The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15
MODERN sAV0NAROLA
SCORES 0. | SMART Sc |
Father Vaughan Condemns Beau
Monde for Greed and
Frivolity.
Special Cable to rha Journal.

Special Cable to The Journal.
# London, July If Smart society to-
day is the concentrated essence Of sell
hshness; as unclean and unwholesome
as any condemned carcass canned in
Chicago
Father, Bernard Vaughan, who ad-
dressed these scratching words to q fash
church, is one Of the most fearless, out
spoken and eloquent preachers in the
Roman Catholic church in England. He
is a great student Of books, but a still
greater student of humanity, and OF life
as humanity lives it in all it's phases.
Every year in the depth of winter,
Father Vaughan spends several weeks
in the b East End, living by himself in !,
over tiny fire, visiting and working
among the poorest of London g mill
ions.
Greeds Of Rich Disgusts Him.
It is the experience he thus gains OF
the misery and wretchedness which ex-
lists at the bottom Of the social scale
which fills him with burning indigna-
ton against the greed, luxury, diss1pa.
tion and frivolity Of many Of those at
the top who, are maintained there by
conditions which necessarily impose
thousands Of their fellow creatures.
And when he gets among people Of this
class he tells them plainly what he
thinks of them. He breaches without
notes: His straighthung words come
hot from the heart. a..
"There are people in the west end -
he said in the sermon quoted from
above, "who have nothing real about
not pretend to do your duties as wives
and mothers; you do not look after your
homes. The card table and it's stakes
are your highest ambition, and when
the good cards roll into your hands
then some poor dressmaker or tailor
may get chance Of having something
paid on account before he or she goes
bankrupt. -. 49,.
| Dives Would Be Welcomed.
"When we read Of smart society,"
he continued, in measured, telling
phrases, "when we see it and when we
know it, there need be no hesitation in
saying that if Dives were to revisit the
earth today he would have the entree
to the smartest London society set. He
would be SO we'll groomed, so well
turned out, with a larder SO well
| "He would be the, ideal host to cul:
tivate. He would do you so well and
you would be sure to meet the right
! people, What good time you would
have at his house party in the country
What pleasant time at ASCOT, racing
all day and playing all night Society
is just as grossly material today as II
was when Dives was in the sw1m.'
1885,. Fearlessnessy Hereditary.
Fearlessness is in the blood of Father
Vaughan, by the traditions Of his fam
lily and parentage. Generations ago the
(;Vaughans lost their ancestral estates
at Ross, in Hertfordshire, but they
have always preserved the calm cour
age and lofty bearing that characterizt
the race. His father was Colonel T
Vaughan, who served with distinction
in the Crimea, and five Of his sever
brothers took holy orders. One Of then
became the cardinal. This brothe
Father Vaughan greatly resembles. H
has the same, Idignifedj +demeanor ant
!; air of Observation-Disclosures. Ing @
i The fiery dark eyes, the high and in
tellectual Forehead, the thin and mobil
lips and the clear and resounding voic
add to his singularly striking person
> atty. He is one Of the few Roma
;: catholic priests who have dined wit
the king, and it is said that his majest
has the sincerest regard for the Jesui
father. .&4E z >...l.'