The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
MISS MARIE TEMPEST,
WBY WAs SHE INVITED 10 Tyr
TBNDERLory OLUB DYNNrRy
ssts Fieid Gives Her Views ON ,h. en-,
jeot Very ForcibIy-ad,ice "a
Women in General.

~ INC third annual dinner ~ No
forks Tenderloin Club there were nroso,
three hundred men and one woman -,
men invited the woman. who e.
iractive singer and actress. Tho hoe,
Included some Of Gotham's foremos, 81,
zens. and this fact set me NJ aslir
s-~uons. Let me begin by stating ~,
my sense OF propriety is In no ,a
shocked at the innovation. tbopsh A..
say the wives Of some Of those men cav
then a Caudle lecture the next mornin,
wives rarely know how TO embrace ,ho,
opportunities. '"0i
way ala the Tenderloin Club bavc
INNER! presumably for pleasure as ,b
-O-"oO's can set enough 20 eat any hou
o! any day. Why did they invi,n
N@"."' because they believed She won.
tao 10 the general JOY. Wbv did tbT
select Miss Marie Tempest? Bpcouee ae
'LAed The bill" TO borrow the Iono,,G
~ . youthful Tcndorloincr What ISL
oiIf fouth, beauty. chic and eoodfl-
lowShip. Why was no other MN
asked Here l stop answering m.fWa
questions and proceed 10 address self
- my own sex.
Dear Sisters: Some Of you are teeauy
Cay 10 &nmhiIate Miss Marie fmpcst
because she accepted an invifdon ex-
tended by your own husbands rothcrs
or perhaps fathorsi That's - Of the
pecpbaritics Of our sex. Insf,f Of fas-
teniaE blame-whcn there is H.. but in
This case admit noue-on tlfmale prln-
ciNai. we almost invariably fnounce the
female accessory. InjusticoNcan no fur
thcr 40. and as long as w persist in il
We snal remain % own sorst enemies.
as thereby We maintaiytwO codes Of
morality.
Instead OF unfairly crticising a bright
and pretty woman. Suptse YOU ask your
selves why the TcndctOin Club did not
invite sisters. cousingand auuts? Mon,
Than once l have GAcC married men
whether their viyef would accompany
them on certain (casions. and more
than once I havef .ccivcd this rcpy:
Great Heaven. >. I'm goins for a
GOOD time!' Ths honesty OF this re-
Q1rnt response only equaled by its
.i-,t rc- u 5,so,, D's D.. Hii5
~. 'o"0 ,+" e me 'IAllN-
a.. 1l.@u.. '5'' mar
,rt r"..7'~ en-
t. IT, J al az
- . t.,.t m . 1908 peas
Ole, e., W. stay
an - ~ -u',ics'
a,.,4. b,,-.ritv ut tho-- ,Iv.3" 70
he orttrrtretic -Symnatb,, ga, oi lily
att-..- WHO wants ~ cui,t,a oa""sS
t1f..p NP"
nos wortone WIN, v.oro
,It.1 20 thar Toude~loi, di.nor9 ".
ara nor women Invited - nv cI,h ~
rarsq WHY DO mon throv, ~, tbot~ -
with horror M tho b1re i7o1 ~ 81 W
.ions? I'll tell Won R..areo IT,
3o~It- OF women ara so bf5.,,,,,.t b.. 10
verron as 20 mistake -radtion 81.
morality and prrIarv for wor,rii,d
Thav have beer r..rad e., g., sr,ou % -
as 10 revolve around n t,acnn "a ~,
der whv men arc NOT cor tant - 10 in
wise. They devote their girlhood N OF
ting niarri4d e@,artine an thsir -oo.o@
acquire husbands ana giving NO tho,,-bt
as to what shall le done 10 keen them
Youth and beauty are delightful but
they DO not endure through the seven
huno2 ages. Charm does. I once heard
q clever man eXclaim. MANY women are
beautiful. few are CHARMING" He told
n Truth which history corrolorates NE
fascinating women II the world h.
not been the most beautiful rbev bo,.e
men bv charming tren. tbov
have charmed bv a sympatletic person
slity and ouick-wittoI intell.ence. Such
women are invariably good fellows in the
best sense & the term. They never bore.
Now then. my dear sisters. If YOU want
the Tenderlcin and other clubs to invite
more than one woman 10 dinner. YOU
must Dc good fellows. Let al men smoke
af,er dinner os vour husband smokes
a. his nresIde: permit without q frown
the drnkirr az wine. though YOU limit
your 81 lib,,ations to deadly fee water;
be up. In current history and have in
t~elligent opinions thereon: make your hus-
band prefer your society 20 that Of any