nalyse their husbands.... They have not the
cleverness, the advanced ideas, the assured behaviour, the
precocity which with us turns a young girl into a sophisticated
woman and a queen of society in six months. A secluded life and
obedience are easier for them. More yielding and more sedentary,
they are at once more reserved, more self-centred, more disposed
to gaze upon the noble dream that they call duty."

Page 118, l. 28. "_Voir la peinture_," etc.: "Depiction of this
character is to be seen in all English and German literature,"
he says in a footnote. "The closest of observers, Stendhal,
thoroughly impregnated with Italian and French ideas and
customs, is amazed at sight of it. He understands nothing of
this kind of devotion, 'of this slavery which English husbands
have had the cleverness to impose upon their wives under the
name of duty.' These are 'customs of the seraglio.'"

Page 121, l. 5. _lese majeste_: high treason.

Page 124, l. 5. _ordentliche Frau_: respectable woman.

Page 127, l. 8. "_Mir ist ein Greuel_": it is a horror for me.

Page 127, l. 23. _Frau Wirklichergeheimerober regierungsrath_:
Mrs. privy chief counsellor of government.

Page 130, l. 26. _dumm_: silly, stupid.

Page 133, l. 22. _Tuechtigkeit_: capability.

Page 134, l. 7. "_Wie die Kueche_," etc.: when the kitchen is
clean, the whole house is clean. Neat indoors, neat outdoors.

Page 134, l. 10. "_Trautes Heim_," etc.:

There is no place like home.
My home is my castle.

Page 141, l. 6. _Unsinn ... Quatsch_: nonsense, rubbish.

Page 141, l. 9. _Das hat keinen Zweck_: that is of no use.

Page 141, l. 27. _Herrschaft_: master and mistress and their
family.

Page 143, l. 21. _Gesinde-Dienstbuch_: servant's book of
reference.

For Anna Schmidt.
From Rheinbeck.
Age (geboren, born) June 20, 1885.
Stature, slender.
Eyes, gray.
Nose and mouth ordinary.
Hair, dark blond.
Especial characteristics.

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NAME, VOCATION,| |DAY OF |DAY OF |REASON OF |CERTIFICATE
AND ADDRESS OF |BEARER IS |ENTERING|LEAVING|LEAVING-- |AND REMARKS
THE EMPLOYER |ACCEPTED AS|SERVICE |SERVICE|REFERENCE |OF POLICE
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Widow Auguste |Servant |Oct. 20,|Jan. 2,|Wished