Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1913 — Ministers Preached Sermons Against Card Party Prises. [ARTICLE]

Ministers Preached Sermons Against Card Party Prises.

Rensselaer ministers Sunday devoted parts of their sermons to a criticism of the custom of giving prizes at card parties. It is well known that during recent years cards have constituted the chief amusement at parties and clubs among both ladies and gentlemen in Rensselaer. It has been the custom at many' of the parties to give simple and Inexpensive awards. The ministers hold that this is a bad example to hold up before the young and that it causes intense rivalry that encourages cheating and falsifying. In justice to the people who have given parties and prizes let us say that we are sure they have never considered themselves contributing to delinquency and in justice to the ladies and gentlemen who have participated as contestants let us say that we believe they are for the most part actuated by a sense of entertainment and have not considered the possibility of the prize w,jth the greed essential to deception and cheating. That the practice was harprigsß as followed we feel certain and yet it is something that there might be a difference of opinion about and it is probable that hereafter prize giving will he discontinued in deference ter the wishes of the ministers.