The idea so prevalent in other sections that the people of the South are convivial and mercurial in temperament is erroneous.

It would be more nearly correct to say that gravity, amounting almost to austerity, is a distinguishing mark of Southerners.

In any Southern gathering representing the people as a whole there is little mirth.

There is much more Puritanism in the South today than remains in New England.

The Sabbath is no longer observed so strictly as twenty years ago, perhaps, but only recently has it been considered proper to receive visits on Sunday or to drive into the country.