Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-24
HER
At TACK On
SOCIETY
Christian Citizenship Speaker Re-
terates Charges of Girls Tip
ping at Exclusive Clubs,

Expressing her surprise that Seores
of Atlanta women should have hast
ened to deny her assertion that many
society girls are carried drunk from
fashionable cafes and clubs" when
none Of the clubs Of the defenders
was named in the accusation, Mrs.
G. b. Lindsey, OF College Park, secre-
tary Of the Civic League of America,
whose speech at the Christian Clti-
zenship Congress last week created d
stir in the social world, issued a state
ment Tuesday morning defending her
position.
Mrs, Lindsey declares she based her
statement on absolute and incontest-
able evidence, and that she has plenty
Of proof TO back up ner assertion
y have more proof now" she said,
than when | made the statement.
Since the excerpts from my address
and the criticisms Of me were pub
lished, corroborative testimony from
different sources has been volunteered
to me-"
Her statement follows:
Surprised by Defense.
That my little paper read before
the Southern Christian Citizenship
Congress should have created such a
furore of defense and criticism from
leading clubwomen is both surprising
and gratifying and It would be anus
ing were il not that so serious q
cause is involved, I had not hoped
for more than that my message should
be a tiny mustard seed in the arous-
ing Of 'he organized forces of strong
Christian women in Atlanta and,
through them, the women Of this sec
zion, ard so was not prepared for
such a startling recognition of the
maiden effort of this nice little wnm-
an
But why those ladies who have
rushed into print should have felt il
necessary to take the matter up from
a defensive standpoint is both sur
prise and a pratuity, Neither these
distinguished ladies nor the clubs
with which they are Identified were
directly or indirectly referred to as
participants in the conditions which.
condemned"
Certainly many women of atlanta
have high ideals and l was ap-
pesling 10 them. I was clearly cor,
demning the blighting course of the
idle rich and the foolish poor q:
well, who should have high Ideals
and genuine high living, but who have
not; who should not forget God in
thci. homes but do. who should moi
serve wine and gamble over thu
card tables but do; who should dress
in a modest and unsugge manner,
but do not; who should refrain froI1
profanity, beer and cigarettes, but do
mott
THAT this sporting type of girls ami
boys and their thoup' tless parents
exists in alarming numbers in al
cities. Atlanta not excepted, is a ia II
that is entirely too evident even TO
the casual obs yer TO he denied.
Watch "sweIl Clubs" She Says.
1T only takes a little close watch
ing Of numbers Of automobiles that
unload their passengers O.. our streets
day after day or tire crowds that mi
many Of our stylish cafes and swell
est clubs and private and public balls,
to establish the paint evidence If
the statement which I made ith &c
regret but .nXious purpose.
Let it be remembered. first and
last. that ! made no wholesale charge
against Atlanta society girls In
pleading for what DR.. Broughton call
ed America greatest need, a hap
tism of motherhood, I warned against
the danger to our Christian citizen
ship from certain types Of paCe-set
ting homes-the pace that kills
When ! sand that girls are sometimes
carried cut Of fashionable cafes and
clubs in stupefied responsibility Of
course | knew my ground not from
personal observation in the circle in
which ! move as has been iutimated
~ one of my critics, but from incon-
teStable evidence
Commemorative testimony from diff
fersnt sources has been volunteered
TO me, but it would be a funny thing
for either the guilty OF the innocent
to demand the proof