The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-16


chandeliers you hang over such woman
and all the robes Yith which you enwral
her,yand all the ribbons with which yoI
adorn her. and all tho bewitching charm
with which you embank her footsteps ar
the ribbons and flowers OF horrible
butchery. 1
As il TO show how wretched gooC
woman may be in splendid surrounding
we have two recent illustrations. two duca
palaces in Great Britain. They are III,
focus Of the best things that are possible il
art, in literature, in architecture, the nc
cumulation OF other estates until thcil
wealth is beyond calculation and theil
grandeur beyond description. One OF the
castles has n cabinet set with gems that
cost 81, 5OO,O 900, and the walls OF it bloom
with Rembrand,s, and Claudcs, and Pous.
SINS and Guidos, and Ra.haels. and there
are Southdown flock in summer graz.
inc on its lawns. and Arab steeds prancng
ut the doorways on the first open day at
the kennels From the one castle the duch-
ess has removed with her children be-
cause she can no longer endure the
orgies Of her husband, the duke, and In
the other castle the duchess remains con-
fronted by insults and denominations in the
presence OF which do not think God or
decent society requires q good woman TO
remain. Alas for those ducal country
seatsl They, on Il large scale, illustrate
what on smaller scale may be seen in
many places, that without moral character
in husband all the accessories of wealth
are In wiie's soul nntalAtions and
mockery. When Abigail finds Nabal, her
husband, beas,ly drunk as she COMES
home from interccding for his fortune and
life. it was no alienation that the old
brute had possessions in Carmel and twas
very great, and had 5000 sheep
and 1000 goats" and he the worst
goat among them. The animal in
his nature seized the soul in its mouth and
ran off with it.
Before things are right in this world,
gcntoel villains are TO be expurgatcd. In
stead OF being welcomed into respectable
society because of the amount OF stars and
garters and medals and estates they repre-
sent, they ought TO be fumigated two or
three years before they arc allowed with
out peril 10 themselves 10 put their hand
on the door-knob OF a moral house. The
time must come when masculine estray
viii be as repugnant 10 good society rs a
feminine ostray. and no coat OF arms or
family embluonry or cpaulet can pass n
Lothario unchallcngcd among the sancti-
ties OF home life. by what law OF God or
common sense IL an Absalonl better than
n Dclilah, Don Juan better than u
MessalinaY The brush that paints the one
black must paint the other black But
what spectacle II was when last summer
much ol "watering place" society went
Wild with enthusiasm over an unclean for
eign dignitary, whose name, in both
hemisphers is n synonym for proiligacy,
and princcsscs Of American society, from
all parts OF the land, had him
ride in their carriages and sit
at their tables, though they
knew him 10 be- portable lazarctto,
OF moral putreiaction, his
breath typhoid, his foot that Of Satyr
and hs touch death. Here il an evil that
mon cannot stop, but women may. Keep
all such out OF your parlos, have no rccog.
milton for them in the street and no more
think OF allying your life and destiny with
theirs than gales from Araby" would
consent TO pass the honeymoon with an
Egyptian plague. All that money or social
position a bad man brings 10 woman in
marriages. splendid despair, n gilied bor-
ror, a brilliant agony, a prolonged death,
and the longer the marital union lasts the
more evident will be the fact that she
might better never have been born. Yet
you and | have been at brilliant weddings
where before the ieast was over the bride
groom's tongne was thick and his eye
CLASSY and his step a slaggcr rs lac clicked
glasses with Jolly comrades. all going with
lightning limited express tmin TO the fatal
A..
and n lost eternity.
Woman, join not your right hand with
such right hand. Accept from such an
one no jewel for finger or ear, lest that
sparkle Of precious stone turn ont 10 DO
the eye Of basilisk. and let not tho ring
come ON the finger Of your right hand, lest
that ring turn out 10 be one link OF a
chain that shall bind you in ncycr-cnding
captivity. In the Of God and heaven
and home, In the name Of all time and all
eternity forbid the bansl Consent not
To join one OF the many regiments Of
women who have married for worldly sue.
cess without regard To moral character.
II you are ambitious, D woman, for
noble aiIlancing, Why not marry king3
And 10 that honor you airs invited
by tho Monarch Of heaven and earth,
and this day q voice from the skies sounds
forth AS the bridegroom rcjoiceth over
tbs bride, ~ shall thy God rejoice over
thee" lat him put upon thee the ring Of
this royrd marriage. Here IL an honor
worth reaching after. by repentance aud
faith YOU may come into marriage with
the Emperor OF universal dominion, and
you may, be- m Empress unto God forever,
and reign with hin ia palaces that the cen
turtles cannot cfumblc or oannonadcs de.
molish.
High worldly marriage Is not necessary
Tor woman, OF marriage ot any kind In or.
der IN your happiness. Cclibacy has been
honorcd 10y the best being that ever lived
and his greatest apostle, Christ and Paul.
What higher honor could single life on
earth havcl But what YOU need, q wom.
an, Is 10 be- aihincci forever and forever,
an d the bans OF that marringl am this
moment hero aud now ready Ia publish
let the angels NJ heaven bend from their
galleries OF light 10 witness while pro.
nouncc you one a loving God and for
given soul One 0i the most thrilling pass.
ages IN history with which am acquant-
cd tells IA how Cleopatra, the cXilcd Queen
Of Egypt, won the syinpaihics Of julius
Caesar, the conqucnJr, until he became the
bridegroom aud she the bride. Driven
from her thuno, she sailed away on the
Mediterranean sea In storm, and when
the large ship anchored she put out with
one womanly friend In small boat, until
she arrived at Alexandria, whcrp WIS
Caesar, the grrat general. Knowing that
She would not be permitted 10 land or pass
the guards on the way To C,usar's palace,
shc laid upon the bottom Of the boat sumo
shawls and scaris aud richly dyed uphol.
stcry, and then lay down upon them, and
her friend wrapped her in them. and she