Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-01
YOUNG AMERICA.
American Girls I'm CONGRATULATIONS
I'm the Eternal civ

I'm the Eterna. City.
A letter from Rome contains tb,
following:
The 10th Of January there was :
splendid ball at the Fishers. AL
America was there. Out of twenty
women, at tie least eighteen were
fascinating. By the side of the
hostesses, who are blonde and
pretty girls, everybody admired q
brunette with large and rather
strange eyes-the rosy pearl among
all these other pearls. She is known
as the red rose,' a gracious nick
name for beauty, freshness, Drills
liancy and distinction. The Ameri-
can colony is very numerous in
Rome. There is something singu.
lar in this current which draws the
children of Young America to the
capital of the old world. 1t almost
seems as if Providence sent the race
of the future to rejuvenate the race
of the past, and to place youth and
hope near old souvenirs. Is the
race Of Romulus, already once re
generated by men of the North,
destined to be unexpectedly crossed
by the youngest and most vivacious
race of the universe !? What is the
attraction which draws women to
Rome? Some people say they come
to get titles. L should like to
know which is more honorable, to
endeavor to become connected with
noble and old souvenirs or TO sell
ones title, ancestors and descend
ents for given amount of dollars.
Notice this: The men who marry
American girls sometimes marry
ugly girls; but you cannot find
one single American woman who
has married man, not even a
prince or duke, who is an ugly
fellow. Look around you in Paris
and you may observe the same
thing. Now, this pursuit of titles
and handsome men engaged in by
American amazons is nohler and |
healthier exercise than that in which |
ruined mobiles are engaged who |
hunt les Miss Dollar. Rome is the |
city where Irritation reigns as the
favorite sultana. 1t is not easy to
iirt successfully with our libertines
and WORKOUT young fellows at Paris,
on the macadam of the boulevards,
and in the Champs Elysees. At /
Rome the young men allow them
selves to be rolled like a cigarette
between two pretty American fin
gers. More than one young Ro-
man noble has found out the day
after his wedding that he had made
a love match. This discovery raised
him in his own eyes, without, how
ever, allowing him to raise his an
cestral palace. Here let me pro-
test against a prejudice against
manners and Gus
toms. The education of Wor
men in America is the same as
in England and in Germany, and,
is very superior to French
education. May the Sisters Of the
Sacred Heart and my aunt in Heaven
forgive me for this luminous truth.
| know the most charming flirta-
tons to are be had among American
girls. But / swear l know excel
lent and very scandalous fiirtations
whose heroines are little French
angels, who nevertheless had the
good fortune to try their rosy wings
under the maternal wing of the very
reverend mothers superior of the
Sacred Heart. Every good Roman
goes daily on the Pincio. Here
goes by Miss Conrad. She is an
who is as proud as she
IS intelligent. She is engaged to
be married to Marquis TheOdoh.
There comes the "Red Rose" This
walking on the grass is
the Figaro Of all native or foreign
bachelors. He starts the game and
carries the billets doux. One even
ing he took it into his head l was
to q Roman princess. l
found him at the door, with my
overcoat in his hand As l did not
know this exotic individual, took
him for q robber. Not a bit Of it,
all he wanted to do was to Oblige
me-