The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-18
ABOUT SHOW.
FALSE SHOW DISASTROUS.

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finest of trees, yields no fruit:
diniies. the sh,nIest or men. geneI-
ally have no sense; and ball room
bells. the loyliest of creatures, are
very often ditto.
DaOdles are only useful in keep
!ng up the standard of dress, when,
but for them, would deterlovate and
become, what some old folks would
have it, a matter, Of convenience
and not of taste.
Yes, ike dandles we'll enough.
on one condition, namely; that they
have pluck that lies at the bottom
of all true daudylsm
There are thousands of fops, made
by art TO one fool made by nature.
How ridiculous sight is young
gallant, that bristles with hi>
plumes, and shakes his giddy head.
and no other purpose than 20 get
possession Of mistress as much
trltle as himself
A man OF wit may sometimes be
a caXcombe; but man of judge
ment can never lie.
A beau dressed out is like
cinnamon tree,-the bar is worth
more than the body.
Fops are more attentive to what
is snowy than mindful of what is
necessary.
A fop of fashion is said TO be the
MERGERS friend, the taiIors tool aud
his own foe
Show and substance may be
united as an object and its shadow,
the sun and his glory, the soul and
the body, love and its face Of sweet
ness. And from this, men have as
sociated them SO closely that they
often mistake the one for the Other:
and hence have sought for show as
though it were substance, and
deceivers have put the former
in place of the latter that they may
cheat the world thereby.
Show paints the bypocrites cheek
aud ways the lions tongue.
To discriminate between show
and substance, is the work of an
extraordinary judgment, and is
that upon which the excellercy and
strength of cur life in no small de-
gree depend.
There is show without substance;
there Is substance without show;
there is Substance aud show TO-
gether.
Dandles aud fopl are Hike body
without SOU; powder without Il
ball; Lightning wlthut tbundelboIt
1t is dress Oh a doll, paint ou sand /.
We see much OF this in tue world
in respect to everything valuable.
The counterteiter gives the show OF
gold to bis base coins, and the show
of vaIuble to his lying baDk-note.
| The thief hangs out the appear
ance of honesty on his face, aud the
liar is thunderstruck II any one
suspects him of ialsiiyiDg. The
nk-rupt carries about with HIM
the ensign Of wealth.
The fop puts on the masquerade
of dignity and Importance; aud tie
poor bel!-, " hose mother washes 70
bay her ilannelS, outsbiues the
peeress OF the cou;t.
Many table steams With costly
! ylands for which the last cent had
been paid, aud many a coat, sleek
aud black. swings on the street and
ia tue salOon on which the tailor
has IL moral mortgage.
Often do the drawing-rOom and
parlor, the ward robe and the coach
speak OF wealth and standing
whereas, if they were not dumb
they would cry out, at Is all lie. y
This is show without substance IL
domestic life. 1t Is the graudest
life of the world and cheats more
poor people out Of their blIth llghts
than any other species OF wicked
show. The thoughts and labor auG
money and credit OF such persons
are speut 10 fabricate gorgeOu'
cheat to the world, to themselves
appear to be what they are not;
wbcu, il they would be hone,i. Al.
labor inr the lIuc substances ~ i'tf
jn,., i. II, II, 10 I-tiIii \ ha. III,
rto.ui.tly .t- 1u+y cue1'
tnelr souls ouL Vi honesty add .
respectable aud comfortable mora
character: their bodies out of the
substance OF a good living: tbcm
selves ont Of u good name among
tneIr fellows: yea, they cheat ever
thing except tue very world they
intend to cheat. The world see,