A Woman On Woman's Dress

l)t'. Caroline E. Hasting?, a fornalo phys'n-ian, recentlv leoturea in Boston, ön dress reforin. In cotfCjuding her ruldress she said : Tbere r mural -de to thisqueation ot drcss, whichl do not propose todiscuss at any great length, but only to tiirow out the qustion md leave it for honest, conscientioua minds to pondur and decide. Is it rigbt lor us to iy so inuch worship to drcss Í Is it riglit to mako.it the criterion ot' respect and favor in the horsc car, in the church, and at the patt.J;? So long as richly-dressed vromen take precedence overywhere because they are richiy dresaed, so long the tempter iiuds it easier to secure his victim. Human nature is the same in all. Lovcof attention isasstrong and legitímate in the girl who is obliged to earn hur daily broad as ia tlie girl whose father pays the bilis. Wo all know the low wages paid to the giris wlio wait upon us at the many storos thrónghout the city. They scarcely pay for her room and the food she must eat. What, then, ofclothesto wear? Oh, shavue, shaine, to some uien in this city, who, wnen the innocent girl pleads that the low price offered will scarcely pay for hpr living expenses, and wherewithal shall sha be clothed ; shame, yes, and God's wrath upon the man who answera, " Oh, you can find soine friend who will scivo vou these foryour coinpany." I atn not imagiuing a caso now, but telling you a fact. Theu tho strugglo grows hard, tbo desiro for dress for tho sake of tho attcntion, not to say common civility, which is always giren to dross, becomes stronger, and tho tempter, ever ready and. watching, attacks the poor girl at her weakest point, and too often tho temptation is strouger than she is able to bear. Now, who is.to blame f The girl, certainly ; but aro not we, who allow so much to depend upon dress, souiowhat, yes, greatly responsiblo for tho suare which has canght heryoung feet 'i Can we not help her by adopting a style cf dross that shall not put such s difference between the appearance of the two? But I don't wautto, says ono Do you think I want to dress like a shop-giil? No, I suppose not; you need not; but thero is in the future of us all a day when all these outward scornings must be laid aside, and we must give an account unto Him who has said, " Whoso causeth one of' these to offend, it were better that a niill-stone were hanged about his neck and he be cast into tho sea;" and again, "inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did it unto rae."