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-152- These faelinga were aggravated by the fact that when hi a father waa aobar he tried to create an entirely different impression* At such tinea he stood very much on his dignity and prided himself on his position in the civil service* Even after he had retired fron this sarvico he always insisted on wearing hi & uniform nfceii he appeared In public. En was scrupulous about his appearance and strode down the village street in bin Most dignified nnimer* When he spoke to hie neighbors or • acquaintances he did so in a very condescending manner and always demanded that they usa his full title (then they addrea&ed him* X£ --e of then happened to omit a part of i t , be would call attention to their omission. Ha carried thie to the point where, ao informantfl tell us, he became a source of amusement to the other villagers and thsir children. At home- ho demanded that the children eddress hijn aa Herr Vater Instead of using one of the Intimate abbreviation* or nldcnamaa that children comonly do Father's oa ^fl character We know from OHT study of aany casas that the character r . i Of the father is one of the HAJ or factors determining U w character of .the child during infancy, particularly that of a boy. In ease* in which the father ia a fairly well-integrated individual and presents'a consistent pattern of J»havior which th* small boy can respect, he become a aodel «hich tb« ohild r - stri/ua to awulAt*. The Image the child had of hid father REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES