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COURTSHIP IN PORTUGAL.
ILand of the Balcony Narrow Life of
the Married Women Wives Are
Practically Slaves.
London Daily Mail.
Jlarriage, as in the lives of many,
is certainly the most important e
vent in that of the Portuguese avo
nzan, and what is more, in the early
clays of courtship it is attended with
some romance, for there is less of
Lrosiness and more of romance in the
wavs of the Portuguese lover. This
is how the Portuguese cavalier con
duets his affaires de coeur: If he
sees a pretty girl in the street with
w'lwm he would like to become ac
quainted, he follows her. He follows
iier in the face of all difficulties
right up to her very door, and he
notes the address.
AText day he comes again, and if
the young lady approves of him she
will most certainly be on the look
out, but sometimes hard fate an an
gry guardian or a stern parent, pre
vents her, and then the gallant youth
is kept waiting.
So, if during a ramble through Por
tugal, .you should notice a young man
loitering at the corner of the street
shrug of her plump shoulders, "for
what for should I go out? Here I
have my children, my husband, my
home, what more can I want?"
What indeed!
To the onlooker the life of the
average Portuguese woman is dull,
deadly dull. She cannot throw her
self into housekeeping as a German
would,because the Portuguese menagt
is such a very simple affair it could
not possibly occupy much time or
thought. Moreover, it is not in her
nature to become a really good haus
frau. Books are often sealed for her.
Less than an onlooker at life, the
world's happenings can hardly be sup
posed to absorb her interest. Of so
ciety, save for the visits of a few
relatives, she has none.
There are two things which save
her life from deadly monotony, her
religion and the balcony. In almost
every house in Portugal there is one
room which is set apart as a chapel,
and here, before the altra, the Por
tuguese woman daily spends several
hours in prayer and meditation.
About the balcony a whole book
might be written. To lean over it
the women arrange their hair and
dress themselves just as elaborately
daughters hare tried to persuade la world of paupers and privation. Yoi
her to leave it and live with them, j have your choice.
but she refuses to do this, because
she thinks without work she cannot
live.
This is a big, busy, world. It cares
precious little what you think of it
or what faults or troubles you find
"Aunt Hester has had very iittie;in it. it is a cnoice that concerns
illness and says the worst pain she J yourself more than all others combin
has ever had was the toothache with j ed whether you grouch in the gloom,
which she suffered at times until re- J the companion of hateful got lias, or
cently, when the tooth was extracted, stride in the .sunshine, seeing smiles
This was the first tooth she ever and catching shreds of song,
lost. Her hair, although snow white i Men and women in God's image
is heavy. She has never worn specta
cles and can read now, as well as
the average man. Last summer was
hard one for "Aunt Hester" as she
were not made as whining, grovel
ing things. They were made to
stand erect, mentally as well as phy
sically; to labor well and joyously; tc
THie Ledger.
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could not stand outdoor work as she . take. the gifts of Providence, whether
did. the summer before. Often when
hoeing her vegetables she became so
fatigued, that she substituted a large ;
they be joy or sorrow, and bear them
cheerfully and withe ourage; to add
ever something to the world's store
spoon for her hoe, and on her knees 'of happiness, if it be only a smile.
did the necessary cultivation. ' Look up! See how flooded with sun
Mrs. Cordrey has several heirlooms ; shine this beautiful world is when
one of which is in an old trunk, which j faced with smiling eyes,
she guards from the eyes both of j If you would win anything, do any
members of her family and of stran- j thing, be anything, don't whine!
gers. This relic contains all of her Memphis News Scimitar.
ancestors' papers as well as her own
She has five great-grandchildren and
! two grandchildren living. New
: Herald. "
BOYS OF THE SOUTH.
ed with much leaning. Dull, indeed,
would be the life of the Portuguese
woman but for the balcony.
VERY OLD WOMAN.
or gazing intently at a house, you I as though to pay a visit. Hours a
must not imagine that he is medita- j day tney Waste in this manner, until
tins burglary or anything so desper- j finally their shoulders become bow-
atejbut know that he is a mere harm
less and amorous youth gazing at
the windows of his l&fo love.
Be sure if there is J way she will
not keep him waiting long, for the
IPortuguese girl is a pastm aster in
the art of intrigue.
Socn she leans over the balcony
and smiles at Mm, and the happy
youth, thus encouraged, ties a note
in which he declares his undying
passion, to the cord which the fair
Jady. has dropped from the balcony.
The next day the young man, bouyed
"vita hope, comes again, but this
time he is bolder, for he rings at the
ioor bell.
If the inquiries which the lady's
parents will doubtless have made
lTve satisfactory, he is admitted to
xnake the acquaintance of the young
lady and her family; and then, shoulc
lie please and the lady's father be
prepared, to give the necessary dot,
GRUMBLERS NEVER GE
tr v.
Following Recent Editorial, The
Itimore. Sun Imparts Some Good
vice that Means Wealth To
Those Who Heed .
t The average yield of corn per acre
j is . between 25 and 30 bushels. A boy
Mrs. Hester Cordrey Reaches As
tounding Age of 112 Remembers
' War of 1812 Still Able to Work.
Delmar, Eel., Saturday."'The droug
ht of last summer did not effect my
truck any, and I have realized quite
a small sum," said Mrs. Hester Cord
rey today when speaking about the
discouraging summer farmers had.
Although Mrs.C ordrey, better known
as "Aunt Hester," will be 113 years
of age on Februrary 12, she still has
a little farm, which she cultivates
herself and by means' of this and
her poultry makes a comfortable living.
"Aunt Hester" was born nine miles
wedding bells will end this little ro-jfrom this city Februrary 12, 1797, on
mance. ja farm. Her father was Hamilton
Once married, the death knell of Neal, who was very wealthy at one
romance and all else is often sounded time. She was of a family of fifteen
for the Portugese bride. Married of- children, and,, losing her mother wher
ten when yet a child, she has the only fourteen years of age, had the
saxes of wifehood and motherhood responsibility of the hcime. Her sis
tJarust upon her. j ters all married, and while her broth-
For, unlike her sisters of France, ers went to the War of 1812 she and
laarriage does not spell her emanci-1 her father were left to run the
pation, her freedom from the chape-1 farm. In speaking of her young days
ron. The bride of today has no more ! "Aunt Hester" said:
freedom than the maiden of yester-; "When I was about sixteen years
day; without husband or chaperon she j of age,I used to go in the fields and
may not walk abroad. A jealous hus f.work and held up my end too. Many
iaand will 'often keep her as closely j days have I ploughed all day and af-
snarded as though she had taken ! ter sundown came home to the barn
The Persistent Whiner Meets 'Dis
appointment at Every Turn- it tio-
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es Not Pay to Have a Grouchy: J
Naturaly, the grumbler never jjjgts ; n South Carolina last summer rais
on. Nature in. a sarcastic mo&l j1 152 1-2 bushels on one acre; a boy
seems to have ordained tha't the pe$-Mn Mississippi raised 147 bhs., on an
sistent wniner shall want for every-j acreJ a boy, in Arkansas raised 135
thing except something to whine a-' bushels, and one in Virginia raised
bout. DisaDuointment sardonicallv i 122 bushels. For these remarkable
meets him at every turn Misfortune ; achievements the Secretary of Agri
I ever lurks in his shadow. The whine culture has given the four boys diplo
; is a signal call to a thousand and j mas special proficiency in agricultu
'one Utile demons of distress and dis- 'ral Pursuits. These diplomas, Secre
aster, which mock and lash, hinder Wilson said.are unique.as no boy
and dishearten. ever before received similar recogni-
Psychology has pretty well estab- tion of thJr own merit. The boj's
'lished the theory that ghosts are 'cre-j have in performed a notable ser
'ations of the subjective mind and : vic to . their respective States by
trouble finding is very like ghost see-; the demonstration, They have shown
ing. You see blurs and blotches ; t-"M-x- "e oiaies can Dy skuiiui cui
which, if properly traced, will bej tivation produce corn enormously,
found to begin and end their actual ! rn is the crP that.next to cotton,
existence in your own eye or stom-) cotton States should produce large
ach or liver. There is nothing! else ! for a biS corn cr&P means bread
you can look for with so much, cer- and meat and good horses, mules anc
tainty of finding it as trouble. ; otaer livestock which the cotton plan
But have you never noticed thatters need- rt has heen too much the
most of your troubles are of to-mor-j116 Practice in the South to devote
row, that few of them are really pres a11 uersy and labor and capital
ent today, that there are hardly any f tnat planter could command to
worth mentioning" in all your past?lthe cultivation of cotton, and then
If anticipation did not go more thanla &ood P of the money made on
half way to meet troubles, most of! 411211 coP is sent to tlQe west to buy
them might miss their way and never i corn and meat. If the price of cotton
get near you. - happens to be low, or if the crop
He who whines does himself inju-aJils then planter has to go in
ry such as his meanest enemy "could : del)t Duy tnat which he ought
not do to him if he would. He warps
'his own mind; he weakens his own
to have raised. The exhibit made by
the boys in the corn contest may
the veil.
The lives, therefore, of the Portu
guese women are often as barren and
devoid of interest as those of the wo
aaoen in the far East. Certainly, a
gnong the rising generation there is
el growing unrest, a yearning for oul
twe, a vague idea that there is a
world somewhere beyond Portugal.but
the lives of many are often just as
Jaadged in as their own back gardens, j
In fact to many their house and
family, their kiailar or orange grove,
represent their whole world the only
world they know. It is no unusual
tiling: to find Portuguese woman who
tias been willingly incarcerated for
several years. One lady of my ac
quaintance told me she had not been
eyond the garden for four years.
"And you are not bored?" I exclaim
51 in astonishment. "You do not
want to go out?"
J I . should go out," she replied,
fa her pretty broken English, "I
rest not till I am returned; fox who
Icoows what may happen 'in my ab
agence? i"Qo out," sb? coajinued with a
and milked six or eight cows. Men
were scarce because of the War, and
this work had to be done to save
further extra expense I considered
it my duty.
"If a girl now were to go in the
field and cut wheat or corn.she woulc
be disgraced for life, but I was not.
I made friends by doing this kind of
work.
"It would have been a disgrace for
a young lady to have come to one
of our dances with a low neck and
short sleeves, and a sheath gown is
the limit. Is it any wonder that gen
erations are getting weaker all the
time? It's the fast, life they are liv
ing.1 If they would do more laborious
work and think less of scoiety they
would be healthier." v
Mrs. Cordrey was married twice.
Her first htisbaiid. Levin Moore.lived
only " three years; Then she married
Elisha Cordrey, who died in 1864.
They had one child. After the death
of .her last husband she purchased
land in the suburbs of this city and
built a house. She has lived in this
all alone for forty-three years, Grand-
arm; he enervates his own streng- j l&ve the effect of encouraging the
Ith; he deadens within hinself the di- cotton planters to raise more corn,
i vine gifts of cheer and hope, and he j Tlleir soii and climate are admira
Idams up his own soul against theiably adaPted to its production.
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much richer than he who thinks the
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Some live la a world peopled with
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