The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-07-05
BEAUTIES OF BRAZIL.
WONDERFUL PHYSICAL CHARMS AND INCoM-
PARABLE IGNORANCE AND BAD TEMPER.

Bahia is city of 1I7,00C population,
and to an American, especially a young
American, 1t seems that about 100, 900 of
that number is composed of pretty girls,
senoritas Of wonderful physical charms
and m agreeable lack OF mental incisive-
ness and assertive opinionism.
The climate is made for love, laziness
and cigarette smoking. In spite of the
enervating influences so prevalent, lots
of business is transacted in Bahia, mostly
after the Philadelphia plan of conserva-
tive slowness, su1eness and consequent
safety. Big Spanish houses are begin
ming to employ an army of young Ameri-
cans to transact their business, and these
same young fellows, generally, are enter
prisi no and Of the ''get there" class.
Many boys of excellent family andante-
cedeHts have matrimonial "snaps" open
to them which would make the heart of
a real Italian count throb wildly in an
ecstts sy Of Joy. The senoritas, daughters
Of wealthy, influential, often noble, par
ents are anxious, collectively and midi
vidually, to seize upon these transplanted
sons Of freedom, rush them before
priest, aud get them for their own prop
erty forever and aye.
The senoritas are as beautiful as hour
is in youth, and can love like house
afire. Their figures are universally
models of brunette Venuses, and their
feet arched like rainbows, and Cinderal-
lian in size. Their glorious eyes can set
any well constituted mans blood going
like a respiration pump at a single
glance; and theif ruby lips are, as many
OF the boys can practically prove, equally
perfect in action for kissing or cigarette
smoking They have mouey-many Of
them lots of it-and they stand ready
and willing with all their worldly goods
to endow almost any young American of
whose affections they can become undis-
puted mistress. In fact at first acquaiut-
ance senorita is an angel, Venus and a
muse all rolled into one. But-for there
is but, and hydra headed one-the
diverse of this pleasing picture comes
under observation after Il longer acQuaint.
ance. Senorita, first of all is ignorant
as ignorant as sin. She is passionate,
and passion in the tropics means q ieal-
ousy which is insanity when throughly
aroused, She is unscrupuiously barbar-
lc, and has temper compared to which
when once aroused, cyclone is q gentle
zephyr.
Besides these few minor points which
must be counted against senoTita, there
is another, most illusion tlispelline fact
which cannot be overlooked. Senorita's
beauty is as ilef,ing as fog, as eyanescent
as sunbeam, thing of the present
solely, which has no place in,the future
that is, in that future which stretches
beyond the age of 30 years. At 16 she
is picture; at 20 dream of oriental
lovliness. q hasseesh inspiration to stir
mems souls to any deed; at % she is
slightly passe; st 80 she it a hag, obese,
yellow, sharp voiced possibly addicted
to drink, and certainly addicted to tho
pipe end cigarette. She lacks all the
mental beauties which adorn the perfect
nature and make the summer of married
life moro enjoyable than the fitful spring,
and her physical perfection is gone for
ever. For those who live but in the
present the South American matrimonial
market is rich in bargains, however, and
any young man of passable looks, educa-
ton and manners can pull a prize from
the lottery, which, if it furnishes soon, is
nevertheless, very brightly gilt and
thing of beauty while its loveliness lasts.
Bahia Cor. Chicago Mail.