The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-20
GERMAN SCHOOL-LIFE.
HoWA DAY is PASSED IN ATEuToNlc
FEMALE SEMINARY,

Two breakfasts, Dinner, Lunch, and
n suppsF-sl1 Hours and Half Passed
in GLASSES "A Girl Leaves School
at 10
It takes some time for girl Just fresh
trom an English home to get accustomed
TO the German manner Of living But,
when abe has once conquered her pretu,
dlces, she enjoys It quite as much, II not
more, than the English method. The
Germans are much earlier In their hours
than we are, In most places the schools
begin at 7, some even as early as half.pRst
6b SRll-even the latest-by 8. Break
fast 10 generally served at z or half-pRst In
winter and at hAlf.past in the summer.
This Is no sitdown affair, but is taken
standing or sitting, each girl leaving the
room as soon as she has finished, without
standing upon tho ceremony OF waiting
for one another, It consists Of cup OF
coffee and one or two OF the delicious Ger
man rolls called "vsckp In south Germany
and ssemel" in the north, These differ en-
tirely from our rolls, being cTisper and
lighter, and In shape resembling two
small sausRges Joined together,
Immediately after breakfast each girl
goes up TO her room, makes up her own
bed, and tides her bedroom, for the Ger
mans do not consider q young lady edu'
Gated unless she Is instructed In house
hold work as well as In languages, ETC.;
and 1t Is the custom as soon as girl has
finished with school, before she comes out
In tho world, to keep her for six months
ALT nj In "
where she can help In the house,. e.,
learn cooking Of all kinds, superintend the
servants, and be initiated into all the
mysteries of housekeeping,
WORK IN THE CLASSES
Ats o'clock the classes begin, each Of
which lasts an hour, and frequently takes
the form OF . lecture, In the finishing
schools no one need take them who does
not wish to, but when once In the room
they must pay attention There Is no ques-
ton Of mumbling through the lesson half
learned, or getting oil without being
asked the things you don't know" Either
stay out OF the room or learn the lessons
set, and that thoroughly At 10 O'Clock a
quarter OF an hours grace Is allowed,
when another roll Is given out all round,
and every one PUSHES out into the open
air, while the windows are flung open to
air the room. And here word about
vice usually ascrlbed to the German which
they do not possess. They are generally
supposed TO DO fond Of sitting In stufy
rooms and TO have general objection to
fresh air, Now, this Is lbel tho Ger
mans do not like draughts, and would
think II certain death TO sit with door aud
window open at tho same time; but fresh
air they q. o quite as DESTROYS Of obtaining
aS tho English, and, indeed, few English
girls spend 30 many Of their spare mo
ments In the garden rs do the Germans,
At 10 classes cease In winter, and walk
Is generally taken. At o'clock comes
dinner, OF which soup Is the first course.
This Is followed by what tho Germans call
Hrlndhei sen" and the French "bouilli"-
tho meat from which the soup Is made
and Is eaten with pickles, salad, horserad-
ISh, branded cherries, etc. This Is sue
Ceeded by tho roast meat or "braten,"
which Is veal, mutton, beef or pork,
which latter 10 always eaten with the In
evitable German dish, "sauerkraut" The
meat Is cut quite different from ours, and
1t Is indeed a work Of some difficulty to
recognize q leg Of mutton In the crooked,
Slnewy Joint which answers to that name
in Germany. This meat Is eaten with
potatoes and other vegetables, as In Eng
land, and then the dinner Is at an end.
Even In private families 1t Is considered
q luxury to have puddlngs; and In schools
they only appear on Sundays, and some
times among Roman Catholics on Fridays
and Wednesdays instead Of meat. These
buildings differ entirely from ours, and
consist Of q kind Of dumping, made Of
bread or -four, but without fat OF any
kind, eaten with Btewed fruit, which Is
served separately.
LABoRs OF THE AFTERNOON.
Glasses begin at o'clock and last TIL s,
with quarter Of an hours interruption
at I, when bread with fruit in the sum
mer, and Jam or honey in the winter, sup.
plies tho place Of the coffee and cake taken
In families. These afternoon classes gen.
orally consist Of French or English con-
yerSAtion, during which the girls work at
all kinds Of embroidery and fancy work.
The Germans are always supposed to be
such beautiful workers, and here and
there, amo 4 girls who have attended tho
work classes, you find some who embroi.
der exQuisitely. But, as rule, their or.
binary plain work by no means exceeds
that Of the English In ueatness and finish.
II Ia an amusing fact that 1t Is the Eng.
lish girls who are famous there for being
such good darners and members gen.
orally.
The pupils are then free to do their
nrenaration for the next day until
o'clock, the usual hour for supper. which
consists OF meat and vegetables or salad,
or else bread and butter with so.called
atea" In spite OF the largo proportion Of
water in the latter, 1t Is always looked for
ward TO as treat.
After supper In the summer the girls go
for walk; in the winter they study until
oo'cloek, when they have prayers, and
then to bed,
Saturday Is . whole holiday, conse'
quently there are no lessons to prepare for
It; and Friday evening Is often spent In
dancing, acting, or In lltAe concerts
among the girls, which makes pleasant
change.
Saturday morning is given to mendlng,
unless, as is often the case In the summer,
an excursion DO made to some neighbor-
ing place.
t viii from this be seen TINT the Ger.
man girls have longer hours for study
and work harder during the day than the
English But although they do more at
school they leave much sooner than we
do. At 15a girl leaves tho "hlgh SCHOOL,
and goes to finishing boarding school for
language, literature md history. AT 10
she leaves school, learns cooking and
housekeeping, and goes 70 private socio.
ties. At II she Is considered "out, and
appears at the public balls, ETC.. enjoys
every season for three or four years to her
hearts content, and then at the age Of %
or 4leayeS OF dancing II not already
married abe settles down as an Aold
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