Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-28

pendence OF character ~, Wnen urgeQ Dy
his associates to commit some popular
improperly. he then has the courage to
say mo-"
Some there are who can do this, but
how many there are who, falling back
upon this much.abussd motto, daily
yield to It's influence and the example OF
those around them, and at last And
themselves bound by letters stronger
than iron.
I'm Rome do as the Romans do"
Hardly o day passes but We hear this
saying or see 1t praotioed either by
ourselves or by those around us. II we
inquire Of some poor woman. with her
family Of small children and her daily
increasing task OF household duties,
why she works so hard. the chances are
that her answer will DO, or at least
should be, II she acknowledges the
truth, that Il IL the dresses and over
skirts, with its parsphsrnalia Of plait-
ings, %rufles, and several other devices
which the civilization Of this nineteenth
century demands that IL wearing her
out. sspping the vital spring Of her e1-
i~stenoe. and hurrying her rapidly out Of
this world In her oeaseless endsavor to
keep up Appearances with her neigh
bors, who, perhaps. have Q little larger
income than her own.
We loudly proclaim America TO 30
"the land Of the free and the home Of
the brave" and boast that not Q slave
bresthes upon our soil. But Is this
really trus3 Are We not all, in Q greater
or less degree. in bondage, slaves to that
memorable mistress, Fashion We
sometimes see ladies with their hair In .
mass on top OF their heads, and at other
times II IL allowed TO fall over their
shoulders, or perhaps 1t 10 put up In
puffs. curls, crimps, etc., when It may DO
neither Of these styles Is suited to their
faces. Ask them Why they do not wear
1t in q style that 10 more becoming TO
them, and they will say : THAT would
look horrid I should DO . perfect
fright ; why. It 10 not fashionable"
Hence the ladies bow submissively to
the dictates OF Dame Fashion and ar.
range their hair and clothing % she
wills It, and by so doing avoid being
branded "old maidish," or as having no
taste, or no style.
As for the gentlemen. who all laugh
at this within OF the ladies about being
in the fashion. they also bow their
necks, and quite as readily as the ladies.
to her yoke. But there is not one OF
them who IL possessed OF sufficient can'
dor to admit the fact.
Why, they are even harder to please
than the ladies, for where will you find
q woman who will fret and fuss over an
i'll. Lifting collar. Q badly.ironed CUT or .
missing button as q man willp Or
where will find tho man who has %
age enough to take his lady friend out
when he il attired in the fashion OF
three or four years ago2 1t would DO
wrong to charge the gentlemen with
cowardice, for although they would
shrink from such q task, they would
very readily risk their lives in resenting
the least insult offered TO the ladies. 30
none OF US can very we'll laugh at
another. or we may soon find that while
we are ridiculing others We ourselves are
following the dictates OF Dame Fashion,
and readily learning the lesson, "ln
Rome do a. the Romans do"
THE ACORN.
We have before US the acorn. q little
paper got up and read in the Grammar
School Department Of Miss Evsritt,
from which we had intended to make
some extracts. but find time and space
will not permit. This little paper is
edited by Miss Ida Lsckey and shows
much ability on the part OF such young
writer's a. those who contributed to is
columns. It has . beautiful and appro-
pirate illuminated head, the work Of j..
NJ. Bell.