The Washington times., 1901-08-11

his head and grunts twice and the cere
| mony is as binding in Senegal as if il
were heid in a grand cathedral with
parade uo the main aisle to the altal
| Whlle Lohengrfn's march poured forth
| In the marriage line Obendaga has ducket
ABOUT 80 times, according to the reeta
| graves and surviving spouses BY the
| banyada count of bamboo rows ne has
| been a widower 231 times and is a husba nd
| TO hfty-flve more women now living as his
Wixes. low many more Obendaga won
| with a nod in the days of youth history
| tells not and the banyada count has left
| no bamboo row to relate.
what Is bygone the burial claims -
says Obendaga. "A bygone wife is better
over
Ramgootula here needed few words
! OF French, and cautiously led the great
chief to speak of domestic matters The
utterances of Obendaga are the words of
a seer Ramgootula, with profuse obeis-
anee' explained that the great and good
ana wise and sublime Obendaga would
condescend to speak of Memories of my
wives, and how to pick them',
Wives are like weeds, sometimes; IN
less you choke them they choke you: un-
grunted Obendaga
Wren woman smiles and keeps her
teeth shut, marry her for a coIula who
can bite when she laughs
The wife who scratches her left side
with her right hand is good. she who
scratches her left side with her left hand
can scratch with both hands; sflun her
w men woman weeps pat her once; IL
she still weeps beat her twice
II you do not like woman's ear, cut
IL on she VIII near no less and may look
more beautiful.
Despise not all women built like 90
coanut trees; in every forest must be
some cocoanut trees.
g. yellow woman is like MILDLY water.
nj only for cooking.
Why kiss. 1t is like patting a sugar
tree.
When you want woman. take her if
YOU cam IL you cannot, make her feel her
BE condescending always to a wife:
she likes it. Cocoanuts grow simply to
ran ana lie around the foot of a tree A
man with many wives is a cocoanut free
with much fallen fruit
woman fights with glances, a man
with spears. Some glances are sharper
than some spears.
II there is trouble in your huts shift
the women; women must live together a
week before they fight.
some wives nurse grievances like chill
dren and love them full as well; see that
such wives have family of grievances
one OF my best wives hated me when
married her and loved me when l told
her to die.
''One wife is as If the clock ALWAYS
marked high noon; there are other hours
on the clock.
One wife is like one meal every day.
and that one meal always boyada the
same food: the stomach will not stand it.
IF a wife sneezes at you take snuff
and sneeze thrice at her. Then spit
When a wife cuts your gums while |
she picks your teeth with her loppa make |
no sound, make no vince or sign of feel |
ing; later, see If she can do likewise |
under pain.
Some women must be won in the sun.
others in the shade. Judge them by their |
eyes, not by their skin. as some burn |
quicker in the shade than others in the |
sun. |
..SIan souoa Winch o.ho-. .,,.- -.
them unless to save a word
Talk little to women; listen much.
They talk for many and listen for few.
Better to have a woman fear YOU than |
20 think she can wave a doga to lover |
be hind your back. A woman admires |
ion that will eat her more than Il monkey
hat will chatter for her peanuts.
The wink is not known in Senegal, we
10 not blink at the sun or at each other.
What we see, we see. What is, we see.
What is not. other countries can wink at.
''Fifty-five wives are like a long jour
ley. When the traveller wearies ne can
est by the wayside in the moonlight.
DO not worry over what woman
means. a dog follows you whether you
understand his barks. He banks to the
noon. woman often means even less
han the moon.
Il bring three wives here; / leave be-
lind fifty-two for what YOU call modesty |
is funny 1t means clothes
bushes, and less wives known TO others.
Always have an odd number of wives; |
nat Is true already III thlS country save |
when they punish for an even number; |
men are in prison for two wives. but not ,
or three. BiSamy is even numbered. |
olygamy Is odd numbered. One is an odd !
lumber.
The less clothes wife wears the more ,
he has to hide in her head ii she would
.ctp it from you. Clothes are foolish: !
1ttooing is far more orname ntal and |
oCs not chafe. Tailors are like monkeys ! ,
ais. good only for hanging, !
What is art2 | never saw it before ! | :
anne here In Senegal art. as | see il ,
n this country would be for a monkey :
o hang by its tail in Cocoanut tree and | ,
make al tribes believe it was Il man in :
Ugh suspense. ,
wives are useful, particularly if YOU
moke. Let their teeth be good; it means
etter snuff.
Children? They are Incidents Great
len deal only with events.
Marry much. Do not take ii seriously. | ,
'ften bad wives make good widows. IL is :
ard to be the widower Of good wife. {
10 man ever was the widower of good |
'idow.
''All that Americans need to reach the
eal stage of life whore others will do all
he work and fill their pipes is more sun. c
iore wives and less clothes. The wise
'hites tell us always do today what you q
hould not put of till tomorrow 4
When the cooks spoil the broth in our
ind we put them in the pot to make :
lore. II solves the question of food.
Many women would rather be one of
fty-tive wives than one of none They t
re not ell black. None of them may be 9
'hite There are other coiors in the q
'ord.'
"A priest never lies" said Ramgootula, I
even when he sleeps" Il
That did not mean that Ramgootula | 7
ept standing up.-Bufalo Express.