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Show THE COUNTERFEIT SOUTHERNER Of course, there are many counterfeits. counter-feits. A most amusing imitation is one that often passes for the Jvpioai southerner in New York. This satchel-mouthed satchel-mouthed braggart infests the cafes and demands attention by his abusing the waiter for offending his delicate sense of honor. "I hate a nigger, sub," he loudly proclaims, which is a sentiment senti-ment that one never hears from those to the manner born. He haunts the theatres and parades the streets, since it is poor fun to practice his gentility in private. He wears a wide black bat. mounts the table and yells whenever the band plays a southern melody. Such a pretentious pre-tentious caricature would be harmless enough, but for the ridicule he brings upon the south. Unfortunately, popular popu-lar authors seem to accept him at face value and exploit him in novels or plays where a "southerner is a nec-essa'ry nec-essa'ry part of the stage machinery. Everybody's Magazine. - |