The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-12
An American Woman and American
Tourists.

Kate Field has been engaged to correspond
with the American Register OF fafis, am,
her first letter, which appears IN that Jourpact
of June Odd. is dated at Ems. She says VI
American tourists In Europe:
"I am sorry to make the confession out
either there are great many zoos III h'hel-
lea or all the fools in America vlsit EuioiN'
T have not vet arrived at dehnite concur
sion on the subject, for truth Is said 10 lle
in a well. and great deal OF rope IS re-
ouired to get at it; but judging IRON inc
fact that / never met such peculiar spec,-
mems nj home as meet or hear OF abr''aa'
I am inclined to believe that large pro
portion of our idiots seek an asylum on gus
side of the Atlantic. Perhaps TINS t.'s
retort-courteous we make to Europe ioi
sending us her adventures thlc'es, ",,u
burglars. If this be 40, Europe h'n = ~
cided advantage, for whereas nel eHpu, od
steal our property and tarnlsh our Soou
name. tho American exports give an ifnpe-
tns to trade bv throwing away tnelr own
money in manner that would astonisi'
CrrsGs.
Travelling on the continent is rendered
,veIl.uiph ;ntolerabe on account Of folly
that has thoroughly corrupted inn-keepers,
seryants, and tradeSmen. The mischief De-
gun years ago by the English has been az
grayatcd to a pitch beyond which human
endurance, to say nothing of mortal pockets,
can no fTlrther 20. Strangely enough, petfo'
leum and our terrible civil war are the prln-
cipal causes of this growing evil. All the
"shoddy," all the nouredur riches, rush 10
Europe for the purpose of spending their
rapidy-acQuired and frequently htgoteh
fortunes, and, stupidity imagining that hne
feathers make fine birds, indulge 10 Inc
widest extravaganza, to the intense satlsiac,
ton of trade and the disgust Of disinterested
common sense. Speak English upon enter
ing n shop on the continent, ana prices are
increased onc-third. Let it be known that
you are American, and they are doubled
Not long since | priced trinkct, and
speaking French, was supposed by the ll'Ite-
rate shopkcepcr to be a European. Return
ing the next day with the determination OF
purchasing the bauble on account OF It's
cheapnesS, found Frcnchlnah examining
it, evidently with intent to buy. Observing
that was about to withdraw, the French
man raised his hat, and making profound
bow, declared that he did not intend TO pllr-
chase, adding, Madame est Anaertcdfnc.
Cest lie pays des 71chcSScs ct deS 1o!teS
femmes," after which genteel impcrtinence
he retired, and the shopkeeper, forgetting
that he had seen me before, doubled the
price of the desired article! "The people of
the continent are very fond of you Ameri-
cans, because, you see, you are all rich" said
an Englishwoman to me i'll railway car
riage.
1t was useless to deny the soft impeacli-
ment, as, not unlike some of her countrymen
and women, she had arrived at certain con-
illusions, and no mortal argument could III
duce her to depart from them. Certain obscr-
vations would assuredly lead to this opinion,
for what think you of man who, upon lar-
ing bills presented to him, no matter by
whom, extends handful of gold and re-
quests bis creditors to help themselves? This
is done over aud over again. The folly OF 4
few is the curse of many.