The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-06
MARRIAGE SCHOOLS"
Several Reasons Why German Women
Make Good Wives.

Finishing schools In England are OF
doubtful utility. In south Germany, how
aver. writes London Chronicle corre-
spondent, the institution has been devel-
oped on very practical lines Before ad-
mission the girls are supposed to nave
been thoroughly we'll educated. they |
must know the rudiments of arithmetic,
must have fair acquaintance Win Eng
fish and German grammar. and must DC
able to write and speak their own IAN
ouage properly They come to the school
mainly to learn housekeeping
The schools generally number from ~
10 90 boarders each of whom has sepa'
rate bedroom. Every morning after break
fast the girl has to make her own BED ana
dust the room. Once or twice mohtn
she is obliged to alter the position OF the
furniture so that she may know now 10
arrange things Every week she is caiieo
upon to take her dresses from the cup
boards where they hang and pack them III
q box with everything else she may re-
quire for a long visit. This done, the
mistress inspects IL and points out the
many ways in which she may save space.
In a school in Baden l visited only 10
pupils are admitted. and two housemaius
| and one cook are kept. AT the commence
J ment oil the TERM lut RlIis hiS -
| the mistress that four of them are required
every week to take absolute charge of the
| house. They have to rise early in the
morning and see to the preparation OF
| breakfast. When this Is finished they
make their beds and tidy their rooms, ana
afterward go around the house to see that
I the servants have done their work. Ihen
thew are told by the mistress what the
midday dinner will consist OF, and TINS
they have to prepare, though the COOK VIII
superyise what they do in the kltcnen,
giving hints and preventing waste,
One of the four girls will have TO slt a.
the head of the table and serve the soup
carve the poultry or joint ana heip INT
| sweets This meal over, those on duty
| have after n short rest to arrange aiter
noon tea. which they lay in the drawing
room and at which they have to wait upoi
their companions and any visitors wh'
NAV happen to call In the evening ther
is frequently some music or light recrea
tion. where the four girls have to act
hostesses. They finish up their days wor
| nv arranging supper, but are not above
, ! TO retire for the night until they have lei
the kitchen in perfect order and have see
that the doors and windows all over tn
house are properly secured. a.,
The value Of such training as 0h'
Q cannot be overestimated. The girls lea,
s school quite competent to undertake u
I management of house. They are GOO
4 | cooks and are able to turn their haho
o ANYTHING without being dependent on u
s servants.
2 The other girls who have not been
@ actively engaged in the house are taug
g sewing and the making and repairing
q their own garments. In the morning tn'
have their studies and in the afterno'
n generally go for walks. The mistress
d the school visited is well connected al
has many visitors In the winter eve
n ines dances are arranged, and these q
10 entirely managed by the girls on du'
1t They see to the preparation OF the room
engage the musicians, draw up the p'
ne orammes, etc. This lady told me that
v. of her girls had met their husbands
d. these dances.
Nj ssWe mistresscs, she added, are 81
ne in Germany to be the proprietors Oh M
he rage schools. Don't laugh. III Is 'r'
he and the term is not quite inappropriate