The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08

-, lax COllOK cut uAkI OF 1t, ana L let
it go at that. The Hollis issued three
or my books, and / never showed the
proper advertising anxiety about
theH- SO DISTINGUISHED was | at first
that Jerry was Unpublished anony-
mously.'
From 1895 10 1902 Miss Elliott Iiyed
IN New York. Maybe this oppor-
tunl's o. viewing the South at q dis
lance made her see wherein her soc
uon excelled and was lacking in in
lelIectual vigor. There have been
I'VE blshopS n her family. no wonder
Miss Elliott is hrn in her stand
against the ultimate claims. Of science.
IN the noisy atmosphere OF the North
she was able the better to note the
1ull meaning Of Charles Dudley War
ners remark when he was visiting
Se"anee, The university is a mill for
the manufacture Of sentlemen." She
could also determine the value and
limitation Of strong" literature on
the minds Of Southern m our
college girls down here" she remark
ed, "are taking q stand not natural to
lnem, They are not h~Oydenish, but
tney are groHlnS cynical, and this is
due entirely to their foreign read
ing. EOW true this latter remark
IN its application TO the later works
Of Miss Ellen Glasgow. just as the &C
cusation Of sentimentaiity-a p%latonic
quality in Southern ltrraIure-mlghl
apply TO the bulk OF Thomas Nelson
Pages stories
There is another charming contra
dlctlOn about Miss Elliott. She has
brought up her numerous nepheWs as
good Americans, but it is very evident
that at heart She is somewhat of a
Tory. Were she made to confess.
one would aSsuredly find that there is
a lurking regret that the American
Revolution was ever fought. In her
fathers lifetime il was furtnest from
her thoughts that she would ever
write q book for sale; but it was ever
in her dreams that she might contri-
butte to- the British Quarterly and
Temple Bar. This Toryisnl may be
a beQuest from the old South-fort tbs
old South l believe secretly believed
the Revolution to be d stupid blunder
And at Sewanee, even today, the uni
VerSity is more familiar with the En-
glish periodical han With the Ameri
can magazine.
The ~alooftness from literary lif,
f spoken of by Miss Elliott does no
mean hat she thinks the literary If
may be had in the North. \ on
I talks literature in New York she de
clared. People are too afraid o
making copy for some one Yet il
: SeWanee there is d good literary at
mosphere. From it has come mum
berless writer's like Thomson Buchan
g an, play WIiSnl, anu I1tllIy >. I1ii l
: son. author Of "Queed." 1t is nc
f that Miss Elliott lacks stimulation
e Though she claims herself untutoree
she has taken courses in German
K A~nglo-Saxon, Middle English an
metaphysics: though she refers to he
faculty Of the University Of the Soutl
d But there is a quality about her thi
t., is purely old world, purely Of anothe
generation. She is quick and sWeeE
n ing in her judgments, which is Il
. from being a Southern characterlstl
She Is critical of local views as she
a Of broader ones. At the same tim
that she is modern and advance
enough to support the economic tn
cries Of Henry George | think she
i inclined to look askance at the typ
writer. Out of such an atInOSpheI
N Heart" Jerry John Paget,' TT
- Durket Sperret,' can Incident ar
- Sam Houston besides many pape
on labor problems and or the lite
- allure Of the nineteenth century ST
has even written His Ma1esty's Sc
IN want" for the actor. Lewis Waller.
ly Yet on the Tennessee mountai
elements. by writing books. Il
q old South believed you divided yo1
chances Of matrimony in three" 81
70 declared. 1.-The old South was wrol
re- in many things" nevertheless, Nj
rs Elliott is a product of that c1vlllzatie
~ Seated BY the open windoW-tl
"a white hair. the purple grapes, q
IS gathering gloom making soft the gu
lines Of the staid old bookshelves
she seemed some symbol of confic
20 ing interests. For she is FESTIVE al
oe at the same time content. TO ga
IN one she has to give up the other, al
7 do not believe Miss Elliott has ful
ae determined which is the element
IS make life richer. ] can see her no
OF the suffrage leader of Tennessee,
~ the back lawn Of an Old-fashion
homestead, pouring tea for Blsho
IN and ladies' and students and girls
OK her quiet poise hiding none Of b
o. viva It was certainly t
ny old South inheritance. rather than [
ballot which lent harm TO he rece
III ton. The conflicting elements IN NJ
Elliott at the present time epltoml
az the intellectual conflict Of the ne
OF south in the Did. NJ. ]. NJ.