The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-06-26
PA, FRIDAY. JUNE 26. 1891.
HE GERMAN GIRL.
She May Not I'e Pretty. Hut She Has the
Right Sind of Heart.

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Right Sind of Heart.
The German girl : the most persist
emily underrared Of all girls. The
Frenchman rldicu.es her. the English
man patron;zes her, and the American
avoids her The Russian courteously
ignores her. and even the German is
ready 10 desert her for her foreign sis
ter. Among men OF az nations there is
almost none 10 speak for her, and, as
She is too modest TO speaiI for herself,
most persons who know her slightly or
not al al, think there is nothing TO say
for ner. This is entirely wrong.
To be sure. tlte German girl has none
Of the dazzling attributes of her Eng
l;sh, French, American and Russian
sisters. She IS not Jolly" nor ''chic, ="
nor smart" nor brilliant" She is
not ''ravishingly beautiful" nor "aw-
fully entertaining" nor q terrible
dirt" says a writer in the Jenness-
Miller Magazine. But despite all these
shortcomings the German girl has at
fractions of her own and an abundance
of them. She Is well educated. intelli-
gent and well bred. In history the
German girl is companionabiy clever.
She is not pcdantic with her llnowl-
Ctl-ts - liiC A1tBNAt VI Il bluC
The German girl can play well and
sing a little, too. She reads the news
papers. marvels greatly at the iniquity
OF the French and reasons out 10 the
satisfaction OF her own patriotic little
heart the complete justification OF the
triple alliance. All this, and more.
too, the German girl carries about in
her flaxen little head without turning a
single hair in conceit- Her Herr Papa
and Herr Licut. Won EceTfass may dis
cuSs over the whole field of her knowl-
edge in her presence and she doesn't
try to show She knows all about it.
she may have whole mines Of inforna-
tion ON current topics in her mind, ont
she doesn't make strenuous efforts 20
let any young man know this She is.
IN short, enough of 2 German To wish
to know, just for the sake OF knowing
It is lust this fullness OF unrcvcaled
education and information that lends
indirectly to the German girl her charm
IN conversation She has No fears Of
running short of conversational ma
terial. She has no appreheIsions that
she cannot understand all man says
TO her when he drifts on harTnlcssly
heavy and impersonaI subjects. She is
t;onal nervousness. She does not sub
stitute gusto for intelligence upon sub
jects OF which she knows nothing, and
she never raves about things that She
knows only by hearsay. Throughout "a
tete-a-tete she Is deliciorsly serene and
reposeful.
Once married, the German girl be
comes all that has long been popularly
included in the haclzneyed expression,
baus frau. She gives up transcendental
romance, though not reading and
thcater going, and, whether princess or
peasant, fasters to her waistband
great bunch Of keys shat unlock every
cupboard and closet IN her house. She
sees to it that the pea soup is properly
cooked and that the beer is properly
stored.
The German girl is not beautiful.
Her shoulders are TOO square, her waist
tapers too little and her features are
too expansive. On the other hand. she
is not plain, for she has a wealth of
fine. silky hair, delicate skin and
clear, white brow. Her feet and hands,
though not small. are shapely, and the
atmosphere II which she moves Is per
meated with health. Finally, the Ger
man girls heart is big and in just the
right place, so that all who have seen
her as she IS can never think Of her
otherwise than as a sympathetic and
true woman, too clever to be frivolous.
too sincere to be capricious and too
earnest TO play with real life.