Then the influence of such a partner, healthy in body and therefore vigorous in mind, is bound to be both lasting and far-reaching.
For it must be borne in mind that the German man is exceptionally sentimental, and most easily influenced by his women folk.

It is said of him, he is the best of lovers, the worst of husbands.

This has been the woman's fault.

Once married, the German woman has done more than put romance behind her; she has taken a carpet-beater and driven it out of the house.

As a girl, she never understood dressing; as a wife, she takes off such clothes even as she had, and proceeds to wrap herself up in any odd articles she may happen to find about the house; at all events, this is the impression she produces.