The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-09-19
DRESSING LIKE WOMEN.
a Time When Feminine Styles Were Psa-
ferred by Men.

4 Time When Feminine Styles Were Pre-
ferred by Men.
In point of fact, the early mediavak
man and woman lookea as much alike as
the fin de steele wheelman and his BIZ
cycle girl. Take the king and queen III
q pack of cards. They are early media
val. Notice the surprising similarity
in their oostumes-the same wide robes
and angular folds, the same stained
glass stiffness. Novioes at cards may be
excused for being at loss sometimes,
at least until they have learned to look
for the kings beard.
With che wane of the age Of chivalry
there came singular exaggeration in
the toilet of men. They deliberately
initiated the women. They allowed
their hair to grow long, cultivated ourls
by the hot irons and ointments and ace
sually wore chaplets, like diadems, to
curb their flowing locks. In the texture
and color of their garments they showed
the same effeminaey, for they began to
affect brilliant reds and blues and to
wear costly trimmings and jewelry.
This, too, was the age of the signing,
wailing lover, f&inting at his mistress
hown. Every knight who could write
or sing posed as a minstrel and re-
hearsed his love affairs At every gath.
aring of the nobility there was child.
ish prattle of love- cloying and monoto-
nous for very sweetness. The sexes
seemed to have changed places 1t was
the lover who was shy wallf1ower.
who dashed and went about woeful
and woe worn from his secret passion
As we look over the poems of the min
nesingers, those bards of love, the lady
seems always unapproaehable, listening
with contemptuous mien to the gentle
man S gentle advances While he sue,
cumbs to nervous exhaustion she goes
about her business perfectly healthy,
either Indifferent or cruelty conscious of
her power.-W. D. McCrackAn in Lip,
plnooE5's
Johnny Smart--Is there any differ
ence between duel and fghtP
Old Smart-Yes, indeed. A duel is
between two people. When your mother
and l have an argument, it's duel.
When your grandma sails into the 1szs-
troversy, it's a fight. -Philadelphi
INQUIRER.
Encouraged by the hearty welcome
given to these two American poems,
Longfellow, in 1858, published third,
''The Courtship of Miles Standish 4"
In this he told no pathetic tale Of part
ed lovers, nor did he draw on the quaint
lore of the red men. He took his story
from the annals of his own ancestors,
the sturdy founders of New England.
As 1t happened, he himself like his fel.
low poet, Bryant) was direct descend
ant Of John Alden and Priscilla, the
Puritan maiden, whose wooing he mar
rated. 1.-The Courtship of Miles STAN
dish" is only less popular than its pred
ecessors, "Evangeline" and 'Hiawa-
tina. All three have been taken to
heart by the American people, all were
composed during the brightest years of
the poets life, when his family were
growing up about him, when he was in
the full possession Of his powers ana had
already achieved fame. - Professo,
Brander Matthews in St. Nicholas
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