Show GENIUS US AND O THE I I Il IDLE f liy liiV Mr Mrs Ir John A. A LJ Logan an V A delightful change c seems to lo be he coming coining over 01 the thc spirit of the dreams leams of oC many ninny fn fashionable women Hith Hitherto erto women nb absorbed in purely frivolous affairs of so society society so- so have havo exhausted all nIl there is In that sort of life Ufe and I have lave resorted to lo nobler occupations and higher am ambi- ambi l- l bus lons Provided Pro with all tho ho money mOtley necessary to Push lish any purpose they thoy may plan the they have haYe only to lo bring Into nto notion action the tile abilities and moral courage o most American Ameri can women 1 possess OS to lo reach the Iho acme of or their proudest aspirations It has been seen what tho they can do when enlisted In n an tiny any great treat cause for or charlt charity and amid humanity and anti also that hint scores of them have attained enviable n reputations as s artists writers musicians sculptors lecturers linguists linguists lin un- travelers anti and philanthropists But nut to achieve e tho they have hae boon been een obliged to 10 la lay aside e the folles fol- fol bles les of fashion Cashion and to occupy themselves In the he study 01 r practice of the Ito particular thing timing which Interested them bern most lost V V The diversions of the thc leisure class quickly become to persons of or Intelligence The Idle hIla born be- be e- e ome satiated with Inane Inano conceptions of persons who whose fJ sole ole object Is to invent some sonic novelty In iii the wa way of enter enter- of those thoe whose tune time hangs hang heavily on omi their hands ands simp simply because there thero is Js nothing in the a absurdities resented presented to lo satisfy or edify an any ami or ordinary human mind It has only required someone to 10 take lake the tho lead In J h t JJ of lr 3 w more le r rational IOp eJ dispositions I V m h Ifa 1 m ct Wn d mol mol- i II tr u ne I ho the follies an and extravagance un e of oC the wealth wealthy tie de- to be told bid that l I leaders els have appeared l. l Mrs Irs James ames Henry Smith has announced her intention to withdraw with with- draw raw from the aimless s circles of or society with whom she I has hns as spent much of or her life because she no iio lon longer cl enjoys I a life of or profitless s excitement Site She is to hive livo fn in n her I charming home homo on th the lie Hudson anti and one C J may nittY Uly c expect to j I hear that hint in her retirement sho she has contributed some some- i thing Imperishable in the thc world or of letters etters In art arl or by hy suggesting omne philanthropic enterprise thal that will bring l' l relief lIer and amid happiness to 0 the lie unfortunate Mrs Irs Harry Payne Pane the talented daughter of or the late late Secretary Secretory of State John Hay heir hell to lo her hr fathers father's literary manuscripts as well vell as to his abilities frequently contributes something from h her l' l pen pen to the Ow magazines s of ot the day a- a showing sho la 18 far fal more inure Interested in literature than In vaudeville udo an anti and silly amusements of Idle Idle- millionaires i i I If scores of ot such suli women would withdraw raw their support support sup- sup port poi from the strolling unscrupulous professional lonal actors actresses and entertainers It would bo ho o a 0 blessing lessing to society The Tho young J people who are arc brought up in an sin atmosphere of or dissipation are aLe not benefited Conta t I with an and recognition o or of questionable lo people no matt mattl r rI I how clever they may be el Is sure to bear ear unfortunate Cru fruit I 1 V There arc so many ninny things one can cnn do 10 for recreation a lion tion and pleasure for ones one's friends without compromise Ono One Is astonished at the lie hold have had hind on the ery very best Jest s society of or the tho country It would bo boasy easy V and olid vastly more more entertaining f If tho young oung people would get up various kinds s of plays pas amateur performances performance operas peras games gaines and contests among themselves taking parts that lint required thought study an and rehearsals thereby occupying their time tinie with something calculated to deI develop de tie- I eop their mental anti and physical qualities The They ou would soon discover er that they ha had no need for the professional I services of performers in any line and moreover that I among among- themselves there are aro persons of ot the highest order of talents which only r require development to provo prove ro o a 0 of or c edifying if Ing entertainment It will be bo a no happy lay day when society is genuinely en aroused to a realization of or the shameless waste of time and mon money y in which thc they have been engaged for years jean There is no recalling the past but a a. halt aalt may be 10 made for the future which may result in the thc building up of magnificent places for Cor or legitimate amusements an and may may- hap hal a add d to tu tho the list lid of oC geniuses In man many roles Iho tho names names of or those whose latent talents would never neer have been discovered discovered dis dis- covered co hod had tho they continued to drift in the tho channel of or ori i Idleness leness and Indifference It Is In the power ower of or the women to change the t tastes and amid lift Ut the lie standard of amusement and occupations of oC tho the favored of fortune |