CONSIDERATE HOSTESS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 8, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 41.

CONSIDERATE HOSTESS.

GAMBLING in the homes of the well-to-do is no longer a novelty, and it is not a rare thing for a guest to find himself or herself even embarrassed over losses at the social gaming table. Dr. Washington Gladden has related the following incident as an illustration of one of the ways “society” finds to amuse itself and “entertain” guests in its homes.

“A young lady from my own city recently visited New York, and found herself in an elegant home, where a card party, with this spice, playing for prizes and money, for its diversion, was to assemble in the evening. The girl had scruples against gambling, and begged to be excused, but her hostess insisted that she must play, making her feel that she would violate the obligations of hospitality if she refused. With a great reluctance, she yielded, and lost during the evening considerable money. The hostess offered, the next morning, to make good her loss, but the girl had spirit enough to refuse that reparation; since the greater wrong she had suffered would not be undone, she would not permit the lesser to be

repaired. The essential vulgarity and brutality of a society in which a thing like that can happen does not need to be pointed out.”—Union Gospel News.