The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-16
aCTSTONS OF COURTESY. "
.osus OF sAIUTATIoN AMP RE
FohMpSo IN MANY LANDS.

Cl10-3 ,5s philadelphia Record
r., Gsrrick Mallory of the bureau OF
20, read an interesting paper re-
eVnnU-'s ~ "Customs of Courtesy" before
cen"y ;. o Society in Washington, in
which be said; .,,,...,ou NAV -
II0 ;-.o. First, those Of purely religi-
ulsiu "b.rscter: second, those equivalent to
Gus -. Cor the health and temporal good
PrA!9 no-.on salu,ed; third, those simply
Oh lI9 health and prosperity without di-
"i9l- iavocstion of a deity, and, fourth,
rev. nvnressiug personal or official affec-
Tha israelites, both in meeting and
=, u,ed a word meaning blessing"
pnd the person addressed was thereby COM
'.anded to God. The expressions blessed
- ,bou Of the Lordr' and 1.-The Lord be
18th tbeem are traditional!
W.T." III Arabian often says, God grant thee
I He-o-s.n also. "Thank God how are
ms And the Turk, my prayers are for
!ou' or "Forget me not in thy prayers.
Ine p,,ord visitor to house will cry out,
~ M Iord he praised" to which the hostess
ne onsvrer "World without end, Amen"
T IT,. s.sweet girl graduates" OF conventual
ne in this country involuntarily
sCnUoa- q knock at their doors by the word
1o,,;o,,rS instead of 'come in" through the
Sabit formed when the sister at the convent
dormirorv door used formula IN praise or
tho Virgin Mary, TO which the obligatory
rasnonse was 'foreverw Very lately a
SIMILAR custom prevailed throughout Spain
lad
.,,,,.;ssj,,I1l the reply being sin pecGdo con-
ppsbiJ1t On other occasions the Spaniards
SOW Vntra con Diosl "Go with GodW In
tba Ty' oil people exchange the formula,
"PraiSed be Jesus Christ % and the Neapoli-
toms that of Increase in Eolinessw
2 The forms of greeting that pray for
tho health aud we'll being of the friend
addressed are distributed generally. Indeed,
onr term ''salutationn is derived from the
atin salus. and similar etymologles are
found in other languages, TIE Ottoman
cries "Be under the guard of Godw In
Arabia, on the first meeting of the day, the
nroper phraseis, MAY God strengthen your
morning. or MAY your morning be
goodm The Persian begins his polite ad-
dress with II make prayers for thy great
ness The return to salutatlon in the
Orient is sometimes not only religious but
asked about his health, he responds, Praise
be to Godn leaving his condition to be in
ferred from the meditation Of his voice. II
the form Of the query is as it we'll with
rbee1n the answer is "God bless and pre-
serve theem The Zuni exchange the prayer,
MAY the light of the gods rest with
theeln
Neither the English "good-by" nor the
French adieu need be explained, but an
example within the writer's observation may
be offered to show how meaningless words
Of ceremony originally significant may be-
come and how easily they may be adopted.
The Micmacs two centuries ago picked up
among few French expressions that of
ddeu as the proper word IN friendly part
Ing, and now commonly use it with the idea
that it belongs 10 their own language. When
questioned as to when they got it from the
French, one Of tire chiefs haughtily ex-
claimed: I'VE did not get it from the
French; they got it from usp 1t may be
noted that the French have in du TeUoir an
alternative aud less religious form used in
parting, and other nations have similar ex-
presSionS The Cingalese bluntly say: II
will 20 and come"
3. The general wish for health and pros
perty OF which the English farewell" as
distinguished from ''good-by," is an
example, is often only implied in the query
showing interest as to the present possession
OF those blessings. The Arab reiterates the
query, how are you 2 for some minutes,
ana, when well brought up, afterwards
interrupts the subject of conversation by
again interfering How are YOU o. MANY
tines Our How d'you dom has almost lost
significance, as it is seldom noticed. except
ny reciprocatlon, no one supposing it to
W W bona hide request for information.
many other salutations abroad, as well
1nv az nome, e, g., Good morn
ing, Holiday" Gold day" or other
me.eUroioglc comments are now mere
.na. 'u-"oEuS or countersigns to indicate
TnSs Vie parues meeting are on good terms.
i i, the origin of many old forms is the
u,S'lncV declaration Of peace which was
%bao,icaily useful in the turbulent DAYS
tb aVu an enemy was more frequently met
d aala a lIIehu' This passing the time of
inc ~ , no~ common at the occasional meet
insna soOd.1atured persons, by which the
- ,.ale words form the friendly recogrition
VI one OF the same race In Fiji the TIM
=. Jay regulates the terms of greeting The
s .ure,%r before beginning his salute to the
ne eot .I Always looks up at the sun and
Tbo eu TL purase appropriate to its hight.
a cnr;orl l'G iI soJourners in Utah fell into
nbrasos u' oluhder In using some of our
NJ do on meeting a resident at any time
morr;r1.,, nlght they called out, Good
4 evan ,' ;ehs and on parting, Good ni0htm
error !, :; ; were oefore breakfast. A similar
When ~ ibtliiVaoion was made by the Zuni
4 yista1 ' tt oncers from Fort Wingate
Fl anxious VIZ .ae fuebIo they were naturally
called mn , ioach tne traders store, So they
You, WI w yue Irst person met, How are
up all the saUs Sne stores" The Zuni caught
kindness of V .i as one greeting, and in the
suhsao,,a.U4I tlelr hearts shouted them To oil
ara" I,9lelI Visitors. The salutation s,Hom n
pIanatlou. ''''on' mas like ex-
meanest ~ ~hlie scrupulously salutinc, the
ali frion1 ~ their own communion ref, 'ne
advertantly, gIeetlngs to the Jews. If in
people VIII tl 6y nave accosted one of that
like tbo WIN Peace be unto Won ~ ' ."o
to which WI VIII hastily add: Death TO vourS
to have heard t &C. may respond, pretending
to youn IN 'da w. .ne beginning, by: 1.-THE same
from that spirit somewhat different from,
used BY ms ~ ~ which the same words Are
4 turnsm m - b; answer to MANY happv re-
saries It rn "rtluay and other anniver-
the Jews are oe mentioned that where
70 one Of the Coi! po~e r they give no salute
many co. VI American Indians 40 ~.
Their etginaventonal forms Of sainta 1--we
silence and generally is to meet in in
Smoking beip S4 tb6 before speaking, the he
numb 9o9be' Of H tri Iae real salutaton. But
Caddo and A ,iDee. O., the Shoshoni
81 very similar 70 IH @dtiu word or sound
t aon Hau or Bd no" but in proper litera-
we We same sound T ~ Most of the Sioux use
that rom which the " errar Nv with the
sbbrevia.taeefy have caught ipb mas rs arisen n9
Of the latter t p How are up vo ana