New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-19

no one IL expected 20 assert any personal elams-aI
individuality being merged m the general pursuit OF
pleasure. Rank il the only claim for distinction here,
and that settled and established by fixed laws Il OBJ
served by all with natural spontaneous Difference
which causes no rue the polished tide OF elegant
intercourse. Ambition for Distinction dOes well IN
American socety-indeed ia the spice Of II; since each
one there tries TO merit distinction by intellectual or
moral claims; here il Is NAL GprODOs, and unrewarded.
This makes foreign society tiTesome and lnspid
10 Americans who unwilling to sink their identity
in the general fund Of consequence and receive equA
dividends Of pleasure with the rest. But there - no
peasure for them that Of iEpreesng Themselves
and when neither fine personal appearance eiegant
dress intellectual weight, nor Illuminating VII VIII
accomplsh THU in some cases, unfortunately, eIrrava-
pances are resorted TO- 20 cOerce attention. on the
same principle that moved Rousseau, on coming 70
Pars and finding gil bis importance lost sght OF 10 .he
thropg TO throw bimseh from theater-bo1 INTO tle
Dit He is not The only Que wLo has chosen jan hVo
iotonety, rather than rse unnoticed.
Americans who exact their desert Of attention ior
beauty, wealth. ceverness, or accompaniment, hl1
better remain at hoIne where there u u5t apPIec1-
ton Of these caims-wLeTe intrinsic worth ana intel
lectugl ability are especially regarded. Here Ap0hO
eifs without ApolO's birth and graces, would pass
fr nothing aud did the pOssessOr Of them project
mse aud try to impress these gifis on the world he
woud only be counted q bore Even beauty, unless
nobly born, excites only passing remark but two
classes Of women attract in sOciety-thOse VINO have
rank and those whose personal charms are allied with
n freedom Of manner which brings them within the
hopeful possibility Of possession. To admire beauty
FOR It's own sake never enters into the mind OF the
European gallant though it becomes sublime ID
his estmation when eunObled by rank, aud divine
wien il stOOps to bis sensual admiTation and his
estimate but too general one so that our beau
tiful women accustomed to appreciation for them
selves at hoUe, if they be-as, thank God, l. usually
the case-vrtuous as charming, find European 90
cety only elegantly stupidfor the want Of that chaste
admiration which is their accustomed stimulus.
OtleTs Of Ices invunerable virtue are entced by
perverted love Of admiration to assume that free AR
which X sure TO viii hat modest charms have failed
10 do. THUS our countywOmen often return home
either discusted with corrupted by their foreign IN.
t6rcouise The orly way TO enjoy and improve abroad
il TO leave egosn behind, and be content TO see IN
seen; obeerve, unobserved; and receive without
making inprestOns.
Among the "indugences" Of this fortunate season
is the permission TO resume masks In public, which
have been prohibited since 1913. The masquerade is
ompLaticaIy a national night and pleasure in Italy;
and this show of freedom bids fair to be practically ap
prociated. il is said that the last three days OF the
Carnival will set Roman sport at large in tOrentlne
streets 70 that such keep aoof from the gayetes Of
society," cannot avoid having gayety brought to Their
very door-thrust them through their own windows
Well who that feels for "dOwntIodden Italy will not
gladden. in spite of his sober reason at the mere sem
bance Of liberty here, ever though it, nOckery leaves
behind only a more vivid impression OF slavery's
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