New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21
The Old Woman 1 Met ut Badea.

have NO an xious toilet preparations for Il
trip.
! The Old Woman Met 1t Baden.
| / can distinctly remember when I fir
Witnessed Sheridan's comedy, "The Rivals
of thinking that the character Of Mrs. Nal.
prop must be an amusing exaggeratiol
When I read Mrs. Partington's sayings
thought them groteeque but overdone. An
although roared with laughter at Sketct
! ley's MRS. Brown at the Play,'r conceive
the old lady to be born Of the brain of tn
| facetious roconteur. / wot me of lady u
London about whom many violent dislOcs
tions OF syllab.es are related. and who
| said to have boasted that she had Q splna
| staircase under her establishment, but vhel
| l met this lady found that she not onl,
| spoke excellent English, but was q shrewl
woman of business wirhal, and Therefore
| concluded that some of the mad wags of tn,
"Junior Garrlck" or '.Savage" clubs adoptet
this lady out Of a quaint sort of affection a.
peg to hang their jokes upon. But recent,
at Baden Baden met an American female
II can't call her lady who out Malaproped
the most Partington of Mr.. Browns. She
was from 'Out West" and lived at Milwau
kee when she was at home. She had been
left widow, her husband having been q
farmer and was now on her first tour on
nomenon Of ignorance and misconceptiOn,
and II ever the saying that 20 little learn.
ing is dangerous thing" received exempli-
fcation, it did in this case. She sat. next
to me at the table d'hote at the hotel, and
after the fashion of neighbOrs at continental
dinners, We fell into conversation. Her ap-
pearance had attracted my attention. She
was large, yellow faced woman, with hair
the color of mahogany, and the front Of her
amnlQ litara1lv dotto1 oil ~
bold, shining, Palais Royal looking jewelry.
1t seemed to start from her chin and ex-
tended in glittering, unbroken line down
to her very toes. One OF the walters spoke
of her to his brother kellner as 1.-The old ri
In armor.' At dinner she turned to me and
said:
"You1l excuse me- bur how DO you have
your letters addressed g.
lob, simply to the Hotel Royal where
was staying.
That's good idea pursued she. 81
didn't know the name of no hotels here, SO
a neighbor of mine. who had once been In
Europe, told me it would he good plan to
have all OF nine sent to the post restaurant,
and can't find no such restaurant in town.
took a carriage yesterday and looked for
it everywhere"
she should apply to the post restant
If you do not speak French asked.
show do you make yourself understood
when you are sightseeing"
Lord bless you, no French for me; I I'M.
destand none of those turin tongues, not l.
English is as much as l can manage.
hire an interrupter wherever l go-eyer
since LETT England, at least. Now, Lon
don is sensible place to visit, if it's only
for that reason, they do speak English
there, and that's comfort, il it is foggy."
found the cid dame had just returned
from Italy, and it was astounding to hear
her mix up places and things and people.
1t required but little gentle encourage
ment to loosen her tongue.
did you like Miami ! inquired
cts elegant"
''And the pictures, the art treasures OF
sunny Italy, are they not delightful" !
They're splendid" said she, where
they're not too old. They showed me lot |
Of broken bits of things in Rome that l |
couldn't make head nor tail ola body |
here, leg there, an arm somewhere else; it |
looked to mere rubbage, that it did, but |
the picters were very nice. I liked Raph- |
aers marriage with the Virgin, but didn't 4
think r,uch Of the Last SUPPER as they
showed me at Milan. How they can call |
hat masterpiece 1 can't think, for I've
seen public-house signs in Ameriky that |
lad much richer coloring into them than |
hat. One of the Apostles only had one
eg, and I'm sure that amt no good
irawin, not that ! know much of paintin', |
lear knows"
Ibid you stop at F1orence3" asked.
'.Oh, yes, and went to the Pity Palace,
md saw the picters there too" .. 3
did you see Venus, by Titiany There's
. work !" boldly asserted.
Eyes, there is work, and she ought TO
,e ashamed of herself p
ASHAMED of herself, who-Venus 2 Why,
-ou wouldn't have her dressed or draped,
would youe You'd ruin the classic beauty
Think of art
'.Think Of decency. say again she
'ught 10 be ashamed of herself; 1 don't
mean Venus, for spose it's the reglar thing
or her to be indressed; but Titiens ought
o remember she's lady, and looked upon
3 sich in London. I've heard her sing"
Heard heS sing, who ~ asked in amaze.
nent. ~
why, Titiens; and how she could waste
er time paintin' one Of her own sex lay
az OFT on sofa like that, can't think
items Venus may be great work, but
Or my part prefer her Norma"
IL Is evident that the coincidence of sound
the popular pronunciation of the two
ames had utterly misled this astonishing
Id creature. and as left the table and gave
er parting glance, l was reminded of
nat other old dame of that convenient To-
atty known as "Out West" who once
Irote to her son not to get into the "per-
icious habit Of visiting bilious rooms and
Dwell alleys, as SIGH wicked places led to
ne shadder of the value of DEATH" which
as quite as perverted state of ideas as
lrs. Darlington when she returned from |
aples, and would insist on always talking
"a corruption of Mount Vociferous"S
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