Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-03
A DivineIY Ordered DissimiIarity II
the Attire of Man and Woman
Which Must be Observed,
EffemIHRte Men and Masculine We
men RepUgnant "A CIsssISancti toned
by Neither God nor Fashion.
Fashion One of the Most Potent of Re
formers and One OF the ViIest of
Usurpers, According TO How'll
Is Used,
"DoMNIoN OF FASHION"
speclal to the Gazette.

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 xii, 3: "The
woman shall not wear that which per-
taineth unto man, neither shall 8 man
put on woman's garment: for al thst
DO so are abominstion unto the Lord thy
Gud." DR.. TslmEge said:
In this, the fourth sermon of the series
Of sermons, wish those who hear to bear
in mind that take into consideration not
only those whom 1 have before me on
Sabbath days, but the wider audience
opened through the printing press, and
while some things may not be psrticu-
lsrly appropriate Tor one locality, they
are appropriate for many other locsli-
ties. And here l will tell 8 secret that 1
have never before told in public. About
twenty years ago began to pray that
G ID would open to 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 fsmi-
lies. So I asked God for
THE WIDER FIELD
in which to proclaim the grest truths OF
religion and good morals. In q strange
way the answer came. And the syndi-
Gates having charge of these matters in
form me that every week there are now
I3, 800, 900 copies of my discourses pub
lished in this country, and about 4,000,-
900 in other lands, whether English
speaking countries or by translation in
many foreign tongues. want people
TO understand that it is all in
answer to prayer to God that this oppor
tunity has come, and pray for grace to
occupy the field. 1t is not, therefore,
presumptuous when 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
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, mis- ear yet
filed with the thunder OF Mount Sinai,
declares that womanly attire must be in
marked contrast with masculine sttire,
sud infraction of that law excites the in
portion as the morals Of country or an
sge 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 mQ=Lls. Bloomerism in this country
years sEo 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 the sea, q 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
itAtlon of masculinity, and the whole Gus
tom by the good gense Of American Wo-
manhood is obli.ersted.
The costumes of the countries are diff
ferent, and in the same country may
change, but there is a divinely ordered
dissimilarity which must be forever OBJ
served. Any divergence from this is ad-
illustrative of vice, and runs against the
keen thrust Of the text, which says:
g The woman shall rot wear that
which pertaineth unto man, neither shall
man put on woman's garment; for all
that do so are abomination unto the Lord
thy God"
Many years ago French suthoress,
signing herself George Sand, by her cor
ruptbut brilliant writings depraved homes
and libraries innumersble, and was lit
erRry grandmother Of sill the present
French and American authors who have
written things SO much worse th8t they
have made her putrefRctiOns quite pre-
sentable. That French authoress put on
masculine attire. She was consistent.
Her writings and her behavior were per-
feCtly accordant.
My text by implication Gbhors msscu-
line women and womanly men. What
sickening thing 1t is to see man copying
the speech, the walk, the manner Of q
woman. The trouble is thst they do not
Initiate q sensible woman, but some fe
male imbecile. And they shipper, and
they 90 with miucing step, and lisp, and
scresm at nothing, and tske On q lam
gushing look, and bang their hair, and
are the ususestion Of honest folks of
both sexes. o man, be mani You be-
long to quite 8 respectable sex.
The starting figure of the human
race WIS a msn. Do not
try to CROSS over aud so beco hybrid,
neither one nor the other, but failure,
HALF WAY BETWEEN.
Alike repugnsnt are masculine women.
They copy mans stalking gait and go
down the street with the stride Of a
walking beam. They wish 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 CONVERSE
ton is often halloween; and IL they !
said 80 Lord" in earnest prayer as often |
as they say It in lightness they would be |
high up in sainthood. Withal there is an |
assumed rugosity OF apparel, and they |
wear mans hat only changed by being in |
two or three places smashed in and dead |
canary clinging to the general wreck, and |
mans coat tucked in here and there |
according to an unaccountsbie esthetics. |
o woman, stay womanl You also be-
long TO very respects BILE sex. The sec.
ond figure of the humsn race was a
woman, and sometimes second edition |
OF a volume is the first edition improved |
and corrected. Do not try TO cross over.
II you do, you will be failure ss q /
woman snd only a nondescript OF q man.
We already have enough intellectual and |
moral bsnkrupts in our sex without your |
coming over to make worse the deficit.
IN my text SIS by parable or figure OF
speech it is made evident that Moses, the |
inspired writer, 50 vehemently as our
SELVES ranrahendad tho effamfuAta man /