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From Our Young Folks for April.
Fun in Italian Art Galleries.


Fun in Italian Art Galleries.
A pleasant time you can often have in
those Italian Art Galleries. Your love Of
art and your love fun will sometimes
both be gratifed. In Florence, during a
residence Of ten years, have often seen the
Pitt gallery crowded with foreigners and
natives, and where so many Poop are
collected t. entertaining different tongues,
ludicrous scenes Of confusion Will NATURALLY
arise. Backing to obtain better view Of
a picture, an admirer Of art often backs
upon somebody's corns. The exclamation
ofpleasure which the beauty ofthe picture
drew from him would usually be exchanged
for one Of pain. if the individual whose
toes bad suffered retorted with punch in
the ribs as he certainly would, if an
Englisbman. And if the individual whose
toes had not suffered was not an English
man, and the two endeavored to express
their Indignation in their own language,
the result would be one Of very laug enable
confusion. Sentiments of Indignation are
rarely expressed in a foreign tongue, the
effort to translate them dIverts the mind
from the irritating cause, and gives it time
to cool.
On one occasion | saw big EngIshman
back into painters easel, and upset the
whole concern.
"Diamine :" yelled the painter, with all
the gesticulations peculiar to his country
men.
"Heh don't throw that at me
couldn't help it," said the Engisbman.
who thought, from the painters motions
that he was about to dash his pallet at him.
You cursed foreigner. what are you
jabbering about r. SAID the painter, who
efforts to speak Italian. Pay me for the
mischief you've done, and I'll be satisfied -
The Euglishman, guessing at his meaning
endeavored TO make him understand that
be did not have penny about him. But
the painter, coIIaring him with one hand.
and tiourlshipg his pallet IN the other, yell
ed out, !. Fifty francs must have fifty
francs. or I'll 1nock your brains out
The EngIishman bec1mc alarmed, and
parrying Il blow OF the pallet he bay.e CO
out. Hotel du No-d, Piazza ; ,uta
Trinita!' The Italian AT f~-- oosed "a
him a. t. be thought hrs adversary aac
gone crazy. But De qlckIy understood
that the EDg'rshman WISHED 70 bring 1iu
TO his residence 10 pay him. and So to-.
both went out. l.ookrng from the wnd"s
| saw them IN the street TIE Italian was
endeavorlug. by aIl sorts Of rs ure> aua
ct maces, to beg tie others pardon, now
that his excitement had passed But ac
Engli~nman was s,rid0ug ON wt1ol
noticing him.
1t i amusing to see the Italian
peasantry, who sometimes come to take
look at the pictures The slmD'e creature
move slowly about, staring v@c4ut'y al the
gods and goddesses. the landscapes auo
portraits, until they come to a Hoy Family.
Their countenances will then hight up, as 81
they had, at last found sonnet nag to look
at with some sense and meaning in d..
Crossing themselves devoutlv, you may
hear them mutter such phrases as these.
"Ah. che leila Madonna - an che
carino gltardafe 10 q7lel Jesu BambiHo
come ride" " QDanto Ia Madonna par
che lami." 80, what 4 beautiful
Madou u - 90 what little dear see
how the infant Jesus smiles, etc.
| once saw countrywoman stop and
stare at the Madonna della Seggiola, which
was being copied The painter had left
his work, and she stood comparing it with
the original. She could not help admiring
the fresher colors Of the copy, and
impeIled by devotion for the beautiful
Madonna, she bent over and gave her a
hearty kiss. But the coors had not yet
dried Boo :" she speedily exclaimed,
suffering and splitting all over the
picture, and then wiping off the paint on
her lips with the end of her apron, while
all the spectators burst into a laugh.
This laugh attracted the attention Of
the owner OF the picture, who was talking
with brother painter In a corner Of the
room. Turning around, be perceived what
bad happened. He stood still at first,
looking fercely at the guilty countrywom-
an. Suddenly, he rushed up to her, took
hold of her nose, and dancing about the
floor in his excitement, gave her two or
three sound boxes on the ear. The woman
taken by surprise as well as by the nose, at
first seemed stupefed. But she soon found
the use of her hands, and before some
gentlemen could interfere. inflicted a
scratch on the painters face, by which she
spoilt his looks as effectually as she had
spoit his Madonna's Some gentlemen,
however, did interpose at last, and peace
was established. One Of them proposed
that the excitable little painter should kiss
the couutrywoman in return for the kiss
she had given his Madonna. Non 10
fdra Garero' said the countrywoman, with
an indignant blush, as she tramped away
in her wooden shoes, while the painter
went sullenly to work to repair damages.
A friend to whom | related the above
incidents said they both gave him better
idea of Italian spunk than he had ever
had before. He thought an Italian was
afraid of hitting even a woman. But the
truth is, an Italian will do anything when
he is excited, and anything IS enough to
excite him. The Italian deserves a much
higher reputation for courage than we il
America seem willing to glee him. AtaII
eventS, that u my experience.
| should like 10 give some more
examples oi'Fun 10 Italian Art Galleries.
for remember quite lot of thrm. BIT
my space is exhausted L VI. WALSH.
JACK FROsT A GOOD story i told of