The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-04-13
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
FoRr GAINES, April 9th, 1877.

SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
FoRr GAINES, April 9th, 1877.
4 DEAR JOURNAL AS my former
communication met with such favor
at your hand, | have concluded to
venture another of these little mis-
sives, hoping it may prove some>
what interesting to your numerous
readers. Now Mr.. Editors when |
first made my debut among my more
fashionably city cousins, as an un-
sophisticated little country girl from
North Georgia l was at once the OBJ
iect of criticism, and of all criticisms
female criticisms are the NEST severe.
One young lady seemed constantly
to say with her eyes isle was too
well bred to utter it) "rather yer
dant," we'll that annoyed me, because
it seemed to insinuate that | had
been raised in the country. sup
pose people call country folks
"green." l remember when | was
tiny girl out in the country what
a Wholesale contempt we used to have
for city children. 1t was a source
of great amusement for US to get hold
of some real city boy or girl, and
take them into the field, the lot, and
the gin house, with their thousand
wonderful commonplaces, and cause
them to expose what seemed to us
their most deplorable ignorance. [
have seen hundred people grown,
who didn't really know whether a
potato grew under or above ground,
and yet they call aus ''greon." AS
| construe the matter ''green" means
a lack of knowledge Of the minor
city formalities and subterfuges.
Where city people go into the coun-
try they exhibit degree of iguor-
ance corresponding to the greenneSs
of the country folks, which is GER
taiuly deplorable. They ought not
to be blamed however, because they
are merly lacking in the minor couu-
try formalities. They can not dis
tinguish trees any more than coun-
try people can discriminate between
a well dressed lady and dowdy. l
think on the whole, this so-called
greennsss is mutual. Country peo-
pie are green when in the city, and
city people are green when in the
country; SO, then it is better not to
call your country cousin green, be-
cause you may be placed in a SINH
lar predicament, and, then you will
realize the truth of the old adage,
"people who live in glass houses
should never throw stones"
The question of dress, out door
dress in particular, is really very
important one, and this being very
dressy place, l will give your read
ers few styles, most admired. Fine
hair striped cambrics are made into
suits, and trimmed with needle
work edge, which costs very little,
and last long as the goods. Madras
ginghams are also made into suits and
trimmed with smyrna lace, they are
very pretty and inexpensive. The
hats of the present season are tri-
umphs of millinery genius, they are
picturesque, distinctive, full of char
acter, and as varied in expression as
thoroughly trained coquette.
There are dashing hats with deep
brims, which droop low on one side,
and turn up high ON the other, where
they reveal the bewildering eyes of
the wearer and then are the demure
little hats, which lie close to the fore
head, modest and sweet as any young
quakers' could be 10 appearance but
wicked and full of roguery as the
eyes of the wearers which peep out
from under their narrow rims.
The churches here as far as num>
bers are concerned are we'll attends
ed, there being quite a preponder-
ance of the female sex, not that there
are more sinners among US, God
forbid, only we are more devoted
, to the sacred cause than our sterner
bretheren.
Since writing the above your last
weeks JOURNAL has come to hand
and have just concluded reading the
very interesting letter of "splinters."
, 1t is excellent and we may expect
treat in his future communications
from the metropolis. The compIi>
ment of your distinguished cores
pondent observer is duly apprecia-
ted by N. Il. Z.