Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
OUR SOCIAL
QUEENS At BAR.
PROMINENT CLERIC SAYS ANERI-
CAN WOMAN'S CHARM MAKES
HER MORE RESPONSIBLE.
TAKES SIDE OF INTEMPERANCE
SOMETIMES, TO THE GREAT INJURY
OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
Her Fascinations Could Make Her
the Greatest Power For Good of
Anything Ever known to Us in
Any Age.


throughout the country by some re-
marks made by DR.. Packard, of Cleve-
land, on the danger to religion caused
by the attitude of the modern society
woman. Here is published for the first
time full expression of the matter
from the pen of DR.. Pickard himself:
Special 10 the Register
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 81
did not in recent utterances, and do not
now criticise society women and their
methods with discrimination. But
there are some practices in connection
with so-called high society which
are wholly wrong. These should be
called down. And the American soci-
ETY. woman can abolish these harmful
tendencies if she wills so to do.
1t is difficult matter to
Define American Society
It is thing of many gardes, more, in
fact. than can be found in those coun-
tries whose castles have prevailed for
centuries But speak of that element
in American social life which assumes
to be the social circle To use
vulgar phrase which no one can define.
and yet which all understand, this cir
cle is composed of ''The Four Hun
bred" 1t is that particular, yet un-
particular set which assumes the right
to establish social standards and GUS
toms. In England, it is the Prince OF
Wales and those on whom his gracious
highness smiles. In America, 1t is
measured by wishes of the Prince of
Gold and those on whom he smiles.
Not all the wealth of our country are
in this circle, and some who are in it
are not wealthy But, speaking gen
orally, it is composed of those who
have much of earths gold and linn
tied amount of heavens grace. In this
country. this phase of society is large
ly the result of the Americans greed
for gold. When a people think OF
money, talk of it, dream of it, till
many of them are almost willing TO
sell their souls for it, it is perfectly
logical that they should have a society
circle which is measured by the bank
accounts of its deyotees.
The American Society Woman
of whom we speak is, in many cases,
brilliant, beautiful, cultured, tasclnat-
ing. Her fame has gone throughout
the world and her reputation to the
ends of the earth. She has often been
admired in the court circles OF Europe.
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because their thrones stood between
them and marriage to the American
woman.
She is of quick wit, refined humor,
the most delicate satiri5t in the world,
and is bubbling over with the sharpest
repartee. And these qualities are es-
pecially fascinating in the American
woman, because they have the sponta-
niety of democracy rather than that
brilliancy which, in the court circles
of Europe, is hedged in by royal Off
cialism. In spite of the life She leads,
she is of generous heart and charitable
hand For, while the American wor-
ships gold, he gives 1t freely; he
boards it, yet filings it away; he is
close-fisted, yet openhanded; he is
a money grabber, yet money-giver.
And SO is she.
This is an American Paradox.
Take this society woman and judge
her by her generous heart, her ready
tongue, her brilliant eye, her genial
face and her brilliant costume, and
she is a mighty factor in American
life
Since this is true, she ought to be
scrupulously careful of her influence,
always exerting it for good. This par
ticular type OF society woman has Of
ten permitted her mighty influence to
be on the side of intemperance. The
set Of which she is the conspicuous
member are often very conyivial.
Hence many clubs in American society
life are practically bar-rooms in high
life. This same set of men an dwo-
men have largely turned our most
fashionable hotels and palace dining
cars into bar-rooms, so that wherever
one goes he sees drinking by those of
powerful influence who move in gilded
elegance. OF course, not all society
women Of this circle drink. But many
of them do, and often to shameful ex-
cess.
Thus their influence is thrown on the
side of the drink habit. For this bane-
full influence many men will rise up in
their shattered manhood, wrecks. in
judgment until womans condemna-
ton. The liquor drinking society wo-
man either has but little conception of
her vast influence, or she is Indifferent
to the destruction of human character.
Woman's influence Over Men
is almost supreme. She made Adam
throw away the earth and centuries OF
immortality for some wish Of his; she
made Caesar fawn at her feet when the
armies of the world trembled before
his sword; she can make man throw
away his birthright, or almost any
thing that is right, If she wills to do
SO, or is careless of her influence.
IL the American society woman
would refuse even to countenance
drinking in connection with all social
functions she would strike greater
blow at the drink habit than can be
struck as yet In legislative halls. That
the American society woman should
lend her influence 10 the drink habit =
! stain on the nature OF Momapt
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