Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-24
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ROMAN

WOMEN.
They aretthe direct opposite Of a German
Gretchen. whose blonde tresseseare wound
round a gentle, dreamy little head, and
whose blue eyes look even by DAY us though
they were fuIleof the soft gli,nmer Of noon
light. The Roman woman typiiies clear de-
cision. She is the representative of serious
and majestic wo,nanhood. Her beauty is cell
ebrated all over the world, aud has no rival
throughout the rest Of Italy. Fair-aaired
Roman women are very rare. But the wealth
of black locks suits magniicently with the
rich brown of their compilations, mellowed
Ivy Il southern sun, and With the pomegcan-
ate flower red Of her lips. Such liveliness us
that of the Neapolitan woman and cuoquet-
These women move like queens, with fine
broad-shouldered and ~broad-hipped figures
and flexible waists. They 90 not bend or
wave from side to side as they walk, but
glide along with sweeping draperies like SO
many wandering godesses. These physical
attractions are accompanied by a dignitied,
gracious bearing, and the bet nobW parlaas,
the noble speech of the Roman woman, is
peculiarly fascinating. No one who has once
felt the charm ofthis eloquence, whose deep,
full tones and flowing voWels are as harnlo-
nious us tine music. can ever forget it. OF
course the possibilities of all these beauties,
anental and physical, are only in a latent
condition among the the poor peasant Wo-
men of the Campagna and the female popu-
]ation OF tie Trastiyere literally beyond
fF;ber," the quarter Of the city which lies on
the same side of the river as the castle of st.
Angelo and st. Peter's), who seem like fine
plants checked in their growth by %untavora
bile surrounding conditions. The rich high
born beauty blooms and tionrishes like the
flowers and shrubs i'll the luXuriant Roman
The %Campagna is poor. haggard, tanned by
sun and weather. But her gait, too. is proud
her eyes also flame brightly-thc flame, alas,
with hunger and fever, two maladies hered-
itary in her blood There is character in her
f%eatRres; and even when her countenance
shall be utterly withered and wrinkled and
discolored by years, hard work and weather,
it will yet be full OF character, thoagh it be
as ugly aud hag-like as that of an Old witch.
The b!untness and disagreeable sharpness
which are inpresses upon the women OF
other European countries are not seen among
them. They are all fit to serve as painters
models. And let it not be supposed that the
gayly dressed, dark-eyed girls, and the sham
shepherds with dishevelled locks, whom one
sees III the Via Sistela and OH the steps Of
the Trinita dc Monte, Or Electrically group
ed in the neighboriiood of the painters stn-
dios, are not to be found among them. Ro-
man girls are utterly devoid OF sentimental
lty, and women OF the Roman populace talk
as familiarity of the latest tragical stabbine
AS our women talk of the last nep novel, and
Whenever ii man has been killed they imme
dlatefy take the part oftl.e wretched assassin
There is nothing TO be done for the dead
man, bu the other interesting. much-to-be
compassionatcd criminal, who has had the
misfortune to kill somebody, he, indeed,
Aiay have need of help and sympathy, fol