The Jewish advance., 1880-11-19

groom, however, waited two years and
half before he welded her. The days of
her betrothal were not the very happiest |
for Henrietta. Every evening she had
to sit at the table and watch her in
tended and her parents as they played
cards; and what was especially vexing
to her, whenever he spoke of her it was
always as the child"
SO the first December 1879, her we'd
ding-day drew near. After restless
night she awakened with conscious
ness Of infinite misery, The thought
of leaving my dear ones, especially my
father seemed to reed my heart. No
glance into the future that awaited me
served to shed one CLEAN of light into
the darkness Of my soul. How enrap-
tured would l. at other times have been
with the white satin dress enstarred
with countless roses that was soon
brought to me as my bridal-robe. |
looked upon it with indifference, ,mechan-
ically suffered myself to be arrayed
therein, and consecrated it with
shower of tears. The bridegroom came.
the guests were assembled, my only
thought was with my kindred. AL
ready had the hour Of my marriage
drawn near An effort must be made
to once more speak to my father
| succeeded. In that hour of unspeak-
able pain my love found no expression
save in the scalding tears, the suppliant
cry to pardon, in this moment of part
ing. all that with which | had ever
grieved his tenderness, TO give me once
more his blessing He complied, sob
bingly folded me to his leart and mo-
toned me to leave him lile, in half
choked voice he cried: Child, do not
break my heart!" Until ne last breath
leaves me. she writes as an cid
woman, these words will ring in my
ears
Her marriage with tie ugly little
Herr was a happy relation rather than a
happy union; she was always a loving
wife to him and made him as happy
as he, to whom marriage was not
the centre of life, could, under any cir
cumstances, be made by wife; Of love,
such as she was capable Of feeling, he
could not even form conception; aye,
he repulsed every expression Of tender
ness as a childish exhibition. The grief
of being childless which she so long
could not overcome, was at last conquered
by her vigorous mind: she sought con-
ISOLATION in the friendship Of amiable,
gifted people and in the pleasure
afforded to her in the beloved occupa-
ton with literature and art
With her entrance into married life,
her true intellectual education first be-
gan; in this she received the earnest
attention and support Of her husband
he was her instructor and guide until
her knowledge was independent OF his
| anu SnC was dDlc W IilCIGdSC UllC cAICuU
and nature Of her acquisitions according
to choice and inclination. Henrietta
Herr, in virtue of her linguistic knowl-
edge, may be classed with learned
women. She understood Hebrew and
Latin, read the Greek authors with
Schleiermacher and Emmanuel Becker,
the Spanish classics with Schade, spoke
French like native, was often applied
to for aid as a teacher of English and
Italian and did not neglect knowledge
of Portuguese and Danish. When al
ready an aged woman she commenced
the study of Turkish and the Malay
language and attempted, through Bypp,
to gain an idea of Sanscrit.
But what excited more attention than
even her extensive knowledge was her
perfect beauty. Her profile likened
that of the most lovely figure Of Greek
art: her face, regular oval, was indica-
tive of power and depth of character;
her nose was of Roman type, her eyes
large, dark, sparkling, while the fresh
ness of her delicately tinted complexion