The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17

appTeciaz ed among Americans. Another
social eli mber is a pretty woman who. has
house. that, il II were in Florence, would
be called a palace. She is. fear me, not
fated to get where she wishes. Just now
the news papers have long articles about
her Her petticOats and her frocks. her
slippers and her bath tub; the pictures
she owns and her horses are all described.
Nobody mentions her husband. He has
decent hd n, but there was a time which is
not refer red 70 In society, spent by him In
the peniitentiary- During these years a
devoted wife visited him whenever she
could. saved all the money possible TO buy
Injuries for him, and In return for this he
left her, and in a state where divorces
may be gotten as easily as a postage
stamp, Oh tanned one from the woman who
had made her life a sacrif ice TO his wicked
ness In "A large western city he made a
fortune fol' himself II en- he married a
young and pretty woma n. A great effort
was made for a position in this western
city. but, thank goOd.n ess. there are al
ways some people who appreciate the value
of honesty. and a faiIIure resulted. The
dinners, the luncheons and the theater
parties were only atteni led by tOadies and
people who owed their livings 20 the mill
honaire. So these tw o people left the
west and are now here.
The society reporter tries TO do his best
TO help Mrs. W. X. Y. TO gain what she
wishes, but the Patr iarchs. with their
dignity, and even the "Howling SWells. "
with their frivolity. 3, .arcely care TO ac-
s'ept, no matter how IL le the orchids may
be, the society of a notorious thief. 1t
is true, those days So. aut in the peniten-
tia ~ date thirty years. back, but a thief is
thief, and there is n @ blotter sufficiently
abs, frbent TO take FRI m him such a vice
as that. / think IL ri Fht there should be
social lines. 1 think 2 right there should
be a Nehmgericht a nd formed of men.
who wish to II lake honor the
atmosphere breatheO. by their wives
and daughters, and insist upon decent
conduct and good reputation being at
tached to women and no en- who stand close
socially to the women ,Of their household.
You and /, and our ne ighbOr read about
certain people and beli eve that they are
in society, that they ave passed under
the blue ribbon and ar counted among
the elect My dear frier d, not one-half Of
the people whose frOck and belongings
are described, who are. in fact. the ioy Of
the reporter. have gott en- into the close
portal where society in New York is gov
erned by women, who, like the Duchess
appreciate decent kin. And decent kin
doesn't mean thieves, scandalmongers
and women whose whftianess of character
is blurred by a touch of mauVe. Don't
you think / am right? am sure you do.
Whether you are a man or a woman, you
appreciate the fact tina any society worth
going into, any people worth going among.
are those who help o form the decent
kind. Decent is a good word 1t is plain
Saxon, and it covers a number of vir-
tues. Decency means honesty and purity
and is the adjective that is most desira.
Bile, whether il is attached to man or a
woman. Think as l do about it, Weed
your list and demand that decency shah
characterize your Visi tors. Harsh2 Not
bit. l am very weak on forgiveness.
but still do think that to make the WORLD
better decency and decent kin should
be insisted upon by an women as posi-
lively as It is by Bah