Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-23
GIRLS OF THE SOUTH.
Their characteristics Different From Those Of
tho Nnrlh

Their characteristics Different From Those Of
the North.
Despite what has been snid ana written
concerning the tendency Of the facility OF
modern travel TO produce uniformity among
the Inhabitants Of the civilized globe, the
representatives Of the various sections Of
our vast republic as seen at the different
pleasure resorts still retain sufficiently their
original chumctelisitcs To renter them easy
of Identification. Indeed one could wish
that Il we're otherwise, and that we yielded
more readily tu the educating Influences OF
such associations.
Take, FOR example, the contrasting sections
NJ North aud south. Fancy 1he mellihu0us
Southern voice. with It's thousand effective
infections, combined with the beautifully
distinct cnunciation, the charmiugly accu-
rate pronunciation Of the North, ANA where
were more musical spcCChi As Il is the
Northerncr continues Ia pitch his CONVERSE
ton upon tile same high key, ending each
sentence interrogatiyely, and the Southcrer
10 ignore Ills rs. eliminate his hnh cOnso-
uantS, and run TWO ana even three words
Into one | blush while ! write that ! have
heard n Southern woman OF some social
standing say, "Iuint WINE, winch, inter
preted reads, 1T Is not worth the WHILE"
The native charm OF southern women,
however, can scarcely he exaggerated. rhcre
Is such refreshing absence OF modern
prOgressiycness nnd aggressiN enCSs about
them such soft wltchery, such womOnly Il,
pendence. such ense, such kindly cordially,
Our Northern girls are, as class, better
educated. better read. moro conversant WITH
current topics more RurenSt the times,
but In the art. or, 10 speak more accurately,
In the thOusnnd-Hnd-one arts which make a
woman captivating, fascinating. irresistible.
"r", more skilled than the true-born
SOutherner.
ia lu,Iy of Northerners recently summer.
Ing at certain southern resort Interested
nae greatly. Thoy We're as distinct from
those surrounding them AK an island Ia mid
ocean They had their own books which
InHE rand ulnnn NuNl OthnHt fhnln
games which they played together and
their own Camcrn, Win which they rudged
through the mountains, taking views ur
the various points of interest They luprn,
yised Il dark room Ia their cottage, ana
while other women danced and 1irted they
developed their photographs. They were AZ
Way occupied, always happy apparently,
iui Southern plrl unlT The same con.
dltlons, with 40 train OF admirers nj her
hcels would have been FAR from content.
How ga would Snu suppose me TO hey
one Of the party asked me one duy. for
was 0ftcrwnr admitted INTO their circle,
aud ! saw much OF thCln
We We're sitting iosethcr ON the lawn, aud
the suns unhauering rays shnne full upon
her face I sCrutnlEed her carefully for Il
About twenty-one or wenp.twor /
III ana 30" she said. "hm would never
look 80 Young u ] were a Sou,hemer rhe
Southern girls do themselves $50 dreadfuly.
They play tennis In th@ dead heat 90 the
uuN IN nanupl salts or rice horseback iu
heavy cloth habits. Then "a the evening
they Nh on the purtiCOs or wander about Ia
tho damp mountain air Ia lOw-cut short.
slceved dresses ana thin Slipper, or else they
dance an night sitting 40 Intervals az open
Wi'uuws t0 get cool ! don't wonder thar
southern women break down early My
wonder a thar they live through what they
undergo
As 90 the chyAlrous galantry, the hcOu-
tiful Difference ~ manner toward the oppo-
site sAX for which Southern mon were fof.
merly renowned d Is cGnspipupus hy ~
absence lrOni this rising upnFratiOu. or
II 70 sim exists. lie mndern night leave
his conriIy mUlnNr hehlnl him when ht
lo,,s WpuU is summer nluag Apl, ga
mans 6rst fnN wds dine % WoMan. ~ alas
rs this latter declensiOn attributable a. az
Ewes who frequent ,iicse Elens.
Such NNrciehel ambition exists qmnre
them io uutdn VNVh Other n he mlttrr ~
aeH0X, suei . iNuNf prevails among .irH
90 htihe ~lefi !" slitl w Wns instances
fear / might almost sUN M No majority ~
instances .h,y "si,op to can0Orr.' IN al'
is an ambition hoNcvfr VIII p o'er leap.
lttAf mon nprei1Ne III noret N
vain shnw ~ Gftntleu Ahicii lhC9 uNa
mciiis the forn N short lived. Il Is tls,
WORTH W0linN hp NnmW WI d 'rut a
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