The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-16
Minister Tells OF Society Women
Who Ordered Their Drinks
in Hotel Saloon.
RICH LOSE SENSE OF SHAME
Another Incident i'll Havana Men
toned by DR.. Boggs 10
Prove Assertion.

THE United States Is the most
Rev. William L. Boggs. d. D., modera-
tor of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly. Mt the Second Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning. Things
have happened in New York City ir
the past few years that have been
more hellish and diabolical than any
thing that ever took place in the
worst days of Babylon's orgies.
"The great evil of our day is the
effect of great riches upon their pos
SCISSORS Those who have great
wealth are nothing but professional
pleasure-seekers, and they have lost
all sense of hame. That loss alone is
terrible. l was told the other day
by a man I know that not long ago
he was in one of the finest hotels in
the world-at a winter resort in
Florida-freauented by multimillion-
aires. He went into the bar to take a
drink. and was shocked to see a num-
Der of superbly dressed society women
come in the bar, stand up at the rail.
and order drinks. just like men. using
the technical slang names for the
drinks. They were the wives and
daughters OF millionaires who have so
much money that they have no shame.
Side Lights on Hnynnn.
'In Havana, I saw famous New
York millionaire enter the best cafe
there with a young woman. Her hair
was. changing from black to gold. |
turned to the man beside me and said,
speaking OF the millionaire:
Ills wife looks pretty young
THE man turned red. His wife
looked the other way. The man whis-
pered to me:
That's not his wife. His wife is
IN New York, crying her heart out.
This man of wealth, too. had lost
his sense of shame.
The curse of inherited wealth and
It's wrongful use is being felt all ovel
the nation. Tt is being felt heavily
even in the South
The text taken by DR.. Boggs was
the portion of the Scriptures relating
to the death of Absalom and the con-
scquent grief of his father, King Da-
vid. The runner who brought the
news to David, DIR. Boggs pointed out,
was a famous athlete In those days.
And he has his replica in some of
our young men to-day who are ath-
letes. Some of them go to college just
to get their heels educated" he as
serted.
Must Protect Youth.
we must protect our youth from
the terrible onslaught of scientific
doubt and skepticism that are reflected
In the newspapers and magazines OF
to-day said DIR. Boggs. Yet the
worst form of skepticism is found III
books. upon the title page of which
will be found the nalne Of the author
Will, REV before his name or ID. ID.
after it. These attacks on the Chris
tian religion are made by the very
men who have sworn to uphold tho
teachings of the Christian religion.
Such men as these are the Judas Is
CARROTS of our day.
What we need to-day in our church
are more Presbyterian mothers like
those of three-uuarters of a century
ago. I thank God that my mother was
ono of thomas they did then, she
stood with a switch in one hand, and
a catechism in the other. and you got
tho first If you didn't know the last
The first seven years are the years
that count with a child"
Commenting on tho characteristics
of the Hebrew people, Or. Boggs said:
THE people of that race are splendid
fighters. / saN; thcm down the river
Wonder in the war: i saw them with
cannon roaring around them and
mimic balls shrieking in the air: /
saw them facing death-and with a
courage that was magnificent, There
were no more heroic soldiers than
those of the Hebrew faith"