The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-30
Girls and Growth.

Some western writer has caught up that
naussating twaddle about the so-called
''new uthp that a certain set OF blatant
auctioneers have attempted TO establish as
a sort Of alIs-wheat-that-comes- to-my-miIl
trade mark or commercial yell. aud the
guileless westerner doubtless believing that
this implies some great reformation Of
previous condition Of benighted ignorance
ard uninterrupted barbarous atrocities pro-
ceeds TO describe the girl Of the alleged
new south" as mot the indolent, dreamy,
impassioned creature Of ants-bellum days"
This only serve TO snow that the gentle
man knows no more Of what he Is talking
about than his soi-diSdRt instructors who
inven ed that wonderful mythical "new
south" that they love so dearly to mouth
upon.
Southern girls as we'll as northern girls
are pretty much as girlish now as they ever
were. Some OF them are still the same sort
OF 'indolent. dreamy, impassioned crea-
lures" that the uniformed writer's theories
may have depicted in the days OF yore Yet
there are many who have all ''the alert
ness" that he claims is peculiar to the north.
That is largely q matter Of temperament
over which latitude has but little control.
Unlike time-servers temperaments are not
changed by every turn Of the wheels Of
sortune and progress.
But the gentleman is altogether mistaken
about the alleged ambition OF the north"
1t is the dreamy girl who makes up in real
ambition what she lacks in activity. What
he evidently means is energy. That is On
error Of speech peculiar to the illiterate of
northerI ATTITUDES. Probably there are not
| 10 per cent Of the women in New York who
do not say ambition" when they really
mean energy or animation.
All this prevailing wonder and growing
amazemeut at the cultivation and sensible
brightness Of the southern girls is not be-
cause they have not been so all through the
past years in due proportion to other parts
of the country. 1t is simply because other
parts of the country have just found it out.
1t is largely due to the thrifty oatch-penny
cry of the mercenary traders who are all
too eager to sell at common outcry not their
own but their neighbors' birthright for a
very unpalatable mess Of pottage and MIN
bly, bend the supple hinges OF the knee
that thrift may come through fawnIng."
Nothing seems to afford these mercenary
worthless more unmitigated satisfaction than
TO make interest with anybody under any
and all circumstances by trampling upon
the most cherished traditions Of those who
are capable Of cherishing traditions and re-
manning loyal to memory that is sacred
and without flaw or legitimate offense to
any one.
There is no such place as this vaunte
"new south" except in the disordered imagi-
nations of those whose obtrusive CONNER
oial instincts override every creditable and
refining sentiment that centuries of civili-
cation have ever iussilled. This land is the
same old smiling domain that our hardy
pioneer forefathers labored SO earnestly and
honorably to establish. But it is somewhat
altered and advanced by the addition Of all
the modern improvements of progress
just the same as may be seen in other parts
or our common country.
Here and there have lately been opened
few hitherto sealed stores Of our abundant
material wealth and we still have an almost
inexhaustible supply in reserve.