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Show (liuLli IS PASSION I OF SOCIETY Hi New York Minister Rebukes iiis Flock With Strong, Words. NEW YORK, March 2G.-The declaration decla-ration of the Rev. James E. Freeman of Yoillcers, that society uonen have become be-come dofcTaded through the passion for gambling at social functions, has staggered stag-gered the members of St. Andrew's Memorial Me-morial church In that city. The church membership includes the elite of Yonkcr?. Dr. Freeman admin-istere-1 his rebuke In an address to two hundred of the women members of his church at the mission meeting on Saturday. Sat-urday. Left Guests in "Debt. Th3 rector recited an alleged Incident where a dinner, succeeded by bridge whist, left most of the guests in debt to the host and hostess, and he deslnred that tho following day the debtors received re-ceived notes asking them to call and settle at the earliest opportunity. In part, he said: , "Society today is being permeated with the passion for games of chance, and where pnee the race track and the clubrooms witnessed .scenes of gambling gam-bling and men alone were tho victims, now It has become fashionable for women wo-men to occupy themselves In this common com-mon pursuit. The stigma Is an awful one. It la degrading to your sex and you should cry out against it with every sense of yqur offended womanhood. woman-hood. Should Ostracize Cards. "In some places it Is almost a dangerous dan-gerous thing for a women lo accept an invitation to a social function, for thev are Inevitably asked to take aart iii gambling and they find it difficult to refuse. If cards cannot be Indulged In without staining the fair hands of those who use them if the fashionable game of bridge cannot be played without with-out indulging In the gambling habit, then let us ostracize it altogether. |