The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
ACTRESS LAUDS WOMEN'S BEAUTY
Tilla Durieux Thinks American Girls Are Beautibul And
 Refined

BERLIN, Feb. 2.-(By Associated Press, )-.Writing chatty sort of let ter to the folks back home through the vossische Zeitung, Tilla Dureiux, . German actress, now appearing in New York, heaps compliments upon the American women for their beauty and their taste in dress, and says she didn't feel at all strange when she heard quite a bit of conversation about the cost of living. But remarks such as Whats your favorite bootlegger charging now for his particular brands?" she did not fully understand.
 At a performance of Die Meister- sniger" Tilla was startled by the lavish display of furs and jewelry-she had never in her life seen anything like it. The women, she comments, paid more attention to what others were wearing than to the performance, and she won ders why Americans should go to the opera merely to show off their clothes. e Incidentally, Tilla says New York girls are just about the prettiest and F most stylish she's ever seen, while American women. generally are beauti- ful and refined. She witnessed no rudeness among New Workers, although she had been led to expect discourtesies by stories she had heard in Europe.
 Women Are Reactionaries < I. The fact that German women. who {, are now taking a leading part in the political affairs of the republic, have shown a decided leaning in the direc- 2 itof of the parties of the right and among the reactionaries, as was plainly indicated at the recent Diet elections { in Saxony, has been widely commented Fson by the German press.
 z According to official figures an- sncurced at Dresden, all extreme fac tions such as the anti-Semitists, the ] communists, the radicals and the social fists, boiled a great many more votes | from the men than from the women, a circumstance which has caused rip pie of surprise in German political circles.
 It was estimated that among the communists there were approximately 22,00O men voters as compared with 17,000 women, while in the other radi- cal clements the men outnumbered the women nearly two to one. This leads several right newspapers to suggest that the German woman after all has q mind of her own and doesn't neces- sarily vote with the male members of her family.
 The women voters in the Saxon cleo tions was 241 LOGO. aganist 193,OOO men. Ai"Deutschland Uber Alles," the song former Emperor William tried to dis card during the war because the melody was not of pure German origin, has received the official stamp of approval from President Ebert The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the author, Hoffman Won Fall lersleben.
 To the authors son President Ebert wrote: You may we'll be proud that yepr fathers song is sung today com mbnly by all Germans alike"
 At the same time the President sent aswreath to be placed upon Hoffman's the Champion of German Unity and Liberty"
 It was in 1917 that the Kaiser de- cided to abandon the song as national anthem because he did not approve of the fact that the music had been bor- rowed from the Austrian national air. The Emperor offered prize for sub 2 stitute. More than 5000 persons com peted, but the judges never announced their decision and the song remained national air even after the estab- lishment of the republic.
 Hoffman Von Fallersleben was rev. solutionary who stood always for a united and democratic Germany, and although ostracized by the governments of his time, he never abandoned his cause, wandering about the country putting his political songs to music.
 It was mot until after William II came into power that Deutschland Uber Allies" gained the popularity it has held since it's composition in 1S41.