The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
IN THE REAL SOUTH.
HONEST, oLD-FASHIONED, GENUINE
HOSPITALITY.

w nhN y - y " EpVNANA hb" 90 FAN NNN |
Friends Always Are Ready and CLAD to see
You and Lifo IL slmpie and Open. with No
Great Problems to vex or Cares to Annoy.
Did you ever go to spend the day out down
SOUTH Not In q town or city or village but
way OF in tho country, among tho plantations.
whore a man drives over Ave milos before he
hits the particular bark.blazed trees that mark
he beginning Of his neighbor's land, whero no
plantation is close enough to the other 30 that
the cattle get mixed up when the pasture fence
is down anywhere, or ono housewives hens
lay In another housewives henhousei People
20 out to spend the day in that region-they
don't go to luncheon, or to dinner, or to call
they so literally to spend tho day; not TO EN-.
ploy 1t or to occupy 1t, or to turn 1t to any use
whatsoever. but merely to squandor It In q
reckless, purposoloss sort OF dallianco that IL
Irritating to persons of advanced viows, and
that could not possibly fill the social void that
II does but for tho fact that those old.timo
plantation folks have not yet awakened to tho
knowledge that nothing amounts to anything
after all, that large matters arc ~foregonc con-
clusions. that small matters arc not worth
bo,hering with, and hat all that really does
signify Is mental Improvement and social bet
torment and financial furtherment. The rest
Of the world worried out this secret n good
while ago, but they have not found It out yet,
although Il may dawn upon them in tho latter
part Of tho noxt century.
Did you ever spend the day, In fact, In O
part Of the country where finance has never
boon woood seriously, not to say won. unless
the bags Of silver half dollars and quarters that
the cotton factor sends up in the fall might DO
90 construed; and the phrases Il haven't time"
and 81 really must" are as Sanscrit, seldom
heard or formulated; whore social betterment
10 impossible. because OF lines ixed long ago,
.-l pyhara r,npta1 rronoaua. but Aa.r ,na
these people never dream Of mental processes.
They are not given to examining themselves
microscopically and to searching for motives
and for mainsprings Of action. If words sound
good to them, and proposals seem fair. and pro-
pounded theories chime in with their pet pro-
judices. they accept the pleasant augury with.
out getting up on mental stills to inquire why;
and il they enjoy tho seasons crop Of raspber-
ries better this year than they did last they do
not probe for the reason.
They are sure to have raspberries and every
other kind of berries and good things the day
you go to spend the day. They may not know
you are coming. you and your friends whom
you take with you to be their friends, but that
makes no difference. The housewife brags on
her garden, her husband on his beef club, and
the cook and her agile assistants are. ~practiscd
short notice, and Pumping them in the pot or
In the pie, or, moro likely, in the frying pan.
on a surprise, it viii be no trouble; company Of
the right sort Is u benefaction in that cotton
country; not an Ia a%faistion to DO assuaEed by a
assured Cd t that the &C day those Miss LIS spent
we're were W. Visiting sdS !o at COZ iSuii Far row sS" 'or It m may
have been at Judge Benefits or Capt. At
delightful day y and the way that the eldest
Miss L. was persuaded to sing Miss l. was
up" in music and knew all the time that her
AulitOra knew nothing about III will he re-
membercd with genuine pleasure. These plan.
iationists do not require memory books
They" meaning whoever is invited, or who
the-Gay business. In the summer season they
must get TO their destination before the sun
bsfn =" hot. . this i IS Well ! for man = and BEAST
bath COR the horse flesh that draws and tho
' 1i%es f t ;, ' haie d fays .S snd IS is d sE,ysa; soT the
task, for mules can be .groomed into fitness for a
pleasure sn a part q, and Sd.1 they ~ s hisc immune mnIs. to r the
shsven and clipped, appear to good advantage
let of in shining dnf, harness: much ,r as does nnt =, a
best sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes.
must get of before 8 or we will broil. Il
in mind, everybody Is on hand in due season.
The way lies across country. through wind
hanging limbs reach over the way and touch.
and where. skilful engineering Is required to
get around stumps and fallen logs. Look
full twig must be met and ayertcd. Have a
care." he calls out as the wheels cant omin-
mules refuse to straddle. Vow the party joits
over a quarter:mile corduroy swamp road,
bay blossoms, and .gaudy flowers that the
ISs sIoo Gsil on Painted sj,her , faces stP2 efribng through ,RsH
come cos S oSs into Hn sf eetnes sun ni6sl i' ciesrinss:S where here
the mules are put to their trumps TO tug
through the yielding sand, and there is nothing
IL sight but a negro cabin or two squatted in
the distance.
On through turpentine lands and old field
go, and at length the baying OF hounds and tho
glimpse OF red brick chimneys showing through
beats on the hard, piney.woods road that winds
round back OF the orchard give warning Of
4 ise rea sRgeGfOs a bia sad B 6IS sas f T. fbs ehs t fp" ope sa IT,
smiling from ear to ear and bent on doing the
ho @1ss. in So SO far as he may, y, o,0or,,r
swinging the gate back to its utmost and order.
Ing mns Of a Ieapins deg or two that thseaten n, to Q
piece, but she jist now git back.
The master comes out on the front steps to
a @ss5 hs vi heaa, his tss fa ash fih 1ddlTiins m s4ii on enp sts
tant pleasure. His glad TO see you does not
need the hearty hand-grasp and words Of salu.
stranger feels in a fash that he is glad in re-
turn to see this boyish hearted cotton planter
have the epithet 'countrifed" applied to him.
]run,pled, his necktie awry. his shoes lustreless;
but there is a sort Of unconscious indiv uality
about him ,an individuality not. OF his own
making and Il free-born case OF bearing that
r!Ses superior TO convention. and makes the be-
holder feel that here is a man who has never
drawn a subordinate breath In his life Except,
perhaps, a hit Of army disciplinel and Is utter.
unaware that anything he is in the habit OF
doing could possibly give offence or SAVIOR of
ln'k OF punCtiliousness. His manner, and, for
that matter, his principles, are Ike his linen
sun. unwOr!dly in cut and finish, but clean, or
of.
His wife Is near. in u neat print gown, her
glossy side curls lworn In the fashion of forty
greeting.
Just In time for tea" she says. leading tho
way into the shaded guest chamber, that wells
ANA has may be removed. I'VE always have
Tea between 10 and IL, because we breakfast
early o. account OF tho hands. There Is a fore
man. ri course, but II Mr.. C. Is not up early.
nothing goes exactly right.
came straight from the pantry to meet
yol,aa she adds, with a glance at her apron and
NC Hour on, it frankly In evidence. Il always
Wn;N ny light bread myself, and the sponge had
; ,nar Fs-en; but the girls will take care OF you
mi my return"