Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-07
Mrs. Sage, Wife of the Financ'
ier, Gives Warming to Leis-
ure Glass
SEES DANGER IN IDLENEss
Rebukes Rich Hostesses, Whom She
Claims squander Their Husbands
Money and Politely Bully Their Male
Friends Into Games of Poker-sus-
sests Employment.


Der makes the following statements:
'.There is an immense amount Of
feminine talent and energy wasted In
the world every day. This is not due
10 the indifference or the laziness of
woman, for she is eager to do, to &C
complish, to go out into the field of life
and achieve for herself and for her
kind. But she simply does not know
how. One Of the most important
movements of the day, therefore, is the
reawakening Of woman, the building
her up on new basis of self help and
work for others. That movement will
Get loose an amount of energy and tai
ent that will revolutionize our social
Life.
ut Is absurd to suggest that women
who have talent for music or litera,
ture or art should be enslaved by do
nestle drudgery, while the struggle for
the civilization of the world is going
on"
Mrs. Sage thinks selfshness and idle
ness great sources Of danger. She
thinks women's laxity toward drinking
and smoking is injurious. At din
ner she recently attended, she says, lit
was put to vote whether or not smok-
ing should be INDUCED in. The ladies
present, not wishing to be obnoxious,
voted Yea being the only one that
voted NO The result was that the
men INDUCED their love for tobacco to
the discomfort of almost all the wo-
men present and the nausea Of some
OF them. This sort of thing is remote
" responsible for the cigarette smok-
ing habit among reputable young wo-
men. They indulge in order to affiliate
with young men and be considered
good fellows
drinking is INDUCED in to an ap-
palling extent by women Of the
wealthy idle class, and their daughters
are following in their footsteps. The
great danger Of this is that the idle
rich class influences the succeeding
strata OF society. This class 10 sur
rounded with certain glamour that
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 set or
clique, but to condition manifested
In all parts OF the country. Now, the
persons Of this class are widely tmi-
tated. If they drink it Is considered
smart to do so, and others follow suit.
II they smoke cigarettes other girls do
the same"
Mrs. Sage denounces gambling rs
one Of the ''inevitable ooncomitants Of
idle extravagant life" She tells of
hostesses politely bullying men into
games Of poker or bridge whist and
making them pay dearly. She adds:
1.-THE trouble is that the wiyes of
many men in this class squander In
gambling and other forms of dissipa-
ton the money their husbands give
them for household expenses and are
compelled to resort to just such meas
ures to make up the deficit, lest their
husbands find out the true state Of at
fairs and adopt drastic measures to
correct them.
week end parties have bridge whist
90 q sole purpose. Rooms are hired
and furnished in all parts Of New York
city BY fashionable young women who
do nothing but gamble there. I was
sitting in my carriage not long ago,
and, seeing a young friend Of whom l
am fond walking up the avenue, I In
yited her to drive with me. But she
waved her hand and exclaimed: I
can't today. I've been losing at Gu
chre, and now I'm going to make It up
at bridge And she hurried on.
The Idle rich are. no more vicious
man the idle poor, but they are much
more lacking in sympathy with one
another"
Mrs. Sage recommends women of
leisure to apply themselves to mission
ary work in improving towns and vii
lagos. She says:
I'm odr great cities many women
are necessarily lonely or are forced
into vicious society. And this loneli-
ness Ii not ameliorated by attending
balls and other entertainments. II Is
Unfortunate that men Of small means,
having to attend business, must leave
their wives much alone In hotels and
boarding houses. 1t Is not woman's
nature to be philosoph resigned
to solitude. She must have society,
preferably good, but she must have
society.
AN inexperienced man is apt to
neglect his wife and still expect her to
be chaste as Lucrece. There is a great
field for work among the unemployed
wives Of salaried men. If the idle rich
woman would only learn to look upon
her sister Of this class as the daughter
Of woman like herself, coequal with
her before God, she would take her by
the hand and draw her out from her
solitude and by 80 doing reap reward
In the unfolding Of her own character"
Mrs. Sage vefy earnestly declares
that tbs oalt remedy for the social evil
In our communities 10 by educating
boys and girls to one standard Of mo-
rality.
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