Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10
WOMEN OF GERMANY
WHAT AN OBSERVER SAYS OF rur,.
BEAUTY AND ATTRAcTvENEee

The Superior Elegance OF America,
dies-German womeG Attraotiv.
Middle Age-Enects Of Diet and w..
of Exercise-Fresh Air.
A greater number of American wo
are here now than have ever seen befaan
at this Athens on the Spree. 1t ia faisse
conceded that there is more of WHEY
called chiselled beauty in America ~.
in Europe German ladies, in genera, a,a
gance of bearing and beauty and grace y,
person, can bear no comparison to Anna,
can women. The features of the Lar
are finer and their heads more classioaI
But here ends their triumph. Their bnss-
are inferior to those Of the native woma,
and certain attenuation in the whole a..
ure of the American women gives the idas
of frugality and decay. What the Amer,
can women want is soundness of constitn
ton. Their finely-cut faces are too Offer
pale instead of fair, and sallow when tbeu
should be rosy But why are MANY =,
the German women so AWKWARD WI
have they such large feet, and wbv y
their taste in dress not better? Beaptifr1
compilations and full forms can not atom
for these DEFICIENCIES, nor can thorouyhlv
cultivated minds and kind hearts.
ATTRACTIVE AT MIDDLE AGE
In this country woman is in the prims
of her attractiveness at 35 She fra,
quently remains almost stationary mill
80, or else declines gradually and grace
fully, like beautiful day melting into n
lovely evening. In America % ia the
farewell line of beauty in women beyond
which comes decay. At 35 she generally
looks little worn, her fiat chest symbol.
izing the disappearance of vigor and vi.
tality, and at 40 you see in her featums
quite plainly the marks of premature age
German children, especially girls, ara
less brought forward than American
ones. In America the children, as a rule
take all their meals with their parents
and see all the company that comes to
the house, consequently they are less
troubled with shyness than German chill
dren. A German girl OF 16 or II is much
less independent than an American girl
of the same age. She must never go out
alone nor without chaperone or female
servant usually known as bonnie She
must never speak to 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 the
most important persons in the house.
This mistaken system of education rem
! Inrc fhnr, Rgh 4
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, and the feeling remains,
only to be transferred to their own chill
dren.
THE DIET OF AMERICANS
Why is it that the German women are
superior in freshness of looks and dura-
ton of beauty to their transatlantic
sistersi Is the answer to be found in the
dieti 1 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.
lea 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 such regiment
Want 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 admit 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, at both ends. The blooming middle
age of the German woman Is the grand
distinctive feature of Germany, and it is
owing, not to the absence of a 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 it, Their sleeping
arrangements and their additions are
both very imperfect. But it 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
men?-Berlin Cor New York Sun.
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