Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-08
WHEN PEOPLE MEET.
THE CIVILIZATIONS COMMONLY E@ FLOWED BY DIFFERENT NATIONS.

ssDtleman and Fair Lady-On the Conti
 neat - Men Embracing One Another. AIaiays, Chinese, Japanese-The Moorish
 way-The Military Salute.
 In walking down busy thoroughfare an observer cannot help remarking the different manners in which the various travellers, pedestrians or otherwise greet one another. A gentleman approaching s lady watches her closely to see whether she will bow to him. If so, of goes his lat. Hardly two men, however. do this simple act in the same way. One four shes it st arms length; another hardly raises it from his head; third exposes she side, as if he were asking charity, while a fourth seems frightened lest by yone nischance he should disarrange his 1air. The fair lady, too, does not always .etllrn the salute in the same way. Cross :he channel however and one is in Q and where hat lifting is the recognized .Nlutation It appears at first curious to native of American or English soil to see not too clean coal heaver or peddler sol smnly raise his head covering-it does not always amount to as much as a hat to an equally dirty brother workman, with on air many young dudes might envy; but in time one fails to notice such things. On entering and leaving a shop, no matter how small, the polite man again uncovers his head, while each of these actions is always accompanied by an appropriate word of greeting
 The peasants of Spain, in the country, on meeting stranger offer him, as salu- tation, portion of the bread they always carry with them. Of course, it is refused with thanks, and great would be the as- tonishment of the would be donor if it were accepted. In Germany-in fact, pretty well all over the continent-to pass man or woman on a country road with out saying a friendly greeting is looked upon as very impolite, and the person do- ing so would certainly be regarded as 8 stranger. Among the French and Bel gians especially the habit of men embrac- ing one another is quite common, father and son, or two intimate friends, thinking nothing of falling into each others arms and kissing in public Colder tempered nations consider such effusions unneces- Bary, and believe there is just as much feeling in the warIa grip of the hand and few words of welcome.
 The Malavs and other Polynesians sa- lute by smelling This is performed by rubbing noses. A former resident of New Zealand says that on meeting after an ab sence of some time two Maories seize hands and rub noses violently, at the same time loudly weeping, presumably ! from the pleasure of seeing each other, or i perhaps from the pain of friction. In h. | dia the Buddhists salute by lowering the i palm of the right hand and bringing it up | toward the face, at the same time saying: ''Raln, ram chair" The Mahometans do she same, but simply say 'Salaam." This
 
 the same faith. The salutation is always made, too, with the right hand, to use the l left being considered an insult.
 The Chinese have a regular code of salutations, eight in number, which de- fine the proper amount of respect to be paid to different individuals. The one which is perhaps most familiar to San Franciscans is that when at the new year the Chinaman clasps his hands together, and, gently lowing, wishes his friend the compliments of the season. Two curious greetings which these people have among themselves are those of asking each other: Have you eaten riceT and '1S you: stomach in good order?" The Japanest show respect on meeting by bending tht knee, though in the street they only maf. feint of so doing. This is the genera salute.
 
 the first time would perhaps be astonishec and little frightened by seeing one O. them riding at full gallop toward him, a! If he were intending to execute cavalry charge. His fears might perhaps be in creased when this horseman, when almost close to his apparent victim, suddenly refined up a,;d discharged pistol over his head. Recovering from his astonishment, however, he would find that this is the Moorish way of welcoming a stranger. Natives of the Gold Coast have still another mode of salutation. They lower their robe from the left shoul- der with the right hand, and gracefully bow, though if it is q great man they salute, and if they wish to be particularly respectful, the whole robe is removed, exposing the breast. Egyptians greet one another with remark peculiar to their country, ''How goes the perspira tion2"
 The military salute required in nearly all civilized countries is nearly the same
 Perhaps in Germany, however. the regu
 lations are somewhat more stringent. soldier, Cn meeting the emperor, has tC stand still, face about, and remain witt hand raised for from twelve to twenty paces before his majesty approaches tt
 the same distance after he has passed In Belgium an officer has to do tht
 same for the king, and subalterns fo, generals. though ten paces only are re 4uired for the latter case. Soldiers car rying anything, so that their hands ar i occupied, salute with their eyes-that is they turn their heads in the direction O { the person coming and going. Frencl officers raise their caps to each other, bu the privates do as the privates in othe | armies do.--London Globe