Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-30
FASHIONS DOMINION.
DR.sTALNAGR'S SERMON TO THE WOMEN
OP AMERICA.
The Rules Of Pashion-Sancioned by the Scrip
tures-Ths Right and Wrong Ways Of 0bssrv-
Thsm-lDjuiss Of Excessive DsvO-
ton 10 Appearances.
Special Telegram TO the Register.

the series OF sermons to the women OF
America, with Practical Hints men," The
subject of the sermon was: Dominion of
Fashion" and the text was Deuteronomy
xxi o. THE women shall not wear that
which pertaineth unto man, neither shall
a man put on woman's garment; for all
that DO so are abominaticns unto the Lord
thy God" DR.. Talmage said:
God thought womauly attire Of enough
importance to have it discussed in the
Bple: Paul the Apostle, by no means a
sentimentalist, and accustomed to dwell
on the great themes of God and the resur-
rection, writes about the arrangement of
woman's hair and the style of her iewelry,
and in my text Moses, his ear yet filled
with the thunder of Mount Sinai, declares
that womaniy attire must Ds in marked
contrast with masculine attire, and infrac-
ton of that law iucites the indignation of
high heaven.
The costumes Of the countries are differ
ent, and in scme country may change, but
there is divinely ordered dissimilarity
which must be forever observed Any d.
vergence from this is administrative of
vice and runs against the keen thrust of
the text, which says: "The woman shall
not wear that pertaineth unto man,
neither shall man put on woman's gar
ment for all that do 50 are abomination
unto the Lord thy God"
My text by implication
ABHORS MASCULINE WOMEN
and womanly men. What sick ening
thing it is to see a man copying the speech,
the walk, the manner Of a woman. The
trouble is they do not initiate a sensible
woman, but some female imbeCile. And
they simper, and they go with mincing
step, and lisp, and scream at nothing, and
take on lapguishing look, and bang their
hair and are the nauseating of honest
folks OF both sex. o man, be q man!
You belong to quite respectable sex.
TIE starting figure of the human race was
man. Do not try to cross over, and 81
become hybrid, neither one nor the other,
but failure, halfway between.
Alike repugnant are masculine women.
They copy mans stalking gait and 60
dewn the street with the stride of a walk.
ing-beam. They wish they could smoke
cigarettes, and some of them do They
talk boisterously and try 10 sing bass.
They do not laugh, they roar. They can
not quite manage the broad profanity oi
the sex they rival, but their conversation
is often half-swear, and il they said &c
Lord" in earnest prayer as often as they
say it in lightneSs, they would be high up
in sainthc0d. Withal there Is an assumed
rugosity of apparel, and they wear mans
hat only changed by being in two OF
three places smashed in and a dead canary
clinging to the general wreck, and man's
coat tucked in here and there according tc
an unacCountable es,hetiCs o woman,
stay a woman. You also belong TO very
respectable sex. The second figure of the
| human race was q woman, and sometimes
a second edition of volume is the iirs,
edition improved and corrected. Do not
try to cross over. If you do you will be q
failure as woman and only nondescript
of a man. We already have enough in
telectual and moral bsnkrupts in our sex
without your coming over to make worse
the deficit.
Ny text also sanctions fashion. Indeed
1t sets fashion! There is great deal OF
senselesss cant on the subject of fashion
A woman or man who does not regard
it is
UNFIT FOR A GOOD NEIGHBoRHoOD.
The only question is what is right fasbior
and what is wrong fashion. Before | stoI
want to show you that fashion has been
one of the most potent of reformers anC
one of the vilest of usurpers. Sometimes
it has been an angel from heaven and a
Others it has been the mother of abomina
ton. As the world grows better ther,
will be as much fashion as now, but it vii
be righteous fashion. In the future
white robes always have been and always
will be in the fashion.
There is a great outcry against this sub
mission to social custom, as though any
consultation of the tastes and feelings o
Others were deplorable, but without it th'
world would have neither law, order, civil
ization, nor common decency. There
has been canonlzatlon o
bluntness. There are men auC
women who boast that they can tell yot
all they know and hear about you, es
pecially if it be unpleasant. Some have
mistaken rough behavior for frankness
when the two qualities do not belong t.
the same family. You have no right witt
YOUR eccentricities to crash in upon th'
sensitiyenese o. others. There is no virtu,
in walking with hoofs over fine carpets
The most jagged rock is covered will
blossoming moss. The storm that come'
iarring down in thunder strews rainbow
colors upon the sky and silvery drops OF
orchard and meadow.
The accomplishments of life are in NJ
wise productive OF effeminacy of enerva
ton. Good manners and respect for tht
tastes of others are indispensable. Th'
Good Book speaks favorably Of those wh'
are q peculiar" people; but that doe
not sanction the behavior OF queer people
There is no excuse, under any circum
stances, for not being and acting the lady
or gentleman. Rudeness is Sin. We have
no words too ardent to express our admi
ration for the
REFINEMENTs OF SOCIETY.
There is no law, moral or divine, to forbit
elegance of demeanor, or ornaments o
gold, or gems, for the person, artistic dis
play in the dwelling, gracefulness Of gai
and bearing, polite salutation or homes
compliments; and he who is shocked O
offended by these had better, like the OLE
Scythians, wear tiger-skins and take on
wild leap back into midnight bsrharism
As Christianity advances there will be bet
ter apparel, higher styles Of architecture
more exquisite adorments, sweeter music
grsnder pictures, more correct behavio
and more thorough ladies and gentlemen
But there is another story to be told
Wrong fashion is to be charged with man!
of the worst evils of society, and its pat
has often been strewn with the bodies o
the slain. It has often st up falls
standard by. which people are to b
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