It has seemed to me, often, that the difference in the
education of girls in America and in Germany, as regards their
physical training, is, that in America it is marked by a great
degree of recklessness; while in Germany, the erring, if it
can be called erring, is on the side of anxious, extreme
caution. Therefore beautiful American girls fade rapidly;
while the German girls, who do not possess the same natural
advantages, do possess, as a rule, good, permanent health,
which goes hand-in-hand with happiness and enjoyment of life.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
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JUNE 21, 1873.
This letter confirms the statement of Dr. Hagen, and shows that the
educational and social regimen of a German school-girl is widely
different from that of her American sister. Perhaps, as is intimated
above, the German way, which is probably the European way also, may
err on the side of too great confinement and caution; and that a
medium between that and the recklessness of the American way would
yield a better result than either one of them.
German peasant girls and women work in the field and shop with and
like men.
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