Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-07-30
[From the Kaleidoscope. |
European Tourists.
EDITED By MRS. HICKs.

EDITED By MRS. HICKS.
One begins, now days, to dread the re-
turn Of young men from Europe. Hardly
do we miss them, before their letters home
began to love us. When we shake them
BY the hand and say adieu, it is with sor-
row indeed, for we know that we are to be
loved, and relieved, by the Miserere-the
Sistine Chapel-the Rialto-the Pope's
toe-the Carniyals-the lake of fComo--the |
Coliseum---Powers and his studio-the
TnG S4RpS aaH III 4astsSer aasis & her Rams aE be
brutes she sketches-couriers, and guides, |
and cheating landlords-Louis Napoleon
I-Eugenie-the infant of France-the |
Tuilleries-the specimens of bad French,
served up in worse Euglish-and all this,
while Niagara is roaring for its Epic-and
the sullen Mississippi could float an argosy
of European wonders upon its bosom.
There are some young gentlemen in Europe
now-Whose return we dread. We hope
they will have the good sense to spare US
the inhiction of their wonderful adventures
ministers of the Gospel, who become tt
red of the cloak of religion, are wont to act
as tutors to these young Americans-and
verify it is the blind leading the blind.
And thus, these interesting trios and quar-
tettes manage to repeat themselves. The
tutor tell us what the boys says and does
then the boys one by one, tell US what
they say and do, and what the tutor says
and does, until the whole praty fancy them
selves heroes, and disinterested people, OBJ
tain at least fine idea of their trans Allan |
tic stupidity.
Then, society has to suffer such insult
ferable airs are put on, by these returned
tourists, as really make soberminded peo-
pie stare. They generally return with
lot of daubed canvas, which they have ell
aborately framed and people are to hear its
histo.y. 1t is chef %ouvre of Leonardo
; de Vinchi Einchee they are so particular
in saying,) and, most generally, paiuted
! under very peculiar circumstances. And
q they will attitudenize before this ugly bit
of canvas, screw up their eyes-incline their
: heads-walk back-stand and pause again
--and appear in sad artistic condition,
!, whenever visitor innocently alludes to it.
! Besides, everything in the shape of pic
t ture on this side of the water, has to be in
n bad taste, and nobody is to know anything
but the young tourist, who knows every
!, thing. Indeed, it is an dwful thing for
!, = young men to come back from Eupope
! We remembered being in conversation
: with young Petersburger, who had been
n three or four months abroad-and about
:, two months returned from that wonderful
: old congeries of broken down monarchies,
; known as the European continent We
> (who are the most innocent woman in the
j world, asked him how the good folks in
J. Petersburg were getting along, and wheth-
e er such thing had happened, or such a
e thing was likely to happen-for we had
9 been long time in the country, and were
anxious to hear the news from the little
!, Il Cockade. But, dear readers, he was as
d ignorant of the doings in the city of his
4 nativity-we hazard nothing in saying he
.e was more sublimely ignorant of what as
N going on there, than he would have been
e had we asked him where he thought that
IT interesting navigator, Sir John Fralin, was
:. at that moment
Finding this was no 60, we asked him
n if the last steamer was iu5 Upun this him
v he spoke and said: ave have been hav
ce ing charming succession of gayeties in
r. Paris-nothing but fetes and receptions
tn illuminations and masquerades. All !
"a IA We are very joli in Paris-very." And
II II then he shrugged his shoulders and looked
ar so furiously French, that we retired ami
hilated. Petersburg should have French
ng Insane Asylum. Well catch the patient.
rs for that Institution, aud see the straight
IT, jackets put upon them with the creates
'h pleasure. We are on the look out for th
X next young Fudge that arrives. We in
nd tend to make an example of him. And tn
very next minister of the gospel that put
. his foot upon old Virginia's soil, and ha
the audacity to tell of his adventures a
m Baden Baden-in Gambling Soloons-i
Ia "a. Theatres-or at Carnivals-shall feel th
s = point ofthis pen, to his sorrow. We Wi
lie not praise everything and everybody, b
at cause we are afraid to lose subscriber c
of two. The subscriber that would desert U
ng for honesty and truth can 60 for what he
l1 na bring. Our paper shall leave its mark VI
1e lte on this community, and upon the years lS5
~ and at least.