The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25

Father Vaughan Lashes Idle
Women Of Society in New
J.: +. Book.
Special Gable to The Journal.

Special Gable to The Journal. ~. =,
London, Nov. 24.-The Rt.-Rev. Fir.
Vaughan has renewed his attack on the
smart set, this time in book which he
has published. Father Vaughan says:
: 1, cit is my deliberate belief, and am
fully persuaded t 1T my; sermons under
state what is going on today. among
some members, not only Of the upper
classes, but the middle classes, among
working people also. -
The preacher is no sour hater of Joy.
IT do not Think he says, England
owns the son who believes more in the
healthy influence of CHEEKY, bright and
merry social life than I do, - ! =,
For the idle smart woman he has the
lashes Of scorpions. He says: " Fool:
ish man will think aloud but silly
woman feels aloud. Conversations that
are carried on between sexes and among
women with each other are nothing less
than shocking, It all goes to: prove that
persons exercise no restraint whatso-
ever. It; might be blessing if some
of these gambling harpies could be
given what are called woman g rights,
FOR under these conditions, ]. presume,
they would drop woman g privileges and
then man might have chance Of seeing
that they played the game 49,
It's What They Take Off. !. j.
cit is not what women put on, but
what they take off that matters. There
are not few houses from which some
society ladies are permanently excluded
because of their want: Of decent cloth
ing. Did we knew less Of the motives
rum we might charitably suppose these
unwomanly women were recent importa:
tions from the Fiji islands, 1.s--~
A description of how young girls are
lured on to play bridge and sell their
souls to pay their debts, is repeated,
and in the appendix Father Vaughan
declares he has received letters: from
young ladies assuring him he has under
stated the "hideous state of things
He continues: "Loveless, childless
marriage is sapping the nation. Is it
not appalling to think that the very
last thing for newly married people to
want is mutual love. Nay, they ridi-
Guile belief in any such, old-world relic.
It g bad form and that is the end of
it, - t.-.> -, >....s ~ >. =
IT am proud to think that If my
father was one Of twenty children, ]
perience goes to show that the larger
The family the healthier and merrrie1
the children. ; : -.
-, Ridicule Big Families. 4 +
'The present 'up-to-date' parents
ridicule the notion of having big fami,
lies SO that instead of being proud, SO:
ciety is becoming ashamed. Of owning
to a nursery full Of. children. Most Of
the present day evils far and away
come from unhappy marriages, and un:
mutual reverence and love.D -.
Father Vaughan s denunciations are
interspersed with common sense re.
straint. :: =. :. 49,. il
II advocate elegance. in Dress" he
writes, but not extravaganza. In
another PLACE writing on gambling he
that is essentially wrong. But, the
evil Of gambling is to be found in liza.
way to deal with the gambling instinct
is to leave it severely alone. Z r.
:. Further on Vaughan says: 4 "Hero.
dias, with her past would stand out
prominently as the really. smart won.
an Of the smart set. Provided she and
Herod gave good dinners and rare en-
tertainments, there would be no diff.
Guilty in finding excuses for their &C.
tual life. IF Dives, who was burned
in he'll, were to revisit the. earth s he
would have entree to London's smart:
est set today.#.}He would be literally
pelted with Invitations. ' - s.: