The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-30
GERMAN WOMEN
Toronto Mail and Empire)


A newspaper correspondent from
this side of the Atlantic, where mo-
men are pretty, handsomely dressed,
and nearly always trim, has been in
vestigating the women in Germany.
He has looked at them around Ger
many, under all sorts of traffic condl-
tions. and he is disappointed. The
majority of German women and girls,
nc says, look like the last rose of sum-
mer three summers ago. With fine
regard for truth, he says that they
are colorless-no powder or rouge
their blonde hair and faded blue eyes
giving no emphasis to appearance.
Their ankles are thick, their shoes
bulldog-toed, their stockings are cot
ton, their waists roomy like barrel,
and there is no bobbed hair. The
"fapper", as we know her, is as scarce
as the Dodo. Yet this correspondent
believes that after you have looked
long time, and have got used to it,
you may find German girls who are
attractive. Certainly they lack some
Of the pertness of the "millionaires
daughters" who work in the stores
and shops in American cities.
AS for style, there is no such thing.
What style there is may be supposed
to be at the summer resorts, but there
it ends. Some of the skirts are short
but nearly all appear to be poorly
made. Nearly all the German wo-
men have the appearance of visitors
from the backwoods. Clothes are in
variably pressed we'll and taken care
of, but the style simply isn't in them.
The German is not brought up with
the ideas respecting clothes and styles
that are customary in opulent west
ern countries. The grace and flash OF
the French girl is entirely absent.
Yet when man gets used to their
national Standards he can find him
self as much at home in their COM
pany as in other feminine associat-
ions. The madchens are sentimental,
and not afraid to show it. They hold
hands with their young men friends
out on the streets, and in the restau-
rants there is a good deal of petting
Often young man and girl walk
along the street with an arm about
the others waist. The chief sign of
sportiness among the girls is the
carrying of cane. Perhaps the
cane-carriers are the flappers, but
most of the yong girls are simply
younger edition of the older ones,
color, style and makeup no whit differ
ent.
German women, like the women of
| every other country, step backward
off trolley cars. Sometimes they
walk backward down the steps of
buses. But when they get into line
for tickets at railway station, fol
theatre performance, or any other
attraction, they "get into line" They
do not rush in at the head of the line
as if they had special privileges
Moreover, smoking and drinking are
much more common there than in
most other Western countries. When
| they smoke, not the least bit of atten-
| ton is attracted. Mothers, aunts
great-aunts and grandmothers puff
away at cigarettes. When they are
so wholesome, so solid and provincial
in appearance, the act of smoking
seems not to suggest the slightest de-
walton from stogy goodness. Tc
be mice" and "dull" is the rule
Most of the department stores are
manned by girls and women. Mer
are seldom seen. And the shop girls
know their business and keep theii
places. They make no pretence of be-
ing countesses or duchesses in dis
gUise on frolic
In Hamburg, this newspaper CORES.
pendent says he saw two pretty girl:
on the streets in four hours. 1t wa:
not until the next afternoon at foul
o'clock that he caught sight of an
other. She was at the station a
Lubbock, swinging long thin cane
For days after, in Berlin, three prett,
women were sighted on Inter de,
Linden, one was spied on Koniggratz
ed Strasse, a beautiful Polish woman
was discovered in one of the threatre:
and a white haired Danish girl located
III one of the restaurants. This wa:
. a rate of ten in eight days. OF al
women, only one was embellished BY
rouge. She walked down the aisle O
restaurant, and everyone turned t,
stare at her indignantly. The lips O.
the German woman are USUALLY male
much paler than even the natura
J color of American women's Inns
When this is set off against blond,
hair and eyebrows. pale blue eyes. tn,
general effect is a washed-out sepia
, Yet the hair by itself is beautiful. tn,
eyes are often bright and inouiring
the face is attractive. Many bleach
: ed blonde on this side of the AtlantI
! would rave with delight if she DOS
sessed the great golden tresses $.
. common IN Germany. She would no
go in for the bobbed style. Taken al
!, in all, however. the men of this con