New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22
GERMAN WOMEN.
SOME NOTES on MARRIAGE AND IhEiN
DOMESTIC WAYS.

DOMESTIC w
Leipsic March 4
As woman seems to be the paramount inle'ess
lust now it may no. be amiss TO "r'e VI ~ -.
she appears IN Germany. but II ,'a' woman
said that all this agitation ABOUT the NC" .ha
and her CAPABILITIES Is absurd AS tnous" M
feminine part OF creation had not away 49,
world from Adams day to TINS ie'"r
Government has not always oeen ciea'': ,,,,
sas,od IN the masculine mind. for she mas c"is'I
ies',u ~ ,nsa,f' IN submission where it seemed
necessary sitting meekly by the hres'ue' ~, =,
Uttered her sentiments and ideas ABROAD as wei %
his own and she has smiled to note MS u"oo"'
seriousness. . tho old
German women still seem to cling TO tne o' ',,,
fashioned method bending 10 the mascu'' w.
they have helped 20 train in cnildhooo' - T.,
uoman "a not prevalent. in fact, her 'o'ce "
soarc.Iv heard in the land In German pape, "
,. days ago appeared a notice OF ooon ~
uoncn: NV House Is My World VIII" 80,
words attached They ran thus; ine NV .r,
- ,he woman ia In the house. therefore that par
Of her education should begin very eat'''
fore she thinks Of any other VOCATION o. Tho
German woman does not nnders.a"" ~" n,.r,can
-, ,,,,,i, az comfortable does the |A"'e' No.
uoman It is true that less depends upo" w.,
life in this county. that eXternai at''"e .n.
women as we'll as men away i'o'i' ~ * .orcerts
cialJv in the evening. There are the c'.e' So. tho
: well as SOcldl Sot"N'''7
evening hours and the people come "o,'N a,,ry
- 49, I'D 7, is not the custom 20 MAKE e''e
us for II the members OF the fAnii'y uo nv
orr they retire very early. On s"'n' ., Cor
-. villas a re- dark and deserted, OF cio''"
,ha night: there are no hashnS nsh's vi boy an
voices Now and then sleepy ia"'' hore n
',s wav home from summer garden, ""ens ,.s
.'' ,,s had supp.r and had spent the e'eii'.,e
''',nr With friends and listening 10 Tue '
for every summer garden must nave us "n ,ha,
M matter how small II may ne -. INV ali
no me- onlv go oil. so much. but also puy dii
,hor bread ready baked ana also ihu'' " for
uo.t makes housekeeping iar Hs"'ei ' sas the
~ ,.or,,an xoman than for her sisters ao'o w.
.r Ham roast beef ana sausase' u, .,,a
,,,, vorietles can be bought all rea"' " -, ,ho
With all this the Gernan WOMAN ,h
mos, intensely domestic Oh the race u ~ so
She Is a mos, faithful wife ana mo' 49, rs
ra,as nor home with handiwork OF all k''us,'o's
t,,, yory dreadful Embroidery, knittihs VI
oo.h.,ino occupies much II not all her ie''
limo A, the summer-garden concert one SEQ .'s
checked girls and stout matrohs s'.''"s 49, Al,
u,,ls tables drinking beer ana piy''s '''e <.
evan little embroidery frames peihs u'a"'
- -, ~ noclsets II Is the same at the sea-
,oroa, Wornemuende. on the bait'c' io
a.,n,o where few English or Americans nho '"e'
80 ,d whore the visitors are typical 'e'"a"S'
,,,,ra afternoon and evening there were GU"
80 and we found that the women always ca
,a ,be,r handwork, and out upon 'he 'e'0" -
was the same way a., -r,r,
w. ora sailing down the river one day Nf0H'
postock TO Wornemuende. The boat was ''o"
with passengers. and we hune over -" sa.s
n,,cbIno the sun set in splendor one seido' se'S
.,, t. nerfectIv glorious" sighed F.. but 40 you
| ann ,hs, Girl over there with her tatting|
Yes" - -. os
.veu she hasn't so much as raised ner eyes
from her work since We left Rostock' All the ei-
fsct thai this splendid light and color has hsd upon
| ,er has beer TO please her because she can see
| 49,, - mako those ugly stitches without effort.
How do you know?
because I've been watching her and she's deal
dumb and blind to every extefnai 'h'"s eNe' '"''
vretchcd tattirg.
In the parks. the promenade Wherever
woman sits down Cor a few minutes she mas so"'e
handvork 20 occupy her; and little girls go aoo'e
with knitting bags on the- arms dilg.h'i| pN"'e
! tho needles while they walk and tax.
| Last summer met German sir. an he.ress
| vho travels and lives much as she pleases' De-
! cause except for her chaperon. she IS aione !"
| tho world and controls her own money she spent
nearly all her leisure knitting great. hideous coarse
| gray stockings We concluded that she must De
| do,,c :; far The poor ard commended her charity
| hut Il vou please they were her winter stockings.
! Don't YOU knit your stockings? she inquired
! innoccntIy enough. and when We assured her that
We considered IT much cheaper to buy them she
| shook her head ard smiled specifically.
she thinks IT Is Just because we are lazy. r.
said when we alone, and then burst out laugh
Ing as she tried to conj,ire up picture OF party
| Of American women seriously engaged In knitting
| the family stockings.
NO; life is too short with US. Perhaps the days
are longer over here.
Here and there one finds distaste for all this
work. ever among The Germans. certain learned
professor who also had eye for the good points
| in tho makeup Of a womans beauty. one day COM
mented rather unhsttcringly upon The size OF his
nfce's hands
Nov now she cried Indignantly. and hastened
70 tell what those hands could do They may he
too large but they are useful" she concluded, tr-
umphanty.
VERY useful, my dear child: yes. admit that
most Willingly: but wish they could do less and
the head more" the unexpected reply.
What possible beauty there be in coarse,
i Ia boriously crocheted or knitted bedspread? 1t
| occupies a woman's time for days II not weeks.
when she might go 10 a shop and buy much pref
tier one for perhaps what the thread has cost her
| And all the time the world OF wisdom and beauty
! is passing by and away from her. and she is not
conscious that she has been left behind. Her
thoughts have lain too dormant while her fingers
worked The fact that A woman can be highly
| educated without losing her woman.iness has not
penetrated the German mind-the feminine part OF
| IT, at least. The German girl is still educated 70
| look forward to marriage the sole mission Of her
| i:fe and she must nave dowry. too II she desires
| TO make a very good match.
| do YOU know that you can buy officer in this
country FOR $4,000 $4,000 said e. day to a
young American heiress.
zone OF those lovey creations in pale blue and
gold We see promenading the streets every day.
| Yes"
| How charming, | such handsome one
Yesterday with his sword clankng against his heels
| and his golden mustache waxed and twisted TO a
| need;epoint. And he really looked rather brave
| too as well fine"
| i've no doubt Of 1t. German soldiers are nbt
| towards, YOU know.
N,-,ar vo los rnsi that law forhids those gal