The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
BY FRANCES CoURTENAY BAYLOR
Aonthcrn Enterprlae.

Il -i44eEatatH.EE JNMA~ LAS
southern 3E%nterprisc.
We are 80 accustomed to hearing
southerners acctsed OF not being ZEN.
terprising. by Northern people and
Southerners who arc not loyal8t to, and
do not love, their own State and Sec
tion OF the country, that 1t has made
eonsiderabls IMPRESSION upon people
patriotic. But let US look ut the
facts In the case and see what we be-
lnlghted creatures, who believe In the
South. and love the south, and know
per and character and intellect and
courage OF the South; her quality. her
genius for 'statesmanship, for ruling.
can lind to support our devotion to
ration OF her past. 4 few years since
the aggregate wealth of Southerners
In Wall Street was computed by an
expert ut $l0o,000,00 every Gent OF
which had been acquired In the pre-
vious twenty years, 50 that even
never a pursuit that engrossed our
very Souls and made us insensible 70
every other demand of life, is certainly
O. very respectable achievement. After
the war, poor Southerners were almost
as plentiful in New York as IN Balti-
more, and for exactly the am reason.
our men. having only poured out their
noble blood like water. and coming
feat and desolation in myriads OF
homes, felt at once the terrible need
Of money. There was no money to
be made at home. SO they went where
It was abundant and proceeded to get
some, too! The men who in time OF
war come to the front and direct the
business OF horrida bellum, are the
men who In times OF peace show In
credible patience, pluck and perse-
snatch atEthe Golden Fleece and bring
away handfuls OF ducats and shekels
when they get the chance. Not only In
trade, but In law and medicine and
every other pursuit, brilliant victories
tunes have been gained by them oyer
and over again all over the North.
They had ability often OF a high order.
They had Southern tact and courtesy
charm. they had Southern in iniegrity.
too. and Southern honor. They could
not be run out OF the field. for they
were used to holding fields under
5"Marse Robert" and declined to yield
hall rooms OF cheap boarding houses
on q sixpence. They gained a preca-
rious subsistence at anything they
could ind to do for some time. They
had to adyance. for they had no re-,
9 most tntolerable heart-break. and
8intolerable. s~uffocating depression. So
advance they did, right gallantly and
successfully. One veteran. who was q
cart and left the milk with the grace
OF a. courtter with Colonel --s
compliments. Biddy. the cook, and
finally her mistress. interviewed him,
delighted in him, recommended him
result. a thriving business and fifty
carts In a couple OF years. To see
him deliver that milk. his dress and
address. his bow. his smile. his utter
Inconsistencies OF doing anything that
something charming. And 1t charmed.
1t isn't every day that a polished.
h~igh-bred. good1looking man, who is
too patiently a gentleman to even ave
liyers US Y daily quart or half
gallon of milk-not aqua ~pumpaginis.
It was good, honest milk. such as no
Confederate veteran need have been
ashamed to sell. And 1t sold: like
wiidfire.
Then there was q fine old fellow who
set UP a stand for roast chestnuts.
and wound up as the husband Of an
found herself compelled to buy chest
nuts for her lame little boy at Major
:-----s neat wagon for fun six
months. Perhaps 1t was because ne
gave SUCH SOOQ measure 10 tue ltttlo
FELLOW on crutches-his own crutches
a sad souvenir of the Wilderness. We're
propped against the wall nearby. Per-
haps II was because he had been
brought up to reverence and protect
all women. and gave as much to this
handsome. rich widow as ever he got.
Perhaps It was the majors way Of
getting even with the enemy" Ger
tain II Is that their beautiful home
was also a most happy one. and the
.'hobblers." as the major called himself
n his stepson. were the greatest
comrades that ever were. and that the
II General Lee wasn't n Of the
apostles: alsoi II cali the Epistles were
not the wives OF the apostles" Also
that an uncommonly fine dinner was
served at that house on the generals
Birthday every year, with covers Tor
TWENTY-FIVE less fortunate Southerners
An the city. Indeed. a good slice Of
that Northern fortune was generously
given by that couple to the sad XII"
south of the line. Then a very promi-
'nent Confederate once o US OF an
experience he had while travelling on
a train. He observed, sitting opposite
to him a grand and feroctous spect-
men of the North American Indian
.war-paint. leather leggings and featn-
er head.dress and all. From time 70
time he would rise and yend cough
and mad-stones and hern. mlA-
lures up and down the train. inter.
ested in his paper. the colonel NAG
forgotten all about him. ne neara
- whispered COLONEL" close 70 ms
ear. He turned, and, to his SURPRISE.
behind him In the seat, but leaning
Forward "a perly ."Colonel,"Ehe repeat-|