Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13
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~ VIZ rinbpo VI handsome. /
footed girls and swarthy, muscular IN
that always surround the fountains
perhaps lettering bit 20 chatter ind
gossip, the women IN musical staccato
the men In baritone 10 match their
broad chests; then shouderlng he
heavy earthen Jars or wooden q Ks
and trotting gaily away Every he
or them hopes 10 return, some III -
day In the distant future, 20 his OF r
beloved Galicla. when he or she IS
saved enough mil refs by scanty liz ~
TO purchase tiny patch Of native soil.
Prettiest Of all the women In this
old city are the Gallegan mald-ser-
wants OF wealthy mlstresses, whom
hard work and insufficient food have not
deprived Of their natural dainty curves
! and contours. You may often see an
excessively homely grand dame, OF un-
mlstakable high degree, striding along
with the air OF a Juno. TO church. or
the shops. or the promenade, respects
fully followed by two or three bewitch-
ing maids The latter are no doubt
innocent OF Irritation intentions
concerning the passing stranger
but their good-natu;e cannot quite
suppress an answering smile which
makes their bright eyes dance and dis
closes a CLEAN Of pearly teeth and whole
families Of rougish dimples. The flower
market, too, Is full Of lovely girls, the
daughters Of native peasants, whose
bare feet have probably tramped many
miles before sunrise. Their short skirts
| and low-cut bodces and bare brown
arms afford wonderful studies for an
| artist, and their great dark eyes have
haunted many
TRAVELLERS DREAMS
when far from Portugal. Even the
| broad-hipped peasant-matrons, who
bring butter, milk. cheese, eggs fruit
| and vegetables from their distant farms
10 sell In the city markets, and the fish,
er-women who every day troop down
| the Beem road and wake the echoes
with their peculiar cries, present some
extraordinary types Of perfect hgufes
| and often beautiful faces
The women Of the Portuguese peasant
try seem to hold a very independents
| position. Though working nara from
| dawn TIN dark, they are always cheer-
| full. genial. helpful 20 one another IN
| time OF trouble, and full Of ready Wit.
They know well their value and equal
| ity. take their fill share OF all the hap
piness attainable. They work habit
ually In the fields, beginning TO do so
as small children. Girls Of ten or twelve
/ years accompany the ox-carts, walking
| in front OF the load and unload the carts.
Little girls drive the cattle aheld ard
mind them while they Craze. Young
women cut and carry home the grass,
| weed the corn and wheat, and perform
| their full share OF all blowing. While
this general employment Of women
nearly doubles the agricultural work.
| ing-pOwer of the nation, the women
themselves do not seem 10 be either
| physically or morally the worse Tor
| their labors.
Early marriages are the rule among
| the peasantry-partly because most OF
| the Portuguese eonscripuons spare mar
rled men, and therefore bachelors have
| temptations toward matrlmony which
| otherwise might not occur TO them.
| growing family Is a good investments
for young fellow who does not de-
sire the dogs
LIFE OF A SOLDIER,
end cannot pay several hundred dollars
| for a substitute In the army; so he
| takes a wife TO ensure himself against
what ne considers worse fate, and
maybe his everlasting quletus from cold
steel or gunpowder. Before marriage.
the Portuguese sutton IN love is alb
surdly humble and elavsh and his
sweetheart leads him a merry dance
indeed; but soon as ever the village
priest had tied the knot the positions
are reversed, without violating any law.
| AS In every country, the songs OF the
people set forth their sentiments. In
popular serenade. the Portuguese swain
| tells his Dulclnea that he writes TO her
Al. L.. ~ - fgQF q
his only ink and the pen Is fibre from
his Utmost heart Perhaps her reply.
sung behind q closed shutter, Is Ike
this:
Quando sovrelso des baga
i o lourelero der cortica
Entao te amrel, meu BAN,
Sc mao me der pregulca.
which means. "when the cork tree
yields bay-berries. and the bay-tree
cork, then perhaps / may fall In love
with you. II oondescend TO notice you.'
or else she sings: II have already
five lovers-three for the morning. two
for the afternoon; what time Is there
left for your"
In Portugal men play upon the guitar
as naturally as Yankees whistle. The
peasants are universally given 10 the
Instrument, chiefly as an accompani-
ment 10 the voice. In towns and Villages
the artisans are often expert guitar
players and walk In groups 10 ana from
their work. enlivening the journey with
music and song. The carpenter who
comes TO your house 10 execute small
job. brings his guitar with his tools. and
the blacksmith is far better performer
on the guitar than the anvil When
a III. WTLF-
man has finished his long days toll, he
does not HE him 10 a wine shop 10
squander the few cents he has earned;
he does not even lean against post
and smoke, nor white stick while
swapping yarns with his fellows. tx
he did not bring his guitar with him,
he goes straight home and gets II. rests
and comforts himself with the music
while supper is being prepared. After
wards he spends the evening singing
doggeTel songs 20 a stunning accom-
paniment. tilted back in a chair against
his own house wall. or on the DOOR
step of a neighbor. II, in the rural dis
tricts and 1t be Sunday, or q holiday,
he puts on
A CLEAN SHIRT,
with a big gold or silver stud az
neck fastening. his ''other pair Of wen
brushed trousers. and his newest black
felt hat. OF the pattern You often see
In pictures of Spanish life. Then he
throws over his shoulder black cloth
cape, with real gold or silver clasp.
He takes his favorlte oX-goad In his
hand. which S. 10 him, what natty
cane Is 10 the Broadway dude. IL 10
tall as himself. straight as an arrow,
well rounded and polished ami bound
with brass. Last Of all, he sings his
guitar around his neck: and thus fully
equipped for social conquest. goes 10
the nearest fashionable threshing Honr
the peasants drawing room. There
all his neighbors, young and old ~
both sexes. are sure 20 be gathered 70
while away the day In gossip song ana
dance The Portuguese dance. brought
originally by gypsies from the Tar east