The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
Over the Nuts and Wine /:

It's and Wine "
BAYLOR
ed, I'm mighty glad to see you. !
amt no Indian. People like to be
liyln'. But / Was In your regiment
lously. yes. j was! DIDN'T you re-
member the day we swan the shen.
tween your teeth, and then went
big Hs0q ness As q Yan HsP un The eAp evidence 3
was Conclusive, and the colonel had
sxo, ,hsarty h,,v laugh ,ag st,r These fns h,ra pe e. e
were not Tor ali this" said the old
costume. But 1t don't hurt nobody.
and I've got{an independence for life
out OF red paint and grunts and chick
There was Southern enterprise for
you'll Selling coals at Newcastle.
In BahkinE.
The private banking house which
stood longest IN New York CITY, with
least change In II, too. and was most
respected OIL Hi Eluu Wd6 lcputhDAo
and trustworthy. was q southern one.
Seven of the national n have had
Southern presidents, and 1t Is said
that Southern cashiers and tellers are
almost warranted as Notwithstanding,
With no tendency to expatriate thein-
selves, as not to be extradited to u
tries where thieves cannot be arrested
and are rather admired than con-
Edenned for such little "irregularltles'
as %pocketing a half million OF. other
nn0r1a'u MN yHA7r ~ n rprtain Western
town some years since, a returning
convict, who had handsomely invested
In town Industries, was met the
station by q band OF music 2 a con-
course OF admiring friends: but we
have not much OF that kind Of "en-
terprise" in the South.
Southern Doctors.
It is true that we have had q
southerner as president Of the New YORK
the head OF the New York bar (even
as we have had Ia Southerner. Mr.,
BENJAMIN. at the head OF the English
BARI, but 1t Is In medicine there that
w y, have scored most heayily IN men
and a number Of others. whose consult
ing rooms We're and are always crowd
ed with patients, as are their sanato-
RUNS and hospitals. The relation be-
calls for gentlemen above all-men
not only OF ability and thorough edu-
cation and much experience, but men
OF honor. One hears everywhere M
often OF the Southern physicians in
New York, who have come there as
just-nedged. poor medicos. and have
risen Ike an a%eroplane to the
highest plane OF success and respect
and liking: Every Southern State al
is i,0s Constantly IS a aas t tsat NeW workers. oae $
prefer them to all others because OF
their high sense OF honor and per-
feet trustworthiness n breeding. One
OF the 400 Is reported to have said
Southern doctor. Swedish servants and
9 perfect digestion, so she was per-
In Political Enterprise.
It Is q constant but most i~ll-founded
claim Of the Puritans that they have
founded. given all the principles, char
acter. courage. brains and accomplish
ments OF any M every ideal or prac-
teal gain Of this whole country upon
Plymouth Rock: The South has been
represented as idle. Ignorant and bar
barous; deaf, dumb and blind: abso-
lutely without large Views. and per-
fectly supine in action. save when
soaded, enlightened and inspired by
a disgrace to the country. In all mat
ssrs political. financial. social, the
West has been as grossly m%isunder-
stood. patronized and beltttled: though
saSA = l4Ob ~ dItAAk SASuS tNdI ueEs
sturdy. Independent. Intelligent people
are about to successfully dispute the
preposterous claim that the whole
eountry has been exclusively made
by. and must be entirely governed
land discovered, invented and patented
the American people. New England
did not invent conscience, any more
Ihan she did the SUM-, wind and rain.
she did not invent learning ortletters,
as India, Greece and Rome alone can
.abundantly testify. Religion was not.
born the very day that the Mayfower
sailed from Plymouth-an abundance
exported that England might live in
peace, free from defamation, agita-
ton and perennial pestiferousness.
Nothing will ever get 1t into the New
ENGLAND mind that the ~Yirgtnians. the
SWedes. have had anything to do with
the history. welfare or civilization Of
THIS country. no matter how many his
tories, 8 and papers may be writ
naa { = have I've a sanlsfs; i eo.5eh Maa,'as s5
a q soldier. and Uncertainty would
but the New Englander Of to-day,
never. On the contrary they repre-
sent."A Puritan bestriding this entire
What an Impressive moral
spectacle! Puritan Colossus Of
Rhodes! He has stamped his magnii-
cent impress foreVer8upon {, 100000
y peop!e.. Nvhen this becomes true !
some Of us will slop over into South
America for3certain! But. Of course, it
all nonsense! And when New Ene.
q stops posing before hergown look.
glass. as IAN Impressive moral
spectacle" she will have some COM
non sense and. exactly her own value
mons the States Of this Union-no
less. She is most inordi.
nately and absurdly fond OF doing that
sind OF thing. Unlike Mr.. Samuel
shesdoes not spell virtueswith
,n AVS, = doesn't see the impressive
!igious, or social spectacles Of the
south or the West at all an infatuated
conceit has blinded her to- all but9her
supposed merits.
Eromsa humorous standpoint, she Is
And all that ails us is a
deficiency OF trumpets and a ceEtaln|
about blowing those we pos.
sess. We being sundersth very just'am-i
preston that good wine needs no bush,
and that Dragging Is in very bad
Still though our modesty be-
comes US. andais as grateful and re-
freshtng" as good cocoa after a long
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