Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-15
Evil Effects Of improper Dress--A
ShameIessness in High Life
That CaIIsfor Protest.
We Need a Shakespeare to Write a
Tragedy on Clothes Money Wasted
by the Women on Dress.
Sixth OF the series Of sermons on the
Marriage R,ng delivered by the
BrooAIyn Divine.


INt DIUUhfOu AtAltIHJRA' hii NAANn VI III
series Of sermons on "rhe Marrlag,
Ring" the subject bsiug "COstume snc
Morals The opening doxology wa,
sung with an effect that cannot he
imagined except 10 those VINO ha 20 hearc
It In this church, ted ON by organ ano
cornet precentur, DR.. Talmago ex
pounded a chapter In Isaiah descriptive
OF the social aud cnmmercnl spendor d
the city OF Tyre. The hymn seng vas
"Bofore Jehoyab'e awiul throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred Joy"
The text was from Isaiah Ill, lG, g.
90; "Moreoyer tne Lord said: Because
the daughters OF Zion are naughty and
walk win strrtcned-forth necks and
wantOn eyes, walking and mincing as
they 20, and mating tinkliug with their
feet, IN that d the Lord Will take away
the bravery u their tiuklng ornament-
about their feet, and their cauls, aud
their round tires like the moon, the
chains, aud the bracelets, and the muh.
lers, the bonnets ind the ornaments OF
the legs, and the he1dbands, aud the tab
lets, and the earrings, the rings, and
nose. jewels, the chdugeable suits Of APP
parel aud the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pins, the glasses, aud
the fine linen, and the hoods, aud the
wells" Following Is the sermon In full
This IL u ryrian fashion plate. II puts
us 2600 years back aud sets us down in an
ancient city. lhr procession OF men aud
women Is moving dp aud down the gay
streets " Is the height of the fashion
able season The sensible men anu wom-
en- move with so much modesty that they
do not attract our attention. But here
come the naughty daughters OF Jerusa-
lem! They lean forward; they lean very
much forward; 20 far Tor yard as TO be
unnatural lettering, webbing, wrig-
Cling, hlrtlng, or, Us my text describes It,,
they "whlk with strctrhed-forth necks,
walking aud mincinH ns they go.n They
have In most astounding style arranged
their bOnnets aud their wells and their
entire apparel aud now go through tho
streets taxing more Of the pavement than
they are entitled TO, sweeping along with
skirts Tn ~ the text describes as 'rouud
tlres like the moon Stel that Is prln-
cessl Lookl Tnatisa Damascus sword
maker. Lookl That Is syrian mer-
chant! The juggling OF the chains aud the
flashing OF the heudbands and the exhibit
lions of universal swagger attract the at
tention Of the Prophet Isaiah and he
brings his camera to bear upon the
scene and takes picture tor all the ages
But where Is that scene2 Vanished.
Where are those gay streets2 Vermiu
covered population pass through them.
Where are The hands aud the necks and
the foreheads and the shoulders and the
feet that sporttd all that magniHccnce2
Ashesl Ashesl
That we all should be clad Ii proved by
the opening of the trst wardrobe In Para
hiqa xyifb a an do III
we should all NJ far as our means allow
us be beautifully aud gracefully appareled
Is proved by the fact That God never made
a wave but ne gilded it with golden sun
beams, or u tree but he garlanded II with
blossoms, or sky but he studded 1t with
stars, or allowed even the smoke OF n
furnace To ascend hut he columned and
turreted aud doled and scrolled IL into
outlines OF lndescribahe gracefulness
When | see the apple orchards OF
the spring and the pageantry OF
the autumnd forests, | come to the con-
clusiun that II nature ever does Join the
church, while she may be Quaker IN the
silence OF her worship, she never will be
Quaker In the style of her dress. why
the notches OF Il fern leaf or the stamen OF
a water-lllyY Why, when the day departs,
does IL let the folding-doors OF heaven
stay open so long, when II might 20 In so
quickly One summer morning saw an
army Of million spears, each one adorn-
cd with diamond of the first water--I
mean the grass with the dew on H. When
the prodigal came home his father not
only put coat ON his back, but jewelry
on his hand. Christ wore beard Paul,
the bachelor apostle, not afflicted with
any sentimentality, admired the arrange.
ment OF a woman's hair when he said IN
his epistle; "If woman have long hair
1t Is glory unto herr There will be
fashion In heaven as on earth, but IL win
be u different kind of fashion. II VIII de.
eide the color OF the dres and the popula-
lation of that country, by u beautiful law,
will wear white.
say these things as background To
my sermon TO show you that | have no
prlm, precise, prudish, or cast-lron theo.
rios on the subject of human apparel;
but the goddess Of fashion has set up her
throne IN this country, aud at the sound
OF the timhrels we are all expected To fall
down ana worship Her affairs smoke
with the sacrifice of the bodies
and souls OF ten thousand vic.
Tins In her temple four people stand
in the organ loft, and from them there
comes down a cold drxzle Of music, freez-
ing IN the ears OF her worshippors This
goddess OF fashion has become the rivel
of the Lord of heaven and earth, aud 1t ls
high time we unllmhered our batteries
against this idolRtry When l come to
count the victims ~ fashion | find as
many masculine AS feminine. Men make
an easy TRADE against woman as though
she We're the chief worshipper at
this idolatrous shrine, and no
doubt some men In the more conspicuous
part OF the pew have already cast glances
At the more retired part OF the pew, their
look prophecy Of generous dlstribu.
ZION Nv sermon shall be as appropriate
for one end Of the pew as for the other
Men are as much the ldolaters OF
fashion as women, hut they sacrifice on a
different part OF the altar. With men
the fashion Z nos to cigars aud club-rooms
and yachting parties and wine suppors,
In the United States the men chow up
and smoke $780, 900 600 worth Of to-
bacco every year. That Is their fashion, |
In London not long ago man died who |
started Ia life with $3.50. 600. But he ate |
II all mp In gluttonies, sending his agents |
To all parts OF the earth for some rare
dellCAeV for the DalatQ somotiuieR one