| Show j I Where the Women Propose Prop 0 e W WAY y off ocr In tho strange Island Of oC oCe R JI New Nety e Guinea It Is Leap Year all the time In ono one Important sense for tor out there all nil tho proposals of oC marriage o mire arc made by the women It Is considered be beneath neath the dignity of oC the Inhabitants of ot New Guinea to even cIen a n woman and anal consequently the women woman must the men Inca and must start sturt any Idea Iden of oC weddings etc So when tho the island belle bello of or New No Guinea becomes becom lr Ir love Jove sho she promptly sends eDds a n apiece apiece piece of ot string to the tho sister lil of ot Iho ha lucky man mon If It f he has hils no sister Ister she also sends nen It to his Isla mother or anyhow to somo female relative This because the tho man summit and his bis male molo relatives arc are assumed to bo be above taking any stops toward acquiring a I wife Then lien tho the sister ler says to tho the man mm In Ic Involved olN Brother I bavo Jao news hews Is I In lu love lovo with you ou It If Inclined to mat the man makes s nn engagement to meet tho the enamoured lady Indy When they limy meet It Is IN alone and they either cither decide to lo wed teed or drop the tile entire proposition nt at once There hero Is lu no courting conning for Ills tho ho man manIs manI Is I not allowed theoretically theor at nt least to waste any nn time on n a woman not evet enough time to make love lovo to the lady lId lIdor or to allow her to make love Ioe to him Tho The betrothal Is und and thy tug th en engaged engaged n man In New ow Guinea la ls J Jon on the tbt bock back with wills charcoal but tho be worn wom womans ans mark morl of oC engagement to wed red Is ac no actually wally cut Into her skin and Is It never nc er al nl allowed lowed to completely tel vanish h If It either one decides to break the tho engagement nt nothing can con bc by bT the offended party Jf Jt the girl Irl decides cs that after all mill the ehe tent sent piece mistake till the wan man wanli manIs li Is apt however to catch her sometime alone and beat liar If It the WilD roan Jilt Jill the tha nn her often oCten hunt him up lip anal administer A a sound drubbing Blood however Is l n seldom shed ao na i the break breakIng log Ing of tit these thelo engagements is not deemed n very T rT t serious matter matter Though tho the women romen propose the th wed weal dinga In New e Guinea tho tiro condition of the wife Is la and unjust la lu the extreme The Tho girl Is la merely the tho property and sla t of oC the Ho He can cnn lint bent I t her lIer mind iud even cen kill her with Impunity Im Impunity I If It she sho Incur enmity |
