A* a result, a woman counts for ven little indeed in the average German'scheme of thing*. If she is his wile )i< expects her to look after his house. mak< keep her place. That's nil. Mm. Alfred Sidgwiek, In her interesting book, '■Home. Life in Germany," observes: "I once heard a German boast •f having struck his wife in order to bring Her into submission. He was not a navvy either, but a merchant of gooft standing." This specimen of the German husband is not a common type, of course. Gcvma»s, on the whole, treat their wives kindly, but they do not treat them as equals—nor with : anything approaching equality. Over and over again you hear German Women sayinghow-they envy :the wives
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 130, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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122Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 130, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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