’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
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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¬
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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¬
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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¬
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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.
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