New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-09
WOMEN IN GERMANY.
MARRYING A SIANIESE-DIFFICULT TO OBJ
TAIN MUSICAL EDUCATION.
Paris, July "a

Paris, July "a
The wedding at Berlin of Mai Ma. Siamese
gentleman son of the Governor Of Chantetron,
and Fraulein Schultz, the daughter of cigar
manufacturer, is the affair which now most IN
terests the continental press. Maj Mas father
long withheld his consent to the marriage. lie
thought it impossible for Protestant lady to
enter as a daughter house consecrated TO BUD
dha However, he has been brought round ana
the happy couple are soon to proceed TO bangkok,
where Mai Mas family have promised them hearty
welcome European men often wed Asiatic women,
but the reverse seldom happens. l should not
wonder young Asiatics coming in large numbers
to study in European universities, if numbers Of
European women found husbands among them
These Orientals are generally the sons of rich men,
and turn out well. Victor Hugo was warm adj
vocate of what he called the churning up of races
and the consequent evolution of great mixed
race which would feel at home in every part Of
the globe and he infinitely complex in its facu-
ties. The late W. RaOul Duvals forecast was
that in a hundred years hence u full fourth Of
the population of this continent would be Of
mixed Aryan and Asiatic blood.
German women are better adapted for marriage
with Asiatics than French or British | have not
infrequenty seen at the Foreign Office here the
daughters of French consular officials by Asiatic
mothers In all instances they were charming.
Some had glorious eyes. | suppose their mothers
were IIindOos. Those in whose veins Chinese or
Japanese blood ran had the charm of piquancy.
They were all intelligent Though women are so
much kept down in the East, they are now win
ming the reputation in. Europe Of having quicker
and more active brains than the men. ParSce
ladies are certainly equal in mental grasp to
Parsee men, Parseo girl is the crnck scholar
at Somerville College, Oxford. NJ NaorOji, Lord
Salsbury's " Black Man., is justly proud Of the
great ability of his daughter, as shown in her pro
ficicncy in her medical studies. The late Nine.
Blavatsl1y, who had keen insight into character,
said that if Asiatic women had as strong wills as
they have fine intellects. they would outstrip
their European sisters.
Mrs. Frederika Macdonald, who has come to sec
me on her way from Frankfort has been giving me
instances of the disabilities under which German
girls studying music are placed III the Fatherand.
That lady is a well-known literary woman. Her
husband was q special correspondent OF The Daily
News" in Armenia, the Soudan and Egypt. They
have q daughter known in her home circle as
Katie, who is highly gifted with musical sensi-
Lilities, and has been with Madame Scbumann to
study music at Frankfort. The professors where
she studied consented to teach thorough-bass and
the rules of composition to English, American and
Russian girls. But they would not teach them to
German girls, and declared that the brains of the
latter cOuld not take them in. Is it any wonder
that feminine composers ITO not arise in Germany :
Kntie Macdonald received her first musical educa-
tim from that Positivist saint Lady McFarTen,
whose devotion to her husband after blindness
made him entirely dependent on her was lovely.
She gave her an admirable musical education, and
when she thought she could do no more arranged
| for her TO 90 and study with Madame Schumann
and study under that gifted lady with German
! professors Miss Katie Macdonald is not only a
,ptsical Genius but a charming young girl. Madame
Schumann and Lady MacfaGren look forward to
| her becoming celebrity. L. q.