Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-06

BaoOKLYN, August 5.-Rev. Dr.. Tai
mage, who is now 10 Melbourne, Aus
lralia, on his rOund-the-wOrld tour, has
chosen as the subject 81 his sermon for
to-day through the press: The Tragedy
OF Dress" the text selected being, Pet.
$50, 4, "Whose sdorning let il not be
that outward adorning OF plating the
hair, or the wearing Of gold, or OF put
tag on OF apparel; but let it be the hid
len 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.
Tha, We SHOULD all, as far as our means
allow US, be beautifully and gracefully
sppareied is proved by the fact that
God never made q wave but lie gilded il
with golden sunbeams, or a tree but He
garlanded it with blossoms, or sky
but lie studded it with stars, or allowed
even the smoke Of furnace TO ascend
but He eolumned and turretted and
domed aud scrollsd II into outlines Of
indescribable gracefulneSs. When /
see the apple orchards OF the spring
and the pageantry OF the autumnal for
ssts l come 20 the conclusion that II
nature ever does join the church, while
she may be q Quaker in the silence OF
her worship, she never will be a Quaker
In the STYLE of her dress. Why the
nOtches of a fern leaf, or the stamen
of a water lily? Why, when the day
departs does IL let the fOlding-dOOrs of
heaven stay ODen so long, when IL might
20 In so quickly? One summer morn
Ing saw an army Of a million spears,
each one adorned with a diamond OF
the first water-I mean the grass with
the dew On IL. When the prodiRal came
hone his father not only put coat on
his back, but jewelry on his hand.
Christ wore a beard. Paul, the bach
elor apostle, not afflicted with any san
timentality. admired the arrangement
OF WOman'S hair when be said, in his
epjstls, "if woman have long hair, it
Is a glory unto her." There Will be a
fashion in heaven as on earth. but 10
will be q different kind Of fashion. 1t
will decide the color OF the dress; and
the population of that country, By a
beautiful law, will wear white. / say
these things as background TO my ser
mon. TO show you that l have no prim,
precise, or cast-irOn theories on the
subject OF human apparel. But
THE GODDESS OF FASHION
Has set up her throne in this world,
and at the sound Of ths timbrels we ara
all expected 10 fall down aud worship.
The old and new testament Of her bible
are the fashion plates. Her affairs
smoke with the sacrifices OF the bodies,
minds and sOuls Of ten thousand vic
tins. In her temple four people stand
in the organ-loit, aud from them there
comes down a cold drizzle OF music,
freezing on the ears OF her worShippers.
This goddess of fashion has become n
rival OF the Lord OF heaven aud earth,
aud il is high time that we unlimbered
our batteries against this idOlatry.
When | come to count the victims OF
fashion, find as many masculine as
feminine. Men are as much the idOla-
tors OF fashion as women, but they sac
rifce on a different part OF the altar.
With men the fashion goes 10 cigars
and club-rooms aud yachting parties
and wine supperS. In the United States
the men chew up aud smoke one hun
dred millions of dollars worth Of tobac-
co every year. This is their fashion.
In London, not long ago, man died
who started ia life with seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
but be ate II all up in gluttOnies, Send
ing his agents 70 al parts Of the earth
for some rare delicacy for the palate
sometimes one plate OF food costing him
three or four hundred dollars. He ate
up bis whole fortune, and had only one
guinea left; with that he bought
wOodcOck, aud had ii dressed in the
very Test style, ate 10, gave two hours
for digestion, then walked out on West
minister bridge and threw himself into
the Thames, and died, doing on a large
scale what you and | have often seen
dOne on a snail scale. But men do not
abstain from millinery and elaboration
Of skirt through any superiority and
humility. Ii is only because such APP
peudages would be blockade TO buSi-
ness What would saShes and trains
three and a half yards long do in stock
market? Aud yet men are the disciples
oi fashion just as much as women.
Some of them wear boots so ti9ht they
Csu hardly walk in the paths OF right
eousneSs. And there are men who buy
expensive suits OF clothes and never
pay for them, and who go through the
streets in great stripes OF color ike AMI
rr.oFaA nhanLsar -hnnrHe fhnaa
things because want 20 show YOU that
] am Impartial in my discourse, and
that both sexes, in the language Of the
SurrOgate's Office, shall ''Share and
share alike" As God may help me,
shall show you what are the destroying
and deathiul influences Of inOrGinate
fashion.
The first baleful influence / notice is
in fraud, il.imitaOle and ghastly. Do
you know that Arnold Of the revou-
zion proposed TO sell his country in
order 10 get money TO support his wife's
wardrobe? declare here before God
and this people that the effort TO keep
up expensive establishments in this
country is sending more business men
To TEMPORARY PERDITIOS
than all other causes combined. What
was il that sent Gilman TO the peniten-
tiary, aud Philadelphia Morton 70 the
watering OF stocks, aud the life insur-
snce presidents 10 Derjured statements
about their assets, aud has completely
upset our American finances? What
was il that overthrow the United
States Secretary At Washington, the
crash Of whose fall shook the CONT
nent? But why should l 90 10 these
famous deisuitinys TO show what men
will do in order 10 keep up great home
stYla and eNnenSiVa wardrnha Nhan