, 1869-02-21
An ARTIBT ABROAD.
Mrs. PAriingsoR on HoMan Ant1quT-
If&R.

An amateur In Rome whtes: +" In the nrst
place ci9 azs sst cant aud hslf piece, And
bad IN proportion 70 their che1puekG. They
are about the only cheap thing ! have met
with slpce 1cfs America. Ne have btrn
chadug the phantom OF cheap living Ill over
the continent, and have not caught up With
"plano' Of hou.a IN The Via del Babuino.
t.dolee 1ar nIente polenta.n We have our
meals sent in from Aaz1r's, md 10 get rid
OF the bother Of housekeeping l have a
studio near the P1skza del Popola but do
moi DO much, md do not intend TO, fof Icame
Ton viii iauah when tell you that an
painting = picture Of American woods.
MAS komesick mill gnt Ut 1t, and ttncs that
line hare been Ill hight.
b&Te not seen murh n Jet, e1ezut tho
Landscape sruund Rour, which interests me:
galleries md lesIn how to rattle Away on
Thin &nd Paul verouese, Raphael. Michael
Angelo aud the rest. / know tot little Of
those Old fellows, and It Will never do to 20
homo without being wall losded with good
mJn34 of them and theif work. T. Insists
on IL that We must SIC the antiquities, tha.
We must visit the TIA EfnuvIa {not Withstand
luK al the vtkl hers xre eftu1lous enonyh},
tho Fountain Of Diphthe1ia, tbs Tomos OF The
Verm3celII, tho Temple Of Materia A=dra
and The Column OF Suspicious Spurious.
The Injunction r that Nc nuH Get ourselves
up IN antiquities, in order 70 know who
passed the Huhicoa, and whe her It caused
The battle of Phazsatls, and Why Hannibal
was "shJt tnr' around Rome, camping ont
clear up Ill the fofRy points relatlns 70 the
do!ass ai antiquity, I shall not, therefore,
hnve much Time to Fasut, and may Ioee The
berent Of the sensation Of lsfEe picture
intended for The spring exhibition Of the
W md ourselves, Que WY md another,
considerably taken down In Rome. T.
~n out rdi1g TIA etnef dry, aud, as scu1p
| tor, be VIZ much struck with the picturesque
w4y h wh!eh the peasants wear theh
closca 11a1tnaas." Ay studio Is not N
.pslace-. I thought, tefore e4ms here, that
nent: falfy .e1pee!sd 70 ese Z ero1s
| way asaaion ON shc arrival o
Tho train, and no Ind Of palaces I.
be had 1t rutuous prlces-to their owners.
I expected to hare my vile hacc over u1Arh1i
balustnde, and gaze down the Torzo for te.
dollars month, tnclndne cheap snd livel!
TINS daring tho c4fnIral. Ny dreams ar1
diseipa.ed Wood cos4 four dollars an arm
faI, 1nd-a good deal Of It has to be consumct
| you don'k want 10 freeze. Rent Is ftEula
ted On = similar Ecs!e, according to freedom
from damp Eooos and the number OF step
ork has 10 climb 10 get It sanshIne. sdpp<s,
md roees bloom on the F1ncio-I care 10.
am cold !; iet 'em bloom II thsJ ehoose i
| would he mort SCRABBLE to take winter LAD
| n theJ do fn 4me1fcs- Desides, want somc
thiIs else. Iwsnt hsoiled salt mackerel fo
a$kESsslkskh and sEh for eue Of The Studio
| this c1salr ard nr. s<sfc 1and shey know no
the {licy terfsaesk I
! T-ueta : Western man at hotel In Pa
] fIs, xho asked him. will growl, "How dt
! ynu like youT potatoes Without butterM ]
must confess that have fellow feeling viii
thAt chap. met the same man here h Rome
IN state 0! deep dhgust+ He could moi
! speak word Of nali.n, and had courier
t who n. devau-inE him. he WIS eager 70
| get back to America He informed me one
daF on the Pncso, IN low whisper and look
tuE carefully aronnd him, that - he'd like to
put keg Of powder under IT md blow the
vholo thing to"-1 need not say vheFr- HI
left ne IA 4 fearful state OF speculation ~ to
whether he meant Rome in particular OF Eu.
ropo in ErLer1l. Bnt - I stated shove,
want something simple to eat- I used
to be fond OF French cookery, when Il
Fas introduced, as = pleasant eois9de
amour American dishes; but nov thndd:i
!, ,ruf1es and shake Ut mushrooms, Aud
would crawl willingly up aud down the scaIE
Santa fer bali dozen ehrewsbury oysters
As for The Lue1ine oysters, did I not Isartakt
Of a peck Of them at Bsir with the sattsfac
thon OF experiencing ouly slight bray tast1
in my mouth. They might have ausveret
old Hor.ce and Lueullns we'll enough, bu
they, poor souls, nsvez heard nt EhtrH7
bury
Once IN while there comes = Uaft of th
genial hir Of friendship from ny native lanl
In the shape OF 4 valned letter. eauno
we'll get cn without It, i occurs 10 n
that what want for 4 dnil, eonstan
he4,t-htxviness Is riece tf ricket
old New York dock pink under the sole
ot uy boots. Il u 20 Tezy dzaBtnEl O.