The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-09-24

folly OF their parents.
As far back into the dark ages as we hav
any record In profane history we have account
of dress, worn either for service or ornament
Different ATTITUDES and climates require dis
similar kinds of wearing apparel; so the varl
, GUS material call for an intinitude OF trimming
for establishment. Cotton and linen will
lace for warm localities; wool and fur for TIN
colder
Again. fitness of occasion for which any
garb is intended IS another item of consldera
ton. You would not expect to wear wedding
garments at funeral or pice rersd; neithel
attend church In festive costume; but NEE
every occasion IN life as your means and the
circumstances demand. Do no, try to dress ex
pensivey on a limited income. Remember
1t is not so much the richpess Of dress as the
neatness and manner of wearing which often
times make it most pleasing in effect. TO
feel that you are as well attired as your com
panions gives you certain amount OF salts
faction which would not exist we're II other
wise, and with the wide range which fashion
takes at the present time, 1t were next to an
impossibility to be out Of Its limits There IL
no doubt that dress carries great weight on all
the acts of our every day life, moulds many
minds by the influence of clearly whole attire
to higher appreciation of the possibilities Of
this world; or by ragged, dirty clothes and
c0mpanio ns-for they are sure to 60 hand in
hand-sink souls in SIN. Though the present
fashions of dress for the body are essential
both for service and Accommodation beauty
should be considered as well as utllity-our
intellectual, moral social, legal and political
dress are Of much more Importance to US, as
women. Our minds are our whole engines OF
power If we keep them bright and IN good re-
pair by constant use and improvement If we
continually feed them the fat of other minds
higher and brighter than our own--continu-
ally strive by coping with intellects immeas'
urably beyond US we increase our capacity Tor
possibilities hundred fold Otherwise, If we
seek only the slop and troth of literature and
society, satisfied with the husks, our motive
power becomes clogged and inefficient and we
fail where success mlght-with different bear
ings-have crowned our efforts. Patient per
severance is the keynote to prosperity; M IN.
different procrastlnatlon Is to adversely. We
cannot expect our minds to yield rich mar
vest If we SOW chat. We must day by day
strive TO live to learn, to act and think in such
q manner that each hours account OF our ex-
istence will have tOniDg on the whole wool.
Our lives made up in part of circumstances,
which we in measure control, are much as
we mar or make them. BY intellectual cul-
ture we clothe ourselves in cheerful, patient,
perseverlng, helping atmosphere, all within its
influence arc encouraged to happier, health
or being; on the other hand tretful, impa-
tlent, procrastnating disposition manitesting
itself continually In our daily associations has
the tendency TO irritate, embiltcr and create
dishonesty within our fellow mortal. The pres.
ent fashion in our moral dress is very much
awry and one. sided and needs wOman's infu-
ence in the fighting. Black IS black; sin is
sin-no matter who within, DO 1t man or wo.
man. The higher endowment with the finer
scnsibiitles, munitions and more delicate re-
fnement make any aggression from rectltude
more noticeable than in man. There is where
the greater fall, 80 much talked of, comes III
not that the sin itself IS really any more sin In
one individual than in another, biased by in
telect and circumstances, not by sex.
A degraded, sin.covered man should be
held IN as much contempt as low, base wo
man; and any ruling Of society to the con-
trary Is wrong. Fashion makes custom and
custom makes fashion. 1t has been custom.
airy TO overlook the mlsdoings Of man and
frown down anything wrong in woman. In
future, let us try to make them equals, so
cially in their SHINING. Right here Is where
our social dress comes in 1t Is such rs our
moral nature makes it. BE 1t the broad man
tie Of charity TO leniently and patiently pro-
tect and reform each others SHINING.
Our legal dress Is shabby, patched, ill.fit-
ting affair. 1t is not to be wondered at; nor
we TO blame that it is SO. The men-our
fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons-m AIDE
1t tor us and force us to wear it, whether we
are willing or not They 0hc mem make
the laws and say you have to obey and if
we rebel they send policemen, mind you, after |
us, force us into court and fine or imprison US
as their mghtnesses" see fit Dark com.
mentary on an enlightened people with a re-
publican form Of government that one-half of
its citizens shall say to the other 1--WE will
make the laws, but you must obey and help |
pay lhc expense or we will punish you"
The women have the same natal right to
self government as men; and only selfish, un.
just usurpatIon has placed the power in mans
possession.
Women are just as capable in every respect
to decide the methods of government which
they wish to support and obey as men. WEI
want laws that will reach the boys as well as