The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
WATTERSOH SCORES
SOCIETY FOLK
Harsh Terms Are Used by Editor
About the idle Rich, the World
Defying, the GodForget-
ting, pleasure-seelz-
ing Rich"

Pittsburg. Pa, October 23.-Iienry Wat
terson delivered his lecture on Society
this evening In Carnegie music han. ALE
shany. before small but enthusiastic
audience. The unusually cold weather
that prevailed during the evening was
responsible for the light attendance. Mr..
Wattsrson said:
IF any one has come here this eve
ming under the impression that he or
she would be regaied by any pretended
feVeialohS. by any startling dissertations
ana eXhllar2ilng diatribes touching that
curious exhalation Of polite society. known
as the smart set''-sometimes calling
Itself the ''swagger set am afraid
that | shall disappont his or her expec-
1ation Any how. and in the beginning
must forestall that misimpression,
have no story to tell, no mystery to re-
veal Assuredly. I am not q crusader.
either As % manners or morals
something more than year ago
most lamentable tragedy. taking for its
scene the very vestibule OF the ter,ula OF
i"Shion-tne sanctum sanctorufa Of the
-FOUR hundred-led me in the line Of NV
dNty as writer for the press to say some
exceedingly plain, and il may have been
The nouVeauX riches-the idle rtcll--tnc
'iod-forsettins. world -defyins. pleasure
seeking rich-w1o set themselves as q
law unto theQaselVes, who submit to 10
restraints except those nxcd By nature
aud the surgeons knife who have no
intellectual perspective except that The
longest parse brings down the biggest
titles. nor rule OF conduct except that,
impelling them To eat, drink ana be iner-
r.. for tomorrow il may be some one
eise.s uln, code which, am told, be-
came altogether ne rage IN Babylon some
They society? Has Caliban grace? Is
Tom THUMB manhood? Must the mon
key ami the swell he accepted as inter
changeable types, as alternating meas
ulements, of human bre4 ding and beau
"? Indeed. one would think so read
ing some II the reports that come TO us
from the inner circles Of that apotheosls
OF boredom thal incarnation OF stupidity
ana affectatl0n, which takes its cue from
Jcice ster squa g and the Corinthian club
In London. which emulates the demi-
mondalne OF Paris. which eddies round
the ahodes Of luxury and alimony at
Newport, ana thinks no more OF running
down an or9inar pedestrian IN it's auto
mobile than you and I would think of
brushing away a spider or fly.
AS to Monkey Dinners.
"sursum corda! lift up your hearts,
at least have never wasted many
thoughts or uursed any serious fears
about such cattle nor shall I do so un-
liz monkey dinners become as popular In
Pennsylvania as they seem 70 be In
Rhode Island 7 know that in each OF
our centers OF population and wealth
there IS n little coterie Of silly women
and simpering Johnuies, which would
Initiate the i'nitators; but they are too
shallow and too scattered to make much
Roadway against society, and by society
! mean not merely those who. by their
character 1heir genius and ,heir good for
tune have earned the right 10 dwell in
great houses, without the suspicion OF
The observations display of wealth, 10