Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
make love at first sight to these pretty
THREE ACCOMPLISHED SISTERS.

make love dt ursI slSht 70 tneSe pretty
senoritas.
THREE ACCOMPLISHED SISTERS.
A majority of them will say, with smile
and bow, when YOU meet them: ''Nao
fallo inglez Seuhor," but have made the
embarrassing discovery that they "compre-
hendem" sometimes, better than they con-
fess. There are three charming Lassance
sisters, who may always be seen together,
and by their clinging, affectionate ways, re-
mind one of the three graces. Miss NinIta,
the eldest, is a tall slender, warm-hearted
girl of about Is, quite accomplished and
pleasant She speaks English and French
fairly well, and is highly spoken of by the
foreign element here, because OF her kindly
disposition to make visits to her home agree
able and pleasant.
She has translated Longfellow's EVAN
geline" into the Portuguese. To this young
lady's kindly disposition your correspond
ent is indebted .or some delight ul hours
spent in her charming home circle. She Is
teaching me Portuguese. and practicing her
English on me, while 1 am endeavoring to
repay her kindness by giving her some in
structions in American methods. The
smaller sister, Zizi, does not speak any
thing but Portuguese, but seems to get
good deal of enjoyment from watching her
other sisters entertaining the Consul
Americana"
THE BRAZILIAN HOME CIRCLE.
1t has been my good fortune, through the
kindly interests of these Brazilian friends,
to have been frequently entertained in their
home circles. OF this experience may not
write to the newspapers, the instincts of the
gentleman overcoming the inclination or
training of the journalist. l can only say
that more charmingly delightful and happy
homes than those of the Brazilians 1 have
never vet, as man of the world, found in
all my travels. Their home life is abso-
lutely pure and most affectionate. This is
the universal testimony of those who have
had the good fortune to have reached the
inner circle.
In some respects the Brazlians are very
peculiar people. They have their exacting
customs 1t has been a common mistake
for some foreigners to come here and at once
attempt to override their customs of genera
tIons, aud failing to break down the barrier
by direc: attack, they resort to criticism
and innuendo. This has had the effect of
creating stronger barrier; and very many
gentlemen of refinement, who have been
here for years, have never yet entered a
nothing of the home life which they criti-
else SO severely.
NEW KIND OF RECIPROCITY.
The Brazilian fathers and mothers guard
most sacredly their households. and also
scrutinize closely the manners and habits of
foreigners. The fact that most of the for
eign element of all nations soon become dis
sipated bv a life in this tropical and un-
healthy region is one obstacle to freer in
tercourse with the families. Perhaps it is
the feeling of banishment and the absence
of home comforts and the charm of ladies'
society that causes these excesses.
The moral of this long story is that young
America. with blue eyes, light hair and
gentlemanly bearing, who will come here to
settle and marry the dark-eyed senoritas,
and not follow the WAYS of the English
Saturday nighter," that is, live as if ban
ished and expected to go home every Satur-
day night, is the fellow that is going to in
troduce and sustain American trade here.
We need social 4eciprocity," Mr.. Blaine,
practically illustrated by the give and take
of the marriage relation.
1 am indebted to Rev. Fa ther John De-
neir, French priest of the college here,
for some valuable information most courte-
ouslv extended. He has some friends in
Pittsburg, and frequently receives THE
DISPATCH on the equator. But though
Father Dernier reads The DISPATCH on
the equator, your correspondent has not seen
a home paper since coming here. Neither
has he received single letter from any of
his home friends. SO that he feels quite
e1iled. j. o. KERBY.