The Red Cloud chief., 1882-04-20
Country Life in Italy.

\ lady living IN 4 country village IN
liah writ. Ia the t.rllIul NiyEUu'.
ct he nrighbors and their habits. She
>lNr.
1t i amazing how smlr; the very
paoro~t lady who has AM ~prc;cu>!ouS
/, byluw such Will turn out on occasions.
however diiApi!l,rd her home attire.
Two Nuuu. ladies' belonging To an old
bat utterly ruined family. wan>e parents
were Zoo poor To keep servant. would
B-,>> themselves for their evening walk
:, IN, most fashionable ~ hats and COS
,umr.. with their fans. ,mclinC-hottlcS.
lac h9ulkcrrhiciS and gloves. all com
,,.,.. In order To- obtain these dresses.
IN. ,nunE ladies' had u coudrsccnd -
far as To- work for the peasants, who
ra;I Them Tor the manufacture Of the
>mar; STAYS and chcm!>r> they wear on
f,a~, DAYS. The attempts al beng
h,rhly fashionable. combined with an
rg,.rf Ignorance Of the WAYS of the
fashionable world, produce sometimes
the ~>trlnrc~t incouwruities. The lace
Vol i now almost confined 10 the class
chilled artist that i. shophccpcT>
and skilled wnvkpcoplc; but 4 few Of
the ~oli-fa,hiaucd ladies still keep Ia II.
Curious specimens ot dccaycd nobility
ar, Ia hc found in these remote villages
people bearing grand anne and re-
t~alnin, considerable pride in their AZ
Client iiuca-r. whom generations Of idle
ness and uu:hriitinr~> have reduced -
extreme poverty. They are not edU-
Gated fo- any profession. and when
-.. -, . D., - .f..rn ~ tho fac 49,.
have no resource bat to arm their bread
hy manual labor. One noble Count 81
nv acquaintance j. carpenter. another
a lricklaycr. | have seen the grand
daughters II 4 Countess working IN IN
fields. With their fortunes, their man,
urrS dr'c~iura;c. until nothing but =
remnant oi pridy remains II di>tInCul-i
them from the peasants between
whose class and theirs - great a gu!'
was once fixed. | remember nothing
more melancholy than The assembling,
Of these roycrty-str,CAcn mobiles | unc,
mot AZ the house If the rich man II III,
yi!la-c. We were al supper, and n on,
dirty old man after another came sham
bling in. each in turn wa>. 20 my great
surprise. introduced A. the descendant
- an ancient and noble family. but
Observation-Disclosures NV host, viii
4 gesture Of compassion. The Old man
wauld then bow his head in mclancho,,
arluie>ccnce. and. casting = rucfu.
glance Al his shabby cloak with the
faded green lining. would sink intn .
chair al the far end Of the table. Ga,
OF these fallen mobiles. who had taken :,
houSr-paiutiE-. We thought IL only
charitable "a employ for the decoration
of our ceiling. was prepared TO fec
Quite 4 romantic interest in this unfor
tunate noblcman. and 10 be enchante,
with his artistic genius: but he was =
uncommonIy dirty. AMI his manner
were 80 lil.lG removed from those Of
peasant, that my illusions were di>pe!le,
n once. Neither did hisstvle OF decoa
ton exactly come uptomyideal, although
/; was ambitious enough. 4 basket .
flowers soon adorned each corner Of on
ceiling. and in the center. from ami,
clouds and wrea;hs of roses. 4 rattle
shapelesS Cupid began 10 be delineatei
In the middle Of the work the artist
whose temper was short and who's.
feelings were sensitive. took ofenSe "a
we supposedly ~ some unin;entiona
slight on our part. Without the sigh.
es; explanation he departed one day
leaving the Cupid minus 4 leg art
one arm. AID returned 10 mora Zoo
.Cgg:a.