Show courtship the young men of portugal have one occupation more important than wearing tight boots aad which almost in fact goes with it that of making the very mildest form of love known among men The young gentleman pay their addresses by simply standing in front odthe house occupied by the object of their affections while the young person in question looks down approvingly from the upper window and there the matter ends they are not within speaking distance and have to content themselves ath expressive glances and dumb show for it would be thought highly unbecoming for the young lady to allow biet dous to flutter down into the street while the laws of gravitation stand in the way of alic upward flight of such a document at least with a stone and this of course might risk giving the young lady a black eye or breaking her fathers window panes so the lover there remain often for hours feeling no doubt very happy but looking unutterably foolish these silent courtships court ships sometimes continue for very long periods before the lover can ask the fatal question or the lad return tb final |