As Seen By An Englishman Not so long ago the German gid conveyed the impression of an indifferently proportioned lugger, with, sails square set, and unduly overweighted aft.
To-day a more suitable analogy that of a spick and span clipper with neat lines, the cut of her jib distinctly Parisian. Take a stroll along the Linden, visit the best dunce restaurants in any large provineial town, and one beholds Ger~ man girls dressed in almost ' the latest Paris creations, There are still a few frumps left, but they hail mostly from patrician houses, where it is considered proper maintain the old German ealt and to wear print frocks in the stalls, The passion for slimness hu reached Germany. The full-bosomed, perfunctorily dressed Gretchen with hair austerely combed is practically extinct among the younger generation, But though it is a com~ paratively simple affair to reduce one's figure, it is not always easy to reduce one's ankles in proportion, That in the one detail in which there still room iprovement—that, and the lingering prejudice that' more than just _a touch of powder is not quite respectable, But women are adaptable creatures, and there is little doubt that nature and joe will Soon complete the trans-nation.
Changed Temperaments Temperamentally, to, the German girl has changed, and therein Ties an clement of tragedy.
Judged by British standards, many German husbands differ vastly from the conception of what a husband should be. They are inclined to be domineering; the standard of fidelity is lower on the whole in Germany than in some other countries; and they drink a good deal.
In pre-war days all this was taken for granted. A husband was frankly allowed his fling oceasionally—was he not a man?—and his wife was accustomed to piloting him home after a beer party which had lasted well into the morning. She did not question him as to his whereabouts if ho remained away from home longer than usual, and she accepted in humble spirit his rebukes if all wax not quite in order in the hous" hold when he returned, And though there are—and alway' have been many honourable exceptions, most German husbands are following the footsteps of their fathers and grand~
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