Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-23
=. BERLIN SOCIETY,
a Few Additional Extracts from yasili's
suppressed BOOk-Manners and Nor
ais in the German Capital.

An English translation Of Count Paul I
NasilFs Berlin Society" which has been +
suppressed into notoriety, has been 4
printed in New York. I'm addition TO the (
extracts already printed, the following Z
are appended.
'Prince Bismarck is a cynic, at the /
same time "a skeptic. When he thinks /.
that q mans conscience is undecided he /.
tries TO buy it, and nine times out Of ten
succeeds-fOr men are towards, and .
surrender always to one from
whom they hope to gain something.
lie lives like a hermit, shut up with
in The four walls of his palace, concealed I
from the gaze Of everybody, friends as
well as enemies, showing himself only in
Parliament from time to time, or to some
one from whom he has occasion to draw
some information. Then he makes him
self agreeable, becomes conversational
good fellOW-knOWs how to fascinate
those who DO not know him or do not di-
vine him. Apart from these rare Occa-
siOns, nobody secs the Chancellor. VINO
shuts himself up more and more In the
bosom of his family, who, for their part,
surround him with the most tender alice
ton.
His wife is "a good and honest crea-
fure, very vulgar in her manners, but
having a Kind heart endowed with much
Wit although without penetration; ad-
miring her husband uaively, with a
tenderness as true as 10 is profound: in
no way proud Of her position; kindly dis
posed, although brusque; amiable to
every body, taking note of the enmity of
some and the false prOtestatiOn of devO-
ton OF others, but disdaning the first
and placing no reliance upon the second.
Two sons and daughter are the issue
OF this marriage. OF the sons. the elder.
the Count Herbert de Bismarck. has been
much talked about aprop0s Of the scandal
about his relations with a lady celebrated
Tor her beauty. In this sad story he
played TepTehensi5le role. and showed
himself as egOustical as he was cruel
and weak. He is a man very vain. very
much engrOssed with his own person,
very proud Of his position as son of the
Chancellor and, like almost all children
Of great men, as insignificant as his
father IS remarkable. In society they
grunge before him on account of the power
attributed to him; they sing to him con-
tnually the song of the fox i'm the fable
% La tOntune: Eli, good day. NJ. de
crow; how pretty YOU are; how handsome
you appear 10 mer
The Count Won Moltke is tall old
man, thin and lean, quite taciturn. very
vigorous still for his so years, with cold
exterior, polished manners, awkward ges-
lures, and on the whole rather insignifi-
cant. In society he likes to efface him
self, beng naturally modest and appears
to suiler from the homage and Tespect
with which he is surrounded. He rarely
hazards an opinion in public, and some
grave circumstance or extraordinary
event IS necessary to decide him to aban-
don MS habltuaI reserve. He disdains
the world, as well as the iudg-
ments OF the crowd: firmly con
WINGED that the destmies of the peopIe
depend upon those who govern them. h e
Is OF the opinion that it is the Governors /
alone who should hold power in their
hands, without even initiating the subaIt-
erns into their projects. He is not poll
tIclan he IS soldier, who wishes 90 en-
Joy as soldier the fruits of his labor and .
pront to the fullest extent made possible .
by ms victories. He is not ambitious.
but aYariclOus Of the blood of his troops. .
ana Tor that reason DESTROYS of the spOils F..
OF Inc enemy, in order to render his /
enemy incapable of harm in consequence /
OF their exhaustion.
'ine majority Of the married women i'm T
the Brdnde monde Of Berlin have. or
dream oil having, lover. Vice is not
ctu0luered as such, and virtue is among
the number OF things regarded as useless, /
As 10 love, one meets with it rarely /
LlalsOns are formed according to the ca
price OF the senses, and by that instinct
winch throws pretty woman into the
arms Of handsome man. In society at
Berlin they take and quit each other ac
c0rdlnS to their fancy. The needs of ones
dhprOus nature are satisfied with the
same calm as those of ones appetite.
Galiantry is there a thing unknown. a
Laulun or Rlchelieu would be there i'm .
possible. Everything there is done brutal Z
y, without poesy, without grace, without I
Iuat nali-anXIOus, halEhvpOcritical prp-
occupation which in other countries is at .
least homage rendered to virtue But I
lhls society. so little scruDulOus about .
what concerns its own morals. becomes ]
Of rigid severity when the morals of any
ether social circle are in question. 1t OBJ /
serves the least tranSgressiOn. notes the 1
least WaYerlng, condemns actions the /
most innocent and suspects even ones /
secret thoughts.
80 much concerning morals. As to the |
intellectual side, they do not even try to /
cultivate II. In general the Berlinese I
lady OF the highest class does not read, /
work or occupy herself. She passes her 4
HE IN babbling, dressing and undressing.
ana searching for some one to aid her in /
every way in doing so. She has not two
serious ideas in her head, nor two honest .
thoughts IN her heart. Her preferences /
are vulgar, her influence nothing. She
i3c@s grace, education, tact, is noisy, and .
AIMS, unfortunately for her. to initiate the Z
trencn woman in what the latter has of .
ioudness. It's very difficult, if not i'm .
possible, to make an elegante of Berlin .
converse, so little is she az cOurqnt with /
what Is going on, so much is she absorbed .
2y ner own personal actions or by the ac- I
uons and dOings of her rivals. She offers I
no other resource to her admirers than /
That OF speaking TO her of their desires.
The men of the grande monde, like /
wise, DO not appear to me very interest
ING. those who have real worth are at 4
the same time Yery reserved The old I
q in
Sosslplng, and the young only know how .
70 eat, dance and play. Their ideal is I
a supper after a cOtillOn. The amount Of 4
dancing and eating in Berlin is incredible. /
Inc officers ia particular bring to these /
TWO occupations an arder greater still, if /
possible, than that with which they are F.
animated upon the field of parade A I
figure III a cOntredanse is in their eyes a /
sacred thing, and supper an affair Of F.
state Iney never say after a sOiree: 1T I.
was very gay or very tiresOme last I
night they say, good buGet-'bad /
buffet.
"Ine morals OF the middle class seem TO /
DE better than those of the grande monde: /
'ut their manners, if this is a sample, /
must 30 worse.
The rcpast is of the most simple kind; I
a saddle of deer. some salad and fruit.
Hesl OF preserved. according TO the sea- /
son. compose the menu. The guests eat I
with their knives. put their fingers in the I
salt cellar, lick their forks. wipe their
mouths with the backs OF their hands: but .
YOU pardon them these Inconvenience I
out Of gratitude for the agreeable hours .
which they have made you pass.
The most learned and intelligent wo- 7
man I'D Berlin is the Countess Schleinitz. /
An excellent musician, gifted i'm painting,
literature and science, she is also an ac- 4
compiished woman of society. Bismarck /
made her understand that it would be
peter for her to discontinue her recep-
mons In consequence of this singular 4
intervention the only intelligent centre Of .
perrin was suppressed. Now Nine. /
c,cA-einltz continues her receptions, but
they are rarer.
her house is a true republic. There [
!ou may meet painters, musicians, ac-
eoIs' journalists, politicians, the nobility
ana women of society. You iOstle there /
against no mental pettiness. However,
ds perfection Is not of this world, the (
charming Countess has also a weak side.
Neiecl, or rather false note. in the /.
harmony Of her person. This defect con-
ISIS Of a passiOn-0r shall | say fanati-
CtsAl FOR Wagner and his music. The
herman character is wholly incarnated
Al " dguer'S music Inst rs Rfey,arol-