The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14
m sCamobeli still Misrepresent
ing People VII , treated
her 50 Kindly.

Las IL
~ wars AZ. The delicate hands
owe their dimplcs and baby like soft
ness 10 generations Of Immunity from
any personal labor. The tiny feet
have small knowledge Of the uses q
feet. and falter il urged TO a walk OF
. mile. The slender figures are corset
cd and made still mere slende IN a
fashion now happily nearly unknown
1T the North. aDd from baby hood up
leliclcy, fragility, helplessness. are
taught - the proper expression u
~womanhooi the oaiy expression that
can insure the interest or sympathy 81
manhood. TIL first duty OF every vo
man, from childhood on, - 10 IN Ike
the most Of every personal attraction.
Paint and powder are brought into re
QUESTION long before girlhood i pass
Ell, ard with the w Of colors and the
passion for dress in genersl, q set OF
gifls from even the first families Ct
\ lrginit'havr slightly Il BewCry or shop
plrl eN. ,resSion, which they, however,
would lie the las 10 recognize. me
slender hands are loaded with rings OF
VARYING values; gold cha.us. lockets
and every imaginable possibility Of
Gilt and tinsel for hair or genera ornu-
ment make the breakfast table In 4
large school more suggestive Of a.
evening party lhah Oh quiet WORK, OF
the simpiielly o. genuine 2lrl'""d-
Each one pears Win heF An Immense
STAT sun bonnet mo "hpSt Heplhs
no rays o. sun can icach' ana "hl'H
helps 70 preserve tnt "aNy palloF oeaf
to the feminine southern hilh''. brit-
ilant coiorlng, or the ieaSt tehdehcV
toward eHboRp0hat. are deadly o1ehses
against the un"ritten bnt powerful
code under whose laws all women must
come. There are exceptions. Oh course,
tut my generalization CONES nor from
the knowledge OF a re" mere ana ihefe,
but froH Tang F1tcht"Q ~ h"tHH ftIff--
.aHtfng tie best btOod ~ the SoHth, "lttt
yttherei into mnuH schoDfs, ~ Ehtch
| the chief aim steHtS IL b. IL gre rs Htufy
hotcg accomplishments rs p"sstbte. ana
rush each one through the course 81
study quickly enough to allow gradua-
ton at sixteen or seventeen The
course Of study IS often tn same as IN
the most advanced northern school,
and many heads Of southern ones de
More the haste which makes thorough
ness impossible ald urge slower
methods But. in this mad race to
ward early marriage as the ore only
,o, AZ l;fe thpre i I,trIp room, for
Tong continued. steady work. \ large
proportion of girls are engaged from
fifteen to seventeen, and, If Unmarried
at twenty, are set down as hopeless.
old maids. Young men from twenty
five to ttirt, | found often the fathers
of half u dozen children. and marriage
before the first vote had been cast not
ut all As to the Men
til caliber of the Southern 9lrl, d
Judgement has already probably been
formed. Sweet voiced, supple, grace
ful creatures, the most Of them, viii
q curious stlf-poss.ssion. and vt 4
certain timidity and shrinking which
gives an indescriDable charm. There
IS little or no self reliance none of the
sturdy qualities. the ownership of Whicl
s stamped upon the northern, and
especially the New England girl, ii
effacably. 10 reason with a southeru
girl is "A useless and hopeless under
taking The emotional nature. strong
III any cass, IS cultivated to the hughes,
pi'ch. Ihey are lu'l Q sweet ana
peheIous impulses, ailecliohdte ahd
demonssratlve TO excess; passionate
ana enjoying 'ielf OWL capacities Tor
Storm ana tue Calm tlat follows
STORM. CllusilS, dependent, conscr-
vatlve in thought, SO far as they may
be said to think-loving old ways, sim
pl! because they are old, and with q
Wild and compassionate loyalty to every
southern peilcf and practice, simply
because 1t IS southern, you may know
what type of women these girls become,
ana now slow must be the process
which undOes the work of generations.
quote here, as confirmation Of the
judgment given, a sentence or two
%tiye-born in Virginia, Who. having
Taught IN Virginia for some Years. went
to the West, and sends back impress
SONS. * renegade skunk
There is such a difference in the
southern and western girls. The fer
III I are lmpuislve, enthusiastic, demon
stiatIvc; either very hilarious or ex-
exceedingly depressed. The latter are
bright energetic even dlgn.ti~d indus
%strlous, intelligent aud ambitious. The
former will devour you with EN- ,races
and caresscs che moment. a: d he a
sworn enemy the next. The latter is
never very demonstrative. bus always
reliable and friend once. 4 friend for
ever. 'Gush' and spoons are unheard
Of here. Be sure | DO not intend to
dIsparage the southern girl. have
strong af, ction for some IT onr olt
pupl's; nut speak OF them now as a