The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-20

designated-and again we are moth
ing but Yankees" We of the north.
however, are learning to be very care
full about the words rebel and rebel
lion-the southerners object to them.
War, however. is doing its work in
many ways. When the Spanish boast
came over the wires-or rather when
some Spaniard was quoted rs saying
that "they would land in Florida and
march through to Washington. laying
low all the Yankees" or something to
the same effect, prominent southern
er-prominent locally-was reading il.
He remarked casually to a northerner:
There are not many Yankees in the
south"
The northerner made no reply. His
silence suggested TO the reader an
other look at the paragraph.
'Yan-kees-Yankees. Does C mean
u.s."
Still silence on the part of the list
ener. Another look on the part of the
reader.
"Why, d-m it, believe il do -
mean u.s." He spread the paper out
and read it again.
''Mean us? OF course it means u.s."
He arose from his chair. Yankees!
Those Spaniards are calling us Yam
KEGS! Well, all right. We are Yam
KEGS. Let them try marching through
to Washington and we will prove to
the damn dogs that we are Yankees"
The men of the south expect moth
ing from women but to- look pretty
and be agreeable. Women are so ac-
custOmed to fiattery and being praised
that they are most unforgiving il one
be reckless enough to express an hon
est opinion that is not boldly glorify-
ing to them in some way. have peen
i'm absolute disgrace among them a,
the inn because | said in a recent let
ter that their fashions in Dress were
not a criterion for Gay New York
ers.' They appeared to take it as n
reflection upon themselves, when IN
reality it was just as easy for them to
have considered il a compliment-but
for this over-sensitiveness. Really for
myself, it would be quite a shock to
see some of our Broadway styles on
these tender domestic southern wo-
men. As their men ex- ect so little
of them intellectually, they, as a class.
do not read. A friend of mine a few
days ago came to the table with a
book in which she was very Interested.
"A representative southern woman-a
woman of wealth and social position
said, as the book was laid aside for
the luncheon:
You are always reading"-she sad
1T with disapproval. II never read a
novel in my life. III want lies can
tell them myself, or listen to my ac-
A great love for Dixie exists in the
south. Yankee Doodle" gets a slight
recognition, but Dixie" is greeted vo-
1t is a sort of affectation
but it goes for patriotism. Marching
Through Georgia" is received with
cold silence. which, for policy's sake,
should be changed. Ii should be re-
eeived with enthusiasm for the rea-
son that this march of the present
army through Tennessee and Georgia
is making rich what must have been
dire poverty.
They all realize the benefit of hav-
ing Chickamauga a mObilizing camp.
and one of the greatest fears here is
that it will be condemned on account
OF the water, and yet they do but lit
tie as town, at Chattanooga, TO keen
1T here. The one line of cars running
out to the park is a disgrace to civil
lzation. 1t goes on the principle that
anything is good enough for sol
diers." The cars are packed to over
lowing every trip, and are never
cleaned out, excepting a sprinkle and
half sweep at night. The seats are
upholstered in plush and stuffed with
the summers accumulation of dust
and dirt They are not fit to be used
as seats ,Eharc> I..& -