The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-18
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pATRoNEssEs UNPOPULAR.
The Rcvolts Against Them in This
Country mud England.

The Rcvolts Against Them in This
Country and England.
New York Sun: Even In London
somebody has Indignantly arisen and
called the patroness nuisance. The
cause. OF this outbreak was the matinees
organized in London by women OF title
who seek only to advertise themselves
by this means, according to the testi-
mony OF one OF the best known music
publishers In the world.
''Thosc who are first Of all RESPONSE
BILE for this evil" he says, ARE titled
and society ladies, who see In n charity
concert an excellent means Of self-ad-
vertisement, and, in addition. an adver-
tisement that costs them nothing. But
the moment artists are so foolish as to
lend themselves to these grntuitous en-
tertainments, these artists cease to be
OF value to managers who pay them and
support them. Some years ago l had
TO abandon series OF concerts given
In the London season because l could
not compete with charity concerts, at
which many Of my artists had not the
moral courage to refuse to appear, al
though without remuneration, because
they were solicited by people Of title.
But In the majority Of instances the
artists themselves receive no recogni-
ton or thanks for their services. The
tigurehead Is the lady Of title, who, ut
no expense to herself, hands q check
obtained at the artists expense to this
or that charity"
In quite another light. There Is some
pnrntnipt a nadI1aT nf
tickets. Yet there is likely to be quite
as much objection made to her on quite
Il different ground. Abused on one side
because she tries too hard to sell tick
cts, she Is blamed on the other because
she does not. Discussion OF the mat
ter came up short time ago at the
meeting of Il committee Of women in
charge of an entertainment to be given
for charity. How many tickets did
Mrs. Y take?" asked one OF the women.
None" was the answer. "She said that
she was not well, and that Holy Week
was no time for asking women to buy
theatre tickets" Consideration of Mrs.
KS case in the committee was then
and there discontinued. But she came
up later in n less formal manner. THAT
woman" saida member OF the commit
tee. whose earnestness showed her In
ltIcSl ID vi lIle
ing board OF l don't know how many
charities. She got on some because she
asked to, and on others because every
body thought that she must work very
hard or give Il great deal, as she fig
ured In so many concerns of this kind.
As matter of fact, she does not do
half as much as the humblest member
woman on the boards. She does not
do a thing in reality. When we sug-
Sest for her to undertake any particu-
lar phase Of work, she Is always occu-
pied with the Society for Improving
the Accents of the French Maids. and
is too much absorbed in that at the time
to think of anything else. If that soci-
ETY. happens to want her to do anything
she Is head over heels in work for the
Association to Improve the Condition OF
Confirmed Gum Chewers. She always
plays one society against the other.
and In this way escapes without doing
the least bit of work. She Is a perfect
typo Of. the professional putroneSs. The
only satisfaction suppose she gets out
Of it all Is to see herself In the news
papers. Not only do women like this
refuse to come to meetings, or do any
work. or in any way justify themselves
for joining boards on which they have
not the least right, but they become
naughty as well, and think they ought
not to be asked TO do anything. They
seem 10 resent 1t as asking them to un-
dcrtakc too much work when they are
really only able to keep in so many or
ganizations, because they never do any
thing at all. And there are mighty few
women in New York prominent enough
in society to make the mere use Of their
names valuable when they neither do
ANYTHING nor give ANYTHING"