The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-24
ETIQUETTE OF coURTSHIP.
Clearly Defined On Isle Of Iviza, Where
There Are Ten Men to One Girl.

AASAS <~iI ANh AANh u OHt WILL
With regard 10 Iyiza, the third in i'm
Iportance Of the Balearic isles, which lie
midway between Spain and Africa, its
complete history has never been and new
er will be written From the fragmenta-
ry records existent, one gathers that
from earliest days occupation of the
/ lovely and fertile island was hotlv con-
tested. Chaldeans, Egyptians, Phgni-
clans, Romans, Greeks, Vandals, Sara
Gems and Moors fought for its possession.
Since the ATgonese invasion OF the thir-
teenth century. Iviza has belonged to
Spain.
They say there are ten men for every
woman in Iviza and the aspect OF the
roads on q sunny April morning inclinedl
us to believe the report, for from every
direction came fine strappng fellows
moving in droves. In striking contrast
10 the expansive attire OF the women,
the mems dress appeared designed to ac-
centuate their natural slimness.
The trousers of richly colored velvet or
plush fitted closely to the limbs except
at the ankles. where they spread widely.
while their further adornments were
gayly hued shirts or short full blouse
jackets and bright sashes The popular
large felt hats We're layishly adorned
with gold cords and in addition to one
necktie for Use it was customary to add
a second and even third for show
Some of the women rode mules, sitting
perehed high on a pile OF sheepskins,
muticolored petticoats billowing about
their neat ankles: others were packed
closely into open carts that had cush-
ions placed low on either side of their
sagging floor mating With its fippant
hues and staid cut the native dress was
a bewildering combination of garishness
and sobriety.
As the morning advanced, moving
throng Respondent in color crowded the
market place. Girls temporarily free
from their chaperons We're parading in
decorous rows. their hands, holding
pocket handkerchiefs heavily edged with
crochet lace, sedately crossed over their
short but voluminous green silk aprons.
It was perhaps only to be expected
that wherever we saw a bevy of girls
a corresponding cluster OF men would be
at hand, Yet we rarely saw them adj
dress one another The modern ETH
Vuetbe OF rustic coubsnlp III INlId -
clearly defined. A plentitude of suitors
being assured. it is the maiden who
makes the selection The admirers Of
a manageable girl wait for her outside
the church door on Sunday, and when
she leaves mass the one who has the
prior claim presents himself and walks
beside her for the first portion of the
homeward journey. Then, at given
point or within a stated time limit, he
yields place to the second and the second
to a third until the number is exhaust
ed
If any suitor seeks to transgress the
law, pistols may flash and
knives are apt to spring. In all other
matters the people of lviza are peace-s
able and on all points moral and virtu-
Gus. It must be admitted that certain
of the more frolicsome spirits keep up
the custom of saluting the maidens Of
their choice with charge Of rock salt
aimed at the ankles, and it is devoutly
to be hoped that the unwieldy masses
Of petticoats serve at least one useful
purpose by shielding the wearers from
the saline missives of loves artillery
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