The New York herald., 1873-10-17
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY OCTOBER IT. 1s7a-rR1pLE SHEET

eon to diseases Of the eyes ana teeth. Most Of the
ladies here direct their studies chiefly towards the
diseases OF women and children or diseases OF the
skln eyes and teeth The study OF optics has q
great fascination for me-" she may have been
same age.
she was a Moscow lady, and looked like It. She
mad been studying medicine Tor year and liked it.
Sne & Intended to petition the Russian government
.'Those women all hate me. i am very good 70
take You about to people who hate me, " SAID the
Countess, when we had returned TO the carriage.
~ wanted you to see all the types OF female
students. Now you have seen enough and shall
60 home. l do not know what you are to do.
Zurich has no amusements. ! came here to I'M
prove my mind and do not want amusements.
You persist in treating me as a lady. 1 have told
nounced my SEX You are q fool
ALL MEN ARE FOOLS
Why don't you contradict mol want to be con-
tradicted A man who does not contradict wo-
ness, anu should be dsspised. You treat women
worse than your dogs and horses, then You make
gr5maSss as them must govern m my husband n, a.
nothing. i had q husband once, and was nothing
to hina. threw him away. l was in the wrongS
was In the wrong. Twas wicked. am wicked.
How do yoa know | have not committed , a. some ne
happy at home, and lis am MI here. This is the best
prove prove N my IN mlnd tf' stun and nonsense. Dem.
do the same thing for anybody else. 1t is my
duty. Why don't you treat me more roughlys
have cigar l don't think ladies ought to smoke,
Smoking makes my eyes water. hope You don't
mean to light that large cigar. | shall stop the
ss pretts nat ISN'T i tn aow WV Isl shah % wear quite new
dress next year-trousers and a tunic, with .
very well, wont 1t ladies' dresses are inconven-
lent. l mean to set new fashion; but am
n il
would wear 1t tomorrow II they were all gone
hateful things. l sympathze deeply with them.
many enemies. Those women we have just left are
my enemies, and l hate them from the bottom OF
do not praise the female Students when you write
about them. DO not say anything good or them;
they are not worth It, cave them sharp lecture
rine 1 do not know any Ill OF them. They are
saints quite saints. also love Mrs. (nameless).
She separated from her husband three years ago,
and has left three children somewhere In Bohemia.
No, can go up stairs by myself. We have met ior
the nrst and last time"
She had sprung out OF the carriage as 1t stopped
at her door, and had tripped away in moment. l
little soul, which was burning itself to waste SO
cruelty and fretting its frail sheath to shadow;
but & ga saw nsr face no Nom more m IL r,..r,.,.nc co,
cert des Tonhale- Orohesters to see II could find
any OF the female students In their cups. 1t is
spires thoughts OF melancholy rather ttan pleas
ure. Though It is the only place OF entertainment
open in Zurich during the summer months a toi
cradle band plays there every evening; but the
music is, BY turns, TOO mournlul and TOO noisy.
There is deal OF Wagner in 1t and OF Bach's SYM
phony in @. wonder when musicians will under
stand that the public love best what the musicians
most despise, time and melody. When the 1ddlers
and trombones OF Zurich broke out seemingly by
accident into an air from the "Princess or Trebl
zond,n everybody seemed to wake up, for Ofenbach,
the greatest musical satir1st who ever lived, was
speaking to them In merry notes, which they could
understand.
1t Is said that the Swiss are exceptionally chaste,
though many Frenchman in and out OF history
has told different story. What saw at the Town
Hall was men and women amusing themselves as
they do elsewhere. The men talked and pleaded;
the women listened not unwillingly. One red
haired female student who drank beer out OF the
same glass with her neighDor, looked as II she had
already signed articles OF capitulation. Most Of
the Swiss gentlemen present were accompanied
by their gentlewomen and seemed to be on sum-
ciently intimate terms with them.
will deal with the diplomatic aspect OF the
female student question between Russia and the
Swiss Confederation In my next letter.