CHAPTER III

SOCIAL CONDITIONS 76 Brazilian Courtesy—European Influence—Titles—Dominating Class—Fazendeiros and Commerciantes—Mixed Blood and the Labouring Classes—Bacharelismo—The Sertanejo—Life in the Interior—Festas—The Tropeiro—Lotteries—The Bicho—Coffee Drinking—Religion—Saints’ Days—Ceremonies—Position of Women— The Brazilian Girl and Wife—City Life—Literature—Novels— Poets—The Stage—The Press—Influence of Blood, European and African—Negro Cooking and Folklore—The Native Brazilian— Pottery and Weaving—Ideas and Ability—Work of Rondon—Fate of the Indian—Education—Brazil not Revolutionary—The A. B. C. Treaty.