Mercur Miner | 1907-10-30 | Page 7 | "Confederate Colonel"

"The Confederate Colonel." No clnss ot men In tho world havo better manners than tho southern gen-tlemnn. gen-tlemnn. Tho type of this clnss Is a dignified mnn, wjio Insists upon being treated with respect, but who always concedes to others that which ho demands de-mands from Uiem. Ho is deferential In his manner and assumes that thu customs nnd views of others nro on-titled on-titled to rospect. In Intercourso with a Spaniard tho typical "confodernto colnnol" would never by word or gesture ges-ture intimate that ho considered himself him-self In any rospect tho superior of tho gentleman with whom ho might bo talking or that his business methods were moro modern. In othor words, tho southern "colonel" hns charming manners, ami what was written by "Natlvo of Now England" was to say in effect that good manners nro a business busi-ness assets worth using. Hnltlmoro Hun.