The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-29
WOMEN IN GERMANY.
THEIR SOCIAL LIFE N THAT LAND.
How the "Fraalelno is brought Up In the
Home and Edueated-The Suit for Mar.
rlage, aud nowiti oondaeted-whea
Demonstrations of Atssetlon Begin.

J. Home and Eduoated-Thc Suit for Mar.
rIage, and How ltis Conlueted-whea
. Demonstrations of Affection Begin.
Q Special Correspondence Of the Iatellpeen.
: BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan, 1886. .-Justic
compels me also to believe That when Vul
can created his Pandora and each god en-
riched her with "a line of perfection,
, thus completed she fled from the ancien
: land OF "myth and song" and after thou
sands OF years OF wandering, has at las
made her home beyond the seas and reani
mated in the American girl. Yet she Il
too often written about, her vanity flat
tered, her manner and naiyetta praised,
till she naturally thinks there is no rival
on the globe. Egotism should not be q
Pandoric characteristic; so allow me to
discourse short time on the German
Fraulein." She is usually little larger
than her cousin Of the "eenus Ameri.
canus," with head crowned with most
lluxuriant growth Of hair, varying between
blonde and brown. Her forehead, a happy
mean between the high and low, is dis
figured by no bangs; she Is content with
what nature has presented her, and the
wo,nanly manner in which she combs it
back adds much to the sweet innocent ex-
preston with which tho Creator has en-
dowed so many ofthem. Hcrlong lashed
blue eye beaming with trust and truth,
has become ,proverbial, and well it might.
Her skin is so pearly and clear that it
would rival Mary Queen OF Scots. Her
lips are as entrancing Us Venus and her
cheeks full us summer roses. Her teeth,
whose setting might have been given by
Hygeia-so perfect do they seom-and the
| ilitSie waxen ear all make q picture for q
MilIias. But hold Let her move and
the charm is gone like the sudden van
ishing OF o dream. Lacking the symmetry
OF form so common to our sisters, her walk
becomes an awkward shuttle. Probably
she Is not altogether to blame for this.
German paYements are not the best
which il true OF all tho old cities OF Eu-
rope-and their ruggedness may account
for her duck-like, ungraGeful motions. Her
shoes are broad toed and high heeled
and not OF the deiicacy that Burt wonid
recommend fashionable miss. Practice,
however, does not fail her. The
walking OF the English girl is but q
fable in comparison-and to this much
more than to tho wine and beer she drinks
is attributable the fairness Of her complex
ion-for 1t extends through all GLASSES aud
all ages. Her dancing Is usually akin 10
her walking, and ! fancy the grace dis.
played in an American ball room would
make her "die Of envy" II 1t be possible
to excite that passion under such calm
and sweet exterior.
HER EDUCATION.
Although as class more evenly educa-
ted than the feminine part OF our society,
where, in some places, 1t is no rarity to
find vassar graduate and one who would
wonder at the mysteries concealed in the
'tThree RS" yet it is seldom that they
are witty or possess the power OF a bright
running conversation. Educated apart
from the male sex-co.educatiai is
an intollerable evil and unthink-
able condition-she is taught TO- fear
man as the bearer of evil ready
to explode at any moment, consequently
she is never natural when III his presence,
fearing to show herselfin her true light.
Would she dos one might discover an
entirely different creature. "a young man
must vote it bore to spend an afternoon
with shy girl and an exacting mamma
unless he be OF o ascientitic turn OF mind
and delights in studying the laws OF color
as exemplified in the changing hues OF her
checks. Mothers are the best people in
the world to call upon at times-but with
ont any distespeGt to them, they arc not
always necessary. Theithoughts Of the
young folks do notrun in the same groove,
and It is not Just to always curb them.
But we might expect the German fraulein
TO be shy, forbidden, as she Is, to receive
any company till engaged, and then only
that of her intended. Ol course ono calls
now and then, when the daughter is alone
and acts as hostess; but in such instances
She is usually so embarrassed at being
alone with tho "horrid thing" that the
pleasure is half destroyed. In general, n
forest walk with party OF chaperons; q
few moments at the ball, a greeting now
and then in the street are the only 'ttour-
eyed" pleasures to which she may look
forward. Still, one cannot deny that
ttleSe hOCliL IlSIualies haso ih" hSSa
effects and numerous recommendations.
Tho astounding freedom Of our own insti-
tutions is source OF wonder TO every for
eipner, and we must admit that in many,
many ways lis are the better. When |
relate some OF our customs and the de-
lightful privileges which We have, she
looks askancc at me and her pretty blue
ewes say plainly, GLOW can 1t bel" In
answer ! point TO some pretty American
iii WHO has probably Just swung by me
in the waltz aud ask her il she notices
ANYTHING basilisk.like in her? or in per-
souitied modesty, request her To show that
| Il Las had anything but good influence
upon me? She.quickly acknowledges that
she Is unable to do so-and so our de-
hate usually ends. Untrammelled associ-
alton between the sexes, when the free
dom heno too great, has a mutual intlu-
ence for the good. Tho sell.possession Of
tlIa a american girl is what charms the for
eipner, because he misses 1t so much at
Ihome. It cannot be argued that tho famil-
iarity, II II may be SO callcd, is at the
expense Of chivalsy, for ths whole Ameri-
can nation disproves that.
EDUCATION OF THE HAND.
But the mental education oil tho fraulein
| is different from herproiessional,
also, il may be allowed the term. Side
by side with the dcvelopmentofher mind
goes the trainingo Of her hand. Any day
| on the street you may see them carrying
little frames, vending their way to the
lessons in the mysteries and dexterity OF
the needle. She is always able to mako
hcr own dresses, and in an enyiable man,
ner. one must own. She cooks-be she
plebeian or princess like a.German "Del-
monico," believing in the principle that
ali 1women Of power and force are adopts
In culinary science"-ahd that is nearly
true. 1t Is always safe to ask her TO sing
or play-for' with German, music is
| oncnnd natura-tlle piano. but the