BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 
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“The first months are spent in needlework, the second 
in muslin work, and the last in dressmaking. They do little, 
if any, art work, but they hope to carry this on later. Book¬ 
keeping will also be taught later. The idea of this school is 
that it shall be a continuation of the elementary ordinary school, 
for here the studies taught in the schools may be carried on 
to a more advanced stage. French and English are taught 
as well as German. The school expenses are met by the fees 
paid by the students; also the State contributes per annum 
500 marks. At present the school has four women-teachers 
and two men-teachers. As in Hamburg, the candidates for 
examination are examined by a gentleman appointed by the 
State, and if the candidates are successful, they may be en¬ 
gaged, by right of their certificates, as teachers in the school. 
“The teacher, Miss Winter, who kindly made the copy 
of the cutting-book, studied in Munich. These schools do 
great good, and meet a certain demand, although I am im¬ 
pressed with the thought that there is a great dearth of intel¬ 
lectual stimulus. The German women, however, are trained 
very equally, and, as I was later told by Mrs. Smith of Frei¬ 
burg, one observes less distinction among the women than 
in our country. Each one, as far as she goes, is taught very 
thoroughly. The higher studies are not especially encour¬ 
aged. It is not the custom of the country for women to turn 
their attention away from domestic matters, and it is par¬ 
ticularly unfashionable as well. . . . 
“ The girls buy their own materials, and what they make 
they keep for themselves. The principles are quite different 
from Hamburg and Berlin, where all is done for the*?public 
and for sale.” 
From Nuremburg she went to Munich, where she arrived 
on the evening of the twenty-sixth. The weather was cold, and 
the buildings were so large that they gave the city a cheer¬ 
less aspect. The next morning she visited the new pictures 
at the National Museum, which as usual she criticises with 
intelligence. 
Unfortunately her accounts of a visit to Baeyer’s great 
laboratory, as well as the Botanical Institute under the guid- 
