The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-15

able girls gather and listen to the mu-
sic made by the bachelors. who sit
under and round the desire tree" each
playing his favorite instrument.
AS the maiden he loves passes him
the youth plays the louder and more
feelingly. If the girl ignores him and
passes on he knows that she will have
none of him; If she steps up TO him and
lays a flower upon his instrument he
jumps up, takes her by the hand, taking
care not to drop the flower, and they
wander off into the moonlit woods.
A remarkable custom prevails among
the Dyaks of Borneo. When one of
them would WOO the maiden of his
heart he chivalrously helps her in the
hardest portions of her uneasy daily
toll. If she smiles upon him, never so
sweetly. he does not Immediately re-
spond. but waits until the next dark
night. Then he steals to her house and
lightly wakens her and she lies asleep
beside her sleeping parent.
The parents, if they approve, make
no sign but sleep on-or pretend to.
If the girl accepts. she rises and takes
from her lover the betel and sweet
meats he has brought her. That seals
their betrothal and he departs as he
came, neither speaking nor being spok-
en- to.
The japanese lover, wishing to make
known his love, throws a bunch of
pale plum flower buds into her litter
as she enters it to be carried to
friends wedding If she losses the
blossoms lightly out, the suitor is re-
jected; if she fastens them to her CIR
die. the sutton is acceptable TO her.
In Spain the young man looks amor
Gus. but never speaks until after &C
ceptance by his lady-love. The girl
neither speaks no looks but-she sees.
Later, in the cool of the evening, the
gentleman raps at her fathers door and
Graves gOurd of water. 1t is, OF
course, given him. Then comes the
crisis.
If he is not offered chair within the
porch, or a seat in the garden, he bows
and walks away-a rejected man; If, on
the other hand the coveted civility is
extended to him, he remains, an accept
ed sutton.
There is, in the event of his accept
ance, a general celebration by the fam
lily of the bride-to-be in honor of her
betrothal.
Ia contemporary states that for
man to marry on a small income he
must marry a wife who is stock
size" at the dressmakers.l
Mary, 1 love your rosy lips,
Your ankle trim and neat.
l love your dainty foot that trips
Adown the village street.
Your hair / worship, and admire
The color of your eyes,
Q've likened them to liquid fire.
But are YOU a stock SlZeI
At cooking and the kindred arts
You yield to none the palm;
Full oft have l consumed your tarts
And never felt a qualm.
And as housewife. dear, of late
I've learnt your sterling worth;
But is your hight proportionate,
My Mary, to your girth?
Love is indeed, as poets say,
OF happiness the fount,
But love, alas, omits to pay
The dressmaker's account.
Unwedded. then, we twain will die
(For fate must be obeyed)
Unless, my Mary, you can buy
Your dresses ready made.
London Globe.
IT is matter of fact, says the New
York World, and one of no small con-
sequence nowadays that hair can be
trained to curl in perfectly natural
and satisfactory manner.
Curls are of supreme Importance to
the feminine mind and many a yacht
ing cruise has been utterly spoiled for
many girl by provokingly damp and
foggy wea Their which would ruftie the
temper of any woman who is a slave
to curling tongs.
Straight wisps of hair which should
be fascinating ringlets are apt to rem
der an otherwise charming face a bit
unattractiVe, and because all women
realize how much their appearance de-
ponds upon the couture is no doubt the
reason for their spending so much time
in caring for and arranging the hair.
The curly haired woman has been
born with a blessing which is rarely
appreciated by her. but one which al
ways excites the envy of her straight
haired sisters.
1t is more than comfort, ii is posi-
tive happiness, for woman to feel
that the mist may come and the rain
may fall without in the least affecting
her prettily waving couture.
Curling tongs have left their abomi-
nable trace on many a luxuriant head
of hair. for they seemed to be a neces-
sary evil. Without them how could
those pretty ondulations be acquired,