The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-12
MORE ODD AMERICANS ABROAD.
Together With the Strange Actions of
Foreigners ThemseIves.


Very many amiable and intelligent
Americans do and say odd things
abroad without being at all offensive.
Mrs. T of Philadelphia is a dear
old quaker lady. the widow of a once
celebrated judge. When | first saw her
j thought of stories that / had read
about the regeneration of certain ia
nous beauties; how at an advanced age
hey had got a new set of natural
teeth and "A new head of hair; how the
crook had disappeared from the back
and h rinkles from the cheeks. and
these invincible old Venuses of 50 or
more had queened il in the salon dur
ing a few brief years of borrowed
, youth! / do not know whether Mrs.
r had undergone any such trans
formation or not, but | certainly fell
IN o V with her at first sight, though
she was 90 or over. Her complexion
was of that soft. baby tint. with a fine.
peachy down upon it. that one often
sees In young girls. and she had the
sweetest dimple when she smiled! Her
abundant hair was a fluffy brown. and
she "A never lost a tooth i'm her life.
Despite the quaker bonnet, which be-
came her nightly. she was girlishly
dressed, with a bit of bright ribbon
here and there.
Well, here i am at last" she cried.
as she burst into the office, i'm
the land of Pericles and Aspasia. When
| was a girl | used to see their pictures
IN my history, and | said then. when
| grow up / will go there, To the land
OF Pericles and Aspasia.' All my life
! dreamed about h. but | married the
Judge and of course I couldn't go. Then
came that big family of girls and |
couldn't go. But the other day the
last one married off and settled down.
SO Just as soon as the wedding was
over packed my trunks and started
on. and here | am. Does thee know
whore | can buy pictures of PericIes
and Aspasia p"
Speaking Of presentations. two Bos-
ton women, sisters. went over to italy
about 40 years & 10 make the rounds
OF the churches and To copy the paint
lngs OF value. They expected To return
home as soon as they had finished
their task. They are still living in ex-
pectation and are pushing ON the work
with the same sprightly vigor with
which they began it.
In all this time the idea of being pre-
scented to royalty had never occurred
to them until "A few years ago, when
they made their first visit to Rome.
There they put up at a hotel where they
fell in with a party of personally con-
Quoted American women who were
greatly excited over a proposed des-
cent upon the minister, with a view to
demanding an Introduction to the
queen.
The Misses W gathered from the
remarks of these women that il is ones
soclal dut" to go and pay respects to
royalty; that, in fact, "A gross affront
Is committed If this duty is not per
formed. They FASTENED To the minis
ter in great perturbation.
we do not wish To be presented To
the queen" they exclaimed, breathless-
~. bursting into the office of the lega-
tlon: Here was something new: the
simply stared. too astonished
TO speak. Neither do we wish to be
rude or to-to-offend her majesty.
When did you see her majesty last?
Does she know we are in Rome?"
Il do not quite understand YOU. Ia
Dies gasped the minister. What are
your names?"
I'VE are the Misses W OF BOSTON
and we wish to avoid being presented
II possible. Why, we haven't a thiug
10 wear. Besides, We are both rather
tinnld and such an ordeal would he dis
painful To us both"
III tell you what 10 do" said the
munster VINO was of a humorous turn
ana enjoyed an amusing situation. -
saw her majesty last night and she
made no mention of either of Won
DO not think she even knows Won are
mere You might cav town quietly
before she becomes aware of YOU pres 1
eHce IN the city. &
That evening the Misses W baav- :
lily yelled, drove TO the station i'm a ,
closed carriage. :
Wheh we come To treat Of the curious !
actlons OF foreigners of high degree We ,
are Drought face to face with a class az r
lmproprieties that no American v-ouId :
commit; and when l say impronristies /
mean things that seem impronpr - :
US, but that excite no commeut what !
ever among the foreigners themselves !
American diplomats and their wi,ss
are often greatly annoyed by the nor
'lstent Efforts made by their assoriarss 4.
y other ~nationalties to sell them ola !.
| think the wife OF any Arcr =
can diplomat who has been long in tba :
service wiz bear me out in Ibis state \
hent. Humble as was the position =
Nhich l myself occupied in the ~seryica =
u the government, my wife was con- =
inuously and desperately Solicited D.. a
OF high rank to purchase drssS q
oarel. nihe ap- {
one m whose husband was pro
noted TO an important post i'm a v.rn
r cline Che SIN livesD wrote my We -,
following note: 10y VIE -
MY Dear -: As shall NJ, - -
nv heaNy dresses nor my winter ma -
wear where l am going propose "a IN
off HawaVH - ~ N'AA