The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-02

The following occurrence, to which
my friend was an eyewitness, will il
lustrate the prevailing tone of German
men to women rs women: A young girl
entered a street car in one of the best
streets in Berlin. The car had its usual
complement of eighteen people, ten men
and eight women. She quietly took her
standing position. A man near her,
slapping his hand on his knee, said:
" See here, Fraulein, you may sit here"
She drew near the ladies present, and
said not word. This he repeated
twice, with some other insulting words,
until the poor girl trembled and Grim
soned with shame. A married lady sit
ting near, with her daughter, rose to her
feet and said: " Is there not man gen.
tleman enough to protect this young
girl from the insult of this man, who
has not only insulted her, but every
lady in the carp" Profound silence.
"Then I will see what can do" and,
forcing open the car door, she called the
conductor, and. stating the case, asked
to have the man put ont. With the usual
feeling that woman's opinion is not
worth anything, the conductor turned
to the man for IN answer, and some
said: "Oh, it is not bad enough for
that" When the lady insisted. one
single man at the other end of the car
fose and said: The lady is right; tie
fellow should be put out" regret to
say for the last ten years have not
lived in Germany, and 1 return to my
native land to blush over the rude, i'll
manners of my countrymen. The fellow
was silenced, but the conductor had not
the moral courage to put him out. The
lady reported the conductor to the
authorities. Whether he will he repri-
manded or not, remains to be seen. Now
I do not belive there was a single man
in that car who would not have resented
the insult had the girl been relation.
or even an acquaintanc, for as such it
would have touched his honor; but as
simply woman, he acted on the prin-
ciple that every one must look out for
himself. Such is the chivalrous atten-
ton Of Germans to women.-Berlin
Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
Mr.. RusKIN ON FEMALE ATTIRE.
In a late number of Foyy Ciarige,u,
Mr.. Ruskin advises his girl readers as
follows: "Dress as plainly as your pa
rents will allow you, but in bright col
ors (if they become you), and in the
best materials-that is to say, in those
which wear longest. When you are
really in want of o new dress, buy it, or
make it, in tho fashion; but never quit
an old ono merely because 1t has become
questionable. And if the fashion be
costly, you must follow it. You may
wear broad stripes or narrow, bright
colors or dark, short petticoats or long
lin moderation) as the public wish you;
but you must not buy yards Of useless
drag them behind you over the ground.
And your walking dress must never
touch the ground at oil. l have lost
common sense and even in the personal
delicacy of the present race of average
English women. by seeing how they will
allow their dresses to sweep the streets,
as it is the fashion to be scavengers. If
you can afford it, get your dresses made
by good dressmaker, with the most at
tainabie precision and perfection; but
let this good dressmaker be poor per-
son living in the country. not rich per-
son living in large house in London.
Learn dressmaking yourself, with pains
and time, and Use q part of every day in
needle-work, making rs pretty dresses as
You can for poor people, who have not
time nor taste to make them nicely for
themselves. You are to show them in
your own wearing what is most right
and graceful, and to help them to choose
what will be prettiest and most becom-
ing in their own station. II they see
yon never try to dress above yours.
they will not try to dress above theirs"
New DISCOVERIES IN AssYHrA.-At n
meeting in London of the Asiatic Soci-
ETY., Sir Henry Rawlinson made state
mont, which the Atten~mm calls lone
OF an astounding character" regarded
from IN historical standpoint He be-
gan by abiding to the ancient Egyp-
tian enigma, and said that, apparently
by the merest accident, Mr.. George
Smith had made one of the most mar
velous archaeological discoveries of the
age. It should be stated that this gen.
tleman, who is connected with the Brit
ish museum, has made three visits to
the River Euphrates, for the purpose of
making explorations on the site of
Ninevah, Babylon. and among remains
OF other ancient cities in Assyria, from
the last of which his return is now soon
expected; and it is he who has made
these remarkable discoveries through
the cuneiform or arrowhead inscrip-
tons. Sir Henry Rawlinson stated that
a city had been found. which, when ex-
cavated, would prove as wonderful o.
Ninevah; that this city was the capital
OF the Hittites of Scripture; that it was
the connecting link hetween Assyria md