Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-01

Tweed and Sweeney stood the boss milers
that fed It's voracous nav. and after all
the denominations Of New OrkS polltlcs
are only few degrees more repellent tnau
the cruelties and pusiilanimites OF her
self-styled patrician horde
The highest duty OF rich people, y
says Mr.. FAwcErr, ais to be charitable;
in New York the rich people make for
themselves two highest duties, to be
fashionable and to be richer-if they
can" And he adds:
How can we expect that beings who busy
themselves with affairs Of such poignant
Importance as whether they shall give
Jones q full nod or Brown aquarter OF nod
when they next meet him. as whether the
MOueypcnnys are really quite l7nctS enough
for them 10 encounter the great Glltedges
or no, AZ a prospective dinner-parJy' as
whether the latest Partisan udlngs aoOuI
bOnnets are really authentic or the contra
~; as whether His Royal Hlgnuess mas or
has not actually appeared at one OF MS lih-
peral mammals drawiug-r0Oms in a New
market cutaWay,-how, It is asked, can we
expect that beings of this bent may prop
erly heed those CHASTITY and incessant wants
which are forever making OF humanity the
fOriorn tragi-comedy it Isl
OF marriage among these snobS MI
FAwCETT says
Marriage. among the New York sno0s
and plutocrats, ordinarily treats human
affection as though IL were triilng. oPllc
maladv 10 be cured by few drops OF coz
receive lotion. Daughters are trained py
their mothers 10 leave no efforts unJrlei'
short OF those absolutely immoral, ia VII
ming wealthy husbands CSuaiIy Ite
daughters are tracJab.e enough. heOel
lion is rare with them; why should u hoI
be- Almost from infancy (unless wien
their parents have made fortunes Win por-
dirlous 0uickness) they are taught thaU
matrimony is mere hard bargain, To DC
driven shrewdly and in spirit OF t9e cOGl-
eat mercantile craft Sometimes they 40
really rebel, however mastered by pure
nature in one of those tresome lloous
where she shows the insOlence OF oeIyIhs
bloodless convention. Yet nearly lI"e!'
capitulation follows And then WuaU ~. ioi
lows later oni Perhaps heart DroAen 80
iqnatiou. perhaps masked adultery, per
b9ne the degradation OF public divorce.
But usually it is no worse IMAM Il sILoIV 20
0ueted slavery. for the American woman
IS uotoriouslv cold in al sense OF passlgu,
and when reared to respect 'socleIy sue !
is snob 10 the core.
This is rough on American woman
hood but who VIII say, under these
conditions. it is not true? Mr.. FAw-
cErr concludes his scathing article;
The great point with plutocracy and !
snobberv is 10 perpetuate themselyes-to |
60 On producing scions who will uphold for !
rhom future generations Of selhshness aud |
arrogance. one sees the same sort OF pro
creative tendency in certain of our hard
est and coarsest weeds. Sometimes 4
gardener comes along, with hoe, spade,
md a strong uprooting animus. In human
ife that kind Of gardener goes by the ugly
lame OF Revolution. But we are dealing
leither with parallels nor allegOries. Those
IRE for the mOGish clergy men Of the select
md exclusive churches, and are admins
cred in the form of dainty little religious
)ills which these gentlemen have great art
n knowing how to palatably sugar.