, 1886-09-09
WOMEN OF GERMANY.
WHAT AN OBSERVER SAYS OF THEIR
BEAUTY AND ATTRAcTlvENESS.

The Superior Elegance of American La
Ies-German Women Attractive at
Middle Age-EGects of Diet and Want
of Exercise-Fresh Air.
A greater number of American women
are here now than | have ever seen before
at this Athens on the Spree. 1t is fairly
conceded that there is more of what Is
called chiselled beauty in America than
in Europe. German ladies, in general ele-
gance of bearing and beauty and grace of
person, can bear no comparison to Ameri-
can women. The features of the latter
are finer and their heads more classical.
But here ends their triumph. Their busts
are inferior to those of the native women,
and a certain attenuation In the whole fig
ure OF the American women gives the Idea
Of frugality md decay. What the Ameri-
can women want is soundness OF constitu-
ton. Their fincly-cut faces are too often
pale instead of fair, and sallow when they
should be rosy. But why are many OF
the German women so awkward, Why
have they such large feet. and why is
their taste in dress not better, Beautiful
c~omplexions and full forms can not atone
for these DEFICIENCIES, nor can thoroughly
cultivated minds and kind hearts.
ATTRACTIVE AT MIDDLE
III tuiS tOuulT1 u WOuiuu ~ III tnt prime
OF her attractiveness at 81. She fire.
quently remains almost stationary until
so, or else declines gradually and grace
fully, Ike a beautiful day melting into a
lovely evening. In America - Is the
farewell line of benuty in women, beyond
which comes decay. At IS she generally
looks a little worn, her fiat chest symbol
izing the disappearance of vigor AMI vi
tally. and at 40 you see in her features
quite plainly the marks Of premature age.
German children, especially girls, are
less brought forward than American
ones. In America the children, as n rule,
take all their meals with their parents,
aud see all the company that comes to
the house, consequently they are less
troubled with shyness than German CHI IL
dren. A German girl of IS or II is much
less Independent than al American girl
OF the same age. She must never go ont
alone nor without "A chaperone or a female
servant, usually known as a bonnie. She
must never speak to n gentleman, unless
he should be especially introduced to her
by her parents, or with the appreciation
of her parents. Yet the German children
are generally ~overindulged and spoiled
by their parents. Every one in the house
is expected to yield to them. They are
rarely reproved for crying, nor is self
denial or self restraint seriously incul-
Gated. Servants are reproved for not
obeying them, and everything is done to
induce them TO fancy themselves this
most important persons in the house.
This mistaken system of education rem.
ders them selfish. overbearing CON
ceited- A good deal of this egotism is
Knocked out OF them at school and at COL
lege, but early impressions are never en-
tirely effaced, m the feeling remains,
only IN IA firm = aRrz - slt Ill
dren.
TIE DIET Oh AMERICANS.
Why is 1t that the German women are
superior in freshness of looks and dura-
ton of beauty to their transatlantic
~sistersy Is the answer to be found in the
dietf | have often quietly watched the
diet OF American ladies passing through
here. Hot biscuits and tea are varied
with preserves made pound for pound,
and endless varieties OF cake and the
inevitable pie. Pastry, which most
children in this country are not allowed
to touch until they get their long frocks
and tailed coats, is in American families
the everyday food for young and old.
Tea is the grand panacea for all fatigue,
low spirits, dampness, cold, pains in the
head and in the back, and for nearly all
the Ills that flesh IS heir to. What mere
human beauty could stand su CHI regiment
Wnnt OF exercise in the open air is the
great enemy of female beauty through
out the world. The transient beauty OF
the American women Is no doubt in a
great degree to be attributed to the ex-
treme heat and variability OF the climate
in America. which will not ad init OF the
exercise requisite for health. The moisture
with which the atmosphere here is gener-
ally -impregnated exercises a most sooth-
ing influence upon the nervous system.
In America the dryness of the air keeps
the people constantly strung up above the
concert pitch. There they are all the
time under the influence of an artificial
stimulus. They burn their candles, SO to
speak, nt both ends The blooming middle
age of the German woman il the grand
distinctive feature OF Germany. and it is
owing, not to the absence of n special
diet, but simply to their inhaling a con
siderable quantity OF fresh air both in
summer and winter. Not that they i'm
bibe enough. Far from 1t. Their sleeping
arrangements and their additions are
both very imperfect. But 1t may be a
question whether their negligence in these
respects, though hurtful to themselves, is
not advantageous to the ruder sex. Things
are bad enough as they are in Germany,
but If the women "awoke and pondered
the things that concerned their peace"
what would become OF the peace of the
mcnf-Berlin Cor. New York sun