Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-23
HER
At TACK ON
SOCIETY
Christian Citizenship Speaker Re-
iterates Charges Of Girls Tip
ping at Exclusive Clubs.

Expressing her surprise that scores
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. d. Lindsey. OF College Park, secre-
tary Of the civic League Of America
whose speech at the Christian Citi-
zenshlp Congress last week created
stir in the social world issued 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 her assertion.
II 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 1t would be anus
ing were It not that so serious a
cause is involved. had not hoped
for more than that my message should
be a tiny mustard seed in the arous-
ing Of the organized forces Of strong
Christian women in Atlanta and,
through them, the women Of this sec
ton. and so was not prepared for
such a startling recognition Of the
maiden effort of this nice little won-
an
Put why those ladies' who have
rushed into print should have felt il
necessary to take the matter up from
a defensive standpoint is both a sur
prise and a gratuity. Neither these
distinguished ladies nor the clubs
with which they are identified we're
directly or indirectly referred TO as
participants in the conditions which !
condemned"
Certainly many women of Atlanta
have high ideals, and | was ap-
pealng to them. was clearly con
demning the blighting course OF the
idle rich and the foolish poor as
well, who should have high Ideals
and genuine high living. but who have
not; who should not forget God in
thei. homes, but do. who should not
serve wine and gamble over tn -
card tables, but do, who should dress
IN a modest and unsuggestive manner,
but do not. who should refrain fyorl
profanity. beer and cigarettes. but do
not!
That this sporting type OF girls ami
boys and their thouF tess parents
exists in alarming numbers in al
cities. Atlanta not excepted, is IA Il
that is entirely too evident even TO
the casual obs yer to be denied.
Watch swell Clubs" She Says.
1T only takes d little close wateh-
ing Of numbers Of automobiles that
unload their PASSENGER o.. our streets
day after day, or tire crowds that H.
many Of our stylish cafes and swell
est clubs ana private and public balls,
to establish the pain evidence #
the statement which made it'll o,
regret but nxious purpose
Let it he remembered, first and
last. that 1 made no wholesale charge
against Atlanta society girls In
pleading for what DR.. Broughton call
ed Americas greatest need, a hap
tsm Of motherhood, I warned against
the danger tc 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 ana
clubs iu stupetied responsibility OF
COURSE ! knew my ground not from
personal observation in the circle in
which ! move as has been minated
hN one of my critics. but from .uCou-
tcstabIo evidence.
"CurropOrative testimony from diff
ferput sources has been volunteered
10 me. but IL would be A funny thing
for either the guilty or the innocent
10 demand the proof"