The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-09

tzlfty," Southern caurtezy. South
err charm arc be weighs thcse m
tie bal2rce knd he massz thc pont
nsg that taesa arz no. reaJ hzt aha:
the proclamation g. them for Ger
tury or more has aroused II the
stranger such high expectations thai
be Is disappointed 10 find that hos
pitAlity xnd charm and courtesy are
sometimes present anc sometimes ab-
sent IN the South JUS: as they are else
where. Southern courtesy does not
seem to Ire 10 differ greatly from
courtesy anywhere" he writes; and
again: my point Is no; thai South
err hospitality fails 20 exist, but that
j. Goes not specially exist; But
because more is expected Of the South
merely average performance Is dis
tincs DISAPPOINTMENT
III ms views OF Southern courtesy
and hospitality believe him 10 be-
absolutely right ] have speu: more
than hsk Of my adult years II the
North and hold that the suggestion
Contained IN the phrases Southern
hospitality" and Southern courtesy
that is. the suggestion that hospl-
.ality anc courtesy are more preva-
lent here than elsewhere and have
some peculiar merit o. their owns
The rankes. nonsense Il is rarely
h2rtored BY intelligent Southerners
who have Lived outside Of the South
Or have been thrown with Northerners
ot education and good breeding But
there are great many Southerners
who d. answer 70 this description
VINO have stayed within Their own Dor
GERS and continue To cherish the most
ignorant and fantastic notions about
the rest Of Americas population; and
Of course there are a great many
Aor+herners of whom TINS II likewi Sc
true Il Ell using the term North
erners 70 include Westerners as well.
the way IN which ]. is used IN the
Srtlclej.
Another myth upon which ! have
often refecteo-ths is one which Mr..
Jones does not mention in his article
Is that Of Southern generosity or
open handedness The irf.rl.eat ION
here is one Of contrast u supposed
close fstedness III other regions.
kyth rs the word. testify here, TOO,
out Of ample experience. | have seen
just as much generosity IN the North
as IN the South have seen men
in the North with cold and fshy eyes
the CLEANS from which have made
my blood u run cold and my hand 70
clutch my purse; and | have known
plate passin' foreclosers in the South
who in trade could walk away with
the eye-teeth Of the shrewdest Yankee
ever met. May the Lord deliver the
innocent and hopeful from some Of
The Southern money hounds who have
come within my acquaintance.
Si5l 81 Win sCDQLUFFH tfdIH. it
charm Is here sometimes: and some
times 1t is not Again, it IL case
Of disappointment resulting from the
high expectations aroused BY al an
Gent phrase. The stranger has heard
and read the phrase 50 often that he
anticipates beng fairly smothered
with charm as soon as he crosses the
Potomac. "A thousand stories have
created the legend that is the South,
remarks Mr.. Jones. The way down
upon-the- Suwanee~ river melodies, the
old Kentucky home, Old Black Joe,
Uncle Kemus, the ante -belium bellies
in crinoline, Colonel Carter, Marse
Chan, the silVery moon on Mobile
Bay, the white -portlcoed houses, the
magnolias, the honeysuckle trailing
over the verandas, the banjo playing
darkies, the julep drinking colonels
and all that. Mr. Jones mentions
certain things that do not seem TO
fit in with the oft~sung songs and
the oft-told stories Stuck about the
raw, red clay Of Georgia he comes
upon shanties that would disgrace
Turkey under the suitanate. . The
most impressive feature Of New Or
leans seen from the river front is
the largest suger factory in the
world :. If he stops passing male
in any one Of hundred small towns,
the Traveller hears his query answered
by a voice like the high whine Of
saw. If he inquiries his way Of
female Of the species, preferably
young, he finds that the adorable girl
in crinoline has been metamOrphosed
into giggies and curls and head of
impenetrable night where not a brain
cell works." (He leaves out an ele-
ment Of decoration that feel i'm
PEELED 70 add: face painted up to
make the Soviet emblem look as pale