Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Superscripted text is marked with ^{} for example: S^{ce} | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * HOME LIFE IN GERMANY BY MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK The Chautauqua Press CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK MCMXII _First Published May 1908_ _Second Edition June 1908_ _Third Edition 1912_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY 1 II. CHILDREN 7 III. SCHOOLS 15 IV. THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR 28 V. THE BACKFISCH 36 VI. THE STUDENT 47 VII. RIEHL ON WOMEN 59 VIII. THE OLD AND THE NEW 68 IX. GIRLHOOD 78 X. MARRIAGES 92 XI. THE HOUSEHOLDER 103 XII. HOUSEWIVES 113 XIII. HOUSEWIVES (_continued_) 123 XIV. SERVANTS 138 XV. FOOD 153 XVI. SHOPS AND MARKETS 167 XVII. EXPENSES OF LIFE 177 XVIII. HOSPITALITY 196 XIX. GERMAN SUNDAYS 205 XX. SPORTS AND GAMES 217 XXI. INNS AND RESTAURANTS 225 XXII. LIFE IN LODGINGS 237 XXIII. SUMMER RESORTS 250 XXIV. PEASANT LIFE 267 XXV. HOW THE POOR LIVE 286