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Show THE NORTHERNER AS A LOVER.- A rttmtUeTn Woman Comes to Hlw De-fcnmi De-fcnmi AKalziNt Fnl.se Accnscrs. Under the title, "The Northerner as a Lover," Lizzie Petit Sutler say... "The southern woman who illumin -Med the pages of a contemporary recently re-cently by Iter views of 'The Northern Man from a Southern Woman's Standpoint' Stand-point' ought to have entitled her article. ar-ticle. 'The Xonhernu Man from tin-Standpoint tin-Standpoint of One Southern Woman Who Has Hod But Little. Experience of Him.' "Nobody denies the southern fascination fascina-tion of manner, or the exquisite politeness polite-ness of the high-bred southerner, or the capability of the southern man for 'making love.' This last is vast, almost al-most limitless. Given moonlight, music, mu-sic, the warmth of a summer's eve, or -.he solitude, a deux of a winter's fireside, fire-side, and he from temperamental influences in-fluences feels himself compelled to make love, which his bright antagonist, antag-onist, girl or widow, brought up iron: childhood to know he will do it, answers an-swers with roquetish raillery or pro-tern, pro-tern, encouragement, as she prefers. "The writer in question says that tlm northern man makes love for the men-pleasure men-pleasure of attaining. What decs this southern woman think of the husl -ast-i who, after years of marriage, wiil w -to his wife that she is 'the light of r eyes, the core of his heart, the urgei of his life?' Yet in a wide social experience ex-perience north 1 have known husband-quite husband-quite as devoted as this. Clod bh-s th-love th-love of the north, as many a souther:, : has found and proved it! And 'the northern man does not know how to make love!' He doesn't? Iu my old 'mammy's vernacular: 'Why, Lord! honey, you ain't never had no northert. sweetheart., is you?' "If the writer, whom I have supposed 'mammy' the old dear to be addressing, address-ing, had ever had any experience, sin-would sin-would have known the northern lover better. Ah! if she could only !nim how the unspoken chivalry of his hear! for woman wells up- in deeds, m i words; how he heralds his presence, or shows in absence that his thoughts an always with her, by showers of Utile gifts, or plans for her enjoyment! :' 'Why do you give so many things'." said a southern woman, with moist eyes, to her northern lover. 'Do you think I care for you for the sake of these things?' "'I believe, if I do my level best to contribute to your happiness, you wil! care all the more for me,' he very sen-si-, bly answered. I am not speaking' ol isolated cases, but of northern men as a class. "Not a man or woman who ever knew northern men or women as they an-would an-would ever hazard the accusation thai they art cold and selfish. Few rich m:-u at the north but have a tribe of dr. pendents, to whom they g ive of w in: I they have made, often by many hour of arduous toil and paTii-or endurance. en-durance. The middle working ,-hi; perhaps, are colder and harder I h.iu 1 same classes at the south, because tin conditions of life are r-o much harder on the poor at the north than a', tin south; but let any emergeiu-y .riso. and they are thoughtful, consuiei ate and helpful of each other. Tho surfr-i-c coldness of northern people nioa o". si in -ply that they are more .self-cunt rolled. Your true northern man wiil ltiarrh lo the stake without moving a muscle of his face; will bear cruel pain until icy sweat bedews his brow, yet never utter ut-ter a murmur. Is not such eon rage sublime? New Orleans Times-Democrat. |