The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-20
rHE noRrHERNER As A LOWE
A southern waman cOmss 10 Hts Defense
Axulnst False Aeeansrs.

Against False AecuHsrs.
Under the title, ''The Northerner as a
Lover" Lizzie Petit Suffer says in a
southern exchange;
THE southern woman who illnmina-
ted the pages OF contemporary recent
ly by her views OF 'The Northern Man
from a Southern woman's Standpoint, 7"
ought to have entitled her article, This
Northern Man from the Standpoint Of
one Southern Woman Who Has Had
But Little Experience OF Him.
Nobody denies the southern faselna-
tion OF manner. or the exquisite polite
ness OF the high-bred southerner, or the
capabtilty OF the southern man for
making love- This last Is vast, al
most IImItless. Given moonlight, music,
the warmth OF a summers eve, or tne
solitude a deux OF a winters nfeslde,
and he from temperamental influences
feels himself compelled 10 make love,
which his bright antagonist, girl or
widow, brought up from childhood 20
know he will do II. answers with CO.
quetlsh ralllery or protein encourage
ment. as she prefers,
"The writer IN question says that the
northern man makes love for the mere
pleasure OF attaining What does this
southern woman think OF the husband
who, after years OF marriage, VIII write
TO his wife that she IS the fight OF his
eyes, the core of his heart, the angel OF
his IifeY Yet In a wide social expert
ence north have known husbands
quite as devoted as this. God bless the
love OF the north, as many a sontherner
has found and proved III And the
northern man does not know how 20
make love!" He doesn't? In my old
'mamy's' vernacular. Why Lord hon
ey, you alnt never had no northern
sweetheart. Is your
'If the writer, whom I have suppos-
ed 'mammy'-the old dear-to be adj
dressing, had ever had any experience,
she would have known the northern
lover better Ali " she could only
know how the unspoken chiyalry or his
heart for woman wells up In deeds, not
words; how he heralds his presence. or
shows In absence that his thoughts are
always with her, by showers of little
gifts. or plans for her enjoyment!
"'why do you give so many things?
said q southern woman, with moist
eyes, to her northern lover. DO you
think 1 care for you for the sake OF
these thIngs?'
~ believe, II I do my level best to
contribute to your happiness. you will
care all the more for me- he very SEN
sibly answered / am not speaking OF
isolated cases, but OF northern men as
class.
mot man or woman who ever knew
northern men or women as they are,
would ever hazard the accusation that
they are cold and selfish. Few rich
men at the north but have a tribe OF
dependents, to whom they give OF what
they have made, often by many an hour
OF arduous coll and patient endurance.
The middle working classes, perhaps,
are colder and harder than the same
classes at the south, because the con-
ditlons OF life are so much harder ON the
poor at the north than at the south;
but let any emergency arise, and they
are thoughtful, considerate and helpful
OF ench other. The surface coldness OF
northern people means simply that they
are more self-controlled. Your true
northern man will march to the stake
without moving muscle Of his face;
will bear cruel pain until icy sweat be-
dews his brow. yet never utter q muir
muir. Is not such courage subllme7