Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1914-04-17 | Page 3 | Girls do the Courting

Girls Do the Courting. Burton Holmes says that the natives na-tives believe in certain forms of women's wom-en's rights in the Philippines, especially espe-cially when it comes to chooi.-ing a husband. hus-band. For instance, the lion toe Igo-rotes Igo-rotes leave all the courting to the girls. While the worldly goods of the proposed pro-posed father-in-law have some bearing upon the ardor of the young lady's wooing, still there are certain requirements require-ments which must be lived up to by the young man, namely, he must either eith-er have secured the head of an enemy or be must be in the employ of an American; in other words, he mu.-t either be a brave, man according to it'orote standards ror he must be in a fair way to attain a good livjig. i