250 BASSETT'S SCRAP BOOK ence should be provided to put an end to the folly of dress. We work all week so as to provide gay trappings for Sunday, and we go to church to watch and pray, but chiefly to watch. There is no display such as may be seen in the fashionable church; no- where is vanity more gratified and pride more pam- pered than where we assemble to worship. Strange paradox! One warship is built by one nation, and all other nations must follow suit. One gown or hat is purchased by one woman, and it is called "fashion- able" by the modistes, and all other women must buy gowns and hats. What folly! The drink bill of the various nations is appalling; likewise the tobacco bill; likewise the cigar bill; likewise many other use- less and avoidable bills. The unnecessary dress bill of the nation exceeds them all. The debauchery of dress is quite as harmful. Thomas Blanket, who invented the bed-covering called by his name, was one of three Flemish broth- ers who settled at Bristol, England. In 1882 the whole of the revised version of the New Testament was telegraphed from New York to Chicago, and set up as news by the "Chicago Tribune." Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice; But, for those who love, Time is Eternity! — Henry van Dyke.
