. St. Nicholas [serial]. ers make a fine display. Have you not wondered all this while whetherHans and Gretchen look like American chil-dren ? Yes, they do — so much so that I have 1903.] CHILD LIFE IN GERMANY scarcely thought to mention it. In dress thereis a slight difference, especially among the boys generally wear a coat which but-tons straight up to the neck like a military coat—that is, without lapels. Often there is a gather in the back at the waist, which isprudently put there so that the coat may beenlarged somewhat as the boy grows. Bootsare very generally worn by the sm
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ers make a fine display. Have you not wondered all this while whetherHans and Gretchen look like American chil-dren ? Yes, they do — so much so that I have 1903.] CHILD LIFE IN GERMANY scarcely thought to mention it. In dress thereis a slight difference, especially among the boys generally wear a coat which but-tons straight up to the neck like a military coat—that is, without lapels. Often there is a gather in the back at the waist, which isprudently put there so that the coat may beenlarged somewhat as the boy grows. Bootsare very generally worn by the smaller boys. 303 to their parents and elders. There is no argu-ing when they are told to do something dis-agreeable, no impertinent answers when obey without question or complaint, at homeor at school, is as natural to a German child asit is for a soldier to obey his superior officer. And then the regard which children andyoung people have for their parents and oldpersons is something from which I am afraid. THEATRICAL Il R I Ol. \I A M 1 1:\ GERMAN CHILDREN. Most of the boys who attend the high schoolswear caps with very narrow vizors. The colorand trimmings vary, each school in the empirehaving its special colors. In winter these arechanged for caps with fur sides and cloth tops,the color of the cloth being that adopted for theschool. Girls in Germany dress in the samefashions that prevail in this country. Hans and Gretchen are delightful children toknow, and chiefly because they are so respectful not a few of our own girls and boys mightlearn a very useful lesson. Hans and Gretchen are not more perfectchildren than their American cousins, but if everyou meet them in their Fatherland, you maybe sure you will find them polite to strangers,obedient and deferential to their elders, quietand unassuming in their manners, hard workers,excellent scholars, and ready for fun wheneverthey find time to enjoy it. PETS IN OFFICIAL LIFE. By Waldon Fawcett. The little folks wh
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