The Washington herald., 1915-02-27

New York, Feb. 2s-"wasters and
tramps constitute our only idle society.
The foundations of our real society rest
upon money. and it is only the workers
who attain wealth.
Miss Anne Morgan voiced these sem
timents yesterday. commenting on the
declaration Of President Wilson that
high society were those who had
stopped working.
Take the Carnegies and tricks, for
instance" continued Miss Morgan. They
have enormous riches and il was amassed
by prodiSious labor. Those who work
rule the destinies of the social well
as the business world. Society is not
dependent upon ancestral traditions or
ancient lineage. People who tell you Of
the great ancestors they have are usu-
ally inactive in the live things Of
the age.
How "HiRh Society," Aids.
Society and its ramifications depend
upon the expenditure of money for their
existence. Who have the necessary money
to spend upon entertainments and the
social functions that annually give en-
ployment to thousands Of tradesmen? 1t
is the men of money. Could the bust
money that is placed in circulation by
the thousands of men who compose the
working element? BY no means. Bust
ness Is kept alive by the thousands OF
dollars that are spent by high society.
That Is an item that some statistician
would do well to investigate.
Society is not permanent. When I
was twenty years old and went about
to all the functions of the day, the Wis
iSfc inc hut
unheard now. Those folk have dropped
out of the race of life from one cause or
another and their places have been taken
by others, just as important, just as
cultured. and just as capable socially
as their predecessors. Activity is the
watchword of the times and all the fam
lily glory in the world will not help you
if you cannot keep abreast of every
phase Of progress.
Being in society also imposes obiga-
tons. and I am proud TO say that the
vast majority of Americans who are
members of the smart set are living up
to those obligations. These obligations
consist in spreading among our less
fortunate fellow-countrymen culture
learning of all kinds and knowledge Of
every useful art and craft.
"1dlers are found in every condition Of
life. object to the word class. There
only one anu IL consists OF tne
folk who work and achieve. Every young
man or woman in the United States be-
gins life with the desire to excel in their
respective lines and make a fortune.
There is one great axiom of life that We
should all learn, and that is that every
cent of money a person has must be
earned. either by himself or herself or
their relatives
Says Wilson Ii Wrong.
President Wilson says the world could
dispense with high society and the
world would never miss it. He is very
wrong The wealth of society is respon-
sible for the successful careers of many
artists, singers, musicians and profess
sional folk as well. Whose names adorn
the lists of patronesses at all the large
charitable affairs Those of the women
of society. They are proving themselves
hard workers this winter when there are
more charitable affairs than ever before
in the history of the country.
Il can give you the names of scores
of society women in New York who de-
vote many hours a week to working for
the various interests that tend to uplift
and better the conditions of our citizens
They do not make 1t a fad. but really
toll. and the spirit of self-sacrifice is
manifest to a most unusual degree among
them"