The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-06

BROOKLYN. Aug 5-Rev. DR. Tai
mage who is now in Melbourne. Aus
tralia. on his round-the-world tour,
has chosen as the su iect Of his sermon
for to-day through the press: The
Tragedy Of Dress" the text selected
being L Pet. iii; a. Whose adorn-
ing let it not be that outward adorn-
ing of plating the hair. and the wear
ing Of gold or Of putting on of APP
parel; but let it be the hidden man of
the heart
That we should all be clad is proved
by the opening Of the first wardrobe
in Paradise, with its apparel of dark
green That we should all as far as
our means allow MS. be beautifully
and gracefully appareled. is proved
bv the fact that God never made
wave but he gilded It with golden
sun beams, or q tree but he garlanded
it with blossoms, or a sky but he
studded it with stars. or allowed even
the smoke of a furnace to ascend but
columned and turreted and dOmed and
scrclled it into outlines OF indescrib-
able gracefulness- When / see the
apple orchards Of the spring and the
pageantry Of the autumnal forests
come to the con Inclusion that if nature
ever does join the church, while she
may be a Quaker in the silence Of her
worship. she never will be a Quaker
in the style Of her dress Why the
nctches Of a fern leaf. or the stamen
Of water lily? Why. when the day
departs, does it let the folding doors
of heaven stay open 50 long. when it
might 60 in so quickly2 One summer
morning I saw an army Of a million
spears. each one adorned with a dia-
mcnd of the nrst water-I mean the
grass with the dew on it, When the
prodiga1 came home his father not
only put coat on his back but Jew
elry on his hand Christ wore
beard Panl, the bachelor
apostle, not afflicted with any
sentimentality. admired the arrange
ment Of a woman's hair when he
said, in his epistIe, If n woman have
long hair, it is glory unto her"
There will be a fashion in heaven as
on earth but it will be a different
kind Of fashion It will decide the
color of the dress; and the population
Of that country. by beautiful law.
will wear white I say these things
a. a background to my sermon. to
show you that 1 have no prin. precise,
prudish CT cast iron theories on the
subject Of human apparel But the
goddess Of fashion has set up her
chrome in this world and at the sound
OF the tin brels we are all expected to
fall down and worship. The old and
new testament of her Bible are the
fashion plates Her affairs smoke
with the sacrifice Of the bodies. minds
and souls of ten thOusa nd victims In
mr. temple four people stand in the
ssgan loft. and from them there comes
n
an the ears Of her worshipers This
goddess of fashion has become a rival
Of the Lord Of heaven and earth and
1t Is high time that we unlim bered our
batteries against Il his idolatry- When
I come to count the victims Of fash
ion I find as many masculine as femi-
nine Men make easy TRADE against
woman, as though she were the chief
wolshiper at this idolatrous shrine,
and no doubt some men in the more
conspicuous part of the pew have al
ready cast elauces at the more retired
part Of the pew their look a prophecy
Of a generous distribution. My ser
mon shall be as appropriate for one
END Of the pew as for the other
Men are as much the idOlators Of
fashion as women. tut they sacrifice
on different part Of the altar With
ALI - LAC 4d1A-CAA OCc " cigars anu
club rooms and yachting parties and
wine suppers- IN the United States
the men chew up and smoke one hum
dred millions Of dollars worth Of to-
bacco every year That Is their fash
ion. In London not long ago a man
died who started IN life with seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
but he ate it all up IN gIuttonies,
sending his agents to all parts Of the
earth for some rare desicacy for the
palate. sometimes one plate of food
costing him three or four hundred
dollars He ate up his hole fortune,
and only one guinea left; with that he
bought a wOOdcock, and had it
dressed in the very best style, ate it,
gave two hours for digestion, then
walked out on Westminster brid &c and
threw himself into the Thames. and
died. doing CO a large scale what you
and / have often seen done on a small
scale. But men do not abstain from
millinery aud Ella bora ton of skirt
through any superiority of humility.
1t Is only because such apendages
would be a blockade TO business
What would sashes aud trains three
and a half yards long do in a stock
market And yet men are the disci-
pies OF fashion just as much as
women. Some Of them wear boots SO
tight they can hardly walk IN the
paths OF righteousness And there
are men who buy expensive suits of
clothes and never pay for them. and
who 60 through the streets in great
stripes of color like animated checker
boards / say these things because 1
want to show you that 1 am impartial
in my discourse. and that both sexes
in the language Of the surrogate's Of