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About Hale's weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 1892-1895 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1892)
’Marriages in Germany. th» Competition of Girl* with Money Ton Mach for Poor Glrlg. Thsre is perhaps no nation, civilized 6r Bavage, ancient or modern, that has ftojoyed a more undisputed reputation lor sentimentality than the Germans. The reputation seems to be deserved, if the literature of love be made the test of sentimentality. From the fervid out* pourings of the Minnesingers down to tho amorous legend of the most popular of the German poets of the present time, from the singing contest in the historic Wurtburg to the days of Victor von Bchcffel, the gentle passion has been a favorite theme of the “fine frenzy of the Teutonic variety. German pro feasors of ancient High German tell oa that the word “minne” is in itself a very dictionary of love, and that our modern word love is only a broken echo of the passion and worship of ••minne.” Yet it would be difficult to find among the songs of Wolfram von JStchenbach a sentiment that, for ab* •olute and unthinking devotion to love, All this would lead naturally the un suspecting foreigner to believe that men and women in Germany marry for love. He imagines how the German youth, Siegfried-like in his grand dar Ing, blushingly pursues, as Schiller puts it, the footsteps of the blue-eyed, inno cent maiden; how he falls prostrate at her feet, passionately asking her love, and madly protesting the total col lapse P of himself if the loved one turns him away. If the maiden gives ear to his pleadings, then follows a period of ideal “spooning” at least equal to that of “Romeo and Juliet.” It is certainly sad to contemplate that the unsuspecting foreigner is decidedly fooling himself if lie indulges in the luxury of such illusions. The fact of the matter is that marriage in modern Germany is, with exceptions of course, origin in mutual affection of the two contracting parties do occur sometimes ■but they are considered very doubtful affairs, which sensible men and clear headed girls would never be guilty ol contracting. In the Germany of to-day love affairs are conducted to a success ful end, not by the little .god with bow and arrow, but by the sharp and keen eyed Mercurius, who cares little about affection and such nonsense, but whc knows how to drive a bargain. For a successful marriage in Germany two things are essential—a groom with ft sufficient salary and the certainty ol a pension in his old age, and a bridt with a complete set of furniture and i respectable bunk account. The con sent and the co-operation of the parents for the sake of getting “good condi tions" for their sons or daughters are required also. For tliA poor girl the chnnces of marriage are practically nil gh« may be handsome and virtuous, o‘ angelic disposition, but if she has not the wherewithal she is doomed to single blessedness. The competition of girl? with money is too much for her, for it must be remembered that man is nol the lord but the tyrant of creation and Society in this country. lie may h< poor and yet stand a good chance ol getting a wife with money. The fortune of the wifo correspond? always with the salary of the husband. It would be easy to draw up a list of priceB at which the males may be bought. An “adjunkt,” for instance, r. sort of first clerk in tho railroad offices, draws a salary of 110 marks, or about $37 a month. If be be sensible he will not lot himself go for less than 2,00( marks, or $500. If ho knows enough tc wait his value increases, and if he at¬ tains the rank of “expeditor," a sort oi boss of a railroad station, he can com mand from 5.000 to 10,000 marks, oi $1,250 to $3,500. It may be said that thf of the marriageable male sents about 80 per cent, of the dower ot the would-bc wife. An exception must be made in the case o military officers, who are the most high-priced of all marriageable pos slbilities of the male persuasion. Tin merest lieutenant., with a salary tlia' would bo reiused indignantly by ar American policeman, is the cynosure ol hundreds of beautiful eyes with thou sands of marks behind them. A cap ■tain may demand a fortune, and then is nothing too high for a major. ! It may be said also that to every linn dred marringes in pure but ignorant affection, as we known them in Ameri ca, there is hardly one in Germany. Tho young man with good prospects who marries a poor but honest and re spectablo girl, is disowned at once bj his relatives. They pity him ns on* who has ruined himself deliberately. They can conceive of nothing that could serve as a valid excuse for such folly. It would be unjust to the young men not to say that they are compelec to act ss they do by force of circum stances. The Germans are great believers it the infallible efficacy of the civil-servict system. No matter to what positior within the gift of tho government yov may aspire, you are competed to un dergo an examination, and that exam¬ ination demands a knowledge of Latin and Greek and of many other things oi no value for the service that you wanl to enter. A veterinary surgeon, forfin stance, has to spend eight or nine years of his life in learning things which hav< no relation whatever to his calling. The consequence is that the young men cos1 a good deal of time and money to bring no. and when thev are marriage Biffi PUCE AND RESTAURANT, under Gate fo¬ Cor. Ala. and Oity Bank. Pryor Sts., Atlanta, Ga. FINE OLP PENNSYLVANIA BYE AND YCKY iSOl'R MASH WHIS¬ KIES a SPECIALTY, mported aud Domestic Cigars. NO. J P. Buckalew Proprietor. F HABITS OF WRITERS. | oine Sjierimerjs of Nov England, W~st ern an j other Provincialism*. ^ ma ^ er(l no t a brass farthing or a red cent (which you will) whether one wys ‘grade” or “gradient,” “shunt” * r swltC11 ’ „ “tinned” or “canned” lobster. American . use prefers one term English the other, and that is all. “Railroad” is at most a trifle old fash ioned here and perfectly admissible, \y e should write it ourselves without hesitation when it fitted the sentence better than “railway.” When we come ^ wor( j g Q f t),e general vocabulary BU “ U *“ “clever,” > “guess,” tL ’ “reckon,” ’ wine of them are New England or western provincialisms m their own country, just as “canny” is or lately was a northern provincialism in Great Britain. They may be adopted on either side as part of the general stock, it is conceivable that a word might be ^ ree ] y usec j by British writers without any gense D f local color before it had of Americanism is concluded showing authority for the word or phrase in English documents of the Seventeenth century or earlier. What ive r we consciously import from Amer jep in our own time is not the less at American import here and now because ^ W as English long ago. Nor are we dle ] egg entitled to import and use it , f w£} find jt ° d ’.. because it lg reB u y ' of American . . growth ,, Wlien n „ . an thorit y can be Produced wo are able to answer the historical am. grammatical purist3 after their own manner, which oftentimes is convenient. As facts in the history of the language these things are always interesting; as guides to w ),at our language ought to be we can ri0 ^ f or our part, attach any great im p 0r t anee to them. As Nineteenth cen tu* coinage may be good, so Seven ^enlh century coinage may be bad. Both should prevail or be rejected on their merits, except where usage has already settled the word in its right of citizenship. Mr. Brander Matthews carries the wars into our coasts and attacks “Brit i c isms” of Britain. lie says that Mr. Bagehot used like” and Sir Charles Duke ugeg “ without -- M a conjunction / extent M r. Bagehol an sir Charles Dilke gtand convicted if bad English. But wo must wholly decline to be held answerable for them or to accept either of them as repre¬ senting the standard or even the aver¬ age of English as written in England Many able men and some great men, even some great men of letters, liavi been careless writers. Again, it may be a British habit to say, “Very pleased.” It is not the habit of careful writers or good speak¬ ers. At one point we think Mr. Brand er Matthews makes a definite mistake. He treats the uses of “ministers,” meaning the ministers in office for the time being, as a growing neologism Unless our memory greatly deceives u» it was the common form of the last jentury, and “the ministry,” “the gov¬ ernment” are innovations l>y compari¬ son. We did not know that revival of “ministers” was on the increase. When we have used it ourselves it has been with a pleasurable feeling of slight archaism. But if Mr. Brander Mat¬ thews has observed that it is coming into fashion again he is very likely to be right. For our own part wo should welcome it.—London Saturday Review Frail* for Yonfcg Children The subject of fruits is one which de serves more thun a pacing notice. Some parents would withhold them al together from their children until after the second year. This is a very good general rule, but it will admit of ex¬ ceptions. It is an undeniable fact that some of them are most wholesome foods, and the earlier children can be accustomed to them the better. Very many even before they are two years old can safely take, and arc much ben¬ efited by, the juices of sweet, mellow fruit. Children also frequently suffer from habitual constipation, and these juices act far better than medicinal remedies. Notwithstanding all this, the giving of fruits 10 children before they are two years old should be very guarded, and limited to the juices of those which are positively fresh, known also to be easily dispos'd, of in the system and not likely ijo cause diarrhea. As a child approaches its third year, its al¬ lowance of fresh fruits may be more generous, due care being invariably nsed in their selection; still, modera ►ion should be the rule, for intemper He indulgence in even the most digest able fruits is quite sure to be followed by unpleasant, if not serious conse¬ quences. Those fruits winch are very acid, and require much sugar to make them pal¬ atable, should be withheld. Oranges, apples and peaches, if perfectly ripe and sound, may be occasionally allow¬ ed, unless, of course, there is an irrita¬ bility of the stomach and bowels. Pears tro less digestible than these, but if thoroughly ripe can do no harm if not toe freely indulged in.—Boston Herald. NOTICE. I will be in CONYERS the first Sat¬ urday in each month. Patients dt siring to see me will find me at the Drug Store of Dr. W. H. LEE & SON. Dr. L. G. BRANTLEY. DRY GOODS' NOTIONS, GROCERIES. 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