Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-03-26

fareible sermons e4sr delivered from.
pulpit de eharged most, if nop
raIh, these ultra mhodest, u~nhealthfuI
q and immoral fashions came from the the
depraved society of Paris, France, the
sodomof-this age. He showed that
even that loose city the better
classes OF women did not dare dress
after the fashions that the baser.
classes originated and when the 'wo-
men of this Christian nation so read
ify adopt and follow. He showed how
expensive it was totry to keep up
with SO many costly sand frequent
changes Of fashton and how many
poor people were actually kept away
from church and Sunday school be-.
cause they were notable to keep up.
With the mistress offoolish fashions,
and how many ponr-mapw was never,
eGble to ewn a home Of his ewn to
shelter his family ana was foreve.,
bowed down under q loadsof debt on
account Of having to spend ALI he
eculdTmake for fashionable dress for.
Ills family. He dHelt onAthe wreck.
ing of healthSo Of chose who dress in,
these ways ana their being called to
early graves on account of going about
h1lf-elad, even inHwIntry weather. He,
Paced possibly most emphastson the
afmoTaldnfaenee of half-claa women.
waiting the streetsnpon the nen who
gaze upon them He said df such
scenes affected the. fathers and even
grandfathers and eausedstEem TO have
unhoB and impure thou ghts, who
could wefghthe amnah1e ~Infuence
and estimate the desire efeated in,
tie young nneurbed men, who eagerly
watch them as they<passa oag the,
street. The preacher pleaded with
young women who gn-uponthe streets
crossed COR ~undressEdJ in such styles,
md fashions, for the sake of Gecency,
for the love of purity and all that is
Hoble7Rnd0gopu to quit it. But if they
WeRldAnot he warned them of the dan
! ger stheyatake of being insulte1i or,
degraded OF account of the very way
IL ey advertise themselves, and of fin
ally having to give an account at Gods
sbarI for their actions; He asked tile
women what they would think of he
men if, they were to dress SO as to.
show and advertise their figures a1I
portions of their bodies to attract toe
gaze of women, and wanted to know Ii
the good, pure women would not be
holding Indignation meetings, request
ing the men to quit such fooliskne ss?
He let them know just how the better
class of men regarded and looked
upon this half way" dressing fad OF
women, and asked if they did not think
that it was time to put a stop to it.
He referred them to the sad, sad fact
that some of the states have already
bad to have bills introduced by their
lawmakers to put a 2satGo3pp 70 this grow
ing evil: He ea4iclaffmheetd, a6h,9are our
aothers ana fffaaffhnggfs ylasieeIpaid WIN
don't they rise DIP and choke t tfhMfs mod e
elrinE sin and send It back e. t6eea ssffu m as
OF Paris whence It Gamer"
He asked why the good, noble and
pure women Of Martin could: not have
courage to start decent, modest fash
ions of their own, and show to the
world that they could hot. and would
not be infuenced and led by he IdwRLn
T6sff ana 436ses fHepfaGPPggda Characters g.
- kBar ed 6itoda aT0 rs
Everyone listened intentiy aid q
far as coutd De seen heartily endorsed
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