The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-17
SOME QUEER GREETINGS.
dethods Of salutations In Vogue
Various Countries.

dethods Of SaIutations In Vogue in
Various Countries.
How do you dor we say as we meet
a friend whom We have not seen for
some time, and the question Is almost
invariably accompanied by a shake Of
the hand which Is cordial or cold. long
or short, hearty or Indifferent, accord
ing as the hearts back Of the hands are
more or less attached one TO the other.
This is our common greeting. but our
brethren Of other lands have some Cd
dities Of salu1attOn, though no doubt
the feelings back OF the form are very
similar the world around.
The French and German people have
one custom In common. though they
are not on the best Of terms in some
respects. Gentlemen who are good
friends kiss each other on the cheek
i when meeting. and il is only courtesy
for gentlemen TO kiss the hands Of their
lady friends by way of greeting. Rus
STA has the same custom, and to I'M
familiar eyes the spectacle OF two
beared "mujiks" embracing each other
tenderly upon the street is rather
mirth-provOking, to say the least. Also
the Arabs Of the desert. stately and i'm
posing figures In their flowing robes
and many folded draperies, their belts
full OF daggers and pistols and other
war-hke gear. these stalwart men hug
and kiss each other with all the effu-
siveness ascribed to the average
school girl, at the same time making
a host Of inquiries about each others
health, past and present and prospects
for the future.
A Chinaman who happens to be rid
ing dismounts and leads his horse pasi
one whom he considers his social su
periOr or equal. His neighbor OF the
land Of cherry blossoms, the Mikado'i
empire. kicks off his straw or woodeI
I sandals, crosses his hands upon his
breast, in an attitude of supplication
and cries, Spare me- as though hi'
brad hated vis-a-yis, who perhaps il
his nextdoor neighbor and very goOt
friend, was the great and powerful
+ Mikado himself. who had only to sa,
: the word and his head would roll II
, the dust. The implied meaning Of THU
salutation is an outgrowth of the ex
I aggerated pohteness for which Japal
Is famous
I The natives of Arabia Petrea bravel,
put cheek to cheek and pass on abou
r their business without speaking. Tn
Burmese. with delicate fiattery, pre-
} tend to smell of each others faces, pre-
a nounce them sweet and ask for smell
J.. The turbaned Turk crosses his hand
+. upon his breast and makes a profoun
r obeisance, or "salaam,' thus shown
e his deep regard without coming in cor
!. tact personally with its object, and tn
g savages Of the Australian bush prat
r tice the singular custom of stickin
!. out their tongues at each other in
n frank fashion that would delight til
y heart of a physician, no doubt,
a To PROSTATE ones self before al
= other and lie with face to the dust
J. the salutation of an inferior In d;
honey in Africa to Il superior. This al
ject crawling upon the ground, Il
doubt, first began in fear, and Is no
held as a ceremony of recognition.
/ While Western nations insist on IL
uncovering of the head in token of +
spect. in India it has always been I'll
~ feet that must be uncovered before Il
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