The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-22

western sisters delight inl She
does not ignore them. Il has
probably never entered her foolish
little head that Il would be doing
anything oommendable Il she we're
TO rise one morning and sweep and
garnlsh the house and busy herself
With the hundred mental tasks Of
cleaning up for the day. II she
we're 10 do this the little negro maids
and the old negro mammies 10 say
nothing o. the hordcs Of small negro
boys. whose duties are 10 sweep.
dust. carry water and make them
selves generally useful. would stand
aghaat AZ her usufpation Of theiF
duties. They have been doing these
things az ioae a. she can remember.
Even her mother does not recall
the time When nanny did no, queen
Il over the kitchen and nursery. With
always a Kaleidoscope procession Of
sable satellites 10 DO her bidding
and make vay wid de scraps frum
Dc table"
Their, are iev married bellies Ia
the sou,h. The role Of Madonna is
more universally admired. After a
girl narries she comes forth. as a
rule. adorned Nth "6reside quail
ties" hitherto unsupported.
But there Is another side Of her
character 10 be observed. Take the
gifl OF 20 uho does 20; marry.
She rarely Is content 10 friitef away
Ia IDLE pleasures her life after she
has reached that age. She Is not
college girl-,he average southern
girl seldom has the RICH, 10 write
any scholarly initials after her name.
She viii tell you that she FINISHED"
al the convent OF that she Just cleft
shool. The age at which she
usually decides that she has had
enough education Is about ~ or Is.
Al 20 II she hasn't married her own
true love. Who Is olefking In the
corner drug store. or met The one
man At the Springs. in short. Il
love hasn't appealed 10 her as the
one end and aim OF her existence
she Is waxing TO the realization tina,
life is real-life is earnest. BY this
time she has grown TO be her moth
er's oonhdan,e and the acknowledge
authority on etiquette for the young
ef girls in the family. Not that she
has altogether esehewed the frivol-
ties Of life herself. but she is begin
ming to wonder. 10 ieel that some
where deep hidden within her are
talents greater than all these social
gifts.
For the first time she begins 10 see
with understanding eyes that her
mother is no, so young as she once
was. and she hears for thu FIRST time
that the mortgage on the plantation
is what is whitening her fathers
hair. She feels vaguely that those
years OF playing have stored up
within her the strength TO set every
thing right. hovever impossible Il
may look.
This is but the same blood that
flowed in the southern girls after the
war. those girls and young women
whose lives had been as the lilies OF
the field before that time. Many
Of them donned rubber boots and.
with handful Of old servants set
70 work TO run plantations the war
had robbed Of owners and overseers.
Sometimes these same girls did not
make fortune-the exception was
when they made anything more than
a bare living. bat they did this. and
provided food after a fashion for
their dear ones. Today you may
find these same women, now grown
old and wise. in a business world.
They are managing cotton and sugar
plantations and making lots OF money
out Of their ventures. When the
time comes TO work. the southern
girl cheerfully puts her hand to the
pillow. The giIls Of yesterday are
$780,