The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-31
MRS. RUSSELL SAGE,
Who Declares Women are Ignorantly
Wasting Their Energies.

,r-nal Special Service.
New York, Oct. stThere is an
'Hnse amount of feminine talent and
y wasted in the world every day.
is not due to the indifference or
illness of woman, for she is eager
nGfeom apd to go OFT into The
for her kind. But she simply does
1T know how. One of the most i'm
fore. is the reawakening of woman, the
building her up on a new basis Of self
help and work for others. That move
ment will set loose an amount of energy
and talent len that will revolutionize our
Thus writes Mrs. Russell Sage in the
an srtcIe M ON e and Re
sponsibilities of Leisured Women.''
cit is absurd,'' Mrs. Sage says, "to
suggest that women who have talent
for music or literature or art should
be enslaved by domestic drudgery,
While y; the struggle for the civilization
Sources of Danger.
Mrs. Sage thinks selfshness and idle
women s laxity toward drinking and
smoking is injurious. At a dinner she
recently attended, she says, lit was put
to a vote VIII ether or not smoking should
be INDUCED in. The ladies present, not
wishing to be obnoxious, voted Yes,
| being the only one that voted No
The result was that the men INDUCED
their love for tobacco to the discom-
fort of almost all the women present
and the nausea of some Of them.
"This sort of thing is remotely re-
sponsible for the cigarette-smoking
habit among reputable young women.
They indulge in order to affiliate with
young men and be considered good fell
Iows.' -
Perils from the Idle Rich.
Drinking is INDUCED in to an ap-
palling extent by women of the
wealthy idle class and their daughters
are following IN their Footsteps 2pst S The
gea aangei a. ls = zee
strata of society. This class is surround
ed with a certain glamor that those not
so high up in the socalled social scale
mistake for something. genuine, but
which is the veriest sham. Bear in
mind that I refer to no set or Clique,
parts Of the country. Now the per-
sons of these classes are widely imi-
| tated. If they. drink, it is considered
smart to do SO. and others follow suit:
II they smoke cigarettes other girls
do the same
Denounces Gambling.
Mrs. Sage denounces gambling as one
idle, extravaganza life.'' She tells OF
hostesses politely bullying men into
games Of poker or bridge whist and
making them pay dearly. She adds:
"The trouble is that the wives OF
many men in this class squander in
gambling and other forms Of dissipation
the money their husbands give them fo7
to resort to just such measures to make
up the deficit, lest their husbands fine
out the true state Of affairs and adop
drastic measures to correct them.
"Week-end parties have bridge whis
as sole purpose: Rooms are hired anG
furnishcd, in all parts of New Yorl
city, by fashionable young women, VIII
,, do nothing but gamble there. was sit
seeing young friend, of whom [ an
fond, walking up the avenue, 1 invited
her to drive with me. But she wavet
: her hand, and exclaimed, I can't to
, day. I've been losing at euchre, an
now m going to make it up at bridge,
and she hurried on.
Idle Poor Vicious, Too.
"The idle. rich are no more viciou
than the idle poor, but they are nue.
more lacking N sympathy
Mrs. Sage recommends women Of leis
ure to apply themselves to missionar
] work in improving towns and villages
, She suggests:
"In our great cities many wome
are necessarily lonely or are forced int
8 not ameliorated by attending balls an
n other entertainments. 1t is unfortunat
that men Of small means, having to a
tend business, must leave their wive
alone in hotels and boarding houses. j
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