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have been glad to question him as to the course for students 
and methods pursued in investigation, but the time was limited. 
He had previously arranged to go with Mrs. Ladenburg to 
Hamburg to the theatre, and it was impossible to undo the 
arrangement. Mrs. Ladenburg invited me cordially to visit 
her on my ever coming again to Kiel. She served me to choco¬ 
late she had learned to prepare in Holland. The service was 
of very costly silver; a kind of cake curled, and tasting like 
lady cake with cinnamon,was eaten with it. 
“A visit to the Museum of Antiquities, where an Anglo- 
Saxon boat built 1500 years ago, and other Wydham Moor 
relics well repay study. The Zoological Museum and Botani¬ 
cal Garden closed one of the eventful days of my trip.” She 
spent two days in Hamburg where she visited the famous 
Technical School for Girls. It may be all told in her own 
w*ords which were written down later in Nuremburg. 
“ October 6, 1887, was spent at Hamburg — Hotel Kron¬ 
prinz. Sent my card to Dr. Wiebel, but failed to find him dur¬ 
ing my two days’ stay. Early on the 6th, I sent my card of in¬ 
troduction by a commissionnaire, who spoke only German, 
and from a lack of teeth and other obstacles in his way, I found 
it difficult to comprehend if my letter had been delivered and 
received. No answer ever came. It may be Professor Wiebel 
was absent. 
“ I hunted out his laboratory, which opened back of his dwell¬ 
ing upon a very old street. The houses were extremely old, 
and two were built at an angle so close together that passage 
between was quite impossible, and even the light was impeded 
from entering some of the windows. I had difficulty in mak¬ 
ing the commissionnaire go to the laboratory door with my 
card. I remained waiting in a garden outside of the laboratory 
building. Ten pairs of eyes watched Fannie and me, for some 
time, no doubt, wondering why we came and what we wanted. 
During the delay, I could see through a window that energetic 
conversation was taking place between three men, evidently 
assistants. I noticed that the windows were utilized for carry¬ 
ing on chemical operations. The sides were of glass slats 
which, by an iron rod, could be opened at will. It is a very 
