Evening journal., 1909-11-19
HER DOLLS CLOTHES
nx .cAARLoTrE SHERWOOD.

ence Of witnesses is permitted. In
Spain young men and girls are not al
lowed to come within each others
reach. the girls sitting on balconies at
tached to the dwelling and the young
men standing below There they may
chat as they please But in Brazil the
lines are even stronger drawn.
In the Grijalva family at Rio de
Janeiro was pretty maiden of fifteen.
Inez by name. Spanish girls develop
young. but Inez did not appear to fol-
low the rule. She had scarcely given
up her doll. and as for noticing the
young men, her mother. who wished
her to be married at the proper time.
like other girls. could not get her to
have anything to do with any Of them.
One day youth of nineteen. Juan
Bustamente called at the house. asked
for Senor Grijalva and mnde a formal
application for the hand of little lnez.
Though young. Bustamente was a de
sirable parti. and the Grijalvas had no
objection TO the match. The applica-
ton quite took away the breath of the
girls parents. II seemed TO her mother
that wax doll would be as wSil fitted
to take charge OF house and rear
family as lnez. She was surprised also
that any young man could have seen
enough Of her daughter, who had been
kept under vigilant watch In the nurs
cry. to wish 10 marry her. She asked
Inez II she had ever seen Juan Busta.
mente and where. but I2ez gave such
childlike answers. made such innocent
contradictions. appeared so obllvious
to what it all meant, that her mother
gave up trying to get any reliable in
formation. She made up her mind
however that It would never do t.
permit one who had not yet left child
hood TO be married. Young Busta
mente was told that he might call at
the house as a suitor. but marriage for
the present was out Of the question.
The following Sunday evening the
family took position in the drawing
room with the young lady. and the
lover was admitted to do the courting
Inez spent the evening cutting figures
out of black paper. a work at which
she was skiIlful. Juan did all the
talking that could be pumped out OF
him to Signora Grijalva. After half
an hour OF this kind OF courting. dur
ing which he invited his tiancee,
through her mother. 10 go with him &c
the theater on the next Sunday even
ing and received an acceptance TO the
invitation. he took his departure with
evident relief.
1t may be supposed by American
girls that a visit to the theater would
give the couple a chance to get ac-
quainted. This could not be in Brazil
When the appointed evening arrived
Signor Grijalva. his wife on his arm
the other members of the family fol
lowing formed a bodyguard TO little
Inez. who walked in the middle OF this
group. Juan brought up the rear o
the procession alone. After the pla!
the girl was conducted home in thu
same manner.
And so the courtship went on. ThI
father intrusted the whole matter 4
the mother and the mother was wait
ing till her daughter should ieav'
childish ways and act like a woman
But Inez still preferred to play hid
and seek" or "bllnd mans bun" rathe
than dance OF go to bullhghts. Their
was a bit of comfort in this. becaus'
, the usual watchfulness did not seen
necessary that the rules were re
laxed. but. that a constant spying wal
deemed useless.
Sonora Grijalva was in her daugh
ter's room one day when Inez was out
Everywhere was evidence that tn
girl was still a child. Rummaging 70
something in a bureau. the mothe
: came upon some clothes evidently ft
ted for a huge doll. The sonora sighed
''Will she never be fitted for a wifeT
Then she came upon a sandalwoo'
box. II was locked. What need hat
the child FOR locking anything? Senori
! Grijalva fetched bunch OF keys an,
hunted among them till she found
tiny one 10 fit the lock. Lifting the lid
l. she saw on top of some trinkets a pa
per. She opened and read 1t. She wa
thunderstruck. 1t was a certificate 0
marriage between Juan Bustament
and Inez Grijalva celebrated about
month before the young man applied
for the young ladys hand.
Sonora Grijalva stood for momen
paralyzed. But there are certain log
ical connections which women gel
: very quickly and without following th
steps Of reasoning involved. Senori
} Grijalya pulled out the drawer con
: tanning dolls clothes with n jerk, seiz
ed the articles. opening them one afte
the other and held them up before her
Now she saw it all. They were no
dolls clothes They were made for {
child.
That evening there was a council
} held in the Grijalva family. which re
suited in the public announcement tha
. Juan Bustamente and Inez Grijalv'
would be married Immediately and z,
on a wedding. trip for the bride
health to the United States. Indeed
the doctors advised an immediate de
| parture, and there would be no tim
except for an informal wedding. II
? truth. there was no wedding at all
The young couple sailed immediatel,
and did not return for two years. The.
brought with them a girl as advance'
for her age as her mother had beel
backward.
Sonora Grijalva has determined Z
. bring up her younger daughter 10 tn
!, United States. where young men an'