Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-23
Her Fin De Steele. Tour.
New York Worldly

Maude: And so you've been abroad, my
dear? How lovely! What did you see
Angelina: Heaps and heaps OF classical
and historical things
Maude: | don't care much for classics
myself. but of course history has TO De
or else we couldn't have the Daughters
OF the Revolution. or the Sons. Don't
you ever tell but believe | like the Sons
best-men are 80 awfuliy cute sometimes.
Angelina: But one has TO care for the
classics nowadays, Maude. They are all
the rage.
Maude: Are they? l thought people
seemed more familiar with Joan OF Arc
than with Mrs. Cleveland just now, but
Angelina: Yes: every one has to be in
telligent in this day, or else an author
There are none who aren't prominent.
Wen, as | was saying, l went In Tor the
classics They take more brain even
than turning sharp corners on bicycle
And so ! saw Shakespeares house AT
some place or another-quite pleasant, out
with simply no modern improvements.
Then the Tower OF London and the
queens Palace at Windsor-both nice, but
I've forgotten which was which. Wen,
that was England-now comes France.
Maude: How awfully instructive this Is,
Ike q dear. delightful lecture.
Angelina: Napoleons tomb? No, didn't
see that, either. / chose Marie Bash
kirtseffs instead. Too sweet. with real
rockng-chair in IL! Well-and that was
France. Next comes Switzerland.
the watch. / have beautiful little one
that came from Geneva
Angelina: Switzerland Is noted for sun
sets. now. Maude.
Angelina: Not such fashionable ones
They come off on lake.
Maude: Don't tell me the Alps have
gone out of vogue, too.
Angelina: | must. The Rubicon is the
most popular mountain now, because IL
seems Caesar crossed that. and. as l
said, everything has to be classical.
Maude: Why, sure enough! And Cleo
patra. didn't she live around there some
where? I've heard that Caesar went
with her at one time. Wasn't her habit
of never drinking the commonest water
unless IL had pearls in IL too Interesting?
Angelina And then Italy.
Maude: oh, yes, the home Of the pic
/ ture.
Angeline And the Roman nose. 1t Is
very interesting place-Italy.
M iniS,, Did you enjoy the pictures? ,,a
| frescoes in the roofs Of buildings. best,
because. you know. distance lends en-
chantment'-or. no. it's distance that
never can be quite sure about poetry
| but, anyway. j know / like 10 get far
| enough away so the paint won't look too
| dauby. Allegorical pictures are always
| goOd-sort OF exciting, you know.
Maude: What kind are they, big or
Aneellne: They vary according to the
size OF the frame. They are the ones
| that you don't try TO understand.
Maude: / thought those were impress
sionists's pictures.
art Maude. With allegory It's the subject
| that is mysterious: Serpents and angels
and everything. mixed up; and with I'M
| pressons it's the paint that's mixed.
Maude on, now ! see, ] never UNI
derstood the principles OF painting be-
| fore.
Angelina: one has to understand archi-
lecture. too, in order to appreciate FOR
eign travel.
| Maude: Do you?
| Angelina: Yes, the, science OF c9tllns
GRANTEES and all hard substances When
| The stone of a public building looks as
| though IT had been scooped out with
| sDoon that shows II belongs 10 one pc
| riod-thp renaissance or something. But
when the carving seems TO be glued on
| n belongs 10 another era. Wen, that
was Italy. Then came Greece. ~,
Waude: Dear old Grecian Greece! Dld
sV arseline: Indeed | did. l wouldn't have
,,IsssS seeing where all the Greek tesla
ments are manufactured for anything.
| Naude: And then Wnere. 4,
| Angeline: The Rhine. We salleu up IT,
| and saw q whole lot OF quite oeep "a'ei-
| and-that was Germany.
| Maude: And them ar 49,
| AngeIlne: | think Holland. We met me
Duryea's there. ] remember Marion on mao ,9a q .
| last seasons hat on. Let me see-that was
Holland. wasn't 1t?
Maude: And then where?
HnseIine. / believe that was all counts
on her fingers). Yes. seven countries Iha'
Waude. How lovely to think OF girls
| bavino these opportunities, Low they We
hao, Educated up to approaching them.
vsed TO think when commencement was
onca over and all the girls had read Their
essays there was nothing more 70 iear. =,
| hmt inst think what you've been able ,c
| 9aaoS mel You will have something Y
talk about all the rest Of yoir NE won
| you? - . ,,ux ahou, dear
- i,o ~, i, a hook OF travels, bound I'M per
fectiy lovely white and gold.