The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-16
THE DRESS TRAGEDY

mage, who is now in Melbourne on his |
round the world tour, has chosen as the |
subject Of his sermon for today through |
tho press "Tne Tragedy of Dress, '" the
text selocted being l Peter iii, 3, 4,
"WhOse adorning let it not be that out
ward adornmg Of plating the hair and
the wearing of gold or OF putting on of
apparel, 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
in paradise with it's apparel of dark |
green. That we should all, rs far as
our means allow lib, be beautifully and
gracefully appareled is proved by the
fact that God never made wave but he |
gilded it with golden sunbeams, or tree
but he garlanded it with blossoms, or
sky but he studded it with stars, or al.
lowed even the smoke Of q furnace to
ascend but he coumned and turreted
and domed and scrolled it into outlines
OF lndescrlbable eracefulness. When
soc tho apple orchard of the spring and
the pageantry of the autumnal forests,
come TO the conclusion that if nature
ever docs join tho church, while che may
be Quaker In tho silence of her wor.
snip, sne never will be Quaker in the
style OF her dress. Why the notches of
lern Leaf or the stamen of water lily?
why, when the day departs, does 1t let
Tho folding doors OF heaven stay open 80
long, when it might 20 in so quickly?
ono summer morning l saw an army
OF million Bpeare, each one adorned
With diamond Of the first Water-I
mean the grass with the dew on it.
When the prodigal came homo, his father
not only put coat on his back, but
JeWelrY on his hand. Christ wore a
beard. Paul, the bachelor apostle, not
am lctcd with any sentimentality, ad.
mlred the arrangement of woman's
hair when he said in hls epistle, "Ifa
woman have long hair, it Is glory unto
her." There will be fashion in heaven
as on earth, but 1t will be a different kline
OF fashion. II will decide the color O
The dress, and the population of thai
country, by beautiful law, Will weal
white. say these things as back.
ground 10 my sermon, TO show you that
hhVo no prlm, precise, prudjsh or cast
IRON theories OIL the subject of human
apparel. But the goddess of fashion
mas set up her throne in this world, and
at the sound of the timbrels we are all
expected to fall down and worship. The
Old and Now Testament of her Bible are
The fashion plates. Her affairs smoke
VIII II the sacrifice Of the bodies, minds
ana souls Of 10000 victims. In her
temple tour people stand in the organ
lolt, and from them there comes down q
cold drxzle Of music freezing on the ears
OF her Worehipers. This goddess of FASH
ION has become rival of the Lord of
heaven and earth. and il is high time
tnat we unllmbered our batteries against
inns ldelatrY. Whom | come to count
Inc Victims OF fashion, find as many
masculine as feminine. Men make an
easy TRADE against woman, as though
she were the chief worshiper al this
ldolatrous shorine, and no doubt some
mon IN the more conspicuous part of the
pew nave already cast glances at the
moro retired part Of the pew, their look
q prophecy OF a generous distribution.
MY sermon shall be as appropriate for
one end of the pew rs Tor tho other.
Men are as much the idolatOrs Of fash.
ION as women, huL they sacrifice on
u'1erent part of the altar. With men
tho fashion goes to cigars and clubrooms
and yachting parties and wine Buppers.
In the United States the men chew IN
and smoke $l00,0OO,O0O worth of TO.
bacco every year. That's their fashion.
La London not long ago man died who
had started IN lite with $3.50, 900, but he
ate it allu in gluttonies, sending his
agents TO all parts of tho earth for some
rare deilcacy or the palate, sometimes
onO oo plate OF food coasting him $500 or
x4Vo. He ate up his whole fortune and
had only one guinea left. With that he
poug9t Woodcock, had it dressed in the
, xory Dest style, ate 1t, gave two hours
lor algestlon, then walked out on West |
munster bridge and threw himself into |
tle Ihames and died, doing on large
scale what you and have Otter seen |
u0ne on small scale. But mon do not |
aCs!aln az s from millinery and elaboration
ot skift through any superiority of humi.
IVY. IL is only because such append
aseb would be blockade to business.
,What What would sashes and trains 81 wards
,ong ao IN stock market2 And vet men
%o the disciples of fashion just as much
az. 40 w;Smen. ;. Some Of them wear boots
so' .ght they can.hardly walk in tho paths
wha WI at'ssnteousness. s Aud there are men
rn "no ouy expensive suits of clothes and
thn osot pay lof thom, and who 20 though
anI,.t nT oe.ootS IN great stripes Of color, like
n'eu th;aaa f checkerboards. 1 say these
Ihlngs because want to show you that
am impartial in my discourse. and and that t
both sexes, in the language Of the surro. ,.
gates Office, shall ''shere and sharo
alike" AS God may help me-, T % shall
show you what are the DESTROYING % and
z deathiul influences of inordinate fasbion
Inc ilrst baleful influence I notice Ia
IN fraud, illlmitable and ghasty. DO Won
known that Arnold of tho Reyoluiion
proposed to soil his country In order to
got money to support his wife's ward.
robep [ declare here before God and
this people that tho effort to keen up OK.
pensiye establishments In this conntrv
is sending moro business mon to temno.
raj ,perdltion than all other causes
( combined. What was Il that
sent Gilman to tho penitentiarv'
ana Philadelphia Morton TO tbe |
Watering s''fg OF stocks, and the life in.
sarence presidents to periured stata. |
ments ,I about their aseets, and has Com, com
plstely upset our Amsr@icsa @ m iinanessp @