Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-06-03

providing themselves with an lntroduc
ton TO the heavenly kingdom, boon
which marriage brings to them, ac-
cording to Mormon philosophy. Inc
return of year which leaps forward
n day. bringing to them privilege
mnnopolized by man three years our
of four, has no significance for women
OF many lands, since they ENJOY tha'
liberty all the time" says bulletin
from the National Geographic society
What She Says Goes.
THE women of no race possess
more freedom In this matter than me
Hupi Indians of Arizona, the bulie
lin continues. "A maiden does moi
WOO the man of her choice, but sim
ply and forcibly states her propoSitio''
to his mother without any encourage
m-nt on his part. Her only prelim
mary proceeding is TO do her halr III
two gigantic whorls, one over each ear
This is her announcement that she Is
going accounting. These peculiar knots
are intended to represent the dos
sons of squash vine. symbol OF vir-
giuity, but to those untutored ~
their meaning they resemble hug'
door knobs set at II rather violent an
gle When some dcbutantes thus an
nounce that they are 'Out on the car
pet it Is said that as many as six or
eight of the eligible young men of the
tribe literally take to the woods.
After This aggressive young lady has
selected ner victim and his mother has
agreed that he shall be sacrificed, she
serves in the house of her future moth
erin law grinding meal, very much
after the fashion that Jacob of old
served IA years for Rachel. The poor
youth in the meanwhile does not SIT
idly 10y, but weaves her wedding gar
mcnts.
The Dusky Maidens.
"Among the Batus of the Uganda
pro1rctorate of Africa, II girl Is not
fortunate enough to be asked I'm mar
riage in her home town. she goes to
another village and offers herself to
some man there. Though not honored
IN her own country, she at least re-
ceiveS consideration In that of her
neighhor, for a woman is an excellent
agricultural laborer, and man Is not
likely TO refuse such business asset.
"The Gala woman of the eastern
coast Of Africa has the rare privilege
among savage and half-civiiized pee
pie Of refusing to marry man who Is
undesirable to her
Little Is known of the marriage Gus
toms of the ancient Egyptians, but
we can easily believe that women had
ant least the privilege of expressing a
preference, If they did not actually do
the proposing, for, If we trust the his
xorinll. DiodOrus, man promised his
wife TO grant her complete control
over him and to offer no objection to
her commands. Some survival of this
liberty of Egyptian women must have
perinrated other portions of Africa.
for princeSseS on the west coast OF
that continent whose children may be-
come future rulers choose their own
her rii'ice to unmarried men. She
may lust as easily decide upon one
who has already entered the marriage
state. and the poor fellow has to put
away his other wives and become her
slave Moreover she has the power
Of life and death over him. He some-
times has only one consolatiOn-he in
Merits all her property If he is fOrtu-
mate enough to he spared until her
death
In the Tyrol girl may express
her preference for man by present
ing him with a bottle Of spirits. IF
she is afraid that her procedure has
not t,!e Endorsement of her parents,
she may contrive to lower the precious
fluid M night from her chamber win
dow.
Shows Him She Can Work.
ain North Pennsylvania a young
peasant woman may give a particular
swain a tip that he is the apple OF
her eye by going with him in his cart
at the time of the harvesting of the
oats to help him carry in his crop. 1t
is said that at this season one some
times sees a procession of gayly dec
grated carts going aheld, willing
maid seated in each.
lone of the obligations of father
IN Roumania and Bosnia Is to provide
so well for his manageable daughter
that when she is presented with list
informing her Of the means and quail
fications Of the eligible young men in
the vicinity she will not be hampered
ny lack of worldly goods on her own
part in making her choice.
"In bygone days in India women
were sometimes allowed to choose
their own husbands. One of their old
fairy tales tells of fair princess who
after n tournament placed garland
around the neck of knight who had
Won her heart.
among the Eskimos Of the east
coast of Greenland man captures the
girl he wants, but from that time on
the usual order of things Is reversed.
He G.iS 10 exercise the greatest vigil
lance 10 prevent her from clipping with
ANY other man whom she may Drefer,
as this seems to be her privilege, I9
the northern New Hebrides bride
who is unhappy seeks the earliest op-
portunity of running away from her
husband and seeking a home with
some man she likes better. If her
parents cannot induce her to return to
the injured husband, they usually send
him Dig to gOothe his wounded
feelings"
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