The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-31

Old Funeral Customs.
 and gives it a downward and inward sweep instead of holding the palm up- ward and giving it an upward and in- ward sweep, as Americans do. Mexi-. cans employ the Ameican motion in beckoning to dogs. '..
 To indicate the height ot an animal Mexicans extend the hand with the palm downward Gas Americans indi- cate the height of any person or thingl,
 the height oe thing by holding out the palm vertically and the height of
 a person by extending the fist with | the index finger pointing upward. To
 beckon to a person as one would tosa
 dog or to indicate a persons height,
 as one would that of an animal or thing, might give offense.
 | When Mexicans, and particularly the
 women, wish to greet one another from
 such a distance that speech is imprac-
 ticable (as across the streeD they hold
 the right hand even with the eyes and
 wriggle the fingers.
 The handshake in Mexico is great institution. When one stops to chat or talk a little business with person on 1.-the street, no maater how many times. lone may have met him the same day,
 they shake hands at the meeting and
 Likewise at the parting, in the mean
 time inquiring about and telling lhealths To say "Howdy?" in Mexico$is
 a matter of two or three minutes at the livery best When one drops into a iman's office on business likewise these
 pleasant little formalitles must be
 scrupulously observed, else one would
 be set down as an i'll hammered boor.
 When presented to, a woman do not hesitate to extend the hand for the reg- Iulation shake. It is the only thing
 to do.
 When one meets 8 friend whom one has not seen for some time it is the proper thing to embrace him. This
 consists in falling upon his neck, throwing the right arm about him and
 batting him lovingly just above the
 small of the back, Women indulge in
 this custom with their own sex.
 Mexican pedestrians turn out fol
 each other on either side, but seem to
 have a preference for the left In meet.
 ing women, however, one must always
 give them the inside of the walk, This
 rule also holds good when one meets
 superiors, always granting that ar
 To an American there are some pc.
 cuilar phases in the manners of Mexi'
 leo. When beekoning to a person the ! Mnxinnt, ;S f.n, American will acknowledge any mar to be his superior one may frequently , see these courteous Mexicans men al ! most quarreling to make the other fel low take the Inside track. "Pase senor," they implore each other.
 It is customary for men to rais, their hats upon passing each other il the streets The farrying kof canes < i very general in Mexico. When ae quaintances of 9pposite sex meet, al
 upon the streeta the man IS expected to bow first. This. as may readily b seen, is important If one has any ac , lquaintances among Mexican women Pass one without lowing, and she ma, not know one next tlme., Ones onl Ihope lies in the. possibility that sh
 knows enough about American GUS toms to condone the offense on tn score of your ignorance of the custom : of the country.r0f
 To call a servant, hold up a stree
 car or that sort of thing, clap tn
 hands, "Adios" Is employed as a pass
 ing greeting as well as an adieu. I
 lpassing a friend with no intention o I halting one may say, "Adios,'.' whic covers the greeting as well as the part c ing. This form of greeting in muc e more commonly used that Good morn y ing Good evening"" etc.
 e The Mexicans are inveterate snok = CTS, but they never chew tobacco. Tha s practice is monoplized by the superio y "Americanos.'' Moreover, the Mexi t can is seldom offensive with his smol d ing. The practice is permissible near d ly everywhere-in hotes or olther dir = ing rooms, after or even at meals, i k railroad coaches, in street cars, i $ places of, amusement, etc. Clerks t dry goods stores may frequently b e seen taking a few whiffs at a cigarett e and policemen on the beats smok }, whenever they can get cigarette. o But no matter how sensitive one ma s be to the fumes of tobacco, one is nc d likely to suffer. from the Mexican e style of smoking. He will light hi Is cigarette-in rare instances a cigar ), take few deliberate puffs and qui s He never smokes in that feverish fasf d ion or raises the dense smudge that d the delight of the average America l- smoker, who seems bent upon gettin I the full worth of his big cigar. Mos e Mexican women of the. commoner clas t, ses love their cigarettes and may | n seen puff1ng complaeently in the $ homes, on the streets, in the street cal Is or as they tend their little street coi g ner stands. Even these people do nc l. create much of a smudge,
 !" This universal smoking habit revea .I itself to the uninitiated "gringo" som' < times in the most amazing manner. /, It is calculated to jar the sensibilities IS the raw American to see some repl Il table looking woman of the fair, fs IS forty type in railroad coach or r. some other equally public place cain J. ly light cigarette and smoke conter 10 tedly for few moments. No one seen It to mind that sort of thing or even nt y ltice it, and one soon comes to take it { IS 8 matter of course.
 if I It is no unconuon thinp to see