, 1876-07-16

husband joy and sorrow, to be able to look With
satisfaction at the close Of life full Ut success
iai Wosk upon row Of healthy and wcl1-be-
9ased children: This Is the rule, and exceptions
do not change it,.
AND TIE POSITION or WOMEN IN PUBIC LIFE
has' according to my opinion, been seen II, the
wrong light By Mrs Swsshclln. In Gcr1aany it
Is custom that those occupying lower social
rank salute first The soldier salntes h;a
superior, and the latter acknowledges Il, In tie
same manner the man salutes the woman, aud
she acknowledges it. But the man has no riaht
to salute any. woman he likes. He is only En-.
titled to salute her II he has had an fntroduc-
; rion. People who are not acquainted do not
salute each otEcr, md man who would al}or7
himself to salute woman to whom he had no:
been introduced would not only not be saluted in
return, but would lose his position in society as
drunkard Or swindlcr does. am surprised
that Mrs S;gisshelm prouounccs Judgment In
newspaper without knowing this.
After my effort to contradict as far Is able IN
the above lines what Mrs. Swisshclu las had to
say in regard to the social position OF German
women, aud the manners Ut German men, I
would finally say few words in regard to the
-. MANNERs Or TIE MEN IN SOCIAL LEE,
both in this and the old country. Whoever has
lived away from the old country for numter
Of years, and WHO :hxs gotten accustomed with
various foreign peculhsties, gradually loses an
natiVet preiudices, and obtains Il, certain freq
dom of Judgment which enables him to appreci-
ate good wherever found. The appearance of the
men in the United States Is more unconstraincts,
conscious, and determined than that OF the Ger
mans. The knowledge Of sovereignty finds cx-
preston here in the behavior Of the citizens
Their style has made better impression upon
me In general way than the unnecessarily stitf
forms OF intercourse among Germans. Certainly
tliis unconstraint often becomes SO "free and
easy" that it makes very unpleasant impres-
sion, and would impress q German woman
about rs badly as the stares OF the Young Ger
man scapegraccs did Mrs. Swisshelnl. The
unconstrained stretching out Of tue legs OF
tables, the splitting OF tobaccojuics, etc, woulG
exclude man from respectable society in Gc.-
many. lhave seena personof national reputation
In the presence OF Indy put both Of his .ecs
upon table, take out Of his expansive 4-.vtth 4
quid Of tobacco, and then prepare 70 spit in .
noisy manner, and finally throw the quid oyer
the table into the fireplace. This man still
lives, and holds the highest social positions, and
therefore refrain from mentioning his nar,e-
give this example merely to show TINT In al1
countries things to be praised aud condemned
are found side by side, and the tourist who
considers himself called upon to lay before his
Wcttizcns through the press the impress
sions which he receives from a one sided and
casual observation cannot be too cautious
Those Who, like Mrs. Svisshelm and Prot. Buech-
ner, judge too subjectivcly and superlcially,
awaken false conceptions among their country
me1l and irritate the scnsitiveneSs OF critics. and
do more harm than good We people are Ill
sinners, and are glad to be enlightened by
noble women as to what Is proper; but the style
Of instruction anl Judgment must be a woman
opposition OF the brutal barbarians such as VIC
who are born in Europe unfortunately nre, ac-
cording to the descriptions given BY Mrs. Swiss.
| helm. T. MICEAELI9.