The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-07
Bishop Duncan OH Society.

Bishop Duncan, who is presiding
over the North Georgia Conference
now in session at Marietta, used some
very plain words in Thanksgiving
sermon delivered in the latter city.
The Bishop declared that society is
leading women to their ruin, and that
many violations Of the law by the So
ciety set are winked at. II see,"
said the Bishop, when l am visiting
around during the year, the empty
benches at the prayer meeting, the
lack of attendance at the church So
cictics and the non attendance to the
ordinary religious duties. What is
the matter with the women? l will
tell you. They are going to their
clubs aud societies. They have to go
to their Shakespeare Club, and their
Browning Club and their Tennyson
Club 1t isn't so bad for them to go
to the Browning Club, because if they
ever get SO that they can understand
him the only reason can be that they
have been hard at work studying him.
To know Browning one must study and
study hard, aud even then the chances
are, if you ever meet him, and tell
him the meaning of something he has
written he will not understand you.
If you give him your Interpretation Of
what he has written the thought you
express will probably never have oc.
CURED to him. But why organize
Shakespeare or Browning or Tenny
son clubs? You never hear of Da-
vid Club or Paul Club or Mark
Club. 1 defy the combined geniuses
Of the world to put all they have ever
written together and rival with it the
beauties of the poetry in the book Of
David.
Now, during our recent Confer
ence in North Carolina, Bishop Cres
hire, of the Episcopal Church, came
before US and made an address upon
that fearful evil of divorce. Why was
it necessary? Let me say to the wo-
men, and 1 never discount women;
many say that praise them too much
they become unmanageabls at hoiae.
But want to say seriously, that your
clubs and fedora ions Of clubs and
societies for the study of things are
going to be your ruin. If you keep
on excluding your husbands and sons
andemeet behind closed doors by gas
light without male present, you need
not be surprised if the men 80 to
their clubs and their saloons.
ooh, your tete ,a-tetes and your
functions, exclaimed
Bishop Duncan in burst of sar-
casm.
LAS long as you insist upon giving
functions you need not be surprised if
the men become Elks and join the
clubs"
The Bishop then told of the evils
of card playing and wine drinking at
these functions, and illuetrated
with the story If gambler who had
died drunk and who had first learned
to gamble in his mothers parlor by
playing for cut glass vase and who
had first learned to drink at "func-
ton" given by his mother.
"You can call it q cut glass func
tion if you want to- said the Bishop,
"but the devil calls it gambling.
$50 does the law" interrupted one
of the ministers from the floor.
WHO enforces it?" asked the
Bishop quickly, looking in the direc.
tion from whence came the Interrupt
ton.
"They made sho1 of enforcing
the law by arresting crap game, aud
she newspapers arc full! of the splep-
did efforts .nf the officers to break up
gambling, but all the while the cut
glass women continue. Keep it up,
you women, and you will see here in
Georgia that I saw recently in Butte,
Mon. l saw a saloon with side
door to it, marked Ladies' Entrapce.'
Think Of it. An entrance for La.
dies. "-Spartanburg Journal.
When a man. is his own worst
enemy it ia up to him to make friends
with himself.
- No, Maude, dear; there is no
batween dinner coat and