Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-04

wnen always at home they look JUST So incy
would mako you believe thntsome nice sketch
Oh tho wall was the work of Il muster painter.
SIT Yves IN heirloom and once hung on the
walls OF Il castle; and duke gave it to their
grandfather" People who will not lie about
anything else will lie about a picture. On
small income we must make tho world believe
TINT wo ere nf!luent, and our lifo becomes
chcat, u counterfeit md sham.
Few people arc really natural and unaf-
fectcd. When say this do not mean to
SIR cultured manners. 1t is right that we
should have moro admiration for tho sculp-
tured marble thsn for tue unhcwn block of
tho quarry. From many circles in life fash
ion has driven out vivac;ty and enthusiasm.
A frozen dignity instead floats about the
room and iceberg Grinds against iceberg
You must not laugh outright, it is vulgar.
You must smile. You must rot dash rapidly
across tho room, you must glide. There is a
round OF bows, and grins, and batteries, and
obs and abs, and smperings and namby-
pambyism, q world OF which is not worth
one good, round, honest peal of laughter.
From such hollow roun,l the tortured guest
retires at tho close Of tho evening and assures
his host that lie has enjoyed himself.
Thus social life has been contortcd and de-
formed until, in some mountain cabin, where
rustics gather to the quilting or tho crple
pairing, there is more good cheer than in
. oil tho frcscocd leo houses OF tho metropolis.
We want III all the higher cir'cles-of society.
moro warmth OF heart and natuinlness of
behavior, and not SO many refrigerators.
Again: Wrong fashion is incompatible
with happiness. These who depend for their
comfort upon tho admiration Of others are
subject to frequent disappointment. Some
body will crircsc their appearance, OF sur
pass them in brilliancy, or will receive moro
attention. Oh, tho jealousy and distraction
and heart burnings of those who move in
this bcwildcred mazcl Poor buttcrfliesl
Bright wings Go not always bring happiness.
"Shc that livcth in pleasure is dead
while she livetll" Tho revelations of
high life that conc to tho chal-
lcago md the fight arc only occasional crop
pings out of disllietudcs that arc Under
ncath, like the stars o. heaven for multitude,
bus like Tho demons OF the pit for Late. The
nliscr;T that will tonight in the cellar cuddle
up in tho straw is nc. SO utter rs tho princcly
disquictudc that stalks through splendid
drawing rooms, broodng over the Sights
and oifcnscs of luxurious life. Tho bitterness
OF life seems not So uniting when drunk out
of pewter mug MS when it pours from the
chased lips OF GOLDEN cialicc In the sharp
crack of the yoluptaary's pistol, putting al
end to his earthly misery, J. hear tho conGr-
NATION that il Il hollow fastidous life there
is 10 peace.
Again: Devotion to wrong fashion is pro
ductivo of physical disease, mental im5ecil
ity and spiritual whitening. Apparel insult
Gent TO keep out tho cold and the rain, or so
fitted upon the person that the functions of
life are restrained; late hours filed with OK
element and fcas.ing; free drafts Of wine
that make orc net bcasaiy intoxicated, but
only fasl.ionably drunk, and luxurious indo-
lencc-arc tho ins:ruIacnis by which this
unreal life pushes its disciples into valetuGi-
n.rianism and tic grave. Along the walks
Of prosperous life death goes a-mowing-aGd
such harvests as arc rcapcdi Matcrin r.cdica
has been exhausted to find curctiyc3 for these
physiological GcvastatioIs. Dropsics, can
GERS, consu.nptions, Sout and almost ovcry-
ini;rmity in al the realm OF pathology hav-
been tho penalties paid. To countcrcct tho
damage pharmacy las gone forth with mo-
d,cane;it. ranacca, elixir, cmbrocatioD, salve
and cataplasm.
Tonight with swollen feet upon cushioned
ottoman, and groaiing with aches ianu:ner- i
able, will be the votaly of luxurious living,
not half so happy as his groom or coal beaver
Wrong fashion is the worlds undertaken, aid
drives thousands Of leGrscs to Greenwood
7 Il AL,
tl,:a tq T This SICILY f9lly issninte
proprieties and etiquette, patterns and styles,
is bedwarling TO the intellect. never know
q woman or o NH Of cXtromc fashion that
knew much low bclittling the Study OF
tho cut Of coat, CT the tic OF n cravat, or
the wrinkle in sleeve, or the color Of q rib
bon! How they are worried if something
gets united, or hangs awry. or is not nicely
adiusted With n mind capable of measuring
the height and depth of great subjects: able
to unravei mysteries, to walk through the
universe, to soar up into tic iniinity OF Gods
Notwithstanding perpccually over n ncv
style OF cloak! have known mon reckless
as to their character and regardless OF inter-
ests Inonlcntors and eternal, czaspcratcd by
tie shape of vest button. What is the
matter with that woman wrought up into
the agony of despair' On, her lnuT is out of
fasl,ionl
Worse than all-this folly is not satisfied
until il has c:itirpated every moral sentiment
and blasted the soul. a wardrobe is tho rock
upon which many q sou! has been riven. The
excitement of 4 luxurious Life has been the
vortex that has Swallowed up more SOUS than
the Maelstron OF Norway ever destroyed
ships. What room for clevating themes in o
heart filed with the trivial and ulTcall
Who can wonder that in this haste for sun
c;ldcd baublcs aId winged thistle down men
o:,d women should tumble into ruin? Tho
travellers to destruction are not I'LL clothed in
RAGS. On that road chariot jcstles against
chariot; and behind stccds in harness golden
plated and glttering, they so down, coach and
four, herald and position, racllcting on the
hoa pavcmcnts OF hell. Clear the track! Ba-
zaars hang out their colors over the road; and
trees OF tropical fruitrulnesS overbranch tho
way. No sound OF woe disturbs the air, but
all is light, and song, and wine ard gorgeous
ness Tho world comes OFT to meet the daz-
cling procession with "llurrah! hurrahl"
Dut suddenly there is o. halt and all cutlery of
dismay, and an overthrow worse t.ian the
Red sea tuabling upon the Egyptians.
Shadow of gravestones upon Gacst silk
Norwood squeezed into impaired Gobletsl
Death with ono cold breath witha-iag the
leaves and freezing the fountains.
In the wild tunult of the last day-the
mountains falling, the heavens flying, the
thrones uprising, the universe assembling;
amid the boom of tho lost great thunder peal
and under the cracking of q burning world
what will become of the disciple OF unholy
fnshion2
But watch the career of one thoroughly
artificial Through inheritance, or perhaps
his own skill having obtained enough for
purposes Of display, he feels himself thor
ourhly established. Hc sits aloof from the
common herd, and looks out of his window
upon the poor man and says: "Put that
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