New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

that In this field MANY things are better and
many at least appear better In America. III .
questionably the life of youth there IS pure anu
the language of the men among themselves less
frivolous. Unquestionaby in the streets or M the
American city less vice Is visible tnan IN 'ho
streets of German cities.
"The principal feature by which the American
woman is distinguished from her frehcn @ aa
German sisters is her craving for independence,
that won't capitulate before even neT peiose
husband. She wants above all, to be a peiis
to herself, fixed star with a source OF lsnt
of its own not moon which has to borrow It's
light from the masculine sun. Marriage mas
accordingly in her life not the same fufaaiheleai
Importance that It has In that OF the european
woman, and the single state is less dreaded py
her. AT any rate, matrimony is not the emu
toward which she Systematically steers rom hef
early youth To be sure, she Is deslrous ol
meeting the only man in the world, but she
does not wait for him. Also, when married she
does not give up her individuality. Sne mas
linked by a strong bond her lifes territory with
that of her husband, but she does not suffer
to be by n she cves &
she does not want to cling to him because she
needs his support
American woman to the effect that she is not
good "hausfrau." AS guest in American
homes he had the opportunity OF convincing s
himself to the contrary. They by no means
shirl their domestic duties. he says. But they
don't practise housekeeping for the love or IT,
and they welcome every new invention ana m
stitution calculated to simplify the houSehotd
drudgery. Only a relatively small part prefer
dispensing with their own hearth and living in
boarding houses. "For the American woman
would not for anything in the world be drone
She wants to exemplify her energy. wants TO
contribute her share to the manifold WORKS OF
nation and mankind, and this elementary de-
sire has, at least much as economical neces-
sity, driven her into the professional sphere
The author enumerateS the great number OF
callings in which the American woman has
proved successful. and adds: But her craving
for active life is eXemplifed not only IN In
dustrial work. In the vast field of voluntary
activity for ideal ends she signalizes herself in
q way to command the highest respect. All
ia.f{ nd r.
tistio endeavors backed and supported by
her activity. The average American man, whose
wearing business enterprises ieaVe nun nstie
leisure, worships In the women not only the fair
SEX but also the prtestesses OF the beautful; ana
while he discharges, as II We're. the office or sec
retary of foreign affairs and the treasury ne
leaves his spouse the department Of the mind.
Nay his respect for Womanhood is still more
increased by his seeing in 1t the embodiment OF
all the ideal powers of life which he esteems
and appreciates but to cultivate which he him.
self does not find the time.
Herr Fulda speaks favorably Of women's clubs,
several of which he had occasion to visit in course
of his stay in Chicago. "The extent to which,
he says my social intercourse In those CLUBS
has confirmed my favorable impression or Amer
lean life is to great extent due to the American
women. No commonplace narrowness confines
their horizon, and their various interests ann
directly at the practical You don't meet among
them any with misty sentimentality nor color
less wtticism. Surprising is their facility IN ex-
pressing their thoughts be it in a private con-
!. versation or a public speech, for in appearing
before the public they have not to overcome any
reluctance and are not disturbed in their natural
calm. Nothing be more unfounded than the
fear that they might develop into a new SEX for
just because their advance In the direction of a
new feminnty suffered obstruction whatever
they had nothing to sacrifice of the old femi-
ninity in the sense formerly understood. They
know how to dress with exquisite taste and by
sport and Of the body to Increase their
healthy beauty.
THE hour has not come to pronounce a final
Judgment to what women are capable or
Incapable of doing. Only when for centuries
they shall have measured their strength in free
competition with that of men will it be possible
to give an infalibe opinion to the irremovable
limits of their nature One thing, however, may
already be accepted as proved. namely. that the
creative originality that without the assistance
of tracks already trodden breaks an entirely new
path seems to be reserved for the male
Woman. on the other hand, has the fine instinct
for the direction of the great road mankind
which all those new paths must finally lead. Or,
to use another figure of speech. man stands at
the helm Of the ship Of mankind. but woman Is