The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-25
Alas! for the LasScS.

1t Is lamentable, however, 10 1lnt
that at most Of the chic. watering place,
there is so great Il scarcity OF youns
men that the chances Tor engagement,
are comparatively few. This lack is al
ways observable. especially At the mort
remote and some OF the most idshl0na
ole resorts. But this suune II seem:
TO be more than usually marked. Anc
yet never before was there display a
these fortunate places 50 dazz ing al
array of maidenly beauty.
AT Mount Desert, NJ Newport, auC
at Lenox, for instance, there are uoN
gathered more lovely girls, We dare say,
than can be found In their most fash
iouable season at the three most Ia
nous watering places of Europe. ouj
naidens who have Just budded into
~womanhood are exhibiting an extraor
binary degree OF feminine loneliness. \
large proportion of them are tall ana
>hapcly, elastic in movement, and Of :
surprising grace. They are not afraid
Of the sun, are careless Of their com
pleXiono even, are fcnd of outdoor
sports. and their sinewy ligures give ev;
dence of ab~ounding health and great
bodily strength. What a marvelously
beautiful type of womauhood is now
perfected in this country! There is
nothing like it in the world. "-Aeu
Fork SIN.
The above is perhaps more distinctly
true of the South than of the North.
Our Southern ~womanhood has long
borne the palm Of beauty but the girls
,.n- ~, ,N 49, ,,n-r,rt,,.a,,,ar
~ pretty They may be a degree
or SO less cultured, and intel
iectual, or refined, than their
older sisters Of the ante Belium
period they may have imbibed a de
gree of the Northern slang, and for
wardness and 'loudness' ofdress, and
conduct, for some OF our girls publicly
dance the "Racq uet," and other
loud dane that are no longer tolera-
led in the more refined circles, even at
the North; yet there Is no denying the
proud fact that in physical beauty and
winsomeness Dixie's dainty Daughters
are not TO be discounted by any OF the
gentle sex since mother Eve made Adam
rock the cradle.
To the philosophic mind an e%xpiana-
ton is always IN order, and In this IL
stance it may be found in the changed
circumstances OF Il people. The war
has made us a race of gentieman-wOrk-
ers: and the combination Of good blood,
educatlsn and harG-work.- is apt to re
suit I'D a family OF manly boys, and beau
tItul girls. 1t Is a common mistake to
assume that wealth and a~ristocratic
,IIanaSS nrngI,,a. .n Ia,, ,,,,n r,,r,n
Many of the uglieSt, awkwardest. ana
most unattractlve creatures, we eversaw,
could show a pedigree as long as thair
bank account and it was as long a.
their-witS were short. Far be it from
Us to sneer at what are called Birth
and Breeding" We believe in 90 ID
blood not only in horses, COWS. sheep.
chickens. etc. but in-men. But We
have no respect Tor Pedigree unless ac-
companied by Intelligence, Industry
aud honesty, which are essential to true
Manhood, without which there eau be
no true Gentiiity.
Now, the mistortunes Of the war. AMI
the dreadful strain OF the ten years %
Reconstruction served t develope all
the manhood that was in our People, OF
all classes. The weak were soon broken.
the idle soon succumbed but those who
did not yield to the storm grew, ike
young oaks, all the stronger for the
bending ana shaking. And from these
strong, vigorous, working parents have
sprung a generation OF healthtuD hand
some boys, and lrolicsome. fascinating,
tilrtatIous girls And they will improve
on themselves. You may get it down
for a fact that during the next sixteen
years, babies will average ten pounds
IN North Caroliua and where not en-
ervated by fashion or folly or liquor,
will be an handsome sturdy race well
suited to enjoy the New South" which
their parenUS erected.