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Danish Girls

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
January
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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From what one hears of the Danish girl she has all the privileges open to one of ourselves, says the New York edger. If she wisöes to study at the university she finds herself free to take up any branch she may choose, and medical, mathematical and scientific honors fall to her share quite as frequently as to her brothers. As among us, too, teaching seems to be t,he most universal employment for .vomen who wish to earn their own iving. Yet there are so many daughters of rich iamilies who teach simply 4 a pastíme, with no remuneration, -'iat the pay is very small and not at ff ín proportion to the services they gve. They are well up in the English literature of the day, distinguish ' selves as artists, authors and musicians, found schools and asylums for various charities and' manage them as successfully as the women in other countries. Designing and painting pottery, wood carving and burnt woodwork are among other accomplishments, and many women have taken up photography and started out as professionals. But in spite of all their professional work, Danish women do not degenerate in the art of housekeeping and good cooking. Within the last few years they have become interested in the outdoor games so popular in England, and tennis, golf, cricket and football are fast gaining ground. The craze for bfcycling seized them some time ago and they are already expert riders, for the levet country favors the sport. Some of the Danish girls are accomplished horsewomen and they are never quite so pretty and graceful as when they are skating, which is a general amusement for fully three months in the year. Unfortunately for the picturesqueness of the national Danish costume, English .'ashion has invaded nearly all classes of society and the high-pointed cap, bright-colored skirt, embroidered apron and corse!"t are very seldom seen now. In the arrangement of their hair, however, they remain constant to their old custom of brushing it smoothly back an ! then twisting it into a tight knot at the back of the head. A Danish girl in good society makes her debut at 16, when she is confirmed. If she is not married at 22 she is lef', out of all parties and amusements, thus showing that the old-fashioned prejudlce against old maids still obtains among these otherwise enlightened people.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register