Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
Peculiar
Mexican
Customs.

Mexican class Mexico Is pcrforce
Customs. done for all to SEQ. 1t y
practically impossible for.
lovers to have speech quite alone. and
less so II they are engaged than II
their passion Is undecihreds An lHoweu-
~ enamored couple must be under cor
stand supervision. a girl may not re-
sceive callers of the other sex save In the
presence of a suitable chaperon. and this
does not tend to make calling ~ ,favorlte
pastime with the men--hard put to 1t
though they are to I'LL their. days. EX-
cept for the chances occasionally Of
fered, the eyes must tell what the
tongue may not. And all this has
given rise to customs affording I'M
mixed delight to tho stranger who. for
the first time. observes them. Those
which are known as hacienda del $50
tplaying the beaDtand pdlando Ia pav;t
(pluSking the ipeiicoclt) are respectively
talking through barred windows or
strolling up and down beneath an mac
cessible balcony. But 1t is nechando.
which $hwakcns a yet greater sense OF
amusement. Literally translated 1t
means .'darting arrows''--Cupids darts.
by inference. But it.is nothing more
or less than staring ones ladS-love out
of {counteriance with eyes which cx-
press devotion In inverse ratio to the
number, of times they wink. This form
OF courtship Isl chiefly resortcd to in
4 the3plnza or In the theater.
To the central plaza the Mexican itrl
goes upon those evenings when Iiie
band plays. Here she locks her arm in
that of q friend or relative Of her own
sex and begins to walk along the broad
pavement which surrounds the band
stand Before long there is a steady
unbrokerI. stream OF ,femninity moving
IN one direction, and one of men, equally
steady l9and unb,okon, moving in the
Other. 1t is extremely rare for n man to
Join tho women for more than Il mo-
ment. and even this moment is not
Shabitually seized. The whole satisfac-
ton is derived from passing the be-
loved time and again. exchanging with
her meaning glance. While the band
is not playing. the women seat them
selves upon the benches which line the
promenade. Thereupon an ardent sui
tor Is expected to station himself OPP
nosite. and at once set about fcchan-
do--Gwendoen Oyerton In The De-
slneator for October.
Invading II is reported that some
Turkey American capitalists arc
In Peace. turning their attention to
Turkey as a promising
field for investment in developing In
dustrial enterprise. More than half Il
century ago some representatives Of tho
United States went to Turkey to make
investments there. But they were only
Christian missionariesswho expected to
invest their lives In Turkey and then
to lease there whatever they had in
vested of permanent worth. About so
years ago a New York merchant trav-3
cling In Turkey became Impressed with
the idea that great opportunity for
Investment was offered there. He
found n missionary to handle his money,
and placed 100000 In his hands. Tho
merchant was Christopher Robert, and
the missionary. was Cyrus H;lmin. The
investment was the planting of Robert
College on the Bosphorus. Much skill
In diplomacy. long patience, courage
and steadfast purpose were required
to overcome the difficulties. Cyrus
ty years experience in. the empire. AS
soon as the project began to develop
other nations objected to this Ameri-
can invasion. The sultan promised per-
mission. to erect buildings on tho SUI
perb site selected, but the influence of
France. representing the Roman Catho-
lie church. and Russia representing tho
Groc! Catholic church was against the
| project. 1t was eight years before the
| Kermit WAS secured and british di-
| fplomacy did muchltO secure the result,
thouglEthe storylls we'll known of Ad-
l;mirar FarraEut's visit oEConstantino-
pie and the Impression he, perhaps un-.
consciously. made on the sultan and
the sublime porte. Mr. Roberts first
investment was the precursor of others,
and his example has been followed by
American phlanthropists until the re-
cent beouest of sl.5O0,0oo by the lato
John stuart Kennedy. Just now an
other noble collection OF buildings Is be-
ginning. to arise on IL site not less COM
manding than that of Robert college.
on thessanie side Of the ;BosphOrus,
| nearere ta the city. IT. is the American
| College for Girls. Z These two Invest
| ments will stand MS monuments of! n
| peaceful American invasion of Turkey
which has stimulated other Investments
or like character. has helped to raise
| the standard of all educational institu-
| lions in the near cast. and has been a
| potent influence In the, advancement of
the Turkish empire The Congrega-
| tionalist- 3sg
"Just SOL No one can accomplish
| Is Waste much in life who must
| OF Time. have everything "just so'
In order to do his best
work. For. with most men
and women, the greater part Of their
| life has to be spent under circum-
stances (which are not Just rs they
| world like ito have them. IL they do
not even attempt, toAdoS their best work
exceptsund the most favorable cir
cumstances, this means that the great
or part OF their life will slip by I'M
l * y I. u a /. tg.a T.