The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-23
MEALS OF THE OLD SOUTH.
nar CHIVALROUs DEVOTION To
WOMANHOOD UPHELD.

~. the Bnsis of a Very Interest,"
4,~ Discussion at st. JOhn's-A
,.oner Pride i'm Blood and Birth
! 70 BE EncOuraged-Thc ola
s,,n,ern Gentleman EuIogized.
c.. Ideals of the Old south Should
No HIended With the Material In
.orestS of the New.
"a picture of the Old South" was the
,.ri. discussed by Rev. c. H. strong at St
'.sr.s church last night The picture held
~ d, ,bs view Of his congregation by Mr.
st-srg is that presented by Winston
ca.,r,b,u in his now celebrated novel
DPishard Carved"
oron5r thy father and thy mother that
,,,. DAVIS may be long in the land which
me- Lord tiny God g.veth thee," was the
,evt h ch Mr.. Suong chose as appro )r!ate
e., b.e sermon. The application Of the text
H., tba sermon evidently Being that the
r,oo.ord women Of the generation OF 10 day
stou,d lon.r and revere their old mother.
.ths south" and be true to her ideals and
trs,Hi. o7s. The thread Of Mr.. Strong DIS
course was The leauty and ability of the
IDEALS Of the old South, especially in its
c5iyalr,us attitude towards women, and
urged the Importance Of adhering to these
Ideals even under changed conditions.
T, is rot usual TO found sermons upon
novels. Mr.. Strong said, but he had found
81 much pleasure in reading this remark
aha novel of last summer, and it had
trough, SO wildly to his mind the scenes
If his Childhood that he thought the teau-
tfIl pfclule IRE ented there of the cd
South enc worth preserving and calling at
tonfi6n 10. The old New England life,
win lis marked characteristics, has been
p,esefved ly numerous writer's" said Mr..
Slr6ng THE creole life has been painted
bv cable. bus the Old plantation life OF
the Sou n has had no novelist and 10 his
torian."
while the period embraced in the novel
IS that Just preceding and during the rev.
olutionary war and the action in this
country is confined almost entirely 10
MARYLAND, he thought it gave a better
idea of the Old Southern life and the ideals
which animated its men and women then
and picture which had ever been present
ed II especially showed the old Southern
pride of birth i'm its best form. 81 believe
in pride I'm blood and birth in a right
son to be proud of our education, our cul-
ture, the wealth of cur own attainment
and our blood and birth. A pride of
birth which tends to disintegrate society
and separate one class against another is
not crediiable. There are two classes of
men and women of whom l do not APP
prove the one who simply lays claim TO
distinction because of his birth, and the
o,her, the self-made man, who is not con-
tom Vvfrh his achievement but enViOIIs
Of the blood and birth of another"
Mr. Strong spoke of the old Southern
life, with its high type of gentleman, char
acterized by his innate sense of courtesy,
his delicate chvalry to women and his
Kindness to interiors. Nowhere" he
said, " is there to be found a nobler type
of manhood than the old Southern gentle
man who still fingers with us. There are
sill many of this old type to be met with
here"
Mr.. Strong spoke Of an honored name as
stimulus to good noble deeds. The House
of Lords he declared to be one of the
great personalities of English civilization.
In unfolding the honor of their class and
the high standard set by their ancestors.
the English nobility are to-day the very
salt of English civilization. The members
Of the nobility give their services freely
10 the state and to the army and navy.
Among he names of the officers killed and
wounded i'm The recent battles in South
Africa are the names of some of the mob
lest families of England Noblesse obige
mas i'm fact always been the motto of the
English higher classes. AS a true picture
of the chivalrous dealing of the Southern
gentleman of the old regime where Wo
man was concerned, Mr.. Strong instanced
the love scene between Richard and Dor
othy. The tender chiValrous feeling for
woman, which characterizes Richard Car
vel in this scene, he said, is characteristic
Of the old Southern life and of Southern
men to-day
Men are strong and women are weak
ana therefore men should always bear with
women" said Mr.. Strong. women are
never the same. They are likely to brs ak
out at an unexpected point at any moment.
Because she is so weak and because she
Is so strong we should always deal with
ner tenderly and courteously l know that
am talking ideally, but l hope that l may
always talk So
-Four noble traits which man should
possess, Mr.. Strong said, are a just pride
a Of birth, a sense of family honor. chvalry
\ toward women and brave. courageous
B spirit Speaking of present conditions, he
said the national life of to-day is q com,
Mnalion of two different forces or ideas.
\ inc sturdy Old Puritanism of New Eng,
and has given the idea of righteousness
4 lha the bright Southern life has furnished
4 yae idea of loyalty and chivalry and devo-
uoh to ideals. 1T is sad to think" he SAID,
mat the Old life of the South has gone
forever, and that we have only our MEM
V!es and our traditions to cherish. The
"a manor houses are in ruins and the
servant houses around them have fallen
Mlo decay The old Southern life, with
44 Its freedom and its joyousness, has
gone forever.
Inc South is destined to be a great fac.
,Uf N the commercial and material life OF
le Iolure. Its mines, its fields and It's
t,glSls forecast the prosperity of the fu>
u But let us always remember to
inoN"r lNe fathers and the mothers of our
I5l9, Let US always look back upon the
I I'p SCUM as she was before the war, with
az pride of ancestry, her devotion to
ipeaIs and her chivalry toward women.
t"eS' VIII enter into and form part or
. meals of the new South, a welding
gold wa" si'9 "ee -
or Iue vested choir of ST. Johns, which has
nv recently been reorganized by Mr..
avn ~ Woodlands, the new organist
T ca"r master. took part in both the
.HS ana evening services. In view of