The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-14
rlAvso THE 400
Or. Minot J. Savage Rakes New York'a
select Fore and Att.

New york. March 1.-THE Rev
Minot j Savage, passos Of the Church
OF the Messiah. preached on Home
and sg4ie,y In the course OF his
sermon he aaid:
There is in New York. and in all
our great cities, that which calls ii-
self par excellence society Il is made
up OF our 400. OF. ! thing aome recent
authority aas been reiucing it TO l5O;
whatovcf hc number may be. I do
nod mcas to ay anything against the
persons wLo constitute this interior
organization in society: many OF them
are noble. intellectually cultivated,
charfa ab.c. ana generous; I have no
word to say against them as indiyid
uals
But a society that is organized
around the idea OF wealth alone must
OF necessity be ignoble and vulgar
There is nothing in the highest and
finest sense of the word human
merely in the possession Of wealth,
and If these people who meet togeth-
er and constitute a certain section of
society merely because they are rich
will excuse TIE for not wanting to be
with them. win freely pardon them
for not asking me There is nothing
there that is in any way attractive to
a person who cares for What is es
senually high and fine in humanity,
and it degencrates sometimes into
that which is exceedingly vulgar.
Il was at the opera the other night
and saw one LADY, do not know
who she was, though / might have
found out by seeking the number Of
the box on the programme and read
ing the name-who illustrates what
this sort of thing comes to when it
degenerates and gets itself perfect ex-
preston. have never seen anything
outside a showcase at Tiffany's that
in any way suggested this lady It
was barbaric in the extreme She
had the air Of telling everybody that
she had not come there to hear the
music but merely to be looked at and
she was loaded and hung all over in
every possible place. with diamonds
and gems and jewels Of every kind.
Now, we can forgive an Indian or
a Fiji islander for his anklets and
bracelets, for his nose rings and ear
rings, because he has not, presum-
ably, been developed TO anything
higher than these; but the type Of so
clety whose distinguishing feature is
that kind Of thing certainly is not hu
man In the true sense IN which the
word ought to be used
Il know women have known OF
them-I have nobody at present in
New York in mind in saying this and
speak OF them because they are
specially and peculiarly the home
makers-who have given themselves
mp 30 unreservedly, so indulgently, to
the pleasure side Of society that they
have little time for the home, for their
children, for their husband for eulti
waiting the highest and finest things
in themselves. They exceed the just
limits and proportions. perhaps with
out any intention. by giving them
selves so to the mere pleasure side Of
society interests.
For example, have known women
to belong TO three or four whist clubs
and devote half OF the week-perhaps
more--to playing whist. ! have moth
ing 10 say against whist but, no mat
ter what the thing may be- it is quite
impossible for people to spend more
time on Il than they have right TO
spend, in view OF a hundred other
things that demand their attention