Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-08-11
THN IDOL or FASHION
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fRAGE0Y OF Dress


COMO Rival on tho LoSti of Heaven and
Earth-An Eloquent Discourse Oh tho
EsiIs Of Drces-
BRoOKLVk. Aug Brew. DE-. TAX
laaae, who is now in Molboufnc on bis
round tho world tour, has chosen as tho
subject OF his scrmon today through the
press ''The Tragedy of Dress the tsEt
selected being / Peter I'll. 8, 4, Whose
aoorning let II not be that outward
edognin9 Of plating The hair and tho
wearing Of gold or CT putting on OF hp-
parol, but Lon Ct be the hidden man; OF
the hsult "
g,hae we should all be clad ia proved
sy tho csepipg OF tho first wardrobe IN
psraAiee, with It's apparel Of dark green
Chat We should all, as fur as our means
allow us, be- beautifully and gracefully
Gpparolcd ia proved by Che eacs that G''a
popes raado wave hue no gilded iewita
ecsden aunbenns or tree bot he gar
lsndcd il with blossoms, or sky hnt h,
studded Ii with STARS, OF allowed oven t1e
enokc Of furnace 20 ascend but 81,
tolumned end tuI2eted aud domed aud
scgoncd AZ inho outlines OF indescribahls
e-noefulness. When 500 the apple or,
chs,yis OF the spring and the pageantr.S.
II vhe autonual forests, I como to tina
conclusion that, If nature does ever join
she church, while che may be Quake,
ia the. silence Of her worship. she never
wiz he o Quaker ia the style of her
d7ess why -he notches OF fern tess
" the etamen OF Il water lilyP Why,
rbon the day departs, docs IL Let tbs
folding doors Of heaven stay open so long
whom IL might 60 In 30 Quicklyf
One ermmer morning SOW on orrny
Of rnillSon speers, each one adorned
With diamond Of tie first wster-l
nean the grass, With the dow on IL.
When the prodigal came home, his ST.
ther roe only pct coat on his back,
bot jewelry on hts hand, =. Christ wore
beard Paul, the bachelor Spostle, not
afflicted with any eentiInentaliSy, ad-
,nfred the arrangement Of woman's
hair when he sold In his epistle, IF q
women hove long hair. 1t fs glory un.
10 her"
There will ba fashion In heavea %
on Garth. bit 1t will be different kind
Of fesh!on 1t will decide thS color Of
the dress and tho population ef that
country. by beautiful low. win wear
wh!A ! say these things as back
ground to my sermon TO show you that
hove no prim, precise prudish on cast
iron theories on tho sub5cot oS-ahuman
apparel But the goddess Of fashion has
set ny her throne In this world, and at
the sound OF the timbFels we are all es-
pected to fall down and worship. The
Old and New testament OF her Bible are
the fashion plates Her alters smoke
With ths sacrifice Of the bodies, minds
and souls of 10 900 victims. In beg
temple four people stand IN the orsa1n,
loft. and frora Thorn there comes down
o cold di1a1le Of music, freezing on the
eays Of her worshlpeEs. This goddess
q feshion has become rival Of the
Lord Of heaven ind earth. and 1t is high
time that We uplimbcred our batteries
aaainst this idolatry When I come to
count tho Victims of fashion, l lind as
many masouline as feminine Men make
a. oesy TRADE against woman, as though
sho were the chief worshiper ut this
sdolatrous shrina and NO doubt some
mep. in the pore conspicuous part Of the
peVfhevo already cast glancos at the
more retired part OF the pow, their look
prophecy Of generous distribution.
Ny sermon shall DO as appropriate for
one end u the pow as for the other.
Men are Us much the idolatoss Of fash
I'm as women, but they sacrifice on q
different part OF che altar. With men
the fashion goes TO cigars and clubrooms
and yachting parties and wine Shippers
In ito United States the men ohe% up
and smoke 500. 900, 900 worth Of to-
baooo every yeeF. fhat is their fashion.
In London not long ugo a man died who
started IN life with STG0, 900, but he ate
IL all up N giuttonics, sending his
agents 10 oil parts oi the earth for some
rare deliceoy for ahe palate, sometimes
che plate OF food costing MIN $500 or
e400 lie ate up his whole fortune and
had only guinea left With that be
bought woodcock and had it dressed
In the very best style. ato IT. gave two
hours for digestion. then walked out on
Westminster bridge and threw himself
into the Thames and died, doing on e
largo acaie what you and have often
seen done Oh small scale Dut men do
NO. abstain from millinery and elabora-
ton o{ skirt through any superiority Of
humility. 1t is only because such ap-
pondages would be % blockade to bust
mesa Whet would sashes and trains 3 IS
yards long 10 In stock marketF And
yet MEN are the disciples Of fashion
just az much as women Some OF them
wear boots 50 tight they con hardly
welA IN the paths Of righteousness And
there are mon wbo bay expensive suits
Of clothes and mover pay for them, and
who go through The streets In great
stripes Of color jke animated checker
boards l say these things because I
want TO show you that l am impartial
in my discourse, and that both sexes,
In the language Of the surrogete's Office
shaal "share and SHIRE alike as God
may help ma I shall show you what are
the destroying aud deathful influences
of inoFdineto fashion.
The first baleful influence notice Is
In fraud, illimitable and CHASTITY. Do
yop know that Arnold of the Rsvolu-
tson proposed to sell his country in or
Ger 70 get money TO support his wife's
wardrobe? I declare here before God
and this people that the effort to keep
up expensive establishments In this
country 10 sending more business mon
to temporal perdition than oil other
cauees combined What was 1t that sent
Gilman to Che penttentierX and Phila-
aelphia Morton to the watering of stocks
and the Ito insurance presidents sopcz-
jured statements about their assets, and
L mad