Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-25

tNNfNihNnH Win dessert. tWfnn and
lluuorn are taken In the pafiora after
dinner.
HOW THEY COURT SOUTH OF THE
EQUATOR.
Among the aucrrcst customs are
those of courtship ana marriage. The
gglH are carefully watched. ana there
II no indlrcflmlnnte love making With
out the chuperonaro 81 the parents or
memoirs OF the family. aH In the Unit
ed States, Young ladies would b. COM
Promised II they had gentlemen callers.
Indeed. man never thinks ~ calling
upon young woman until he " on
gnEed 90 her. II he admltoa her and
wishes 10 know her he begins his adj
vnncoa BY playing the Dragon" THIS
means that h. dresses himself In his
best clothes and struts up and down
before her houH" while she looks at him
from tho balcony Every fashionable
house In Montsvidco has "A balcony. and
tho chief amusement OF the girls II TO
stand out upon these or TO lean out Of
the windows looking az the people a.
they 40 by.
When the young man thus walks up
ana down gnzlnE at her window IN.
young woman understands what II
means and comes out ana mnkea
Sleeps eyes In the same direction. The
two viii look at each other Tor hours
may come and men may 80, but stu
they look. An a rule. the paHncrs.by do
not notice the lovers. II N often not
safe 60 do ~. The action may be mis-
construed. the lover may become jcnl-
Gus and a knife thrust under the NTH
rib, most likely given IN the dark, may
follow.
Ate. prac,iclnF this dragon act for
some time the young man may 20 TO
the papa and say he would like 10 call
upon his daughter with u View OF pro-
posing. n papa says all right, he calls
and n day or NJ later you VIII see an
Item In the paper stating thai young
SENIOR so-and.s 40 II paying attentions
TO senoritn Thus-nnd-So. and that
marriage viii probably soon take place.
When the young man calls upon his
sweetheart all the family ARE IN the
room. lie gets her NJ far m uh he cun.
however, and devoten himself only 90
her. From this time on until after tho
marriage he must pay attentions "a No
other woman. N he goesto q dance or
party he must come early ana walt Tor
her. and he viii spend She evening with
her alone. A. every party In Monte
yldeo YOU SEQ lot OF these ynunH
lovers. who nrc Called novioa, waiting
for their afiianccd. or novias. Tho viri
pays attention 20 no one but her novlo,
and the boy has eyes Tor his noVin
alone, The two get M 10y themselves
Rnd devote the evening 20 nptt alinonlng
compliments about each other This IN
the way they ~ GA throughout tho
evening;
us 90 my dnrllng7'
Enr. ! IN 90 darling"
And other stun Of the same kind. on
~ In Spanish | am told that such
couples are very ologn on the wheels or
Monteviioo society. II " wonder
that mothers, who are 20 chreful az
home. viii lot their flfiH 40 ~ ihey
please when once they are engaged
NO BREACH OF PROMISE CASES.
III Won ask a mother NJ 10 where her
daughter IL at such q reception she VIII
SAY that shc " With her noyio' and the
subject ia dismissed a. matter or
course. l was chatting about thls ono
day with one Of tho Monievidcnn socl-
etv ladies. when I asked what do
YOU DO n the 'noylo' gets disguised and
,.oe, hack ON the girl, refusing 10 marry
her. or vice versa" She replied;
.'you seldom hear NJ such case. A
Young man who would act In that way
po,ld be- disrtaced by society, ana M
FOR girls. their chief end IN NE " mar
riare, and they don't care 10 miss the
chance. Tho marriage state here u far
shcad Of single bleasedness. The mar
Ned woman rules society, After her
Wedding she can do as she pleases,
Nhen the priest PERFORMS the ceremony
he strikes the chains of motherhood
from her ankles
WEDDINGS AMONG THE oRIEN-
TALES.
The weddings ~ the oricntales are
held in The churches. with a supper and
dance al the home after the ceremony.
The wedding gifts are very elaborate,
generally Including diamonds and sill
ver. The honeymoon ~ usually spent
M home. the orientalcs not believing IN
our custom Of taking wedding Journeys.
They call the period Ia Luna lie
Miof" or the Moon ~ Honey. and. IN
nossible. try 20 enjoy II alone. II the
wedding N In the summer ana the FAM
IIv ii in the country. they WIN come In
to The town house and opcn II up for
themselves. and n In the winter they
may possibly 20 out 10 the catancla,
AZ 10 their permanent quarters. tho
eroom's father usually makes present
~ the house and all of It's furniture
often Including table linen beautifully
embroidered and the wife'a father doe.
M well as he eau In money and nres-
ents. FRANK q. CARPENTER.