The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-02-10

and some Of the most virtuous and intelli.
gent ut the bottom. During the last war
we suddenly saw men hurled up into
tho highest social positions. Had they
suddenly reformed from evil habits, Or
graduated in science, or achieved some
good work for socistyf No. they simply
had obtained . Government contracti
This accounts for the utter chagrin
which people feel at the treatment they
receive when they lose their property.
Hold up your head amid financial disas-
ter like Christiani Fifty thousand sub
tracted from . good man, leaves how
muchf Honor. truth. faith in God, tri-
umphant hope, and kingdom Of inefrable
glory, over which he is to reign forever
and ever.
II the owner OF millions should lose .
penny out Of his pocket, would he sit
down on curb stone and cry? And
shall . man possessed OF everlasting
fortunes wear himself out with grief be-
cause he has lost his worldly treasures!
You have only lost that in which hun.
dreds of wretched misers surpass you. and
you have saved that which the Caesars
and the Pharoahs and the Alexanders
could never afford.
And yet society thinks differently, and
You see the most intimate friendships
broken up as the consequence Of financial
endorsements. You say to some one !:
allow is your friend:" The man looks be-
wildsred. and says: 81 do not know"
You reply: why, you used to DO init
mate" SWELL" says the man. "our
friendship has been dropped. The man
has failed"
Proclamation has gone forth: s'Velvets
must go up and PLAIN apparel must come
down." end the question is: allow does
the coat fit:" not 'Who wears it:" The
power that bears the tides Of excited pop
u!ation up and down our streets, and
rocks tho world of commerce, and thrills
all nations, transatlantic and cisatlantic,
is clothes. It decides tho last Offices
of respect, and how long the dress
shall be totally black, and when it
may subside into spots Of grief on silk.
calico or gingham. Men die in good
circumstances, but by reason of extrava.
CANT funeral expenses are well nigh in.
solvent before they get buried. Many
wait until they could afford 1t.
Wrong fashion is productive Of q most
ruinous strife. The expenditure Of many
households Is adjusted by what their
have, not by what they them.
selves can afford to have; and the great
anxiety Is as to who shall have the fine st
house and the most costly equipage. The
weapons used in the warfare Of social
life are not Mimic rifles, and Dahlgren
guns, and Hotchkiss shells. but chairs,
and mirrors, and vases, and Gobelins,
and Administers. Many household estab-
iishments are like racing steamboats, pro-
peeled at the utmost strain and risk. and
just coming to a terrific explosion. "Who
cares" say they, 'rf wo only come out
aheadw
There is no ono cause to-day of more
embarrassment and of more dis.
than this determination at all
hazards to live as well or better than other
people.
There are persons who will risk their
eternity upon one pier mirror, or who will
dash out the splendors Of Heaven to get
ano Their trinket. my house Is too
small" "But," says some one, "you can
not pay for a larger" ''Never mind that.
my friends have better residence and SO
will l." "A dress Of that style and mate
rial must have. I can not afford it by Q
great deal, but who cares for that? NV
neighbOr had one from that pattern, and
must have one." There are scores of men
In the dungeons Of the penitentiary who
risked honor, business-every thing, in
the effort to shine like others. Though
the Heavens fall they must be Gin the
fashion,"
The most famous frauds Of the dav have
from this feeling. It keeps hun.
1reds of men struggling for their com.
mercial existence. Tho trouble is that
some are caught and incarcerated il their
larceny be small. II it bs great they es.
cape and build their castle on the Rhine.
Men get into Jail not because they steal,
but because they did not steal enough.
Again: Wrong fashion makes people
unnatural and untrue. 1t Is a factory
from which has come forth more hollow
hypocrIcies than tho Lowell mills ever
Is the greatest Of all liars. It has made
society insincere. You know not what to
believe. When people ask you to come
you do not know whether or not they
want you to come. When they send their
regards you do not know whether it is
IN expression of their heart or
IN external civility. We have
earned to take almost ev-
Try thing at q discount. Word is sent
mot at homer when they are only too
lazy to dress themselves. They say,
THE furnace has just gone out (" when in
ruth they have had no fire In it all win
,er. They apologize for the unusual bar.
'enness of their table when they never
live any better. They decry their most
luxurious entertainments to win Q shower
" approval.
They apologize for their appearance Is
though it were unusual. when always at
home they just look so. They would make
you believe that some nice sketch on the
wall was the work of a master painter.
1T was an heirloom and once hung on the
walls Of q castle; and . duke gave it to
heir grandfather" People who will
rot lie about any thing else will lie about
! picture. On a small income we must
make the world bal ieve that WI are affl u
ent, and our life becomes a cheat, Q
counterfeit and sham.
The social life has been contortsd and
reformed. until, in some mountain cabin.
where rustics gather to the quilting or the
Ipple. pairing. there is more good cheer
han in all the frescoed ice.houses of the
We want In all the higher
,ircles Of society moro warmth Of heart
md naturalness of behavior, and not so
many refriSerators.
Again: Wrong fashion II incompatible
With happiness. Those who depend for
heir comfort upon the admiration of oh.
70 are subject,to frequent disappointment
will criticise their appearances,
r surrass them in brilliancy, or will re.
olive more attention. Oh, the jealousy.
md distraction, and heart burnings
I those who move in this bewildered