Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-24
HER DOLLS CLOTHES
BY CHARLOTTE SHERWOOD.

c.ation.]
There are more clandesdne, affairs
between the sexes among the Spanish
than any other people for the reason
that no courtship except in the pres
ence OF witnesses is permitted. In
Spain young men and girls are not a.
lowed TO come within each others
reach, the girls sitting on balconies at
;ached to the dwelling and the young
mon standing below. There they may
chat rs they please. But In Brazil the
lines are even stronger drawn.
In the Grijnlva family mt Rio De
Janelro was a pretty maiden OF fttecf.
lncz by name. Spanish girls develop
young. but lnez did not appear 20 fol
low the rule Sha lad scarcely given
up her doll. and as for noticing the
young men, her mother. who wished
her 20 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
Bustamcnte, called at the house, asked
for Senior Grijalva and made formal
application for the hand OF little IneE
Though young. Bustamente was de-
objection TO the match The applica.
ton quite took away the breath of the
girls parents. 1t seemed to her mother
that wax doll would be as we'll fitted
10 take charge OF house and rear
family 40 lneZ. She was surprised also
that any young man could have seen
enough of her daughter, who had been
kept under vigilant watch I'm the nurs
cry, 20 wish TO marry her. She asked
lneZ IL she had ever seen Juan Busta-
meute and where, but Inez gave such
childlike answers, made such innocent
contradictions, appeared so oblivious
to what IL 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 to
permit one who had not yet left child.
hood 10 bc married Young Busta-
mente was told that he might call Mt
the house as sutton, 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
lnez spent the evening cutting figures
out OF black paper a work at which
she was skillful. Juan did all the
talking that could be pumped ont of
him TO Signora Grijalva. After half
an hour OF this kind OF counting, dur
Ing which he invited his hancee,
through her mother, to go with him to
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 n 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 bodygIard to little
lnez, who walked in the middle OF the
group. Juan brought up the rear OF
! the procession alone. After the play
the girl was conducted home in the
same manner.
And so the courtship went on. The
father intrusted the whole matter TO
the mother. and the mother was wait
childish ways and act like a woman
But Inez still preferred to play "bide
and SEEK or "blind mans bufP' rather
than dance or go to buIl6ghts. There
was bit OF comfort in this, because
the usual watchfulness did not seem
necessary-not that the rules were re-
Taxed. but that Il constant spying was
deemed useless.
Sonora Grijalva was I'm her daugh-
ter's room one day when Inez was out.
Everywhere was evidence that the
girl was still a child. Rummaging for
something in a bureau. the mother
came upon some clothes evidently ft-
ted for a huge doll. The sonora sighed.
'Will she never be fitted for wifeY
Then she came upon sandalwood
box. II was locked What need had
the child for locking anything? Sonora
Grijalva fetched bunch OF keys and
hunted among them till she found a
tiny one to 1t the lock Lifting the lid,
she saw on top Of some trinkets n pa
per. She opened and read IT. She was
thunderstruCk. IT was q certificate OF
marriage between Juan Bustamente
aud Inez Grijalva celebrated about n
month before the young man applied
for the young lady's hand.
Sonora Grijalva stood for n moment
paralyzed But there are certain log
ical connections which women get
Tery quickly and without following the
steps Of reasoning involved Sonora
Grijalva pulled out the drawer con
tanning dolls clothes with q Jerk, seiz-
ed the articles, opening them one after
the other and held them up before her.
Now she saw &c ALL They were not
dolls clothes. They were made for
child
That evening there WIS a council
held IN the Griialva family. which re-
suited I'm the public announcement that
Juan Bustamcntc and IDez Grijalva
would be married Immediately and 90
on wedding trip for the brides
health 10 the United States. Indeed,