Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-22

WARD NONE; WITH CHARITY
Z, MINNESOTA, THUF
THE TRAVELLING GIRLS.
Fourteen fair Daughters Of America
On their Travels through Europe ana
the Orient.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec. %.
A novelty among American travellers
abroad will induce the derision of the
render, because the American is him.
self q novelty to foreigners, notwith-
standing he has been on exhibition for
nearly century. But what shall be
said of a party of fourteen young ladies'
travelling over Europe, Asia and Africa.
matronized over by q lady instructor, IN
order that they may learn from the
great book of human life2 Being in
Milan some two weeks ago, I had an
opportunity to observe an itinerant
seminary, composed of more than a
dozen of the fairest of our American
girls, in charge of Mrs. Stone. The Young
ladies varied in age from fourteen to
twenty-one, and represented every quar-
ter of the Union, typitying all the
shades OF innocent beauty.
THEIR NAMES
are as follows: Miss Nancy M. San
born, Miss Annie NJ. Fuller, Miss En-
ma Ethridge, Miss Kite B. Leisenrig,
Miss Lizzie Bell Fuller, Miss Nancy A.
Sanborn, Miss Gertrude Thomas,
Miss Flora Bella Van Husan. Miss
Kate E. Mitchell, Miss Lena M. Gould,
Miss Clara A. Avery, Miss Hattie G.
Baxter, Miss Mary I. McNaughton.
Miss Mollie V. Gibbs and Lucinda H.
Stone.
left New York nearly year ago, under
the direct supervision of Mrs. Stone,
but for male protection they have Mr..
II: G. Gilbert and courier, who
attended to all the details of travelling.
They first made tour through Ireland,
where they were greeted with the gen.
erous hospitality which only an Irish
man can offer, and then passing through
Scotland visited England, France; Ger
many, Switzerland and Italy. OF
course such an aggregation of young
and attractive girls, blushing with
health and vitality, attracts the curious
gaze of the
AsTON1sHED EUROPEAN
who can little understand why a young
lady should have anything beyond a
shallow property in music and domestic
accomplishments. Still, it touches q
new system for educating the American
young lady, and one which, from the
results already achieved, is worthy of
the highest commendation. It is simply
taking the undeveloped girl from the
close and deleterious airs of the school,
room and acclimatizing her to the
healthy mir of Ireland, or the hot, fe-
verish weather of Africa,
EDUCATION A LA MODE.
With her history and guide-book at
her elbow, she visits the very scenes
described in Roman history; she climbs
the Alps; wanders in solitude which
her favorite poets have immortalized,
and by turns becomes gay at the Gu
rousals of great. capitals, and serious
and thoughtful in the stately palaces
and imposing cathedrals. The most
famous ruins, the grandest living works
and great natural wonders move before
her young appreciative eye. She be
holds and admires. She is true trav-
eler, because she has not come abroad
when her taste has become neglected
by age, or her appreciation chilled by
domestic ties. She moves in the poe
try of travel, and without that girlish
instinct her ideas must resemble those
of Mr.. Twain. have rarely, might
say never, seen such q collection of
such fresh-looking girls as composes
this party. They all enjoy their excur-
sion, and do not fatigue by travel.
Now it is Venice for week, then Rome
and Milan. Landmarks famous in lit !
erature, churches and scenery that are
in the knowledge only of those of spec
ial culture, are carefully visited, and
the good madame takes care that the |
young ladies do not leave without am
pie instruction. Thus it is that they
!earn-what can never be forgotten-|
Impressions which will serve them to
become accomplished women in the
drawing-room. Why should not the
system become more popular9 1t has
certainly good effect on society, and
is not very expensive system of in
struction.
RECEIVED BY THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL.
The young ladies have been over
whelmed with pleasant adventures.
Upon arriving in Egypt they met the
Emperor of Brazil, and expressing to
His Majesty their desire to have his
autograph, the transatlantic sovereign
Immediately sent for the entire party
and spoke few pleasant words to
each, at the same time presenting his
photograph duly Ell dorsed. By al
strange fatality. when the young ladies
VISITED THE PYRAMIDS,
a photographer was engaged in taking
a negative of Don Pedro, with the
mammoth mausoleums in the back
ground The seminary was conse-
quently taken at the time, and the En-
peror declared that he could wish moth
ing to remain immortal except picture
which had fixed him in the company of
such charming circle-not even the
Pyramids themselves. Whereupon, the
acquaintance was renewed, and each
young lady was declared . natural
princess. A week ago the party, con-
Quoted by dragoman, sailed from the
port for Beyrout, where they will go
overland to visit the Savior's tomb.
While at Cairo they received distln-
guished courtesies from Consul General
Butler. At this time one might think
it dangerousto to move recklessly around
the Levant, when cholera is spreading
and guarantees are established in
nearly every harbor, yet the young
ladies go everywhere, and there is
really no danger.
GOING TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
If the sanitary condition of Constan.
tinople permits they will visit the cap.
ital of the Turkish Empire; thence
going up the Danube, will complete
their view of Europe. It is safe to say
that no party that has ever been
abroad has made q better impression
than this family of American misses.
Bermuda Estate Awaiting American
Claimants.
The Norfolk (Va.) Journal says
Some time ago the postmaster of this
city received from the dead letter office
in Washington letter written by and
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