The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-12
MRs. scHMAe,s uLTIMATuM.

MRS. scHWAe's ULTiMATUM.
"Mr Corey, If you divorce Mrs
Corey and marry that actress my doors
will be closed to you forever. This is
final"
Such is the ultimatum delivered by
Mrs. Charles NJ. Schwab to the presi.
dent Of the steel trust whose domestic
affairs are now sadly disrupted The
decree of ostracism was delivered at
a reception in Pittsburg a few weeks
ago. Since tnen Mrs Corey has gone
to Nevada for the purpose of securing
divorce, the impression, not correct
ed by Mr. Corey. is that he will marry
the actress as soon as he is free to do
so, and the entire situation indicates
that Mrs. Schwab win be called to put
her judgment into effect
Reports also circulate that Mr.. Corey
viii be requested to resign his position
as president of the steel corporation,
and it is in.imated that the same social
ostracism decreed by Mrs Schwab will
be declared against Corey by his bust
ness associates.
1t all indicates that the moral
renaissance in the political and com
mercial world is extending even into
the realm OF so-called society. Hereto
fore a trivial regard for the sanctity
of marriage VOWS hasn't occasionet
more than an uplifting of the eyebrows
in ultra Vanity Fair. At the various
Mecoas of fashion the list of invited
guests to a function must needs be
prepared by someone well acquainted
with the history of the divorce courts
lest there be awkward meetings be
cause the closets of SO many Of "tht
first families contain the divorce skele
ton. But ostracism is new punish
ment for the crime of marital derelie
ton. and to healthy minds the innova
tion will be a welcomed guest.
Social octracism. it will be recalled
was advocated once by the president o.
Yale university against those who hat
accumulated wealth by corrupt meth
DDS subsequently Yales president
baclS-pedalled on his proposition by
accepting one million dollars from
John D. Rockefeller. The recession o.
Dr. Hadley. however doesn't vitiats
the righteousness or effectiveness o.
his recommendation.
1t was with a sense of moral repug
nance that the country read last sum
mer Of Paul Morton parading armin
arm With the degraded Hyde through
the casino at Newport. The perverted
commercial morals of Hyde and the OLD
Equitable clique had brought Morton
into the insurance world He was sup
posed to possess an integrity, certain
ideals Of business probity. In which
Hyde ana the others Of the old regime
were wanting. For Morton to associ
ate with Hyde on the plane not only Of
social equality but in the intimacy oI
camaraderie, was deplorable from the
viewpoint Of middle class American
ism.
To the exotics IN the conservatory Of
dilettantism this reyulsion produced
by the fracture OF certain command
ments is sconlngly gazed upoa al
bourgeoisie. Doubtless in the inner
circles Of the metropolis no dinner
party IS complete without a post
prandial effort by Chauncey, the elect
Of Morristown sull pay homage to Nc
'Curdy no ban is upon the McCalls
Yet il may be believed that sometime.
and not in the hazy distance, a CRATER
win be condemned as a CRATER no
matter how large the scale OF his graft
II may further be believed that vice
however perfumed. manicured. gowned
or groomed, win siill be vice. a mon
ster Ct fIightfui mien," and ruled as
such, Mrs Schwab has taken an att
nude in the Corey scandal that win be
widely approved. Our moral IshmaeIs
should be marooned in their moral
Ishmaelism.