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Women In Paraguay

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
April
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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The autuor oí oketcties in t aragua)'," gives u this fragi-ant morsel " Kvürybody smukea in 'aráoóey, and every tómale above thirteun yeara o.f ago ohews. I am wrong, They do uot chew, but put tobáceo in thoir inouths, keep it thore eodrftaCllj, except whon eatiug, uid, instüiid of chewing, roll it about with tlieir tougqo, and suck i . - ünly imagino youraelf about to salute tha ribB rea lipa of á magiiifiount littlo Hube, urríiyed in patin and flasbing with iliainouds; she puts jou back witb one delioate band, wliile with tho fair, Uper fingers QÍ the other she dniws froui hev muutli a browuiíjh black roll oí' tobáceo, quile two inchfs lmiíj, lookiüg bko a monstróue gruh, uid depositiug tbe sav ory morsel on the rin oí' your sombrero, puts up hur facö', und i- ready f'or a s;ilute. I Lavo aoinetiiiies soen aq ovordelicate foi'eiger tu rn with a shudder of loaüiing un der sueh ciroumstaui'ea, and get the cpithet of el savacó (the savage) applied to him ly 'he nf}udtíd beauty, for tliis sensitive squearnishneSB. However, oire doon gets used to tbis d Paraguay, whore you are, perforce ot' cuHtom, obliged to kias every ladv you are introduced to ; and one half you ineot aro roally so tempting you would sip the dow of the proffaied lipa in the tuce oí a tobáceo baUery, even tho double-distillcd ' honey dow ' of oíd Virginia."

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Michigan Argus