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THE ORECON .' SUNDAY JOURNAL.' PORTLAND. . SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5. 19131 r yt-v .. . n .rt i . y U V3 i H TtIIE REVEREND HERBERT SHIPMAN, reptor of the Church of th3 V I Heavenly Reat, oa Fifth Avenue, New York, delivered a sermon ini . ' . Trinity Church, the ultra fashionable church of Newport, In which he deplored the unhappiness of the wealthy classes In this country, their discontent and unrest Mr. Shipman is well 'able to discourse on this , subject. He is a member of the exclusive Tuxedo and Newport sets, and . is rector in one of the most fashionable churches in New York. This . church has so many love affairs within its , walls that it is called the . 'Church of the Earthly Flirtations.' He is the husband of one of the richest women in this jpart of the country, Mrs. Shipman being' a daughter oti ' the late Edson Bradley of Washington; D. C, ?Y ." Pitytli 1 tlx.. Yl -y 11 lk2 vvlliil;Jcylivij , '-.V'-v;' Y V" ?Y Y t-i't i . ' t'i ..." i. UMAN Ufa has la it a very lirn element of pathoa. We touch elbowa with disappointed hope, with i discouragement, Hvith fallen ideal, with tragedy. whenever wo go where men and women are. And the matk, the bravo frent hold beforo the world, only adJe to ' 'tho pathoa of It.' I don't Dean only and especially, however, lie pathos ' of tho poor and sick and unfortunate, of . thoae wo eall life's failures. ' I mean tho pathos of ao many of those wo ca3 tho rlc" , tho successful and tho strong, whose riches and stren--a end successes have gained for thorn everything oa earth except tho one thing thoir heart, desire, , ", I mean tho pathos, not of tho breed-lino, hut of tho automobile line? not of rags and tatters, but of silks oad satinsi not of hungry, starving bodies, but of hungry, , tailing souls, v. i,,... ; - Y., V';Y There la pathos, God knows, la the darkness nd C.ri ' and degradation of what we call the "slums' there to, pathoa, too, God knows even if. we do not know or see the weil-dresssd respectability of tho a treat,, where money talks,' and talk so load that no other voice I : heard pathoa there, bat not because of evil involved I am not speaking about that but because of the high ' ambition that go dowa, the splendid hope that are laid aside, the ideal that receive tho stamp "not practical behind, the face of .--! 3 . . . mm ticaeB awav ionri inmm ap ik m . and harrying foot that chase a rainbow beneath which lie the thing they want and never findi because of the young face upoa whose linos, at the beginning, to tho splendid cryi "Lifa, life, and yet more lifer' end at the end, with the desire of their heart a till unsatisfied, tho cry! "Money, money, and yet more money 1" r , . , , vThere b pathos te tho gripping, trembling fingers, la the eager, hungry eyas of those who, la tho back room of ; - a salooa or gambling den, play for stake the loabg ,of L which may mean downright hunger. There is pathoa, too.' , . hi tho quiet orderliness of the gambling table surrounded A by wall -dressed, well-mannered men and women j pathoa, ; not, I aay again, for tho evil of it only, bat because whoa carried to excess, as it to carried to excess, it 1 o po- ,, ' theue a commentary upon life,' ao pathetie an attempt to fill tho emptiness of life, to get away from one' own self i. o pathetie an attempt to make unreality take tho place of a reality which has aot been found, to make excitement or enjoyment persuade tho heart, for a time at least, that It Is aatisfied. ' ' " - - There is Bathos in tho little dinsrv store, with iU little tinsel, tawdry stock,' beforo whose window ragged chii wistfully, where pennies are haggle wkoshauld bo happy and contented and entirely Mils fled I " wMiu i mum m wum wu uu' ... ion are aoing tning too little for your. strength, i Yea Vanity,' behind tho emptiness, ts thi Cthos tho t longing' for tho 'thing that satisfies for auty, for youth to stay, for admiration, for something, for anything, upon which not the eye only, hut tho heart ' can rest contenteven for little while, content. Via all of this there is pathos. ,l " There is pathoa in the pleasure. In tho entertainment of our so-called higher classes, of those who stand at tho other extreme of the social scale. I am not speaking of these now as wrongj I am not speaking of them as pa thetic, and that they often are pathetic . It is pathetic to aee men and women making of enjoyment a business a business that is often a hardship,! to see them wear ing themselves , out, body and soul, la . their hunt for, pleasure it is pathetie to see them, as one does see them pretend and make believe that "having a good time" a fool'a phrase that, Lke a' fool' make-up, often hide . breaking heart that thi satisfies every wont they haves it is pathetie whoa the want they have, even if jthey doa'I acknowledge It, posh to. the surf ace, and they pile oa , more pleasures, more elaborate, more) bizarre to put II mildly more highly spioed pleasure, to bring it ondeAi ' to keep It voice oat.ofthelroarav:'-' -.KAri , ' It is pathetie to aee men and women Irvfntf fa. excitement, doing more and mora thing, doing them af greater and greater speed, talking more broadly, laughing mora loudly, drinking more freely, dancing more wildly, and shouting the while J "I am happy, and there is life, and I have no other want or wiah." It to pathetie. I aay, to : sea them trying to make thia satisfy tho want, the hunger in them tho want and hanger which, whenever they are) , still and think, cries out! "I am not satisfied, and you who. are myself know that I am not atiafied." v s -Do you remember, in that great parable of the boy who .MP fc"- house, to go into a far country m search ?! ubftT " pleasure, what it wa that brought him to himself and at last to his father's homo again? It seema to me that tho prodigal. lost soul of thi society of ours, to at just such a turning point. Just such a parting of tho way. What to all Its feverish excitement about? Why Is it rushing from this pleasure to that as if life depended -on It? Why is it grasping at this thing or tho other almost anything will do and trying to make it an end " and object worth living forend then throwing It awayf 1 Why to it trying to feed itself on ovary new so-called phUoeophy, every new cult and "ism" that oomes along, pretending to be satisfied, and then hurrying to something else because It isn't satisfied. Why, la tho midst of every thing if this world to all there is everything to make life happy and contented, to there ao nanch nnLnnln,. so much discontent, so much restlessness .among those How Fashionable Society's Favorite Shepherd Shocked Hio Newport Audience by Declaring "The Automobile Line More Pathetic Thau the Bread Line-Those in Silk ; More Pitiable Than: Those in Rago" s - , over, a tates'ono a patron of importance. ' There to pathoa. too , la the glittering shops along Fifth avenue, where furnish lags alone cost, a fair-stood fortune and whose stock to valued by the million,; .Vanity of vanities, one) might aay. Yes, vanity of vanities, emptiness of emptinessea but aro playing with life, not uainsr iL . Yon mrm l.n.kln mA dancing and a erring your little self, while a hundred men are calling tor your strength. . t . ,v ,. ,. , "- tt-'t Are you satisfied it should bo I jiA ; www mwmww ww ww mim ttOCa Sdm&Women to Whom Wealth V Has Brought Only Unhappiness f-IASHlONABLB lociety : la ; tUs t.J-Cototry,to not t all put to It i to count the caasei that led Mr. Shipman to make lilt attack on the "Unhappy mch," . It knows that be did not hare to scratsch deep to , uncover scandals, Borrows -and gins among ' the people w with : whom hit parish and social Ilia brings him in contact , The members of the Circus. CsKPieo. CT"CM- ' ' , llrs, Robert Goelet, Who Is New Jiort'a Most Interesting Examplo wtt tho Pathos of Great Wealth. Piwrs fjff A'H' PuewT r Ml f .'(.'. I III V ' Set of Newport.' for Instance, are sure that the wealth of many of " their friends has brought "only un happiness to its owners. - They elte ' instances of - the great unrest which , Inspires its members, and tell In no uncertain tone, of rich women who - ' are "poorer" than the very poor. All Summer Mr. Shipman has seen the excessive drinking he condemns, the rabllng tor high stakes; the "earth ' flirtations' that are leading the ' participants to the divorce courts. '.7 What happiness, for instance, has her wealth brought Mrs. Billy Leeds? Divorced from a poor man to marry , a man of great wealth, .who had In. turn divorced his poor and unpro gresslve wife,- what has she to fill her life and make her happy? ' ' The spending of her wealth? ' She does spend it lavishly, she squanders yearly, a fortune, to keep herself la. the. front f things socially In Le-. . don, but of' what use is it all ?' She -.wants shore all things to be a power socially In New; York, but not even'; her l wealtn ' has made this . possible.:; In London she entertains In sumptu ous ; style 'but ' the most i exclusive -women, those - who are the -real, power : socially do not. attend 'her . parties; v 1 She makes ' her ;home In --London when ,not travelling in mad haste from', one -Continental' port to another. She . Is never at, rest, for : when ahe rests she thinks and that ; she does not like to do. - Is it when she Is quiet that she, thinks , of the two divorces that; were necessary to :, bring about her marriage to the Tin. Plate King?.' Does she recall that he did not live long after, his marriage to her and , that .he would, probably ;. hare been Just as happy, for that ., short time with his first wife? :s , . 4 1 She is estranged from her family and .: her ' old friends, and : her new : friends are those , who are such, be-, cause she is a woman of tremendous T wealth. She is a bright'and shining example of one of -the, "Poor RichT ; whose, uves are . nuea witn patnos. There is Mrs. Clarence atacKay, so tory offense.' Is Mrs. Mackay hsppyt . Has the great wealth she marrief brought hr happiness?! t Did she find happiness, eren con tent, In her strenuous suffrage cam palgn? No, that added to her unrest for It only gave her more chance to display her wealth and.lt was not many years after her marriage that the former Kitty Duer hated to see the things that her .wealth could do for herself. - -v,Vi. Is there any one,, either rich or poor who Is more pathetlo than the "wealthy" Airs. Mackay? i She may not see her childrenfor years,' If their father keeps them, In Europe, for she will have ' to make a con tinuous residence In Maine, la order j to- get; a divorce. n- 1 v' ,'1-- , Kitty; Mackay never had a brother . ' or slater, her father and -mother are . dead,' she ' la utterly alone . in the " world.'. The things she wants,, her ' large Income settled on" her by her ' Vnahanil' rfannnt 'hit- Wt.wi rilAmtr child, Kitty the second." Is a' beautl-. ' ful" girl of fourteen, the very Image of f herself,1' then there: .Is blueeyed (Ellen and John, aged four,' when she sees them, again they may, hare. en tlrely , outgrown their., remembrance , of her.- Can any one look at her and caU- her, happy fvv ' -i.K:y''.f:r- v But right under the rector's eyes 1 all ' summer has been , another1 ex, ample;' of v the t pathos of wealth. . When Klsle Whelen was. called' the' most beautiful girl in Philadelphia, when she was making a sensation in Newport,' she married: Robert Ooelet, oneiot the wealthiest t bachelors - in America. She made no secret of the fact, that she was marrying him be cause j her mother -wanted 'her-: to. ana-because -sne had . . " "There wag tlieir favorite minister, one of them fa Fact, pniorybo; their follies and vices, their restless activities and the!! reckless rush for pleasure? just as mertalessly at any old Puritan father ever did with the wrongdoerof his time." the trifles that women ' of - fortune demand.:Was she happy as she sat In her. opera box,"1 her, head .weignea ..; ' down wlth:her diamond tiara? - Was she happy as she eat at her dinner table in -her million .dollar . mansion on Fifth avenue,' facing the . man who gave her. an this? .. r - Was she i happy living at Ochre 1 Court, the .superb Newport Tilla Where she spent seven summers? , .'All this Is in the past tense. She Is now living apart from the. author U her "wealth. All summer Mr. ' " Ooelet has kept away from Newport, he has not k seen his wife .nor.- his ' two children for months. Mrs. Goe- let, is living in one, of . the smaller places far from the cliffs, 'and 1 she : : says that she will remain In Newport all wlBter,'.;;r:;v'-i'";:,ivi'T x This sUtement means, so says the "t Circus Set, .that - the Ooelet ? wealth has brought, only unhappiness,; that,., . it has headed 'Elsie toward the ti - vorce court. .'The laws of the State of Rhode Island are that a two years'" v; residence gives one the right to sue - for - divorce k and this Is the reason ' - given for ;Mrs. Ooelet's decision. Y. In Newport also, right under, the. ' eye of the observing rector, lives ; Mrs.' Herbert 'Harriman, who di vorced her1 husband, Major Hall and then - married Herbert Harrlman of . the well known family of "financiers and flirts,, as Newport describes them. ' " ; : 'Is Mrs. .Harrlman happy? Did her . divorce and subsequent marriage) . well known In all parts of the United J could buy,; diamonds. , motors, man- sions m various parts or the world, an opera box, a steam yacht and all ,' fitatea and '. also i in Eurone. At the age of eighteen ' she was a brilliant beauty.' of an exotlo type, one who : should have married ' only because ' ; c she loved deeply and ardently.' She ; married Clarry Mackay. because he ( , loved her and because ha, had an .nnrmnnl f nrtnns W Mrs. Mttfllro' ' a yearning for the luxuries which, the Ooelet wealth Y bring her happiness? Who knoweth would ' give her. - It was an open ' the 1 bitterness of the female, heart secret that she was In love with an when Its possessor belongs to a race, other man,', but he was of no social which is trained to . hide its ' feeK standing. Has that marriage brought ings? - -her happiness? ' "tK Mrs. Haniman does . not ewaQ . From thel beginning of. her mar- her lot, she smiles bravely and cou rtage Mrs. Ooelet had all that wealth stantly but she Is only another one : of Mr.. Shopman's toathetlo cases. ; Shd has no children, her present hus . band takes long tours throughout . to Fight wealth brought to her? She is : to I & mention 'T Is made of making ; x 'k08 v ..n!???? j1111? fZ ' artlflclal clouds; that"the pur for such things Jlrs.1 Herbert Harrlirian, Whose Divorce front a "Poor Ufan and Marriage to a Member of the ; Wealthy Harrlman Family v , - .Hare Not Brought Her , Happiness, . of the fact that wealth does not bring happiness. ' , ?:-::?-,:. .f y . She ia living, la Portland, Maine, apart from her family 'and friends, -Her husband slipped out of the coun-' try last June, taking her, three chll- -dren ; "With him.' ; Lonely, tragically unhappy,', this beautiful young ma f i tron then exiled herself,' and the re- . suit of that exile?;' Well, a two years' ,l residence In Portland entitles -one to v secure a divorce' without the un- ' . Sleaaaataees of proving f. - ptatua. ' lzed water, of course, but of smoke. However, it Is such dense smoke and pur' ' bangs so thickly over the territory pose, for such things . wouisYte to wnere 11 is proaucea tnai u nas ererj; -secure shade.;but - that .In, notthe i appearance of douds. ; Y.Y, idea at aU artificial clouds are'made , , The smoke clouds are produced by; as a' preventive against frost Y , V tar, resin or petroleum, according to This Idea has really been taken up, and successful experiments made in the ';' cold, mountainous regions of Europe, where people depend entire ly, upon certain crops and where end-, den frosts are Tory likely to occur.1 the abundance of the particular prod uct la the locality where It happens : to be needed. , : h 1 '.'i , The success of the system Is said to depend entirely on the promptitude of lta 'amplication, in which case ro The clouds, are not made of vapor- f' suits are immediate. ; Y,.,, .', . - Y : ; i cpyrlghi llllbnthe Stas Compaayi Orsaf Brltald Rlghta Bsserrsa, the world without her and she spends most of her present life-eat-, ing her heart out with sorrow. Last year. Mr. Harrlman went to South' 'Africa f or ; ten months, leaving his ' wife In New- York, alone. - , - j , And yet Mrs. Harrlman Is a mem ber of the . Newport set, is . looked upon, by outsiders a' a yery lucky woman. May, Brady-Hall-Harriman, . today, would ' giro - all her wealth for an invitation to visit the Coun tess of Oranard or Mrs. Ogden Mills in their - English castles, . but, since her .divorce and her- marriage ' to ' Harrlman she -has not - 4een . wel- ' - corned- by' either Mrs. Mills ' or her daughter -t To solace ; herself : Mrs. -Harrlman. has taken up bridge, she plays ' it .masterfully' and v success ' fully,. but what does her skill at the 7 cardtable mean? Not happiness bu( '' 'tragedy.' '""- ' :t . S Jn the handsomest 1 mansion "1n' ' Bellevue avenue lives . a womaa whose wealth can he counted by tho many millions. ' Is f she happy? Is Mrs. Edward Berwind one t of the happy, women of this world, or. one of the most pathetlo? v . ; Y -r ; She has no children, she abhors . the doings of the Circus Set, she has a husband . whose soul yearns .only to make the members of the Circus Set have a good time. Never were . husband and wife at greater logger heads, but she lives with ' dignity, accepting all things, and Newport and her husband know that she will not seek the divorce court but will ' bear her sorrows In ' silence. ' Has the Berwind wealth brought - . happiness. In lts tram?..v:,i!.,;Vi;,,;,;.:v But there are' many other women who have paid in sorrow for their wealth. Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbllt, one of tHe richest California heir esses, when she married the oldest son of William . K. : VanderbUt thought that her road to happiness -was - plain 'before, her. v For three years she has lived apart from her huBband refusing to get a divorce ' but not recognizing his existence at all. : Her wealth could not keep . her husband by her side, and ? his ' wealth could not give her the happk nesa she craved. It takes more than wealth to keep two people from the .bitter quarrels which were a feature of the life of the young Vanderbilta, Is Mrs. ' Vanderbllt hippy ' as she ' ' lives In her great mansion on Long Island while her husband lives prao . ticaily abroad all the time? Pathos? The wealthy sets throughout this country are as full of It as the reo tor'of the Heavenly Itest claims And 1 he, , like the members ' of tht Circus Set who whisper, this story orer .their tea cups, know that the surface has only been scratched la, 2ils sermoa and; this tale . v?-a-: 17 - V ' 'Yl, Y t - i - V ''. ':: .: c .-f-' w 1 : x Sirs, Clarence Mackay, Who la the Host Ccz: Of the Fact That Great Wealth V: Always Erlas narr'YY, t'