Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-06
NEW YORK MORALITY.

A religious journal published In Chi
cago called the Northwestern Christian
Advocate contains some misleading
and sarcastic articles about Utah and
the Latter-day Saints. The spirit in
which they are written IL very far from
Christian, but is In the usual tone Of
such effusions in that kind Of publlca-
ton. We did not intend to make any
special mention Of them, but in looking
over the number containing them we
came upon an account Of meeting Of
Protestant clergymen Of different de-
nominations in New York City, which
disclosed what the Advocate describes
as "a deplorable social condition" We
thought It would be well enough to
draw attention to It in contrast with
the conditions actually existing In
Utah.
the Advocate, was the discovery that
much OF the large Easter collections
was made by society women who gam
Bile and put part Of their winnings in
the plate" 1t goes on TO say: "a
number Of instances were related
where society women had neeced coll
lege boys who we're visiting their sons
during the Eastern vacation" This
we would suppose, would prove suffi-
GENTLY astounding to arouse the Chris
tian ladies and gentlemen Of that
Christian city to look at home little
closer. instead Of stralnlng their eyes to
discover something sensational beyond
the Rocky Mountains.
Here are a few extracts from the ac-
count given OF the proceedings Of the
ministerial conference. A minister
present is reported TO have said;
Holy week and Easter vacation have
furnished periods OF social riots. What
| say Is based on my own observations
since coming TO New York. The two
points brought out at the conference
are indicated in the following: one
clergyman told how his wife had re-
celyed during holy week a note from
lady In the congregation, asking her
not TO fail 10 be at a certain promiEant
Fifth-avenue social resort, for the
game would begin promptly at an hour
Indicated next day. The writer was
one Of the most active women in the
congregation and gave literally on
Easter day, II developed that the let
| ter was Intended for someone else and
| was sent TO the clergymans wife by
mistake. II Is my personal opinion that
a great deal Of the money put on the
| plates In such liberal amounts on
| Easter Sunday came easy at the gam
| ing-table, or. II IT did not, these large
| GIFTS were made in many instances as
balms to supposed guilty consciences''
Here are a few incidents related at
| the same meeting:
/ a Central Park (wesO mother hav-
I ing q son In an eastern college, asked
| him tC bring his college chum home to
| spend Easter The chums father, resi-
| dent IN Philadelphia, sent him $3.50 10
dcfray the cost Of his New York vaea-
! lion. The second night after his ar
J rival az party arranged by the
hostess the chum lost every dollar ana
| borrowed from his college friend $500,
with which he bought ticket home.
| Part OF the winnings are known "a
| have gone to the hostess pile The
nght was IN holy week.
"a woman resident In the BEST Sec
ton OF this borough and having son
In Harvard. gave gambling party "a
"A v0ung Chicago student who came
home with her son 20 spend the Easter
vacation. The Chlcagoan had 500 with
him The woman won all or II and
loaned the young man $40 for spending
money. The father In New York on
business. learned the incident from hi
son and called upon the woman \
scene followed in which the woman dd
NOT weaken. but rather chaffed the "a
Their FOR playing what she termed IN,
baby ao. The father LETT without
recovering cent, although he did have
the satisfaction 20 the minister whC
reported il said. Of getting IN some
strong words about social conditions II
New York
1.-TWO young men from Pittsburi
brought little with them except socla
credentials, which took them into th'
best circles. A game played on Goo
Friday night so the minister relating
Il said, netted them such a large sun
that they left one hotel and went Z
, another more expensive. on Saturday