Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1910 — MAKING LOVE IN PORTUGAL. [ARTICLE]

MAKING LOVE IN PORTUGAL.

E «vly Stages o t Courtship Are Romantle and Pletureaqne. The most important event In the life of a Portuguese woman is marriage, says Leslie’s Weekly. Next in importance are the early days of courtship, for a Portuguese courtship is the essence of romance, and the ways of the Portuguese lover are singularly picturesque. Here is a little drama in which Cupid is stage director. If a young Portuguese sees In the street a pretty girl with whom he would like to become acquainted, he follows her. Chaperons are not impossible obstructions. He follows her right up to her very door and notes the address. Next day he comes again, and if the young lady approves of him —for she certanly saw him the day before—she Is on the lookout. Sometimes hard fate in the guise of an angry parent prevents her, and then the gallant youth is kept waiting. Sooner or later she leans over the balcony and smiles at him. The happy youth ties a note to a cord whieffi the fair lady drops from the balcony. The next day the young man comes again. This time he rings at the door. If the inquiries which the young lady's elders have made prove satisfactory, the swain is admitted to make the acquaintance of the young lady. After that, courtship in Portugal Is about the same as It is in Kankakee or Kal•mawa—