Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-30
A DivineIY Ordered Dissimilarity in
the Attire of Man and Woman
Which Must be Observed
EffsminRte Men and Masculine Wo-
men RepHgnsHt A Glass Sanctioned
by Neither God nor Fashion.
Fashion Ono of the Most Potent of Re
formers ana Oae OF the ViIest OF
Usurpers, According TO How'll
is Used.
mpoMrNIoN OF FAsaIoN.n

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Jan. 29.-The Rev
T. Dewitt Tslmsge, D D., preached to,
day IN the Brooklyn Tabernacle the fourth
of the series Of Sermons to the Women
Of America, with Important Hints to
Men" The subject of the sermon was
Dominion of Fashion," and the text
was from Deuteronomy xxi, 8: "The
t8ineth unto nan, neither shall man
put on womsn's garment: for all that
do so are sbomiustiOn unto the Lord Thy
GCd." DR.. TalmAge said:
In this, the fourth sermon of the series
Of sermons, wish those who hear to bear
il mind that take into consideration not
only those whom have before me on
Sabbath days, but the wider audience
opened through the printing press, and
while some things may not be partiCu-
larly appropriate for one locality, they
sre appropriate for many other lccsli-
ties. And here 1 will tell secret that
have never before told in public. About
twenty years ago l began to pray thst
d would open 70 me the opportunity
Of preaching through the secular news
paper press. The religious papers in
which my sermons had been published
chiefly went to positively religious fAmi-
lies. So [ asked God for
THE WIDER FIELD
in which to proclaim the great truths OF
religion and good morals. In strange
WSy the answer came. And the syndi-
Gates having charge OF these matters in
form me that every week there are now
Is, 900, 900 copies Of my disCourses pub
lished in this country, and about 4,000,-
600 in other lands, whether English
speaking countries or by translation in
many foreign tongues. 1 want people
TO understand that it is ell in
answer to prayer to God that this oppor-
tuntty has come, and pray for grace to
occupy the field. 1t is not, therefore,
presumptuous when 1 give wide scope to
these discourses, and address them "to
the women of America, with important
hints to men,"
God thought womanly attire of enough
Importance to have it discussed in the
Bible. Paul, the apostle, by no means 8
sentimentalist and accustomed to dwell
on the great themes of Goo and the res
direction, writes about the arrangement
Of Woman's hair and the style OF her Jew
elry, and in my text Moses, his ear yet
filed with the thunder of Mount Sinai,
declares that wOmanly attire must be in
marked contrast with masculine sttire,
and intraCtiOn of that Law eXcites the in
dil alton of high heaven. Just in pro-
portion as the morals of a country or an
age are depressed is that law defed.
Show me the fashion plates of any centu-
~ from the time OF the deluge to this,
and | will tell you the exact state of pub
lie morals. BIoomerism in this country
years ago seemed about to break down
this divine lsW, but there was enough
Of good in American society to beat back
the indeceuCy. Yet ever and anon we
have imported from France, or perhaps
invented on this side the sea, style that
proposes as far as possible to make Wo-
men dress like men, and thousands OF
young women
CATCH THE MODE
until some one goes little too far in I'M
itation of Insecurity, and the whole Gus
tom by the good sense OF American Wo-
manhood is obli,ereted.
The costumes of tie countries are diff
feTent, and in the same country may
dissimilarity which must be forever OBJ
served. Any divergence from this is ad-
ministrative of vice, and runs against the
keen thrust of the text, which says:
" The woman shall lot wear that
which pertIineth unto man, neither shall
q man put on d womau's garment; for sll
that do so are sbOminGtion unto the Lord
thy God"
Many years sgo . French suthoress,
signing herself George Sand, by her cor
ruptbut brilliant writings deprsved homes
and libraries innumerable, and was lit
erary grandmother of ell the present
French and American authors who have
written things so much worse that they
have made her putrefactions quite pre-
sentsble. That French authores siout on
masculine attire. Sac was consistent
Her writings and her behavior were per
feCtly accordant.
My text by implication aOhors mascu-
line women and womAnly men. What 8
sickening thing it is to see q man copying
the speech, the walk, the msnner of s
woman. The trouble is that they do not
initiate a sensible woman, but some fe
male imbecile. And they shipper, ent
they go with mincing step, and lisp, AND
scream at nOthiug, and take on Ian
gushing look, and bang their hair, and
are the nauseation of honest folks o.
both sexes. Oman, be msn! You be-
long to quite respectable sex
The starting figure Of the human
race WAS man. Do no
try 20 cross over and SO becou e hybrid
neither ore nor the other, but failure,
HALF WAY BETWEEN.
Alike repugnsnt are masculine women
They copy mans stalking gait and gt
down the street with the stride of {
walking beam They wish they coulC
smoke cigarettes, and some of them do
They talk boisterouslY and try to sins
bass. They do not laugh, they roar. They
cannot quite manage the broad profanity
of the sex they rival, but their converse
ton is often 8 halloween; Snd il they
said 40 Lord" in earnest prayer So otter
as they say it in lightness they would bC
high up in saiDthood. Withal there is ST.
assumed rugositY of sppsrel, and they
Wesr mans hat only changed by being il
two or three places smashed in and deat
canaY clinging to the general wreck, snt
a msn's coat tucked in here and there
sccording to an unsccountable esthetics
o woman, stay womsnl You also be.
long to very respects BILE sex. The sec
Ond figure OF the human race was 9
woman, and sometimes second edition
of volume is the first edition improved