Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-01
MARRIED TO A COUNT
WHY 90 AMERICAN WOMEN SEEK
FOREIGN HUSBANDS

! FOREIGN HUSBANDS
Here j. . True story of How One Besuti-
fsi. Refined and DeIicatsly Reared Young
Woman wss Treated by Her Distin-
guished Husband In italy.
| Miserable indeed Is the mess OF pottare
for which American girls are continually
selling their Observation-Disclosures Difference. and
even reverence, for the gentler sex which Is
Characteristic OF their countrymen, dis
tinctive quality Of which no other nation
can boast.
Here in Naples have seen some exam.
pies Of welded life between American girls
and foreigners; some strange, others ludi-
crous, but most MI pitiable.
The Countess r, who lives quite near.
and Of whom ! see great deal, IN a pretty
New York girl Of about twenty eight, very
petite, with foreign manners and little af-
Rotations OF aocentsyhich disgust patri-
otto spirit, as IL proves wish 10 throw of
all hint of her American origin, of which
she should bc proud. Her action becomes
astounding when one learns little OF her
domestic life with her lord and undeniable
master, the count. One day when she came
to visit me asked her In the course Of con
versation what she thought Of Neapolitan
society.
'lndeed. have seen very little Of Il, :" abe
responded. My husband, the count. In
very busy here, and has no time TO go into
society"
But have you no friendsi Can you not
go without him-I mean TO afternoon re-
ceptions and such things'p
"Ah, yes, have friends. but he does not
IKE me TO go anywhere"
well, how do you spend your days,n
u practice the mandolin for two hours.
then write my little poesies."
"Oh, you are mn authoresss"
NC" laughingly; ~ only write tho little
verses pour passer lie temps; | do not pub
lish them
But surely your daysnre not sufficiently
filled by these two occupationsf"
"Oh, no; In the afternoon drive In nv
carriage its blazing coronsti
You drive Rlonef"
No, indeed, In q shocked voice s'Ths
count IL with me naturellement."
"He Ii very strict, is he notf"
"Whoi The COUNT Yesl They are all
strict, these foreign men, but, being Amer
lean, do not allow my husband to 10 too
far. When he brings whip tell him
shall leave him II ho strikes me, and he Ia
afraid"
Naturally. IA she has all the money.
Are all Italian husbands so deSpotici-
asked.
"Ah, they are mostly much more so. but
! know better how to control mine, having
been married before to an American"
And how do You compare the two In a
matrimonial sensetn
"Ah the Americans are ideal husbands.
They are men. They recognize woman's
superior position; they know how to treat
their wives, while these
She hesitated, and her eyes blazed with
suppressed passion-she evidently did not
consider the game worth the candle.
They are beasts" she broke out sudden.
ly. "Bcastsl They think Of no one but
themselves Regard the Countess x.
The count, her husband, locks her up every
day until he returns in the afternoon, and
whyl Because, forsooth, a man old enough
to be her father called upon her one after.
noon when he was out"
ibid your husband ever lock you up,"
only once Because | drove out one
afternoon. alone, 10 call on n friend, and a
young officer, whom knew very well, rode
beside my carriage for short distance. NV
husband heard of IL from a friend of his,
and he locked me up"
Poor little wumanl She looked so fragile
and young one could imagine how he 81 -
she would be NJ the mercy OF come brutal
mister! Her apartment happened To be inn
mediately above that of great friend OF
mine, and one day when | was sitting with
my friend on her balcony, which looked out
upon the silent, beautiful Bay Of Naples,
with its opaiescent lights. and violet Capri
hanging, as it were, in the rosy mist be-
tween sea and heaven. we were startled by
"A great commntion above.
a mans loud voice Numbered IN Italian.
now and then intermixcd by a thin, plead.
ing note, which recognized 70 be that OF
my friend, the Countess 2. Suddenly
sharp feminine cry rang out, Immediately
followed by the appearance OF bonnet box
descending from the upper story, and fin
ally splashing into the sea below. This
was succeeded by pair OF opera glasses,
which also sank far into tho briny deep.
There WAS the sound OF n slight scuffio
above, and then silence. Ny friend learned
the next day that the count had thrown
away his wiic's new bonnet and her opera
glasses because he did not wish her to 90
to the opera that evening.
The peor little i'll treated lady decided
to vent her spleen on some one, aud the
followingday, finding that the water would
not run-an Inconvenience from which the
whole OF Naples was suffering, owing to
some break Ia the pipes-she descended to
the garden with her husbands wifewhip
In one hand and u white lace parasol in the
other aud attacked the absolutely innocent
gardner, upon whose bare arms she left
long red welts.
IL was strange sight to see this little
Partisan doll, whose head scarcely reached
the elbow Of the man she had undertaken
10 chastlse, chasing him across the lawn,
lodging after him behind trees. with the
train OF her delicate Paris gown held high
and the lace Of her parasol catching in the
branches above her. A week later this
strange pair disappeared. and few DAYS
after their departure the sheriff entered the
Countess rs pretty apartments and put
a price ON everything, as she was to be sold
out for her husbands debt lie had forged
her name on draft Of 9s.oo0.--Cor. Kate
Fields Washington.