Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-20

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The Danish girl Is little known and
Less understood in foreign countries
Even the commonplace German girl Is
much more frequently described and
analysed than she in the modern liter
atnre Of foreign countries She Ii, how
ever. worthy Of all the observation
which has been 20 freely bestowed d
late years on hey continental sisters. For
Americans especially her training and
ideas Of y girls duties In life should be
subjects Of keen interest as she grows to
womanhood with more American char
acteristics than almost any other girl be-
tween the Bay Of Biscay and the Asiatic
border.
The Danish girl in her youth does not
learn SO much soldierlike obedience and
reverence as the German girl, nor so
much imitation Of knowledge as the
American and English girls. The OBJ
ject Of the education OF young girls In
Denmark is to render them really indie
pendent for life Every effort is made
to develop the reasoning powers, and to
arouse originality. Keys and ponies
are consequently almost unknown
among Danish schoolgirls. A term in
metaphysics, just because it smacks Of
higher education, and gives . young wo-
man an opportunity Of saying, ooh, how
/ hated it!" is an unknown institution.
Everything, on the contrary, is careful,
solid, thorough.
Among the very young object lessons
are more prevalent than in any other
country. Among the more mature the
same principle obtains, and all the nat
ural sciences, for instance, are taught
with the aid of sufficient apparatus,
specimens and charts. The Danish girl
gets the same manual training as the
boys, with whom she Is allowed to asso-
ciate in school hours.
The consequence Of this early training
is that most Danish girls leave school
with all sorts of n-European ideas o.
their independence. Probably no cont.
mental country has, in proportion to it,
size, as many women graduates in medi.
cine, philology and Jurisprudence, and
the number Of girls in professional and
learned courses of study is increasing
yearly. Daughters Of rich tradespeopls
devote themselves usually to the trades
of their fathers after having served theil
apprenticeship in the concerns of stran
| gers, where only the value Of their serv
ices determines the rapidity of their ad
vancement.
The trade of the goldsmith has within
the last fifteen years gained popularity
steadily among daughters of the bettel
class of Danes, SO that today all the gold
smiths of Copenhagen have young WON
en- as apprentices as well as assistants
often enough in their most elaborat,
styles of work. Young women of lowe
aspirations become bakers or CONNECTION
ers, and are slowly but surely crowdinl
out from the trades the men to whom
such occupations never properly be
longed.
Not few girls in Denmark study tn
art of gardening. Scores annually be
come professional dairymaids. Youn!
women of the peasant class devote them
selves mostly to learning all about veget
able gardening, and to encourage then
in learning to do their work thorough,
numerous agricultural associations an,
local authorities give prizes for tn
greatest skill shown in Transforming
ugly and unfruitful spots into mode
beds of beets, peas and the like.
High and low, rich and poor" said
German educator in a recent article o.
Danish women, teach their daughter
to support themselves in case of nee
without being obliged to stiae their live
in the crowded rooms of great factorie
and workshops. Exchange.