The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
RAVE OYER BEAUTIES
German Papers Praise Old
English Portraits.
BRITISH STYLE IS ADMIRED
One Writer InduIges in RemlnI-
sciences. Discussing the Poetry Of
Motion OF the Young Women Liv-
ing in the island KinEdom-Adapt-
ability source of Admiration.

Berlin, March Just now one topic OF
conversation has ousted all others IN the
German eapital-eyerybOdy is talking
about the beauty Of the EHglishwoman.
The exhibition Of old English portrait
painters now being held here set the bail
rolling. and the newspapers did the rest.
Amid a chorus OF praises and compli-
ments, one hears the question. How does
she come 10 be so 5eautifui?'' and the
generally accepted solution TO the prob
lem Is that the climate and the whole
some food are responsible for her charm
Of complexion, while an outdoor life and
liking for sport give sweep to her figure
and grace 70 her movements.
one writer induIges in "reminiscences OF
the little red house On the fringe OF the
wood and the green lawn in front of il.
on which the women are playing tennis.
Poetry of Motion.
Their movements are so free and easy.
their limbs and joints so flexible. their
nerves so calm. and their muscles so
strong that the onIooker sees but ths
poetry OF motion.
This tennis girl he tells his readers.
may be a poor typewriter girl or the
daughter Of duchess.
Then he recalls the sunny Nav in a
country lane and his meeting there A
lady in a dogcart. driving smart pony
with the comfort and ease OF a trainer
and the grace OF a queen
He reviews the sportswoman and the
woman who thinks nothing Of a long
crOss-couutry tramp in the forenoon. and
who may be seen in Bond street in the
afternoon, one Of the fashionable throng.
or indulging in a little Irritation with an
immediately dressed admiTer in one OF
the fashionable tea shops.
This adaptability and many-sidedness OF
her lie is another thing which excites tha
Germans wonder and admiration He
cannot understand how she can be equally
lady in the saddle or in the drawing
room
He might even wish to marry her IL she
would love him. bur ne is afraid she
would prove somewhat expensive Yet
his experience OF young wives who have
lived in the colonies makes him modify
this view somewhat
ley Crust Before Men.
They have learned. he remembers. TO
endure hardshlDs side BY side with their
husbands, and they have come aome as
tender and as womanly as though they
had never known a danger or horne the
heat OF a tropical day.
Nay. their experience has made them.
he says. more womanIy. for il has melted
the icy crust and the cool distance which
English ladies always observe in the So
eiety OF men.
One shadow creePs into the beautiful
picture The frauenrechtlerin. or suf-
fragette. is a type Of English lady entire
" beyond the Germans comprehension.
She is something quite outside the pale
OF WomanhOOd, and contemplation OF her
gives him pause in his reflections and
dreamings, since she suggests 10 him Dos
sibilities in the English lady quite con-
trary 10 his traditional notions Of the,
obedient wife
She has failed in the hunt for man
this is the explanation Offered-and with
her departing hopes departed also her
seif-respect and womanliness. and now
she has become a ciUb-dWelling shriekIng
fanatic.
She has become danger to society.
seeking revenge on the men. who. were
they Germans, would soon teach her
something 6ifirTe2i- end put her out OF
harms way.