The evening times., 1896-12-16
THE GERMAN FRAUlElN.
She Has Become a Popular Institution In
American Households.

| There is scarcely household among The
| rich and the great of America today mat
| does not include its German fraulein, many
mothers preferring her To other foreign
| governesses on account of certain staiwart
| moral as well as intellectual qualities. she
| is more patient and gentle, less quick
| tempered, and radiates generally an at
| inosphere of truth and sincerity. Her little
| charges are taught to not tell lies, To Ceal
| honestly with one another, in fact to
! practice all the more homely, simple virtues.
| Nor is the stimulating influence upon the
| ina gination of child to be taken il TO
small account Steeped, as she invariably
is. in the rich legend and fairy-lore tf her
J 'deep-thinSing, mystical Vaterlan'l, she
almost uncunsciously develops the :maaina-
| tive faculties, inducing child INTO the
| ,ery s,iir1I and esscnce uf German thought,
paving the way for the easier cOmprehen-
| sionin later years Of the underlying symbol
! ism o + a Faust and the great world my ysteries
| of the Niebelungen. Still more important
| is the noble literature to which u knowledge
| of the German language opens the way
| In fact, the advantages arising from this
| system of early training are not to be
| enumerated, and the man who wants to
| add year or two Of German university
| life to his course at Harvard or Yale can
| never be grateful enough for that trick u
| speech that renders the more accessible.
| Every year is bringing to our shores more
| anu more OF these educated foreigners
| who are able in most cases To place them
| selves sadvantaG GeOusly thrUu gh the To arhers
| Bureau. Many others are brought rack hy
| Am erican families from their travels
abroad, and still others come through the
| interpusition of friends already here. Most
| OF our -millionaires, however, depend
| entirely upon some rehable agency for this
| addition to their household. There are
| families who require in the one person
a teacher of various languages. The ideal
| way, however, Is to have native for each
separate tongue. Suppose, for instance,
! one begins with German fraulein-whO
| can perhaps teach elementary FrenCh-and
| after German hasbccnthorouEhly la II aStered,
| employ a finishing teacher III French.
There are two classes of governesses,
the nursery and the finishing governcss.
| The first is supposed to take the child
| at three OF four years OF age and continue
| with it until 1t is perhaps ten OF twelve
years old
| The requirements of the nursery govern
| eSS are undJ size shall have hau a good
| high school education, that she shah be
| able to teach her own language-and
| perhaps another onc-coreCtly, the com
mon branches in English, and many require
| that she shall teach music also. In
| almost an cases the education OF the Ger
| man fraulein has been more thorough
| than that OF the French governess, AMI
all snail have passed state examine
| tions. Such a governess, of course, per
| forms no part of a maids duties, such as
| dressing the children, putting them to
| bed. etc. She is supposed TO teach them
! during the morning, to take them out
usually in tHc parK-h the AFTERNOON,
during which time she, OF course, speaks
! her own language with them, and then
| they all have tea together, after which
her duties for the day are over, except
| in those rare cases where one is expected
| to sew. Such nursery governesses are
usually from the good bourgeois families.
| and are paid from $50 to $50 month and
found"
Tie finishing goyernesS is often Ger
| man or French lady Of high degree; per-
| haps a member of some good old family
that has lost its money, and who, rather
| than lose caste at home, seeks Il career
| in the golden country across the sea"
| Many Of these are women OF highest cul-
| ture, spea king several languages fuentIy,
| with broad knowledge of music and art,
! and who are up to date on all points of
| etiquette and decoruIE- Finishing govern
es>es receive as rule from $50 To
| $50 n month in addition to all living ex-
| penses. Some very rich New York and
Boston families, however, pay 500
! month; but for this sum they require
| woman of the highest breeding and edu-
| cation. In these families the governess
| has her own private maid and butler-a
| separate dining room being provided for
| her and the children and she is looked to
| to teach perfect table manners with all
| the rest.
Though Americans as a rule rightly pre-
| fer sch, OILS for their children, there is a
large demand for these govcrnesses from
a variety of reasons Sometimes child is
tC o backward to keep pace with his fellows,
| and needs constant individual attention,
or through illness has fallen behind and
| requires extra tutoring. In many fam
| ilies, too, the finishing governess is re-
| tained while the children are in school for
| the purpose of assisting them in their les
sons, keeping them up in languages and
| music, and generally supervising their work.
4 very false impression often gets back
| 20 Germany in regard TO the fabulous sums
| paid here for such teaching. In the richest
family in America S1OO and found is
| all that is paid, while the best price for
private lessons rarely runs above 81 an
| hour.
Treasury Receipts.
The receipts from internal revenue today
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