Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14

in fact Georgia is among the rapidly de-
veloping states of the old south.
Social life goes along leisurely and
after the old pattern as far as changed
conditions will permit. The servant prob
lem is ever present. and, like man in the
abstract. we live in a state OF uncer-
tainty servants with us today. but gone
tomorrow. The great plantations, as In
adjacent commemorative, and indeed, all
over the south. are for the most part
given over to tenants, and that phase OF
life is dead in Georgia beyond resurrec-
ton. But we still dispense a large hos
ptality and have our barbecues and big
dining and house parties as in the ante
bellum days. For some reason. few
planters realize much profit from their
land holdings. We keep up our big place
for the very joy of 1t and count money
well spent which goes to make up any
deficit.
The land which is rented is. of course.
profitable in way for the owners. but
not emnently so. The people OF the south
hold on to the homes of their ancestors
and cling to the old tradition much more
from sentimental ideas than for CONNER
cial aggrandizement. In the cities and
small towns the owners OF the vast
plantations now reside. and take com
fort in the thought of living on the prod
uce of their former homes, even II they
have abandoned them. Every southern
man nowadays practices some profession
to make money other than the ancient
vocation of filling the soil. Nearly all
spend good part of their income keep
ing up the old homes in order to spend
few weeks there each year TO get
fresh milk, vegetables and other luxuries
from their own preserves. This love or
the old home is a strong characteristic
of the people of the old south. and think
distinguishes them from the remaining
inc nf fla0 10 Of no
States.
''Of our beautiful mountains and our de-
lightful rivers and small lakes and
forest preserves many eloquent pens have
written. We are of the south and there
fore We expect heat in the summer. but
1t is heat tempered with many rare bless
ings. Our flowers are the glory or the
state, and the cult of flowers has been
with since the sturdy Oglethrope
pitched his tent We have experienced
none of the uplift so popularity spoken
of now. natural selection of beautiful
things is one of the heritages OF Geor-
gians, and nature has been prodigal in
the matter of flowers.
Our roses and Towering vines, the jes-
samne, the clemats. the moon flower.
rise to majestic proportions and such
flowers as the cameias and the sweet
dubious blossoms grow riotously with
small care. Our forests Of magnolias and
crepe myrtle and mimosa are the envy OF
our northern guest. No one can laud
the grand old state of Georgia with
out mentioning that pride of all good
the watermelon. Unless you
have tasted ripe juicy melon cooled oy
being let down into deep dark well. You
have not lived. The modern contrivance
of putting a melon into refrigerator Is
not the thing. The melon nsust go down
the well and stay there twenty -FOUR
hours. Then you eat only the rudy
mealy heart and il Is something 10 re-
member. We have such melons by tire
hundred during the summer and all our
neighbors join in watermelon parties ana
we send the fruit all over the state ana
into many other states as gifts.
Last winter Senator and Mrs. Gay re-
sided in the Normande and Mrs. Clay
spent the greater part OF the winter
there. with her small daughter. -
EVELYN. The boys who are at school con-
tinue to reside in the Marietta nome un-
der the care of relative. She will re-
turn to Washington next December and
will very likely establish nome, per-
haps on Capitol Hill. where III VIII ne
more convenient for the senator to reach
his home when the work grows more ar
duous in the later season. Tue senator
and Mrs. CLAY spent part of the summer
at Hot Springs, Va. and part in the
mountains Their sojourns
from home in the summer are always
brief and made only in accordance with
the directions of a physician Both are
too devoted to their fine olds place in
To enjoy existence away from il.