The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-16
WOMEN OF THE SOUTH
HAVE ABLE CHAMPION
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lmoSphefe, Jhat sets lhe pace az al
such resorts, are rich people, and &
rich people alone whose family tree
may be little regarded quality, OF
lnon-existant, but whose bank roll is
above a five or six figured income
They find the world an oyster even
responsive to the clink of the dollar
and naturally lose sight Of the force
beauty, and innate strength of all
else. Whether consciously or not, all
who enter such association seeing the
of golden keys and the re-
sistance of golden bars, accept this
as the status of the social world.
Thus the pace is set by the accept
ed leaders, and the varied successive
social layers take their cue from
them. The brusque manner, cigarette
smoking, cocktail drinking, gambling
woman slips further and further from
the ideas so dear to the heart of the
world. The so-called smart set are
allowed with impunity to erect any
standard they choose. Divorces not
only freely received and remarked
but feted, dined and wined, and in a
mild way the lower incomes follow
such lead as far as they may.
All these people have sons and
in normal proportion
twenty-one boys to twenty girls and
this progeny feels and further extends
the initial impulse.
The men and women who dared the
privations of the pioneer life, left the
only known civilization of Europe be-
cause they were denied the right to
live according to their Interpretation
Of the Bible. These men and women
suffered persecution, priyation and
leath for conscience sake. Such SUR
rerings, privations and accompanying
devotion to lofty idealism made its
impress upon their physique, result
no in stalwart men, keen-eyed, reso-
ute, single-minded as to public duty
md private life, and surrounded the
with more or less tangible de-
lenses whose presence softened' re-
ined and gave to its recipients
yentleness of manner, softness OF
roice. and that graceful Difference to
he head Of the house, as defined by
scripture.
All this, blended with a more than
masculine courage, devotion to duty,
md wonderful resourcefulness in des-
,erate trials, left their indellible
haracters on the souls of the south !
I'm women to be transmitted a price
ess heritage to other times. Follow
ne the masculine protection against
ed savages. was its continued need .
gainst blacks, first sold to the South .
Y slave dealers, then left huge nom
mass.
Thus the descendants OF the men
nd women who came from Europe
ppression and repression to Southern
United States to live their lives their
wn way. still are compelled to en-
torment to practice many of the
irtues which marked those "who
rst ventured chartless on the sea OF
form engendering liberty"
The smaller towns and cities along
ne rail lines and highways to the
ulf will find the type referred to.
Iany a log cabin, cottage, or tiny
ungalow has its lady descendant of
me- line of honorable forebears. do
70 all her own work, including milk
% cows, teaching her children the
rupture, helping less fortunate
nighbors and, with her courage, faith
nd patience solving life's hardest
roblems.
The small towns on Jackson High
ay, passing from Chicago southwark
trough Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala
ANA, Mississippi and Louisiana would
ford thousands of instances where
race, beauty, and gentle manners
re combined with high sense of duty
nd lofty ideals.
In Columbus, Mississippi, is located
le Woman's Industrial College where
lore than one thousand Mississippi
iris are fitted for life's problems,
any of whom have right to be en-
oiled amid the haughtiest Colonial
nd Revolutionary danes.
This town and New Orleans. Louis
na. are noted for women who pos
sss a beauty so rare and dainty it
like some ETHEREAL flower which to
inch would shatter, soft velvety COM
lexion suggesting the familiar mag
Ola. which grows to perfection in
eyes usually large dark,
lue or hazel. always merry,piquant
nd COY. with long lashes. rosy lips,
early teeth. dainty form and dainty
set made for dancing, tennis OF what