Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

\ terrible way, brother John acted qulte
(, - strange last evening and Miss
" lSS2EI Franklin says that bad she feels
to tell it. she believes that brother
John drank more hard cider after the
town meeting than was good for him. You're
just like one of the family, Priscilla, and must
unburden myself to some one. There never was
a disspated Cornish before, and I'm heart-slck
wondering what's come over John"
Speaking of dissipation" Priscilla broke IN
upon her own attempt to make light OF John
ofense, what do you suppose Speaker Thomas
Newlight from the West declared at the meet
ing of the Press Club on Thursday?
"He said that" Priscilla paused for emphasis,
chat women are more disspated than men! He
actually did, Prue, and d'you know, after he'd
finished speaking, about believed him.
The two Puritanlike New England women re
garded each other silently for a period. "Prue"
with hostility in her glance and "Pris' with the
courage of her new-found convictions shining in
her eyes. Then Prudence Cornish spoke:
Priscilla Fisher, do you mean to tell me that
any either dared get up and say
that wives and daughters and mothers and
sweethearts-" she grew incoherent in her Ply
mouth indignation" sweethearts," she re-
peated, drink more wine and whiskey and
beer l.nan-than-"
Than the town pump" laughingly interrupted
TrlSclld. Ion grow excited Hrue, MT. New
light didn't say anything about drinking any
thing-not even hard cider-and neither did L.
You don't have to tip the cheering cup (Prue
looked shocked at this bit of slang) to become
dissipated You can become just as intoxicated
as drunkard without tasting anything stronger
than spring water.
why, every member of our sewing circle stands
IN danger of becoming confirmed drunkard-
no, L don't mean quite that, but we are in great
danger of becoming dissipated, of allowing our
sewing for the heathens to develop into ruling
passion and SO become frightful dissipation"
TALKING 1T ALL OVER
Prudence Cornish eyed Priscilla Fisher with
friendly concern until the latter laughed out
right. No, Prue, I'm not affected by either the
extreme heat or cold. Do sit down and offer me
chair and III tell you all about it, There, now
stop looking as though you think me demented
and about to do something rash.
Where was |? Oh, yes, about turning good
sewing not to mention fancy work and eye-spoil
ing embroidery into dissipation.
MIR. Newlght says, and | believe him It do
wish you had attended the lecture Prue) that
we women go off on regular housekeeping, sew
ing, fancywork, gossip, china painting tennis,
stamp collecting, cooking and fussing and fret
ting debauches. That we make slaves of ourselves
to our homes children, the opinion of the
neighbors and to fifty other masters, which lit
tie determination would put in their proper
places
You should have heard that man tell us the
plain truth, Prue. | went right home and wrote
letter to Joseph's sister inviting her to spend
month or as long as she could with us. 10.
seph has wanted to have her for ever so long, and
l have always said that couldn't on account
OF the baby. Why, Prue, do you know L have
just turned baby into regular dissipation
as you nave John and your lemon pies-and I've
taken the pledge, After this will have time to
read to Joseph in the evenings and to entertain
his friends and to think about his meals and to
make myself as attractive possible for his ap-
proval. And ] hope to be good mother, too
Mr.. Newlight looked right at me when he
said, some of you good Christian women make as
great slaves of yourselves to your children as
any man does to the wine cup, and by doing so
warp your own lives, neglect your homes and
love-
He pointed out how wrong this was to the