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Show THE LANGTRY WOMAN. The British'have a war in South Africa. Af-rica. The United States have a war in the Philippines.- Of these two facts it would per-m that the people in New York City have forgotten the latter. Thousands of American soldiers are suffering the privations of war for the sake of the American flag. It is to be nrfxiiimprt that the "absent-minded beggar" in the Philippines is no more provident than his fellow in arms in South Africa. He, too, has left people peo-ple behind who are more or less dependent de-pendent on him. He, too, suffers from sickness and wounds in the far East. What an encouragement it must be to him when he learns that the people of New York, at the invitation of the notorious- Lang try, left-handed consort of royalty, rushed to collect funds for the sick English soldier, quite forgetful of the American, far more deserving of the attention and solicitude cf his fellow fel-low citizens than the stranger. But what actuated these New Yorkers? York-ers? Was it a desire to aid the "absent-minded beggar of the English army that caused them to pour forth their dollars at Mrs. Langtry's request? No, they were not actuated by any-humane any-humane motive. They simply saw an opportunity to ally themselves in a morganatic way to New York's Four Hundred, which it was supposed would do homage to the notorious Langtry because of her affiliations with the husband of the Princess of Wales. The whole affair is nauseous and reflects re-flects but little credit on American womanhood. A New York paper, speaking of the affair, very pointedly observes the following: fol-lowing: We speak today 'of the women so-called so-called fashionable who assisted .at Mrs. Langtry's "Tea." This "Tea" was organized to advertise adver-tise an actress now presenting a disreputable dis-reputable play, and incidentally to raise a sum of money for the benefit of English soldiers. The principal idea the idea mot advertised was to run a public bar. Men and WOMEN were to be encouraged encour-aged to drink as much as possible, and to pay as liberally as possible for what they might drink. First question: You WOMEN called fashionable because be-cause you sit up late, gad about constantly con-stantly and lack all serious interest in life know- better than anybody else how much harm drinking already doe3 among women in this city. ! Don't you think it disgusting to take any part in the peddling of alcoholic stimulants at an hour of the day when no man or woman ought to drink? Second question: We do not accept the statements that have been made as to the character char-acter of the actress who organized the "Tea," but we DO KNOW how disreputable dis-reputable the play is in which she is the principal character, and we do know what you women think in YOUR OWN HEARTS, of the actress' character. char-acter. We ahould like to ask you this: If the life she has led had brought her poverty, if she had been notoriously the friend of a cab-driver instead of being the friend of the Prince of Wales, would you have done for her what you did Tuesday? If not, on what ground do you excuse ex-cuse HER or discriminate in favor of HER, who has made a career such as hers financially prfitable? What sort of example do you think you are setting to other women TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN? |