Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-26

moon iElt ride Of Young woman auu
Young man would moi only ruin the Eirls
reputation. hut would result IN the social
ostracism uf both Young men who have
sisters never ask their men friends to come
TO their houses and as FOR q young man
spending IN evening alone with his LADY
/ love, such thing iE not heard ut
Even among themselves young ladies have
/ no such intercourse as in the United States.
/ There are NO musical clubs. Shakespeare
clubs or woman's mission societies. A
Young man mas no chance 70 learn The char
] urte- u woman before he proposes Tor hef
hand I1it sisters will know but little about
me-. and his only avenue OF Information is
. through the servants. From these he may
! uCssibly find uut something as to her dis
I position and habi.E-whe- her she is or Is
no; o big sa1sr and what il takes TO keep
/ her.
His only chance q seeing the rirl will ne
al the regular receptions Of the family dur
ing The season These Hre held weekly, and
nj them both gentlemen and ladies are NJ
home. The usual hours Tor such functions
are from to in the afternoon and from
TO l. al night. During the afternoon call
ing wine and tea are served and in the
evening, a about II O'Clock. the guests are
invited 10 the dining room for refreshments.
Evening parties and dances usually last so
tend morning masses on their way home.
Dinners ure elaborate, q different wine
usually being served with each course, and
champagne with dessert. Coffee and liquors
are taken in the pall1rs after dinner.
Cour1inr and Marriage.
Among The uueerest customs are those OF
cuurtship and marriage. The girls are care
fully watched, and there is no indiscrimi-
nGte love making without the uhspsrunREe
Of the parents or members Of THE family, as
il the United StHtes. Young women would
he compromised II they had men callers.
Indeed. q man never thinks o. calling upon
O young woman until he is engaged TO her.
II he admires her and wishes to know her
he begins his advances by playing the
dragon" This means that he dresses him
self in his best clothes and struts up and
down before her house while ssle looks al
him from the balccny. Every fashionable
house in Muntevideo has q balcony, and the
chief amusement Of the girls is 10 stand
out upon these or 10 lean out Of the win
dows looking at the people us they 20 by.
When the young man thus walks up and
down gazing at her window the young
woman understands what II means and
comes uu and makes sheep's eyes in the
same direction. The Two will dook at each
other for hours without word being spoken.
r Men may come and men may 20, hut still
z they look AS rule, the passersby do not
notice the lovers. II is often NOT safe to
do So The action may be misconstrued,
5 the lover may become jealous and q knife
2 thrust under the fifth rib, most likely given
in the dark, may follow.
After prarticing this dragon act for some
: time the young man may go 70 the papa
and say he would like TO call upon his
] daughter with view Of proposing. If papa
says all right he calls and 2 day or SO later
! vou will see an item in the paper staring
5 TINT Young Senpr So-und-so is paying atten-
1ipns TO Senorata Thus -and-so, and that d
marriage will probably soon take place.
When the young man calls upon his sweet
heart all of the family are in the room. He
gets her as far of as he can, however, and
! devotes himself only TO her. From this time
on until after the marriage he must pay
] ] attentions to no other woman. If he goes to
dance or party ne must come early and
! wait for her and he will spend the evening
WITH her alone At every party IN Monte
video YOU see a lot Of these young lovers
. who are called nUvius, waiting for their am
! anced or novias. The Eirl pays attention 10
no one but her novio, and the boy has eyes
for his nuvia alone. The two get on by
themselves and devote the evening 10 so1t
spopnfng compliments about each other.
This is the way they go on throughout
!, the evening:
= rs 90 my darling
.'Ess ! is 90 darling"
And other stuff Of the same kind, only in
Spanish am told that such couples are
very clogs on the wheels of Montevideon
= eocietv Ii is q wonder that mothers, VINO
I p-e so careful III home, will let their girls
/ do as they please when once they are en-
e gagged
= No Brench of Promise Cnses.
? II YOU ask q mother as TO where her
Y daughter is Ut such 4 reception she viii
= saw thai she is with her novio and the sub
+ iect is dismissed us Z matter Of course
@ was chatting about this one day with one
d | Of the Moutevideon society women, when
asked: What do you DO if the 'novio' gets
$ disgusted and goes back on The girl. refus-
p ing 10 marry her or vice versa" She re-
piled:
You seldom hear Of such case. young
g man who would act in that way would bt
Q disEraced by society, and for the girls
r. their chief end in life is marriage and they
10 don't dare 10 miss the chance The marriage
4 state here is far ahead Of single blessedness
IS The married woman rules society. After hei
l. wedding she can do as she peases. Wher
Z the priest performs the ceremony he strikes
e the chains Of maidenhood from her ankles.
Il The weddings o. Inc ufleuLhlth ARE -IeI1
e in the churches, with 4 supper and dance
T. at the home nfter the ceremony. The we'd
g. ding gifts are very elaborate, generally in
% cludng diamonds and silver The honey
y moon is usually spent al home, the orien-
T. tales NOT believing in our custom OF taking
IS wedding journeys. They cali the period LII
d Luna de Mel" or The Moon Of Honey, and
if possible. try TO enjoy il alone. II thu
h wedding is in tine summer and the family
e is in the country they will come into th'
d town house and open II up for themselves
Il and If in the winter they may possibly 81
" out to the estHncR. As TO their permanen
q uuartors the Eruum's father usually mnkel
e q present Of the house and all Of It's fuI
u niture, often including table linen beauti
l. fully embroidered, and the wife's fathe
b does as well us he can in money ana pres
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