The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05


MontevldeO. Uruguay May 10
a SIDE from revolutions, Uruguay is
81 probably more noted for it's pref
~ girls than amy other thing. The
romantic side OF southern life mas been
heralded a great deal but the average
uQrtherner after sizing up the situa-
ton I'm a. sentimental way IS likely to
conclude that the courtships are too
strict and the marriages not strict
enough
when young man decides 10 pay
Iis attentions to d young woman he be-
sins by locating her residence and
pacing up and down in front of it.
Tie may have to put In several hours a
day az this Job Cor weeks and months
before he succeeds i'm getting the young
lady 90 look out of Che window. If
she looks out while be is doing his
solitary sentry duty iH front of her
home, even though she does not notice
him. her action IS taken as encourage
ment Go his suit. When she begins TO
return his ardent gIauCes, after a few
weeks more of patient paradiug, then
things may bee said To be coming on
fairly well
Up TO this time not word has
passed between the young couple.
They have never spoken iu their lives.
All they know OF each others character
ur disposition Is hearsay. The young
man now approaches the father of the
girl and asks his perm ission TO speak
a. her. This granted he approaches
The house. and as she leans over the
balcony they have their first converse
zion. There IS nothing 90 prevent the
members Of the ueighboring families
tncm, and there lS generally an inter-
ested audience TO this preliminary Skin
mish, as ii might be called. When the
young man finally enters the house he
mas 40 more privacy I'm ms counting
than if he had remained I'm the street,
because one or more members Of the
family remain iH the room during his
cali Co keep their eye on him, and lis
ten To- what he has TO say.
Marriage O. Lottery.
They may listen as attentively as
they VIII yet they win not hear much.
His remarks are confined 60 complj-
mentary statements 20 the girl He
begins with her hair and ends with her
feet He tells her that she is beautiful
and says 10 in as many ways as he Isl
capable She says Thank you" 20 all
his remarks and the cali is over. He
never has d moment alone with her
uuul he gets her home from the mar
Tiage ceremony. He does not know
whether he is getting an angel or
shTeW. The bride is going 1T even more
b-inal- than the groom.
But fl Ell comes out I'm the wash.
The Latin honeymoon is noted for its
brevity. The gro0m's ardency soon
burns itself out He is as Indifferent i'm
the role OF a husband as he was con-
staHt in that of a sutton. The wife
accepts his iuconstancv and dev0tes
Hrrseii ta Bringing up her childreu- 8t
would he untrue 60 say that this is
always The case. but it is generally so.
The light manner ia which South
American men hold thsir domestic re-
iatl-ns is not at ali iH accordance with
Angl0-SaX0u standards. The northern
7rite generally leaves line roof of the
7lan who ueglecIs her So Waut0uiy.
southern men are always starting rev
oluuons and the women ought To try
faeir hand at the game. They certain
ly nave tL4 uroyocatiou.
Knew Every Woman in Town
The social customs 1f Uruguay are
al radically different from those in
vogue ia The United States. I'm QUE
country the gentlemen. when passing
lady acqUaiutauces ON the street. wait
for the fair ones TO speak first The
Z rUEuayauS reverse This rule The mon
must make thc first sign of recagui-
iloa, and when "a man d0nS his hat %
lady she mods 90 him whether she
Knows him 0r NOT This practice gave
Hi@e to ID good practical joke in Monte
TideO not long ago A young man
from the States. who had quite d rep
uIati0u al home FOR being am active
ciTCulatcr among The ladies went Go
the steamer 10 meet friend from
North America another young man
81 ho seldom allowed a pretty sirl 90
pass without sizing her up- The first
youus man lad oaly b-cn BOB the south
q few months. but ass they walked up
the street it was noticeable that "a
SrCat many women nodded 90 him. The
second young man said. you seem
To- know q few of the girIs even if
you nave only been here a short time
His friend looked at him I'M a
clesty way Tor a moment then replied:
Yes and they are fine Tot. The
most sociablc people on earth. Why
old follow. L know every woman iu
1i0uJetidco.' The capital of Uruguay
IS 20 city of several hundred thousand
Inhabitants. ana the newcomer cau-