| Show ADMITS lUMEN OEN ARE IDLE AND UNHAPPY f t Cardinal Gibbons Says Critic v Regarding Is Right I the Rich i f WEALTHY CHASE PLEASURE 4 t i sto to Middle and Poorer I I Declares Remark Is 1 Unfair t I BY llY NIXOLA GREELEY SMITH S j New York Oct 10 lO AlO Aio American ai women l idle lo and anel unhappy I J put ot the question today to Cardinal Gibbons prince of oC the Roman Homan Catholic church churchIn In America after telling tellin him that Dr Andrew in an article In the LOJ London LOJon on Sp Spectator nat nad brought both these thel accusations against us Ul American women of at a cot curtain cortan lain class clae and 0 limited number are aro the Idlest and most unhappy In the th world came caine his eminences eminence's reply I 1 refer ho he continued to the possessors of ot enormous normous wealth some of at whom havo hoo neither religion principles nor domestic domes domes- tic virtues to restrain them These employ their vast fortunes their merely In the gratification of or passions But Dut there is a a. portion if It our very ory wealtny class that lives and anel vir vir- and against our Against them ant middle lc and poorer classes tho the char charge e of Idleness Is unfair I 1 saw aw Cardinal Gibbons In Brooklyn Brooklyn of ot Jos T T. T Klele where he Is the lie guest g An And never outside of at a a. canvas have hive I seen seon such a positively jaunty Jaunt cardinal before of Scarlet time Ume I 1 had seen It was not the first his eminence But Dut on a n P oc occasion occasion occasion oc- oc casion his lean intellect taco face had hat In Indicated In- In only asceticism and m mental fa- fa V tigue gue This morning bronzed by the salt of oC his returning ocean trip on breezes the till his hilt cheeks cheek were nearly of or and anel the necktie cardinals cardinal's cap of ottlie the scarlet that cleft tho of oC his hla black costume tho the venerable prelate health looked the picture of oC vigorous met before beCore In the little home We had of ot the parish priest at Southampton L. L I I. I ll where Cardinal Gibbons was unending spending his vacation homo of or f a Now ow it was in the lie modest As we wo sat ant and clint chat CatholIc layman fed Jark not help belp ted in iii its dark parlor I could wondering if IC I was ever going r to en- en which Imagination counter the pomp tion and tradition clothes a prince of the Catholic church Hitherto I have havo met only an earl early Christian simplicity ant and humility por- por haps best indicated by his hla first remark to mo when I arrived ten minutes late rate tor my appointment I was waiting wafting for you ou my 01 child I an engagement Talk Talk-s of or J. J Foreign Critics Then It was I ask asked cd the tho cardinal to reply to tho the most recent attacks on the American women The foreign critic of ot AmerIca his eminence resumed sees only tho the su superficial superficial aim su- side ido of at our social ocial life liCe Ho lIo reads cads of scandals and divorces In the tho newspapers You know the tho cardinal added softening the thc accusation with a emile you rou never print a line lino about our I millions of ot happy homes The really good women of at America who lead happy happ domestic lives devoted to their husbands and children and who are actuated b by sound principles addora sel ad- seldom sel- sel dora dom get Into the newspapers rho The great reat majority of at them never get Into so society so- so o- o as ts tho the foreigner sees secs it He lie draws his unfavorable conclusions from froma rom roma a few fe extraordinarily wealthy women who having no sound Hound religious principles prin prin- c to guide them bent arc ale both Idle I and unhappy Then your eminence thinks the pos possession pOs pOs- 9 session ot of great wealth s entails unhappiness unhappiness unhappiness' In Mud d I Luxury ararY Not Not wot ne necessarilY e i but frequently A A was Carillon Cardinal ns's a answer woman without some worthy occupatIon occupation occupation tion la Jil unhappy whether she he Is rich or ir r poor Certain wealthy women who isho are guided by lIy religion and a 3 sense of oC responsibility to others must bo be happy happ Others would spend their lives and fortunes In the pursuit of mad and meaningless luxury In gratifying their passions C cannot possess happiness This p should be bo deplored as much b by Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans as ashy h by foreigners Tin mit MV Mr the wo wo- wo or to s r i-r I 1 m man who works to a trick dog urged That surely Is la unjust I admire and respect the tha woman who works from necessity Cardinal Gibbone Gibbons Gib Gib- bone bons replied The question of at tho the working woman is Is however a grave economical problem that I cannot undertake un un- un- un to discuss off ott I 1 am much mitch too tired I told his eminence that he be did not look tired that he looked better than when ho he went on n his vacation Tins Hag Ile M Yes les ho bo acknowledged I 1 am nm feelIng feeling feeling feel feel- ing better I 1 was quite ill while abroad but am fully recovered 1 Then hen the enforced rest of at the ocean pecan trip benefited ben ben- me Here a a. new ring at the tho- doorbell doorbell door doom bell ushered In fresh visitors for the cardinal The They were shown Into tho the front parlor and with what t I took to tobe tobe be he a word to me mo the cardinal walked briskly tow toward art tho the folding doors that separated the tIle two rooms swung them open and anti greeted the new arrivals I 1 was mistaken about tho final word however ho Unlike other magnates whose Interviews consist of What do you ou want Y Yea 8 No I wont won't answer that and a 3 curt dismissal sat without the formality for for- mality of or a good bye tho the man who Is If merely morel the American head of a n great grea Teat religion religion his his eminence Cardinal Gib Gib- bona has hone has all time lime for tor courte courtesy courtey As AI I reached the front door his eminence eminent emerged from the parlor in a polite flurr flurry You are not going away without saying good good-b good bye e surely surety he protested And on that we shook hands In iii taro faro well ell |
