Nov.-Dec. 1939 THE >2X1 CAN VOICE Pace 5
THE ADVICE FROM AN AZTEC MOTHER TO HER
DALA'i-iTER ,
The morí; wa	- aaaaln-
ted -v5 th the c^vj h/at ion of our ancestors, borc^- the ccjring of the "Spaniards, tlh : re. firmly that they •?ure • -r-.- .¡t people. Th"" s 5 s an BngHui i-: r.r.: lal.lon from an original oc.r-. u .¡r'. of The tdvtee of An Aztoc, Tjo" b. ' to Hor Laughter; taken fror ""argon's ’EisLoria De Nueva iioperu - ’* This i s oiiJ 2 a little extract from the hoe a'ent whv.c’i is- .rather long and r-oiitalns some very ?ztse advice, urpr i s 5.ngly mod or n.
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nMy beloved daughter, very dear little dovo, it is we who now instruct you. See that you receive our words> and troasurb thorn in your breast-----. ' Take
care that your garments aro such as are decent" and "proper and obsérve that you do not at-i"' dorn. yourself ,5 th much f inery since this is a i^ark of vanity and of folly. As little be--coming Is it, that your dress should be very mean, dirty dr ragged; since rags are a mark of the low, and of those who are held in contempt. Lot your clothes be bocpriing and neat, that you may neither appear . fantastic nor moan. When you speak, do not hurry your words from uneasiness,'but speak deliberately and clamly. Do not raise your voice very high, nor speak very low, but in moderate tone. "Moither mince, when you speak, nor when you
.soa****»., nor s 'oak through your nose; but. lot your ?/ords be proper, of a good sound, and your voice, gentle. Do not be nice (nice some tine ago meant silly# foolish,---co?:ing from tilo samo •JVihi.it	which
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our Spanish, necia, comes from) in the choice of your words.
In walking, my daughter, see that you behave bec.om.ingly, neither go5ng with haste, nor too slowly; since it is an evidence of- being puffed up, to walk too slowly, and walking hastily causes a vicious habit of restlessness and instability. Therefore neither walk very- fast nor very slow; yet, when it shall be necessary to go with haste, do so,- — in this use your discretion. And. when you may be obliged to jump over a pool of water, do it "zith decency, that you may neither appear clumsy nor light. V/hon you are in the street, do not carry your bead much Inclined, or your body bent nor as little go with your head very milch raised; since it is a marie of ill breeding; walk erect, and with vovr head slightly Inclined.
Do not have your mouth covered, or your face, from shame, nor go looking like a near-sight-< ed person^ nor on your way, make "fantastic movements with your feet. Walk through the street quietly, and with propriety. Another thing that you must attend to, my daughter, is, that when you are in the street you do not go looking hither and thither, nor turning your head to look at this and that; vzalk neither looking at the skies nor on the ground. Do net look upon those whom you meet with the eyes of an offended person, nor have the appearance of being uneasy, but of one who looks upon
* all with a serene countenance;
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