New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-07

ba,s ,.eu cultivated os he ~ cspable Of being
hSinJS 10 both Michael Anr .eo ard Raphael. The
70 st e"Iored very few of :. designs hlrnse and
."r;,ives be gave them san be translated to en-
cravings h.r local
Bu, il is not so II, och Rones art, as her iocai
roloY that picture and engravings viii hot cou'.!
"a you. IL is or delightful Summer cihia'e, sp.
Of its ardent middays, that you must come ny
feel; her Gear, dry days from June On tho
thu radiant sunsets. repeated nghty now S"o
weather ia so fine; the refreshing and
.lers the evening of the warmcst day io',,onr
ME cool nights that recompehse "ni ~ conLeur
"a co., al these an indehnable chsru'a c"u ~,
u ..-somethipc that must be seen 10 DC lelI, me
.~ - bloom on the ripe plum and purpsSfaPe
umo ~ =; o ,nurb easier than with US. FROM
men ~. .bst are called the higher classes rise
w, 80 their breakfast of coffee and oread at
sssv J'ne then sleep and dress for evening prone
naies, at 10 they sup. lDe cohhioh P;'yo sup
y, ,bs most audacious manner, combat all preJudices
aas;n,t late eating. The middling class" OF
women are freed from the burdens Of Housekeeping,
that so Cypress our women. They buy their breai
and pastry: the washing is done out or by woman
for that purpose. A piece OF boiled beef ana ils
soup s the staple of their dinners, and bread is the
STAFF Of breakfasts and suPPers. The apartments
are email. uncarpeted, implanted, with brick floors
that are never washed, and only sometimes swept.
The classes of society are rigdly Marked 80 inere
10 no wearing ambition to gain higher posltion.
Those who are born TO wear handkerchiefs on their
heads wear them till they die, and never fret
about new bOnnets. The grandmotners and super
animated old women take care OF the children,
while the Young ones bear them constantly, accord
inc 10 the precepts of the Church-all aspiring to
the premium offered by the Government for Ger.
tain number of live sons. The babies are wrapped
in light swaddlng bands till they can stand alone,
then they are put in leading strings and trained to
walk The fetes are frequent; then all are dressed
in their best AMI throng the public promenades
At this season, ON Sunday, in the Villa B0rghese
ven will see groups of families on the TURF all
through the fields under the trees while in more
open space the briskest game of ball s going ON be-
tween bale. headed men who choose sides and knock
the bali with hide. covered hoops Crowds OF peo-
Die gather around the ring to witness the SPORT ana
so those find entertainment who have no eqllpages
10 display in the dusty roads. These games of ball
and dancing in the open air seem inconsistent with
the common idea of Italian Incidence and this warm
weather, yet both occur on every festa In one OF
the gardens urder my windows, hear the guitar
and castanets every Sunday evening, interrnngled
with choruses aud claps of the hands that have
their part in the dances of old and young, that take
place under the pOmegranates and oeanders now IN
fullest flush of bloom.
Among all classes the guarding of young girls is
the same here as in France and in all the con-
t;Dental Catholic countries none but those IN SER
vice are ever allowed to GO out OF the h0ase alone
until they are married. The person OF whom 1
rent my rooms is countess, and has five daughters,
all grown up, and l suppose that not one OF them
ever set foot on pavement without tneir motner OF
some authorized attendant, and no gentleman is
ever admitted to the bOuse if the mother Is absent
Father and brothers are not considered respectable
protection. And what is saddest IN the state OF
society here, these precautions are not absurd.
Foreigners are more respected and even young
ladies can follow their English or American home
habits of freedom The mothers feel this bondage
even more than the daughters for you see feeble,
WORKOUT old women in society, who should rather
be in their beds, and only out because their daugh-
tiers cannot 60 Alone and they must be presented TO
the world, or lose their chance of finding husbands
Here all the rules are reversed that mold WIN US;
girls are kept in and wives are free. Inc moment
Young woman is married. if she have attractions, she
ia surrounded for the first time in her lite, with
admirers and it is not strange that foolish head
should be turned by their batteries. No compli-
ments are more common from young men than such
as this TO Young wife: How beautiful you are
a.. how graceful If had only known you were 60
+" charming, would have sought you for my wife.
And 30, if she find lovers more agreeable than her
husband, she is expected to accept them.
II il. however, common observation that the
Romans are beginning to prefer English wives-they
find them more faithful, and besides, they bring
more money. The traffic amounts in the end to the
same thing as in that of other chattels Though
the eryng-girls 90 out alone IN the daytime, you
cannot send one of an errand after sunset. she VIII
lose her place sooner than 80 compromise ner repu-
tation. Hence, for convenience on all SIDES, most
of the seIyant-wOmen are married, who 60 home at
n;oht and return to you early in the morning, leav-
inc their children in school for the purpose, II they
have no old mothers to guard Them No men are
more impernent in their stares and salutatons thaI
the Romans. A fine, robust Ceres-ooking, I'M
married servant, though past the spring OF life, has
lust related with immense gustO her late adventure
with one Of these lght-gloved, fine urled, mus
tachOed fellows who annoyed her while out on er-
rands. "Finally," said she, % could bear 1t no
longer from the silly boy. l knocked him down
and scratched well his faces only wished had
had my pins." Here we felt what might have
been the catastrophe. These pins a.e worn in the
hair, six inches long or more, OF silver or ste 81,
with ornamented handles, and we never thought
before they were stilettOes but Santioa afrms this
is the real secret Of their use, and the best protec-
ton of honest Italian women of the lower class, who
only wear them.
/ have jotted down these details that you might
see how daily life differs here from that at home.
have purposely omitted the fashions, which are not
widely different, suppose, from those with you.
might say gravey, as Lady Montague did $50 years
ago at Vienna about the hoops, They cover seve-
rl acres of sround" and if the fashion continues to
develop, / fear it must depOpuate the earth, or
leave but three four women at most to cover it,
or drive them out to sea for full swing. Imagine
st. Helena, for instance, pied terre, of one OF
these ultra fashionables AS for the men, they
could not be worse off in such an event than now
one is lost already, like pole under its teht-cover-
ing, if be offers his arm to lady.
We are going now on the Pincho, to see the
aloes that are shooting up to bloom. These century
blossoms are not uncommon here; all the old villas
and gardens abound with the plant that Outlive'
seueraon after generation before it goes the way OF