly minis
try. As for instance, in Luke lib,
show much more shall your Heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask Him." Again, John 1876,
But when the comforter is come,
whom 1 will send unto you from the