40 HELEN ABBOTT MICHAEL 



marked feature of European laboratories to utilize their win- 

 dows for chemical operations, and in botanical laboratories 

 for little hothouses. 



"After a few minutes an assistant appeared, who most 

 affably took me over the Institute. 



" Dr. WiebePs laboratory is a private one, and his students 

 are from the University, especially during the summer months. 

 I believe one or two ladies have studied here. The only condi- 

 tion exacted is that they should know German. There seems 

 to be no obstruction to ladies studying anywhere in the private 

 institutes; the regulation preventing their working in the lab- 

 oratories applies only to government schools. The Minister 

 of Instruction himself holds the right to grant permission even 

 here, but I am told that permission is rarely if ever given by 

 him. The rooms though small seemed to be conveniently fitted 

 up, but there were none of the great conveniences of the newer 

 and larger laboratories." 



Dr. J. Brinckmann, Direktor des Museums fiir Kunst und 

 Gewerbe in Hamburg, gave her a card to Frau Ree, the head 

 of the Woman's Art Industrial School, and on the following 

 day she made her a visit, finding her " a lady perhaps over fifty, 

 with hair brushed smoothly down each side, and a quick blue 

 eye." She says: 



"The Gewerbeschule fiir Madchen was started from a very 

 humble origin by Frau Ree. She took almost from the streets 

 young and ignorant girls who had no training or education, 

 and in a few small rooms had them taught the rudiments of 

 education, such as writing, arithemetic, and grammar. The 

 money for the present building was raised by subscription. 

 At present the institution is supported by the school fees, and 

 the payment by the public for work done. There is very little 

 capital from which to draw money. The highest school fee 

 for one year is 180 marks. The average is 150. 



"The time of the course is about two years. The girls are 

 expected to work about thirty-six hours a week, six hours a 

 day, from nine to three o'clock. The present number of stu- 

 dents is three hundred, varying from fifteen to twenty-five, 

 though women of thirty years have come. There is no distinc- 



