Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-04

an Indication Of Cool D1Grals-A Mas
culnc Woman and Wonl:lnly Man
Are Alike EcpnGnant.
DRooKLyN, Jan. a9.-Thc Rev T. De Witt
Talrage, D. D., preached today in tho
Droolyn Tabernacle the fourth of the series of
"Sernons to tue Women Of America, with
Important Hints to Men," The subject of
the sermon was: "DoninioA of Fashion"
md tli.. text was from Deuteronomy XIII B:
'.Tho woman shall not wear that which per-
tainet!l unto Il man, neither shall n man put
Oh II wonlan's garment: for all that do so are
abominatioa uuto the Lord thy God" DR..
TalinaGc said:
In this, the fourth sermon Of tho series OF
sermons, l wish those who hear to bear in
mind that take into consideration not only
those whom have before me OF Sabbath
days, bat The wider audience opened through
the printing press, and w!ile some things
may not be particularly appropriate for one
locality, they are appropriate for many other
localities And here will tell IL secret that
have never before told in public. ABOUT
twenty years ago began to pray that God
would open TO INC the opportunity of preach
ins through the secular newspaper press.
The religious papers i'll which my sermons
hal been published chiefly went to positively
religious families. So asked God for the
wider field III which to proclaim tho great
truths of religion and good morals. In u
stran@c way the answer cane. And the syn
tiicatcs having charge of these matters III
form me that every weel; there are now
1860, 000 copies OF my discourscs published
i'll tins country, and about i 100000 in other
lands, whether English speaking countries or
By translation in many foreign tongues. l
want people to understand that it is all in
answer to prayer to God that this oppor-
tunity hes come, and pray for grace to oc-
cupy the field 1t is not, therefore, pro-
suinptuous when give wide scope to these
discusses and address them "to the women
OF America, witt. important hints TO men,"
God Thought woTanly attire of enough
Importance TO have it discussed il the Bible.
Paul the apostle, By no me;lEs sentimental
list. and accustomed to dwell on the great
themes of God ard the resurrection, writes
about the arrangement Of womar's hair and
tic style of her jewelry, and in my text
Noses, his car yet filed with the thunder Of
Mount Sinai, declares that womanly attire
must hc il marked contrast with masculine
attire, and incractioa of that law eXcites the
of high heaven. Just in proper
tioa rs the morals of Il country or an age arc
depressed is that law defed Show me the
fashion plates Of any century, from the time
OF the ,!clugc to this, aud will tell You the
exact state OF pablo morals. Bloomerism Ill
this country years ago seemed about to break
down this divine law, but there WAS enough
of good in American society to beat back the
inCleccncy Yet ever and anon We have I'M
Imported from France, or perhaps invented
Oh this side the sen, Il style that proposes, as
far as possible to make women dress like
lncu, and thousands Of young women catch
tic mode, until some ono goes little too far
in imitation of masculinity, and the whole
Custom, by the good sense of American wo-
manhood. is ob!itcrated.
Tho costumes of tho countries are different,
and III the same country may change, but
there is 4 divinely ordered dissimilarity
wlic. must be forever observed. Any di-
vcrgcncc from this is administrative of vice
md runsag against the keen thrust of the text,
which says: .s.rhe woman shall not wear.
t,.iias4 ach ertnineth unto man, neither.
.s!! d ut Il wonE:s cnis,a On s.'s
an that do so are abo,ninatiop INTO the Lord
thy God"
Many years ago French authorcss, sign
ing herself George Sand, by her corrupt but
brilliant writings dcpiuved homes and libra
rles innurlerablc, and was Il literary grand
mother o. all the present French and Ameri-
cal, authors who have written things SO
rsuch worse that they have made her putre-
faction G.itc prescntablc. That French au-
tI;o.css put on masculine attire. She was
consistent. lIcr writings and her behavior
wc.,' perfectly accorfla!:t.
Aiy text by implication abhors masculine
women and wonlanlr men. What siclcn-
iu:- thing it is to see q man copying the
s5ccch, the walk, the manner of woman
Tie trouble is that they do not initiate
sensible woman, but SOHO female imbecle
A:,d they shipper, and they 80 with mincing
stem, and lisp, and scream ct nothing, and
take on ian,uislling look, and bang their
hair. and are the na;lSeation of honest folks
Of both sexes. Oh, man, be mani You be-
long to quite respectable sex. The starting
lfrllrE Oh VIC AstSC h'io ~ ~
rot tir to cross over. and SO bcconc q hybrid:
neither one l.or the other, but u failure, half
way between.
Alike upugnant are masculine women.
The cony II mall's stalking gait and godown
TIC street with the stride of II walking beam.
They irish they could smoke cigarettes, and
some of them do They talk boisterously and
try to sing bass. They do not laugh, they
roar They cannot quite manage the broad
profanity of the Sex they rival, but their
is often hall swear; and il
they said "Oh, Lordl' i'll earnest prayer as
often as they say it III lighrncSs they would
be HIGH W. in sainthood. Hithal there is all
assumed rusosity of apparel, and they wear
q Inan's hat, only changed by being III two
or three places smnshcd i'll and u dead canary
clinGing to tho general wreck, and mans
cost tucked in here and there according to an
cstnctics. Oh, woman, stay
woman! You also belong to very respect
able sex. The second figure of the human
race was q WOMAN, and sometimes q second
edition of volume is the first edition i'm
proved and corrected. Do not try to cross
over. Ii you do you will be failure as
woman and only nondescript of man.
We already have enough intellectual and
moral bankrupts IL our sex without your
coming over to make worse the deficit
Ii my text, as By parable or figure OF
speech, it is laadc evident that Moses, the in
spired writer, as vehemcntly as ourselves,
rcyrchcndc,l the efrcEiinate man and the
masculine woman: "The woman shall not
wear that which pcrteineth unto man,
neither shall Z man put on a woman's gar
mcnt: for all that do so are abomination unto
TIC Lord, thy God"
aL;- text also sanctions fashion. Indeed, it
sets fashionl Thercisa great deal of sense
less cant ON the subject of fnsliiol. a wo-
man or man vino docs not regard it is unfit
for good neighborhood. Tic only question is
what is right fashion and what is wrong
fashion. Before stop want to show you
that fashion has been one of the most potent
Of ieforneis one Of tho vilcso of usurpers.
Sometimes it has bcoI all angel from heaven
and ut others it las been the mother of abom-
nations As tho world grows better there