National Republican., 1888-01-30

DlfllE inc lhft war VIC NNWNfWIN NNM NINN j
hurled up into the hiRhc,t fociN positions |
had they tuddeny reformed from evil ha1is, /
or graduated IN science, or echigyed s2me |
coed work for socciyf No, they simply bod !
Obtained q government contract
This accounts for the utter Charfln which
people feel at the treatment they receive
head amid financial disaster ike a Christian
Finy thousand subtracted from n good nan
leaves bow muchl Honor, truth. fa.ih In col,
Triumphant hope, ana q Kingdom OF inchahle
glory, over which he is to Teisn forever aud
ifihc owner Of millions should lose pcnny
ont Of his pocket would he cit down on a curb.
stone and cTy2 And shall man pOsseged ~
everlasting fortune wear himself out WIN
| grief because he has lost worldly treasure
| You have only lost that in which hundreds Of
saved that which The CiciaTs, and the rhar,
And yet society thinks differently and yon
| see the most intimate iriendthips broken ~
as the consequence of financial embartae.
fricndg The msn looks bewlldercd, sud
says: ~ do not know" You reply. why,
| you used TO be intimate "Well,' saysth
man, ,"our friendship has been dropped. Tue
Proclamation has gone forth. "velyols must
IR apa RGn % dOcs fSS Se sos
| not, "Who wears itT' The power that bears
the tides of excited population up and down
| and thrills all nations, trans Atlantic and cis-
Atlantic, is clothes. II decides the last offices
Of respect, and how, long the dress shall be
| totally black, and when Il may subsido into
spots OF grief on silk, calico, or ginRham. Men
| die in good circumstances, but, by reason oi
extravagant funeral expenses, are well nigh
insolvent before they get buried. Many men
would not die at all II they had 10 walt until
| they could afford II.
Wrong fashion is productive oil most ruin
| holds isadjusted by what their neighbofs have
not by what they themselves can afford TO
have have the be- finest house and tbe most costly
| cquipage. The weapons used in the warfare
of social life are not mimic rifles and Dahlgren
| mirrors, and vases. and Gobeleins, and ANmiu
sters. Many household establishments are like
racing steamboats, ,propeled at the utmost
strain and risk, aud just comingto terrible
explosion. who cares" say they, "if we
only come out ahead?'
There is no one cause. to day OF more finau-
cial embarrassment and OF more dishonesties
than this determination at all hazards to live
as well as or better than other people. lhogc
one pier mirror or who will dash out the spicn.
My house s Is c toG Gfi small "BHi," says some
Sa fannS' mg SSrSs fS HF Rave ss better Ts,
dencc ard SO % viii I."' "A dress of that
style and material must have.
r IS ho MY Seshbo SGish SS' had S' %ae one
from that pattern, and I must have one"
There are scores of men in the dungeons of
| everything, in The effort TO shine like Others
Th9ish the heavens fall they must be "in the
The most famous frauds of the day have re-
| suited from this feeling, 1t keeps hundreds of
men struggling for their commercial exist
ence. The troubles that some are caught ~ nnn q
| lncnrccrated If their larceny be small. IL IL
be great they escape and build their castles on
the Rhine. Men get into JAIL not because
they steal, but because they did not steal
| enough.
Again; Wrong fashion makes people un-
natural and untrue. tits factory from which
| hap fnrth ,,,nr hpll md
unmeauing batteries and hypocrisies than the
Lowell mills ever turned out shawls and gar
ments Fashion is the greatest of all liars.
1t has made society insincere. You know not
what TO believe. When people ask you TO
to 1o come o sMn Whsn bhs ss1a her
preston Of their heart or an external ciyility.
We have learned TO take almost everything AZ
when they are only too lazy to dress them.
selves. They say, hThe furnace has just gone
out" when in truth they have had no fire in
barrenness of their table when they never live
any better. They decry their most luxurious
entertainments to win shower of approval
1t Mere unusual, when always at home they
look just SO. They. would make you believe
that, some nice sketch on the wall was the
loom and once hung on the walls OF castle.
and S duke gave 1t to their, their gnxhina
we must make the world believe that we are
aiiinsnt. an and our @ life becomes cheat a coun
Few Few @ people % are really natural aud un-
! affected. When say this 90 not mean to
slur cultured manners. 1t is right that we
tured marble than for the unhewn block OF the
,, quarry. From many circles in life fashion
has driven out yiyaeity and hm, Snthusissm, ts
, and iteberge grinds against iceberg. You
must not laugh outright II Is vulgar. You
) the room, You must glide. There is round OF
. bows, and grins. and batteries, and obs and
abs, and simperings, and namby.pamb :
. awoild Of which is not worth one good, round
i honest peal of laughter From such hollow
9 rounu the tortured guest retires at the close %
! the evening and assures his host that he ha
. Thss social life has been contorted aud de-
2 formed, until, in some IN luntain cabin, where
u rrstics gather TO the quilting or he apple par
I. ing, there is more good cheer than n all ~
I | frescned ice houses of the metropolis. w
, want in ali the higher circles OF society NOR
u warmth of heart ana naturalness oil benavlor
and not SO many refrigeratOrs.
, Again. Wrong fashion is Incompatible VIII
: happiness. Those who depend for their Glm
toii upon the admiration OF others are S,DI vi Il
: cri,icise their appearance, or surpass mem !
o blilliancy, or will receive more attention; on
:, the Jealousy and detraction and heart burn
), maze! Poor butterflies! Bright wings 90 no .
= always bring happiness. she that M tvetn
u | pleasure is uphu WIllt out ilNeth. hO iS'S
3 ialons of high life that come to the ohai!eng
J. and the fight are only the Groupings out of di!
II guieiudes that are underneath like the star
il Of the pit for hate. The misery that Will t(
8 night in the cellar cuddle VI, In the straw,
Eass Is asE hSoush saRaaG
IS ing over the Sights and ofienses of luxuriol
IS life. The bitterness OF life seems not so uni
s. ii pours from the chased lips OF n golde
!. chGlice, In the sharp crack ofthe youp!l
e sry's pistol, putting an end to his earthly mi'
d cry, Ihear the confirmation that In no!loN
l. fastidious life there is no peace;
a. Again, devotion to wrong fashion Is produt
N tive Of physical disease, mental imbeeiiit!
l. TO keep out the cold and the rain, or SO iitte
> upon The person that the functions OF HE ~
3 restrained; late hours illed with exGtemen en-
e and feasting; free drafts OF wine, that make ol
n not beastly intoxicated, but ouly fashonabl
10 drunk, and luxurious Incidence are the II
by whSh hs nnTea S bsees Ss
lg Along the walks of prosperous life death got
N a:mowlng-and such harvests as are reapseS PEI
l., curatives for these physiological devastation
III Dropsies, cancers c0nsumptions, gout an
We almost every inhrmity, in all the realm ,
ii eotst eountersst The the damage W pharmacy has goi
NJ forth with medicament, panacea, elixir, en-
ey brocation, salye, and Gataplasm.
~ To night, with swollen feet upon cushion'
ia ottamGn, and Groaning with aches immune
.lc able, will be the votGry OF luxurious liyln
uG not half so happy as his groom or eoa,heaye
eY Wrong fashion Is the worlds undertaken, Al
,ir drives thousands of heNrses to Greenwood er
ey Laurel Hill and Mount Auburn.
But, worse than that, this folly Is an int
ise leotunl depletion. This endless study of pr
ID prietes and etiquette, patterns aud styles,
rs bCdwGrtlng to the intellect. never knew
KS woman or man of extreme fashion tha' kno
,O- | much How b, IA lliur the study of the cut oil
OF coat or the tie of a cTavat or the wrinkle in
ny sleeve, or the color OF ribbon How they a
ne worried If something gets united, or han
We awTy ar Is not nicely adjusted. With u mir
on capable OF measuring the height and depth
no great sui jt able to unravel myStetest 10 wa