The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-27
When you have Il number Of
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MORE ABOUT TEMPERAMENT.

As noted in Yesterdays Times-Ds
patch, the Boston Globe recently re-
marked that cit would be difficult to
prove that blood is any hotter even
down in Mississippi than 1t is up
here in Massachusetts.' OF course it
would be difficult to produce substan-
tial proofs, but it would be more diff
ncult for our Boston contemporary to
prove that Southern blood is not hot
ter than Northern blood. AS we re-
marked yesterday, the difference of
temperament is due to the difference
of ancestry and climatic influences.
But our Boston contemporary was
referring to hot blood as manifested
in the lighting proclivities or men.
while we refer to temperament in
general. The Southern man is more
emotional, we repeat, more sentiment
tai, If you please, than his phlegmatic
brother Of the North a striking IL
lustratien In point is to he found in
two articles which appeared on Christ
mas Day, the one in the New York
Tribune, the other in the Atlanta Con-
stitution. The Tribune's article is on
Christmas as n classic and is acad-
emlc and analytical, not to say cold.
blooded. Christmas to the Tribune
writer is topic. and is treated very
much in the same manner and spirit
that our contemporary would have
discussed a political convention. or q
dog fight.
TO some" il says, "the significance
of Christmas is profoundly spiritual, to
Others il is dogmatic. to still others II
Is purely secular. Some regard 1t from
+ the scientifically historical point OF
view. and others from that Of legend
and folklore. To some minds it pre-
sents pictures Of Judean plains and
The little City of David and 10 others
81 panorama of Norwegian pine forests
and English holly. TO many it is SUI
rremely a day of domestic Joys; to
others ii is a time of social festivi-
Ties"
But TO the Southern writer Christ
mas is state of mind and heart, or,
as Mr.. Dooiey says. a feelin'. Christ.
mas says the editor of the Constitu-
ton. lis the one day in the year when
the whole civilized world is touched
with the sublime force Of this miracle.
No one. may escape its contngion. The
Slamor of happiness is over the beg
gar in the street and the rich man in
the mansion. For Christmas is the es-
Sence of democracy. 1t is the great
leveler that scorns caste and class and
creed and culture. and striking the
golden harp of our common humanity
ayokes divine melodies from the hearts
OF us ALL
critically compare the Trlbunes essa,
with the Constitutions poem, it viii
catch our point of view.
But in drawing the parallel, we can
remarks by Editor John Temple Graves
of The New York American, which
seem to have 4 bearing on Atlanta'
side of the case. Our readers knov
that Atlanta has just enjoyed her las
wet Christmas, as prohibition is t
prevail after the first of the yea,
Therefore thus spoke Editor Graves O.
the night before Christmas:
The good people of Atlanta and O
4 Georgia are preparing TO celebrat
This Christmas Day with unusual fes
tivitics. l Is the last OF the long lin
of hilarious Christmas days that tn
vital and vivid city of Atlanta ha
known"
Ii may well be-. therefore, that tn
Constitutions poem was abnormal
stimulated and inspired.