The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-07-26
WHEN PEOPLE MEET
THE SALUTATlONS COMMONLY EN-
PLOYED BY DIFFERENT NATIONS.

Gentleman and Fair Lady-On the CONT
nent - Men Embracing One Another.
Malays. 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
lady watches her closely to see whether
she will bow to him If so, off goes his
hat. Hardly two men, however. do this
simple act i'll the same way. One flour
ishes it at arms length; another hardly
raises it from his head; a third exposes
the side, as if he were asking charity,
while fourth seems frightened lest by
some mischance he should disarrange his
hair. The fair lady, too, does not always
return the salute in the same way. Cross
the channel however, and one is in a
land where hat lifting is the recognized
sanitation. 1t appears at first curious to
a native of American or English soil to see
not too clean coal HEAVIER or peddler sol
EMMY raise his head covering-it does
not always amount to as much as hat
to an equally dirty brother workman,
with an air many young dudes might
envy; but i'll time one fails to notice such
things. On entering and leaving 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, u portion of the bread they always
carry with them. Of course, it is refused
with thanks, and great would be the as
constituent of the would be donor if it
were accepted In Germany-in fact,
pretty well all over the continent-to pass
a man or woman on country road with
out saying friendly greeting is looked
upon as very impolite, and the person do
ing so would certainly be regarded as a
stranger Among the French and Bel
| gians especially the habit of men embrac
ing one another is quite common, q father
and son, or two intimate friends, thinking
nothing of falling into each others arms
and kissing in public. Colder tempered
nations consider such illusions unneces-
sary, and believe there is just as much
feeling in the warm grip of the hand and
few words of welcome
The Malays and other Polynesians sa-
Lutte by smelling. This is performed by
Zealand says that on meeting after an alb
sence of some time two MaoFies seize
hands and rub noses violently, at the
same time loudly weeping, presumably
| from the pleasure of seeing each other, OF
| perhaps from the painOf friction In In
dla the Buddhists salute by lowering the
| palm OF the right hand and bringing it up
toward the face, at the same time saving;
KAN, ram chair" The Mahometans dc
the same, but simply say "Salaam." This
is only done i'll either case by members OF
the same faith. The salutation is always
made, too, with the right hand, touse the
left being considered an insult.
Inc Chinese have regular code OF
SaIutatlonS, eight in number, which de
nne the proper amount of respect to bt
paid to different individuals The on,
which is perhaps most familiar to Sal
tranciscanS is that when at the new veal
the Chlnaman clasps his hands together
and, gently bowling, wishes his friend tn,
compliments of the season Two curiou:
greetings which these people have among
themselves are those of asking each other
"Have you eaten rice?" and is YOU
stomach in good Order?' The japanese
show respect on meeting by bending the
knee, though in the street they only make
"a feint of so doing This is the general
salute.
A stranger coming among the Moors for
the first time would, perhaps, be astonished
and little frightened by seeing one of
them riding at full gallop toward him, as
II 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
relned up and discharged a pistol over his
head Recovering from his establishment,
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 shout
der with the right hand, and gracefully
bow, though If it is u 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 IL remark peculiar to
their country How goes the perspira-
tion?'
The military salute required in nearly
all civilized countries is nearly the same
Perhaps in Germany, however the regu-
lations are somewhat more stringent. A
soldier, on meeting the emperor, has to
stand still, face about, and remain with
hand raised for from twelve to twenty
PAGES before his majesty approaches to
the same distance after he has passed.
In Belgium an officer has to do the
same for the king, and subalterns for
! generals, though ten PAGES only are re-
! quired for the latter case Soldiers car
rying anything, SO that their hands are
occupied, salute with their eyes-that is,
| they turn their heads i'm tho direction NJ
the person coming and going. French
officers raise their caps to each other, but
the privates do as the privates in other
armies do.-London Globe.