Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17


syndicates having charge of these matters
inform me that every week there Afe new
3. 6OO, 900 copies Of my 'discoursos pub-
shed in this country, and about 4, OOt. 600
m other lands, whether English speaking
countries or by translation IN many foreign
tongues. want people 70 understand
that it is all in answer toaprayer 10 God
hat this opportunity has come, and i pray
for grace to occupy the field. lis not,
therefore, presumptuous whom ] give wide
scope to these discourSes ard address them
4tothe Women Of america, with Important
Hints to Men. Il AZ
God thought womanly attire Of enough
Importance to have u discussed ID the
Bible. Paul, the apostle. BY no means :
sentimentalist, aud accustomed 70 dwell on
the great themes OF God and the resurrec.
ton, writes about the arrangement Of NO.
and in my text Moses, his ear VI flled
with the thunder of Mount Sinai, declares
that wemanly attire must be- n marked
contrast with masculine attire, and iufrac-
ton Of that law excites the indignation Of
high Heaven. just in proportion al the
morals Of q county Or an age are depressed
is that law defied. Show me the fashion
plates of any century, from the time OF the
deluge to this, and / win tell you the exact
state Of public morals. Bloomeriem In 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 indecency. Yet ever and anon we have
Imported from France, or perhaps invented
on this side Of the sea, style that pro.
poses, as far as possible, to make women
dress like men, and thousands Of young
women catch the mode, until some one
inity, and the whole custom, by the good
sense of American womanhood, 10 OBJ
liberated.
The costumes Of the countries are differ
bnt and in the same country may change,
but there 10 Q divinely ordered dissimilar-
lily which must be forever observed. Any
divergence from this ID Administr 81
vice and runs against the keen thrust OF
the text, which says: The woman shall
mot wear that which pertaineth@ unto man,
neither shall . man put on . woman's gar
ment; for all that do SO are abOmination
unto the Lord thy God. :
Many years ago French authoress.5
signing herself George Sand, by her cor.
rupt but brilliant writings deprayed homes
and libraries innumerable, and was q
literary grandmother Of all the present
French and American authors who have
"AAssSAA GAAA0k6 4 Nv kAAWVk WVkH0 b0U6 S08y
have made her putrefaction quite, present
able. The French authoress put ON mas.
culine attire. She was consistent. Her
writings and her behavior were perfectly
accOrdant. ssS# Is A 81 ~ III ,sl,s
My text By Implication abhoss masculine
women and womenly mon. That . sicken-
ing thing It is to see q man copying the
speech, the walk, the manner Of woman,
The trouble is that they do not initiate 9
sensible women, but some female imbecile.
And they shipper, and. they 70 with mincing
step, and lisp, and scream at nothing, and
take on q languishing look, and bang their
mar, and are the nauseation Of honest
folks Of both sexes. oh, man, be- . mani
n lou belong to8quite respectable sex.
Inc Starting figure Of the human race was
man. Do not try to CROSS over, and so
become hybrid, neither one nor the other,
out failure, half way between.
IT., Allke Repayment are masculine women.
down the street with the stride Of walk-
ing beam. They wish they could smoke
Cigarettes, and some OF them do. They
. ni boisterously and try 10 sing bass.
lney DO not laugh, they roar. They can-
no. MOI quite manage the broad profanity Of
me sex they rival, but their Conversation
Is often half swear; and if they said = Oh,
LORD" in earnest prayer O. often as they
say 1t IN lightness they would be high MP
IN salnthood. Withal there is an assumed
lugoslty Of apparel, and they wear man
nat, only changed By being in two or three
places smashed in and dead canary
chnelng to the general wreck, and q mans
coat tucked in here and there according to
an unaccountable esthetics. Oh, woman,
seay womanl You also belong TO very
respectable sex The second figure Of the
aa aaN race was Q woman, and sometimes
ealuon improved and corrected. Do not
~ 70 cross over. re you do you will be q
aa'ture as a woman and only 5 nondescript
" man. We already have enough intel
Usual and moral bankfupts in our sex
wv Hhnnout your coming over TO make worse
en- IN my text, as by . parable Of figure Of
ia peecn, 1t is made evident that Moses, the
s asspfed writer, % vehemently az our
ewes ao reprehended i the effeminate man
s a ~ !he masculine woman: sThe woman
sna.l not wear that which pertaineth unto
sol man, neither shall q. man put on q
a JhUnan's garment: FOR all that desc are
"oMVm 'a unto the Lord, thy God.
II 10y text also sanctions fashion. Indeed,
saa se.s fashion! There 10 great deal Of
An Ms cant on the subject Of fashion.
nn Sem "a OF man who does not regard 81 10
annt Tor good neiphborhood. The. only
question; y is what is right fashion and what
a - wrong fashion. before stop i want %
snow you that fashio nS - bsen. ons'of tie
v ,IIs. .petent Qf refofmSss and one of tho
~ ae ~ o. usushers. Sometimes it Has been
h h. anger from He1s6n ana at other it has
wn "I me mother Of denominations. sAsthe
s so.la crows better there nm IS = .much