Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-11

dinate a place as II now occupies in
more mattCr-of-fact lands which VIII
be 81 mighty change indeed for II IS
really remarkable what an immense
amount OF time the average Spanish
girl now devotos to matters Of the heart.
At sixteen years, at the latest, the
young woman leaves on going 10 school,
and from that moment, Il may be said,
begins for her the chase after a hus.
band. Chase really Is the only word
for H. Under the constant supervision
of her mother, who usually favors tho
matrimonial aspirations Of her daugh.
ter-the young girl commences to fire.
quent assiduously the public walks,
ters She goes out I'm the morning
on the preteXt Of going shopping
or to church, but In reality 10
be seen Of young men; in the after
noon, after dinner she embroiders a
little (she prefers embroidery TO sew
ing) or attends to the making OF her
own dresses and then she goes out
again TO the promenades. Al night she
either goes TO the theater, or stays at
home and receives her friends. Music
and dancing nearly always accompany
these solrees,
AFFAIRS OF THE HEART.
Although she exhibits herself so
much Il must not be believed that the
Spanish girl always finds Il easy to get
a husband. II is indeed true that Spain
occupies Tor, at least, has occupied
until lately) the second place amongst
European nations so far as the number
OF marriages registered annually IL
concerned but now that the cost OF
living is increasing so fast In Spain
young men are growing more and more
reluctant about assuming new respon-
sibilities. Besides, there exists another
unfayorable circumstance and that ls
that. according TO the last census, there
are IN Spain nearly 500, 900 more women
than men. In Madrid alone the women
exceed the men, In number, by 10000!
on the other hand, although II Is be-
coming increasingly difficult for a
young woman of the Spanish bourgeO-
sic to secure husband. II is exceeding
ly easy for her 10 find a beau. Though
she is generally not tall she is very
pretty, or at least, well formed and OF
most pleasing physlognomy. She has
large eyes. usually dark and very eX-
pressive: a little nose slightly turned
up; much hair. which she combs with
infinite care and arranges with much
art; she has most graceful style OF
walking. possesses natural elegance and
dresses tastefully, although she prefers
somewhat SNOWY colors. Her manners
are charming and she Is good humored
and frank,
ALL CAN SING AND PLAY,
To all this may be added that there
are few girls who cannot play on some
instrument. the plano or tho guitar,
sing some couplets d'amour and dance
besides the common mcasurcs--the
graceful and characteristic dances of
the country and so II VIII be readily
understood that the spanish girl of the
middle class need never lack an admir-
er, especially as like the majority Of
young women, she may--without the
slightest indecorum have three or four
lovers, successfully, before marrying.
The different phases OF these transient
love affairs IRE really curious. When
young man is convinced that the girl
who has attracted him is likely TO nc
cept his addresses he Immediately
makes hor the object OF what might
well be termed constant and systema-
tic persecution, He passes hours under
tho balconies OF her house and follows
her like her shadow, about the streets
and IN the thcaters, and " he Is not
hlithuN lfANhluiiA l'NhAlllNlu WIN hffs
ne seeks 10 be admitted to the gather
lngs at which she is present. so as to
fnd an opportunity 20 be introduced to
her and declare his admiration.
A DARING LOVER.
More daring than an Anglo-saxon, II
the Spanish Romeo cannot manage to
obtain an Introduction. he writes his
divinity a love letter which the door
keeper or servant AZ her house on
receipt OF a little tip, undertakes to
deliver to the young lady. by the same
means he shortly afterWard receives an
answer from his fair-and In this re-
spect-rather unconventional charmer.
or course, the mother OF the girl is not
long In discovering that her daughter
has an admirer. and II the matron
knows or believes she knows, that the
lover Ia desirable young man she gives
her daughter good advice and then, for
the time being, let's things take their
course, although she watches the girl
more closely than before. From tina