The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-08-14
THE GERMAN, GIRLS.
Could There Be Any Thing Nicer
When Al II eaidq

O0ulo Thero Do any Tn1n8 NlCoT
When An II eaidq
rAysieally she Il Not 20 Charming ~ Hsr
Americas Sister. But In Many Other
Respects she Exosls The Young
women Of Other Nationalitiss.
The German girl is not like other girls.
She is not 20 piquant % the American
girl, says the New York Sun, not 90
stylish as the French girl, and not 20
sympathetic as the English girl. She
has neither the pervasive magnetism Of
the viennese, nor the burning presence
Of the italian, nor the versatility Of the
Russian. Her lack Of these conven-
tional attractions usually leads men who
do not know her to imagine the German
girl to be rather inferior and uninter-
esting young woman. Men who have
been fortunate enough to know
thoroughbred continental German girls,
however, think differently.
Physically the German girl Is not 30
charming as the American giri. Her
waist is neither round nor tspering.
Her shoulders do not slope. Her car
riage lacks spirit. Her face is round
rather than oval, and her hands and
feet are not strikingly trim. On the
other hand she has well-turned arm,
o smooth pink and white skin, un-
touched by modern improvements. an
abundance Of well-kept hair, and de-
lightful neck. Her figure is full, but
not overfed. Her eyes are clear, though
unsuggestive.
The fine art Of fascinating men by
inanitesimal gestures or suggestions Of
gestures, is not hers. She can not sway
feeling by the turn Of the head, o droop
Of the figure, q sinking Of the hand, or
curve Of the neck. She may have an
idea or two about managing her eye
lids, tossing her head, plucking apart
rosebuds, and other like elementary
practices, but the wide world Of elsbo-
rate feminine coquetry without words is
beyond her ken.
Despite all these deficiencies the pres
ence Of the typical German girl is some
thing Of an inspiration. She does not
overwhelm man with vivacity, nor
burden him with highly.wrought affecta-
tion Of attention. She does not mobilize
her face for a campaign Of grimaces and
expressions the minute he opens his
mouth. She listens somewhat impas-
sively, though not phlegmatically, to all
he says. Her repose is natural and
sympathetic. II was born and bred in
her, is part Of her, and SO is remarlxa-
bly, refreshing to man who has worn
his way repeatedly through the panto-
mimic routine Of the tete-a-tete with
women Of other breeding and tempera-
ment.
When the German girl has had her
little fling, and 1t isa very little one, her
Frau Mama gets her engaged. Her new
social status is published at once to the
whole world around her. Unanno unced
engagements are unknown to the Cor
man girl. The instant she accepts .
young mans proposal every one knows
1t and regards her as already half mar
ried. She does not court the pleasures
Of q helter-skelter, fast and loose love
AFFAIR. She becomes all wrapped in her
Fritz, or Hans, or Wilhelm at once.
There is no more flirting, or corres-
ponding, or skating, or dancing with
other men. She loves her aance with
an absorbing devotion which is seldom
duplicated on this side Of the Atlantic.
She gets no special pleasure from ''play-
ing" him, teasing him, exciting his jeal-
ousy, or "leading him on" All she
wishes is to have him right at hand all
the time, holding her hand while others
are present, and her when alone with
him. This answering faithfulness and
childlike devotion continues we'll along
into her married life, and ususlly to the
end. The quiet, responsive, undemon-
strative, trustful German frau is only Q
q natural development Of the well-bred
German girl.
The German girl has many other mis-.
cellsneous accomplishments and virtues
which are little known, and, II known,
are misunderstood by her foreign critics.
She does not drink beer or eat blood sau-
sage. She never takes cigarette into
her mouth and does not long to be .
man. She does not drop her handker-
chief or fan to see man pick 1t up, and
she does not hurry of her admirers ON
impossible errands, just to show what
she can do with them. She does not 40
cept all the presents that the men Of her
acquaintance will give her, and she does
not tell white lies when it is just as oon-
venient to speak the truth. She never
Hirts In the street. She always draws on
both gloves before leaving the house,
and does not remove them before return
ing in doors. She never annoys her es-
cort by staring surreptitiously at other
men and asking who they are, and she
does not cut duty dances to talk with
her favorite. She never tells caller
"he is quite stranger" does not wear a
big hat at the play, and does not giggle
and whisper during the opera. She is
appreciative of small favors, believes
that young men have few rights that
young women are bound to respect, and
acts up to this belief.
In short, the German girl is warm
hearted, we'll educated and well-bred.
She is kind, patient and grateful. She
is too sensitive to do rude act, and too
full Of ideals to do mean one. She
may lack, as her critics say, consummate
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