Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-02-21

spoken OF as occupying the "fore-
most position" of his church. He
has had the opportunities to travel
in Palestine, and for years has been
a preseason orthodoxy in the Uni.
versity here.
He is the author of book "Thc
Canon and the Text" which bears
directly upon the point Of Biblical
inspiration.
Neither the book nor any utter
ance that I have heard, or heard
of, as coming from Prof. Nectar.
vey betrays any departure from the
most rigidly orthodox theories of
inspiration.
1 shall await his article with
great interest.
II Prof. McGarvey's article il
not already prepared l will pre-
sumo to suggest that one feature of
It be a reply to the position that
Hon. WEIGH has taken regarding
the first eleven chapters of Genesis.
IF it should result in a corre-
spondence upon that subject SINH
lar to that between Gladstone and
Ingersoll, or that between Tnger-
soil and Rev. Field, both of which
were conducted in the North Amer
lean Review, ] think it would i'm
mensely attract attention to The
Arena in Kentucky and Ohio, and
also in Missouri where Prof. Nc
Garvey is widely and favorably
known.
An article upon Woman's Dress
by Frances E. Russell has so i'm
pressed me that I make the ques-
ton the subject Of special consider
alton in this issue of my paper.
Under the head of "Morals and
Fig Leaves" Mrs. Helen London
writes an article about dancing,
theater going, decollete in dress, the
nude in art, the ballet, and all
thoughts german thereto.
Her position is that young men
and young women ought to be told
plainly about many matters which
are ordinarily thought improper for
domestic journalism.
A sample of her Ground unvar.
nished" way of talking is as fol-
lows:
Fright here lies a most certain
truth that we ourselves educate
our children in evil. 1t is plain
that if we taught them that a
woman's bosom is a part of her
body entitled to the highest honor
and respect, without evil in itself,
and without reason for evil, no one
would find shame in it.
If we taught that a woman's leg
is as honorable portion of her as
a mans is of him, and with no
more evil in it, none would be
found. We teach that they are
full of evil and should be hidden
from VIEWS it any wonder, then,
that men should want to see them?
Is it strange that our young men
and old-cruwd the spectacular
drama, and find too often only
lustful pleasure in beholding the
most beautiful outlines earth can
show-the outlines of a woman's
form?"
1t is evident from this that Mrs.
London's position ON this subject
is the opposite Of that of the article
of Elizabeth Stewart Phelps which
l sometime ago recommended to
young ladies to read.
To the article of Mrs. Phelps
Col. Ingersoll wrote a reply in
which he opposed her, and took
the same ground that Mrs. London
does here.
l must acknowledge that as to
the merits of the discussion, the
views of which are so
antipodal, / am as yet at sea, and
must await further development.
A general proposition in favor
of Mrs. London is that intelligence
begets virtue and ignorance begets
vice, and l can not see why this
rule will not apply as well to the
subject under discussion as to
others.
But to Prohibitionist the
browning article of them all is the
editors personal tribute to Prohi-
bition.
The greater part of his editorial
on this subject l published in my
last issue.
His utterances have a force that
they could hardly have as coming
from any man who has specially
committed himself to opposing the
liquor traffic. He knows OF no
for the curse except to
crush it, aud kill it just as we do
snakes. He speaks of it as ga
traffic which has proven itself the
most unmitigated curse that ever
has visited the EARTH"
He says "the rumseller is
greater curse to the community
than a professional thief; that
saloon is a more positive evil than
a shanty filled with smallpox pa