The older men come somewhat unwillingly to receptions in the evening, but the presence of a man at an afternoon tea is unusual.

The Southerner of the small towns and cities puts away play with his adolescence.

The professional man seldom advertises the fact that he has gone hunting or fishing for a day or a week, as it is thought to be not quite the thing for a lawyer to be away from his office for such a purpose.

Golf has gained no foothold except in the larger towns, and even there the existence of the country club is often precarious.

Few males except college youths will be seen on the tennis court, if indeed there be one even in a town of five thousand people.