Iron County register., 1897-07-29

the patent night 10 2SSali lnfeLnpeTaTeIF
what he chooses 10 brand as dogma and
preiz.dice9 And why do We conserSa-
tfves submit neekly 10 such on
sgaurh7S5 Because belief IN the Bible
as The revealed Word Of God Is almost
1850 wears old. the skepric's fulmina-
7Ioa against -bigotry and superstition"
| Is heard respectfully The disciple Of
/ new school Of medicines has free
course for his denu1ciatiOu Of the reg
ular practitioner as -poisoner and
"ebufche-.- and shon;d the old-sehOOl
! doctor -ecriminate he Is branded asn mar
row and discour1eous 10 seeker after
/ truth. Is the American Athenian 50
welded IN turn TO each new thing as TO
take for granted. ar the first blush Of
opposition. that the wrong must be
with that which is established and con-
veutionzl?
In the present instance. neither OF
7 the TWO women present who were wear
/ ing mourning garments retor1ed upon
/ Mrs. Blunt in kind. Perhaps the ten
der thoughts Of those who were gone,
that came TO each with the daily put
ting on OF the memorial Taiment. were
/ TOO sacred 10 be tossed from tongue 10
1 tongue
/ 50. il was Dr.. Wynne, in . love of
/ g-ay-and-piak costume. whose calmly
+ judicial accents Poulticed the panied
. silence succeeding the ePithets vulgar
and Vile
The custom Of wearing mourning
has the recommendation Of cOnFen-
ience. al least. Il prevents many NOR
tifving bIunders- If my acquaintance,
Mrs John Smith, whom ! encountered
II a q d-ygoods counter this morning,
had worn the conventional weeds. !
! should not have hoped audibly that Mr..
Smith should not suffer from the heat
this summer as he did last year when
! I net him al the seashO-e- And"
after waiting for the general laugh TO
+ subside-'-you would have discerDed
nothing amusing in the death OF hus-
band and father. I had never heard
of his demise, or. If I had. I had for
gotten IL Mrs Smith would have
spared herself exquisite pain and me
bad quarter Of an hour. by signify
ing IN her apparel the change II her
condition.
- had still more disagTeeable ex.
pe-ience lately" chimed II Miss Robb.
An old schoolfeIlow who lives n Gin
cinuati called TO see me II passing
through the city. She was handsome
+. IL dressed, but not in black, and ] did
not at once notice that she was paler
and more quiet than she used 10 be.
! So when she said. regretfully: You may
have heard that lost both my daugh-
tiers last year-one il May the other in
September 1 answered, gayly enough;
You couldn't have expected 10 keep
such pretty girls long. Who were the
fortunate men%
she threw cut her hand IN gesture
I cannot describe. il was so eloquent Of
grief and horror.
Don't, Barbara! Inean that both
of them died!'
"A mourning gown would have been
a protection to her, and also TO her
friends"
Mrs. Williams spoke now for the first
time. She buried her husband six
years ago. and has never laid aside heE
mourning.
You have used the right word, Miss
Robb. The dress which tells that a
great storm had swept over ones life
sverts careless remarks that would be
cruel, and is a lien upon the sympathy
of the veriest stranger who has known
SORROW for himself. And what is called
the sentimental side Of zhe question Is
not without weight. When I was girl
OF II, saw my sister die. II happened
that. as we stood about her bed. was
the only person present who had not On
Il L
lawn. The incongTuity of the bright
color with the somber cast Of nv emo
tions and the awful scene left an i'm
preston upon my mind that was con-
viction. In sorrow. one shrinks as in
stinctively from brilliant colors and
ornaments as from gay society. They
jar upon the aching heart. The wound
ed creature longs TO hide its hurt in a
dark. quiet corner, until time and d.
vine grace bring healing or strength &c
endure and TO live"
Another and a longer brcak n the
talk followed. Mrs. Blunt rallied for a
new. but gentler. attack.
There may be-tbere must be
something that appeals 10 human na-
ture and the finer affections in what
strikes me as heathenish. or SO great a
multitude would not adopt the Gus
tom. But what must be said Of such
slavish subserrieuce TO times and sea-
sons, such scrUpulous observance of
measurements and shades as we have
heard described here today
Mrs Williams made answer
That there is 4 difference between
genuine mourning and being merely
IL mourning. The House Wife.