The Progress., 1894-08-11

RR0oKLYy, Aug. 5-Rev. Dr.. Tai
mare, who is now in Melbourne. Aus
.raIia. on his round the-world tour,
has chosen as the subject of his sermon
FIR to-day through the press: The
TRAGEDY OF Dress the text selected
being ]. Pet. iii; St; "Whose adorn.
;np let it not be that outward adorn-
me Of plating the hair, and the wear
mo of gold. or of putting on Of ap-
rarel; but let it be the hidden man Of
the heart
That we should all be clad is proved
bv the opening of the first wardrobe
in Paradise, with its apparel Of dark
creen. That we should all, as far as
onr means allow us, be beautifully
and gracefully appareled, is proved
bv the fact that God never made o
wave but he gilded it with golden
nnbeams, or tree but he garlanded
IT with blossoms, or a sky but he
studded it with stars, or allowed even
4he smoke of furnace to ascend bnt
columned and turreted and domed and
scrolled it into outlines of indescrib-
able gracefuIness. When | see the
ample orchards Of the spring and the
papeantry of the autumnal forests |
come to the conclusion that if nature
ever does join the church, while she
NAV be Quaker in the silence Of her
Worship she never will be Quaker
in the STYLE of her dress Why the
notches of fern leaf, Or the stamen
Of a water lily? Why, when the day
departs, does it let the folding doors
Of heaven stay open so long, when it
might 60 in so quickly? One summer
morning I saw an army of million
spears each one adorned with a dia-
mond of the first water-I mean the
grass with the dew on it. When the
prodigal came home his father not
only put a coat on his back but jew
elry on his hand. Christ wore
beard. Paul, the bachelor
apostle, not afflicted with any
sentimentality, admired the arrange
ment of woman's hair when he
said, in his epistle, IF woman have
long hair, it is glory unto her"
There will be fashion in heaven as
on earth, but it will be 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 a background to my sermon, to
show you that have no prim precise,
prudish or cast iron theories on the
subject of human apparel But the
goddess of fashion has set up he1
throne in this world, and at the SOUND
Of the timbrels we are all expected tt
fall down and worship. The old ane
new testament of her Bible are the
fashion plates. Her affairs smoke
with the sacrifice of the bodies minds
and souls of ten thousand victims II
]. her temple four people stand in TIT
organ loft, and from them there comes
Down cold drizzle of music, freezing
on the ears of her worshipers. Thi
goddess Of fashion has become riva
Of the Lord of heaven and earth, ant
IL is high time that we numbered GU
batteries against this idolatry. Whel
come to count the victims of fash
ion, find as many masculine as femi
nine. Men make an easy TRADE agains
woman, as though she were the chic
worshiper at this idolatrous shrine
and no doubt some men in the NOR
conspicuous part of the pew have al
ready east chances at the more retire'
part Of the pew, their look prophec,
Of a generous distribution. My ser
mon shall be as appropriate for on
end of the pew as for the other.
Men are as much the idolators O
fashion as women, but they sacrifc
on different part of the altar. Wit
men the fashion goes to cigars an
club rooms and yachting parties an
wine suppers. In the United State
the men chew up and smoke one hun
dred millions OF dollars worth OF tt
bacco every year. That is their fash
ion. In London, not long ago, ma
died who started in life with seve
hundred and fifty thousand dollar:
but he ate it all up in gluttonies
sending his agents to all parts OF tn
earth for some rare delieaey for tn
palate, sometimes one plate OF foo
costing him three or four hundre
dollars He ate up his whole fortune
and only one guinea left with that b
bought a wood cock. and had
dressed in the very best style, ate il
gave two hours for digestion. the
walked out on Westminster bridge an
threw himself into the Thames, an
died, doing on large scale what 20
and | have often seen done on sma
scale But men do not abstain frol
millinery and elaboration OF Skin
through any superiority of humilis!
1t is only because such apendage
would be a blockade to bushes!
What would sashes and trains thre
and half yards long do in a stoe
market? And yet men are the disc
pies Of fashion just as much
women. Some of them wear boots S
tirht theu can hardly walk in t