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Gard saw there existed among them little virtue in the way of religion to offer the youth of other lands . To send an American son or daughter to Deutschland for such influence and benefit was but another example of the prevailing misconception of real Teutonism . Many an evening the family dined at the famous Schiller Garden which stretched along the shore , just across the river . Knitting and sewing and books were taken along , a large table was secured , and there the members ate and refreshed themselves with liquids in leisurely fashion from six o'clock until bed time . There would be plenty of talking and smoking and plying of needles as the moonlight or river lights danced forth to guide the active river traffic and also the large inflowings and outflowings of restaurant guests . And all to the bracing music of a capital orchestra reeling off jubilant marches and waltzes . These were good times when the German was to be observed under the most favorable colors .