, 1875-02-06
LONDON.
An Amer1cun Woman Abroad.
Thoughts Of the Old Home and Of
the New Sights.
The Picture Of Lady B1cSsingtoD, and
What II Suggests.
Baecfer's t3IIisy Among Matlaftic
Tussaut1sH Wax-SN0rls.

Bsec1,er's t3tIlsy Among Madntiio
Tslssartlss NVax-Worl.s.
6peetdi Correspondence of Thc Chitato TRIBUNE.
LoxpoS Eng, Jau. 21.--Ono who has never
eccn lis native aboro failing from hin NEht to
become 4 faint liuo upon distant horizon before
It ia nnfofdoa In ltB dorn.drorpinB hlms of
deaolatinK rcmotouess- has mover Ha,toa
for many days farther and farther AWAY from
the spot which hodB tho beBt there In for him III
1lfe-wi,o l,as noyor lived months III n foreign
land, tho intabtthns whereof though Of his own
tribe are not of his own k.utrel-kaows nothing
OF the fover OF dostto which rossosHos tho
vanderer for silings from homo And for It'd
in9s not only Of the domestic contro whero bis
hsart rasts mont fondly. or Of tho social circle Of
which home is tue bright contro Of tie Joys that
come Into livea wnll known, or tho swoet sad
stories Of friendly heartB c1iaatonod by new eor-
rosYa; not only for tho births, deaths. and mar
Eiagcs that have como au,ong tlluso Ito knows per-
sonally, but for news 0! the great world Of pub
liz oyent which surged like an over-roBtleas acn
around tho little Islands OF domestic aud social
interests which 30 cacl cali our worry own. 10
N American abroad, newspaper from home,
come from whateyBr section uf thht expansive
"homc it may, is received with dcgreo OF dis
tlnguiBhel consideration only second to that
which Welcomes an American letter. And It is
true that items OF noNs which have tho beloved
home faror about t!lon,, ,-eyon il at home thoss
aa'ne Hon'1 "oula HA'o or '1''lo bie11i'es"ee Az.
tho readers comprehension as tho history ot
Jaughis in tho choioeat OF Oriental classics,-arc
davonred with An koeu A sest as tint with which
~ x,t,,.. ,,,,as,,e5 1.,,,,i,os ,,,, hnr. c,,-
aurpai t1,a e,,a+aru If 1tsrl,nt
At HOME AND AnRoAD.
In proof, l know a certain stranger In tho
land vbo vbnn ebo ,cft f,htcauo, VA. aucb
.'',a;,. "H :s;., vs.. a., ~ .t,sn..t;n.,,
budding Pascal asked her questions in the tnul-
tlplicstiou.tabto-u skipping about"-sb WAS
.a,;,,.n ,@;t,, ,,o,+l, tar,o~ ~ tI,os. v,,it.
ton WHO srenple amid eafthquaHca ahd hefce
tornadoes. She VAS 80 utterly foolish III tho
u1attcr. ot tho currency Of her country that
Wheu she expended 50 centa and received tho
claugo for dollar, rhe had not tho dn1mcst
Idea if tho 6hornan had gwen hor that which
vas her own. and was forced to bold her change
tightly grnsprd In her .pnlm till fhe reacllcd tho
calm ycc!usion OF her home when she would 70
to her cioaet. and, whon ehe had shut her door,
would bring all her intellectual forces to
boar upon tho radlo, which the Hphyn4
might have propounaed to her and found her no
IdtfuB. FIFTY cortB from cnb dollar, md how
l...JA4 4uIna!bHp" 8he Ilover nepircl to tho s,l-
prone wisdom of knowing what day Of the
month 1t Was: sho could ncnrco!Y tell tho number
Of her parents without sla',diug patar and rnter
in q row aud counting their noses, she hardly
klon tho yoar at grace In which She lived. and
ns for the year Of our Lord in which ,sho waa
born--dear mo! her canary bird knew 1t as well
dreadful sea, and iii throea Of mortal nngutsh
Iho learned ono dreadful number. tho fiabolicnl
eeten Of tbs dnyB during wiicl, she bocarno an
abotnination Of deeoiaton to iii WHO gazod upon
Il.
Tho number OF ber htate-rnom that sho was ever
t1ustol to lind It alono Bhu cnn,e to London.
ind ton and tt,orc catno npon llor that luuEor
for news from iu,rne that I have mentioned and
blo read with sueh ayidity every word
Of TIE TH1nrAE tint catuo to
her that ahe gained from them a
mathematical educktiun which dreadful years
Of "colbnra's Mental Arithmetc" noyor sasc
afforded her not So at this lnp1c1!t after l,nyig
for years shrouled herself Ii, tlgtratIYs uAok.
cnLh and rnotlrned ID imaginary ashes wlIcnnyer
asked, what Ia tbs Interest Of 81 for ono yoar
ut 10 per cont I" Bhe Ia so Thoroughly an f0it
with such cornmorcai transaetions ~ aro ronort-
cd for the readers Of THE C1cAuo TRIBUNE
that ahe can tell tho Inat market quotation Of
the Proc Of gold; 'rhs can oven describe shn |
grand proportions OF tho National debt, nnd tie
nltinAte financial iaB,le OF Proa[ueut uranta at-
ton On tho Imitation bin. ~ ~ ' "
ii WAS ONE OF THESE
hungry Americana who caused us oil to laugh 4 |
few days ago by throwing down Tic Tin,c,
(Which that morning contained tic news Of lie |
tho restoration al the DourLona to tho thronc |
Of Spain, description Of Dis,narck's attituIo tn
tLs Ultramoutanes, tho iss,,e OF Count Ar,,;,n,s
tr!al' and RESUME Of The policy Of tbs vatioan).
might mark the features oi slpwrookoa ~ md ID
starving mariners who moo an approaching hin
dissolved into a phantom craft IN tho shv' IL
Bays "Pshaw! what III otnptY onnerI ~ ~
tcord Of A,nerican ,ttos in 1tiE 70 M WIN ~
el!on In tho land and whose hearts turn foniiiY
to glorious consolidation IN. tho Western ASK, sSv,
tAere ID one sigu which thrills in ~ rnc1t;ni
music may thtlll tic battle -scsrrod yetarsn sl
That sight is not 80 mnch ona Of England's noLle
oAtledrals, mAny-HhAdowed In tile suashiuo
b7 Gothic arches, piunacles, and buttressea. ss |
perhaps noble though erring soul may Iook
Swallowed to its Maker not 10 much Of Enxland,a
noble r.llna hslloxed hy proud tsnditions spd
,Elofied BY wonderful histories not 10 much OF
IEnRlaudH lordy castIes whose donloil keen.
gray tonefs, aud bsttle,nontcd wa]ls stand in thn
Rvee4 English Landscape to aoom like storm, gray