Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-18
RANK SOPHISTRY.

'icuiarly IN the matter of politics. the
Roanoke Times Is q paper ~ most NV
cellent judgment and exceptionally
nice discernment, but professionally
ike all the rest OF us, it gets Off wrong
1t made a most grievous error last
saturday when, while not exactly
openly condemning preach.
meht of Rev. E. II. Sudduth of
Weich, regarding female finery. II
was clear to be seen that there was =
covert intention to battle the promo.
si'ioh In water at thirty-two degrees
Fahrenheit. Rev. Sudduth in n com.
muhlcatlon printed in the same issue
OF the Times gives most conclusive
oiDlical proof that the daughters of
Hlon are more or less naughty
Punch, addicted to dress and personal
adornment, and he cites a prophecy
wherein 1t is stated that il they do
not let up on these practices. they
VIII acquire premature "balditude.
as Huck Finn would say, and have
old Mister Trouble camping ON their
trails generally.
Now the Roanoke Times would in.
innate that this Is vain preaching
and While in the instance of Rev. Sud.
auth 1t would seem more or less so
since he admits that he has only Gus.
ceeded in converting one woman In
quite an extended campaign, but the
brother is on the right track and de.
erVlces encouragement. 1t i'll be.
comes any man to flash a hammer. es
peclally man who has 20 search his
Jeans for the wherewIthal to purchase
these same vanities We have a deem
regard a reyeranee and an unspeak-
able devotion for women, but notwith-
standing this you are not going to find
us discouraging any movement 10 cut
down the millinary, gown, or even
garter bill. Mayhap the editor OF the
Times is not a married person.
While it must be admitted the Do.
sition of the Times is very cleverly
stated, 1t is the rankest sophistry. It
says:
Always about this time OF year
when congress and the legislatures
are not in session, while business is
dull and the markets are stagnant.
the newspapers someway or another
fall into discussion about women
really the most important and en-.
crossing OF all subjects but usually
held In reserve until topics of more
Immediate and less perpetual interest
are exhausted. We published yester.
day somewhat caustic attack on the
woman suftragists and have today a
response, rather heated and ferocious.
giving one woman's view on that cues
ton. Also by some means the Rev.
Mr.. Sudduth, OF Welch, w. Va. seems
TO have become stirred up. Evidently
he Is troubled in his mind by a gee.
ton OF the prophecies and preachings
Of the Prophet Isaiah. the general
conclusion Of which is that women will
become bald and will have sore heads
II they persist I'm their friyolities and
vanities.
Isaiah wrote about 2 600 years ago.
We are bound 10 concede that some
OF the conditions he described as
prevalent among the females Of tho
children OF Zion are discernable ~
the obseryant eye unto this day. We
notice a good many OF them walking
ana mincing az they 10" We have
not noticed no smiling ornament
about their feet and nose Jewels seem
10 have gone out Of fashion The or
naments Of the lex referred to we tak,
10 mean the gartcrs and we would
IKE very much 20 know how Isaiah
was informed concerning such things
in those days G,lfi,r oma,Lin,
only theoretically or in the store win
lows. But the round tires like IN,
moon certainly describe the new fash
ionable hats. The chains. the brace
lets the mufflers. the bonnets. tn,
headbands, the tablets the ear rings
the rings. the changeable suits OF
apparel the nantes, the wimples-
winch we take 10 be some Kind Of
fancy headgear with strings and