The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-01
MRS. SAGE R|EBUKE.sjI.
WOMEN GAMBLERS |]
Those Of Leisure Class Indulge
in Gaming to Alarming
Extent, She Says.
ALSO APPALLING DRINKING
Tells Of Hostcsscs Politely Bully
ing Their Guests Into
Game of Poker.
(snec,al 10 Tho Tlmcs-Dispstch..

: Especial to The Tinlcs-DispEtch)
NrW YORK, october 31.y.Thcre is an
immense amount OF feminine talent and
energy wasted III the world every day.
,rhis is not due to the Indifference or
the iazIpcss OF woman. for she Is eager
10 do. 10 accomplish, to go out into the
field OF life and achieve for herself ana
for her kind. But SHE simply does not
know how. one of the most important
movements OF tho day, therefore Is the re-
awakening Of woman, the building her
4 in on q new basis OF selr-help and work
for others. That movement Will set lose
un amount OF energy and talent that
Il wlll revolutionze our social NE"
Thus writes Mrs. Russell Sage in tile
November North American Review ii
an article on Opportunities and Re-
sponsibilitlcs OF Leisurcd Women
which is here quoted by pernissi0n.
ut la absurd. Mrs Sage says, ITO
suggest that women who have n talent
for music or literature or art should be
& cnslavcd BY domestic drudgcry, while the
+, struggle for tho civilization OF the
world Is going on IN
The writer thinks sclfishness and idle.
ness great sources Of danger. sh
thinks womcn's laxity toward drinking
and smoking Is Injurious. At din
4 ncr she recently attended she says. ut
WIS nut to ~. vote whether or not
smoking should be INDUCED In. The
ladies present. not wishing to be OBJ
noxious. voted Yes ] being the only
one that voted No The result was
that the men INDUCED their love for
tobacco to the discomfort Of almost
oil the women present and the nausea
of some Of them. This sort OF thing
Is remotely responsible for the cigar
N ette-smoklng habit among reputable
/ young women. They indulge In order
Z to affiliate with young men and be
considered good fellows
WOMEN HARD DRINKERS
Drinking is ind,ilged in to an app
s pnllng extent by women of the
wealthy. Idle class. and their daughters
are following in their footsteps. The
great danger OF this is that tho idle
rich class Influences the succeeding,
strata OF society. This class IS sur
rounded with n certain glamour tina.
those not SO high UP In the so- called
social scale mistake for something
genuine. but which is the veriest sham
Bear In mind that refer TO no act
or clique, but to o condition mnnl-
tested in all parts OF the country. Now,
initiated. II they drink At is considered
smart; to do So. and others follow suit
&, they smoke !. cigarettes othsh girls al
Mrs. Sage dcnounres sainbliHg as one
off he Is Inevitable concornItants OF ida
i politely bullying men into games OF
poker or bridge whist and making them
ply dearly. She adds.
:rhc trouble ~ that the wives Of
many mon tn@ this class squander n
gambling and other forms Of dlssipa
ton the money their husbands give
them for household expenses. and are
compelled 10 resort to lust such meas
,rca to mako M the deficit. lest their
husbands ind out the true state OF af-s
fairs and adont drastic measures to
correct them. 80
weekend parties have bridge whilst
AS a sole purpose. Rooms are hired and
I furnished. IN ali parts Of New Yor,
city, hv fashionable Young women who
do nothing but gamble there. I was
sitting IN my carriage not long ago.
md. seeing 2. Young friend OF whom /
nm fond walking up tlleEavcnun. 7 in-
vted her tn drive with me. But sho
waved her hand and exclaimed. I can't
to-dav.i Two been losing ut euchre. and
now I'm going to make It up at bridge
AMI she hurried on.
THE lido rich ire no more vicious
than the idle moor. but they are lnuci,
more lacking sympathy with one an
other
WORK FOR LEISURE CLASS.
Mrs. Sage recommends women OF leia-
uric to apply themselves 10 missionary
work n Improving towns and villages.
She suggests. t5
In our great cities many women ere
necessarily lonely or are forced into
vicious society And this loneliness IS 4
not amcliortcd by attending balls and
other entertainments 1t Is unfortunate
that men OF small means. having to
attend business. must leave their wives
much alope In hotels and board
\ ing houses. It IL not woman's nature to
he philosophically resigned to solitude.
She must have society. preferably good,
but shc must have society.
An incXncrienccd Ran IS apt 10 neg
lcct his wife and still expect her 10 be
chaste as Lucrecc. There is y great
fold for work among tho UNEMPLOYED
wives of salarlcd men. II the Idle rich
woman would only learn to look upon
her sister Of this class as the daughter
of a woman like herself coegual with
( her before God she would take her by
the hand and draw her out from Ter /,
solitude, and by so doing leap.n reward
In the unfolding OF her own character
Mrs. Sage very earnestly declares
that the only remedy for the social evil
In our communities Is by educating
boys and girls tosonc standard Of NOR
.al!ty. 81