The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-29

l through the mails in the United States but it was SO badly abused by the mem ! bers of congress, who used to send theil | weekly wash 10 their homes in different Istates free of expense lowing to tht ] Thanking system), that 1t at last died Q
 natural death, which might from natu-
 ral causes have been expected. l met a few days since a young Dan-
 ish friend who is taking course in l Railroads" and Bridges" at the poly 1 technieon; it was Ii a. n., and judge of
 my astonishment at seeing him in full | evening dress. What does all this
 mean I asked: are you just returning
 from last nights ball? Oh! he replied, smiling, am just out from my annual | examination, and very stiff one it was l too, and am so delighted, for I have
 passed safely. I learned from him l that the classes as they attend their | examinations are required to present themselves in full evening attire. It is
 LOSS OF IARVARD-YALE RAGE a treat to hear the German college
 songs sung by the students, and how they do bring back my former days at
 Yale. There is a singular custom which continues to exist here, and which hav- ing come as course q call it sol from
 the dark ages, the German authorities
 might at least forbid 1t, just as a care- ful agriculturist would bear down the deadly Upas tree, were it possible to find such among his beautiful shade trees.
 I refer to the contemptible practice of
 duelling This practice is not only greatly admired in the German college; it is actually cultivated like a plant of rare growth. Certain students are chosen by lot to fight with swords, and although the antagonists are perfectly friendly they contend till blood is drawn. One daily meets young men on the streets with gashed cheeks dread fully scared by sword thrusts these blemishes are called honor marks and men wearing such are called brave and noble CD German ladies especially look upon such heroes with admiring eyes. The German emperor encourage dueIling as a system to develop bravery and courage and other noble qualities in young men. One word from his lips against this cruel practice and it would instantly cease. Men of all ages with badly scared faces are constantly to be seen in Germany and Austria. I have indeed heard that students have been known to actually cut their cheeks with knives and to 1nsert an iron nail GOV cred with salt, thereby causing a sore that is sure to leave a horrible mutila- tion
 There is creature. hideous one too quite familiar In Germany and in OH fOV iy, hn United States Che could not be tolerated there), and he can well be spared from the civilization of our American race. I refer to the Gallant" he Is a social moth. a reptile, a coward, and for such have no room in this letter. They are however, very common in Germany, and with their fine horses and carriages and wealth and silly idle lives are not only, tolerated, but worshipped by many.
 There are many dandiacal fellows here who live to dress their bodies and idle away their lives This is the class that Carlyle calls fellows who have at tained their maximum of detestability. Such gawks are they and foolish pea cocks, and yet with such a vulturous hunger for self-indulgence. Their life is simply question in the Rule-of- Three: Multiply your second and third term together, divide the product by the first and your quotient will be the answer" Gawks and asses they are all the way through. Count Bruhl of whom I have written in a previous let ter, was not quite as bad as the above class; he was an exquisite in his own way, When the Prussians beat back the Saxons and captured Dresden some soldiers sacked BruhTs palace. and in addition to the five hundred French of lowered silk which were found, there were no less than fifteen hundred French Perukes; when this was reported to Frederick the Great hat stern warrior grim1y replied, Alas! how strange that Bruhl, man who has no head, should possess fifteen l hundred wigs" Bruhl had no head, as history shows.
 There is 2 singular custom here with | 'espect to married ladies always hav- | ng onttheir visiting cards beneath their | names the names they had before mar 'iage, e, g.. Frau Marie Opitz; Gebrorer J (Mrs. Marie Opitz, born | 'mithl this is singular custom which ,trikes me as very peculiar.
 Young ladies-I refer to Germans leVer go about the streets alone; their eraulein accompanies them. English md German young ladies attend the pera alone, and return to their homes t all hours and in all weather alone.
 have got to hear that insult has ever 'een offered them, but German lady would never go about alone after dark. young German ladies are very submis- i've to their parents; they are patterns f obedience; for German lady to mar y without full consent of her parents would be an unheard of thing: they are cry proper young women; they often l tand aghast to witness the great inde- endence of their young American lady ssociates.
 Writing about young ladies of course rings up the subject of attachments nd marriage. There are many Ger nan officers with English and Ameri- an wives; the officers are naturally cry manly, educated, and as fine irds have fine feathers" so young -erman officers have very elegant uni orms, and they often impress young ldies to an alarming degree. Now nere is in the German army (and in act the same is true in the armies of Il the European nations) a rigid law,