The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11

for the Southern women to say to all those to
Nhom thsy write in the North that SsTSssbs
is the usual explanation the consump;
t hSSo give when the hnSSng T"Egt H
what really is the matter with them. They will
cling to the denial that II is consumption ~ the
hope that they may not be- c on TO in 'a ave
other Nobody would ever take them In alter
once seeing, and hearing the unmisa ~ ne
women into whose houses these inyaids nnd
their way by fraud is intoerably trying. 1t is
breeding to be compelled to put them out.
Ono Of the pathetic evidences Of the t6nb RPM IN
exist all over the South. In tho Southern
cities the woman,s eEchHnGe is much mo mHT !;
ever was in the large Northern cities. 1t Is
frequently the only restaurant in the Town. town,
there is no other place in which they can eat 80
we'll In those towns Ia which e,Nerythingto
be Il ns s 'hs aus hs
mot the only eSterEF in the t from
exchanges in these Southern towns really i'm.
portant places as well as the means OF support t
without them. Prices are astonishinGly low
Judged by the Eorthep ftamdPon Canes 20 sr that
and Women GDs are es glad f Of the oppornny
them at that price. Az 1t happens. IN ever, Try
branch OF women,s WORK IN the S"m}Ih, th ?"
the town. those that would have led society
but for their poverty, contribute TO the ex-
the 9 Rar Dss u" BY c"nsgnns
objects for sale at the exchanges.
At a partya S New Yorker. Who wa W1,. guest at
the exclusive balls here as often as he wanted
TO be-, met young girl whose, ancestors
about the Southern city in which he
was visiting He d Ate piece Of Lake cake
that" she answered. for made II myself ,
The party vas not at her mothers house and
share in providing tn. supper She told him
quite frankly that all the women accustomed
to consign to the exshange were gid Of thc op,
supper meant. Evidently that dId MOI affect
married her few months afterward:
=, That fact would never have interfercd With
as a girl belongs to one Of the old families, It
makes no difference whether she wor Ks
for her living, or not. One woman who
has practical control In deciding who shall and
who shall not be invited to the most exclusive
cotlons given in that city, She was at one
time leader in society, and her friends see no
reason why she should be deprived Of as much
money is gone and She has to T Work to support
herself and her children, 1t would not be
ros;siihle' OF conrse With life so complicated
n boarding house and be conspicuous in society
at the san. same time One reason for this ia pos.
with the kind OF boarding house that satisfies
people in the Sou th. one Of the bellies of an
other city. popular in dancing class which
was founded eighty years ago and is acces-
sible to only the most ar!stocratc people
in the city is Typewriter in a lawyers office.
And she is not the only s"f-supporting girl
who dances at the meetings of this class The
daughters OF some wealthy families are not
bic to get into these classes because they do
not satisfy the requirements Of the committee
In regard to ancestry and position. But that
does not keep out the typewriter or the board.
ing house keeper If her family entities her 20
be there. Nor does any man or woman there
think any the less OF Il woman because she
works for living
Even with this lherality the southern
women sometimes suffer certain mort ii!ra-
ton in social way: Money has got into the
hands Of some families which enables them to
stand to the outside world as representative
women OF the old families Of these towns. which
they are not In any respect. The town knows
that and do the women themselves. But
outsiders do not and it Is sometimes a source
OF quiet regret to the women Of these southern
cities to see wealth enable others To- take their
places before the world. 1t is also IA frequent
cause OF wrong to them that southern women
would be thought capable Of doing what some
Of these richer and newer ones do.