Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-06

! continenD Bat Why rhonll ] 20 10 thee
! famous defaul;ings 20 show what mon
will do IN order 70 keep up great home
style and expensive wardrobe when you
and know scores Of men who are put
10 their wits end and are lashed from
January 10 December in the attempt
Our politicians may theOrize until the
expiration Of their terms Of Office az 10
the bestway Of improving our monet "
condition in this country. IL will be Of
/ 20 use, and things will be no better un-
Ill we can learn to put on Our heads
and backs and feet and hands no more
than we can pay for.
There are clerks in stores and banks
on limited salaries who, in the vain
attempt TO keep the wardrobe Of their
family a. shOwy as other folks ward
robes, are dying Of muffs and diamonds
and shawls and high hats, and they
have nothing left except what they give
20 cigars and wine supperg, and they
| die before their time, and they will cz-
pcct ~ ministers 10 preach about them
as though they were the victims Of ear
ly picty, nid afnr high class funeral,
With silver handles at the side Of tho
coffin Of extraordinary brightness, it
viii be found ont that the undertaken
Is cheated cat Of his legitimate expenses.
Do not send 70 ne 10 preach the funeral
sermon Of a man WHO dies like that ]
win blurt cEt the whole truth and tell
that he was s:rangled 10 death by bis
wife's ribbons. Oar countries are dTc8g-
ed 10 death You ere not surprised 70
aad that the putting up OF one public
building in New York cot millions Of
dollars more I'an It ought 70 have cC8t
when you 0nd that the man who gave
mt the contracts paid more than 60, q.
0cO for his daughters wedding dress.
CGshmeres of a thousand dollars each
are not rare on Broadway tits estimat
I'd that there are 10, 600 women in these
two cities who have expended on their
personal array 81, 600 year
What are men TO do IN order 20 keep
up fuch home wardrObes? StcalY That
is the only respectable thing they can
dol During the last 10 years there have
been innumerable fine businesses ship.
wrecked on the wardrobe. The temptar
tion comes III this way: A man thinks
more Of his family than Of all the wo-ld
outside, and If they spend the evening
in describing 10 him the superior ward
robe Of the family across the street that
they cannot bear the sight Of the man
is thrown Oh his gallantry and on his
pride Of family and without translat
ing his feelings into plain language he
goes into extortion and issuing false
stock and skillful pcnmanship in writ
ing somebody else's name at the foot OF
a promissory note, and they all go down
together-the husband 10 the prison,
the wife TO the sewing machine, thC
children 10 be taken care Of by tbogl
who were called poor relations. Oh,
for some new Shakespeare to arise and
write the tragedy Of human clothesl
viii you forgive me If ! say in terg.
est shape possible that some Of the mei.
have to forge and to perjure and t.
swindle TO pay for their wives dressesi
l will say it whether you forgive me
or mott
Again, inordinate fashion is the foc
Of all Christian almggiying Men and
women put so much in personal display
that they often have nothing for God
and the cause Of suffering humanity. A
Christian man cracking his Palais Roy
al glove across the back by shutting up
his hand TO hide the cent he puts into
the poorbox. A Christian woman, at
the story of the Hottentots, crying co
pious tears into a $25 handkerchief and
then giving 2 cent piece to the collec-
tion, thrusting it under the bills so peo.
pie will not know but it was a $40 gold
piece. One hundred dollars for incense
to fashion; 2 cents for God. God gives
us 80 cents out Of every dollar The
other 10 cents by command Of his Bible
belong TO him. Is not God liberal ac'
cording TO his tithing system Laid down
in the Old Testament? Is not God lib.
eral in giving us 80 cents out of dollar
when he takes but l02 We do not like
that. We want TO have 90 cents for our
selves and for God.
Now, Would great deal rather stea!
10 cents from yOu than from God. ]
think one reason why great many peo'
pie do not get along in worldly accumu-
lation faster is because they do not OBJ
serve this divine rule God says, well,
If that man is not satisfied with 80 cents
of a dollar, then / will take the whole
dollar, and ! will give it 10 the man or
woman who is honest with me, " The
greatest obstacle TO charity in the Chris
tian church today is the fact that men
expend so much money on their table,
and women so much on their dress, they
have got nothing left for the work Of
God and the worlds betterment Ia my
first settlement at BelleYilie, H. j., the
cause Of missions was being presented
one Sabbath, and plea for the charity
Of the people was being made, when an
old Christian man in the audience lost
his balance and said right out IN the
midst OF the sermon, "Mr. Talmage,
how are we 10 give literally 10 these
grand and glorious causes when OuT
families dress as they dof' did not
answer that question. IL was the only
time in my life when had nothing ~