The Progress., 1888-09-22
OUR WOMEN ABROAD.
The Experience or Some Ameriean Girl
Who Married italian Noblemen. s.


The Experience Of some A,neriesn Girl
Who Married Italian Noblemen.
Il Is now ten years since q former
Consul Of the United States In ItnlyI
said to me: American parents nndE
guardians ought never to allow their
daughters or wards to come over and
pass one, two or three years, Is the
case may be, In the study 81 music for
tho opera, or other professional sing.s
Ing, without some elderly female relA-
tive to accompany and protect them,
and also thAt they may appear respecl-
able In the eyes Of respectable people
here. !" This same Consul told me 81
instances where great trinls, and, IN
one case, how positive harm had e4,ine
70 those either neglecting OF being.
ignorant Of European marfners and
customers. "A young Indy might tr,lyel
from one end Of the United States to
the other, or might stop any length Of
time for study or any other purpose
wherever she pleased, with perfect
,impunity, and without any improprie-
ty; but 1t is different hero, md the
Consul's word Of caution and warning
had reason in it
But wish word Of cnutfon and
warning might be rnisetl for The benefit
Of marliageable yoI,ng American ladies'
and widows, who do not come here to
study. Many such come accompanied
by weak maternal relntive, who IL
dazzled by the title and the show of
some Baron, Count OF Duke, who. ten.
TO ono, IS IN impeeunious younger son
Of some old family run 10 seed. IL he
had money besides titles he wonltl
marry one Of his own country
women and ask no favor Of The
foreigner. Recently u most ointment
professor Of one Of our universities WIS
over here for the purpose Of seeing u
young lady relative Of his, who wns on
the Continentwith her fnether, and had
been carried away by oneof these noble
men (P), whose affections had scented
money from afar. But no change was
made despite the good professors
counsels, aud as he left Italy he dropped
me- line from Como, saying thu,
neither advice, commons sense COUNSEL
nor any thing else could prevail with
an American girl when the .noble' bee
got under her bonnet =
All this is TOO true. Some of your
readers may have seen an account oi
the way one Of our Consuls III Tuscan
found, in q naadhouss, ali American
lady who had truly given hel. heart and
money to one Of those imp nd
venturers, and who then had had hor
shut up in an asylum, when she was no
more ins..lre than the soundest person
in Florence.
All 1talian husbands are not bod ,ren.
/ have seen some as happy domestic
relations between husband ,ll,sf wife us
] have ever seen anywhere, ard should
Judge that there Ii greater domestic
felicity here than IN any other Latin
nation; but asa whole, the stpndard q
family life and happiness, from the very
manner OF contracting marriage, is fal
below that Of Angio-Snxol countries.
The impecunious dnndies with roman
tic noble title, have found cut the weak
ness Of the American and the English
girl, ard they take advantage oft III
1852 noticed in the bank Of
Messrss Turner & Co. an English lady,
| should shy Of twenty-five, who,
accompanied by . poor, sickly.
looking father. was engaged
in deposftirg some money. coald see
that she was the stronger character Of
the. two, and q person. Of determined
will. ! was Informed that ssp was
{" dead IN love- with nn Itnlian, but
that he wos1ld nos come 10 tern4s until
he hasf made 1t y condition Of marriage
that oil her money should be assignet,
to hirp- as Ire. krlew how to invest 1t i'll
Italy to the best advantage! And she
turned over every ceHtime to him.
Not six months after her marriage this
poor laay, from opulenee, was turne,
adrift with only sufficient ng4,ey tp
hire lew furnished rooa4s 1T Sorrento,
and I was spplie,t to to recommend
persons to go there for perssion, ii,
order shat she might earn her Aying.
Only this year respectable widow
lady. residing Here IN Naples allowed
herseM to be currie,t away BY she atte1l-
tions snd thepolite bearing toward lrrl.
pf an Naliar gentleman. She consult
ed more them one persoH, and among
|Dthers Mr.. Campiaausen. o,lv present
American Consul and they ally in
answer to her question Slrsh I mar.
~ hinfp Responded ip Che le1pglssge
of Nj. Pnnchs celehrate,l letter.
!" Dop't. 4 Il was, howevery Of 10 ,,ee;
she 'rwent and did It, = aud In less tlsa,,
Y month thsscorNl<lael tried 10 strssnaler
her, ind hes since, heapeA AL nla4aer
Of inaignities ,ppeap Her. III one se1.se-
she was q ittle wiser. thar her Enn1Ish
sister and nssaYy of her osan. She did
not nssign him her money, s,ad l1e1,co
the great ire II Mr.. Iinpeeanlcus,-
ltattsts Cor. AnesTscnn Hsyistsr.
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