Michigan Tourists Abroad

The party unJer charge of Mr, ritono, of Kalamazoo, whieh has been making a " graad tour," saoius to a+truct nuiirh ;ittontion and admiratiou frmu foreigners and travelers. The party, U will bo rejnombered, i cuuiposed of L4 young ladios, five of whoin are trom Detroit and Michigan, the others fri n New York and PhiladelpUia. The New York lkruU, in a letter tlatod a AWxftndri:i, haa tho tbllowing concerning Miss Columbia'i Odyssey, as it terms tho party. "A novi.'Hy umong American travelers abroad will induce tho derision of the reador, beoause the American is himself a novelty to t'oreigners,. iwtwitlistanding he h is beon on exhibition for nearly a century. But wlvat shall be Bttid of a party of 14 young ladies, traveling over Europe, Asia and África, matronized by a lady instructor, in order that thoy ïnay learn f rom the great book of human. Life -ï Being iu Milan some weeks ago I had' an opportunity to observe an itinerant semr inury, composed of moro than a dozen of the fairest of our American girls, in charge of Mrs. Stone. The young Iftdiefl varied in age from 14 to 21, and represented every quarter of tho Union, typifying all shade of innocent beauty. Tneir Mines are a follows: liss ;incy X. Sanborn, Miss Krina M. Fuüer, Miss Eim;i Etheridgo, Miss Caroliuo C. Bortsch, Miss Lizzie Bell Fuller, Miss Nancy A. Sanborn, Miss (iertrude Thomas, Miss Flora Bella Huyzan, Miss Kate E. Mituhell, Miss Lena M. öould, Miss Clara A. Avery, Miss Katie C. Baxter, Miss Mary T. McNaughtou, Miss Lucinda H. Stone. " This party left New York nearly a year ugo, ander the supervisión of Mis. ïitone ; and for male protection they have Mr. II. Q. Gilbert and a courier, who attond to all the details of truveling. Thcy first made a tour througb. lreland, where they ware greeted with the generous hospitality which ouly an Irishman can offer, and then passing through Sootl&nd visited Engliind, France, Gtermony, Switzcrland und Itiily. Of coursc such an acTKreííatioii of young and attr.ictive girls, blusbing with hcaith and vitality, uttracts tUo curious gn.o of the iistoiiished Europoan, who can little understand why a young lady sbould have anything boyond a shallow property in music and domestic accompïishments. Still, it touches a oew systeni for cducating the Ainorican young lady, and wliich, from tho rcsults already achieved, is worthy of the highest commendation. It is simply taking the undevelopcd girl from the close and döleterious airs of the schoolroom and acclimatizing hor to the healthy air of Irelund or the hot, foverish weather of África. " With. her histoi y and guide-book at her olbow, she visits the vciy scones doBcribcd iii Roman history ; siiu clinibs the Alps; waiiders út solitudes which her favorito poets havo iinmortalizud, and by turus bouomes gay at tho oarousala ot great capitaLs, and serious and thoughtful in thu statoly palaces and imposing cathedrals. ïhe most fuuious ruins, the grandest living works of art and giwvt natural wonders movo beforo her young appreciutive eye ; she boholds and admires, bue is a true travclor, boo.iusc s'a ■ tas not come abroad when hor taste has como neglcctea by age, or uor appreciation chillod by douioátio tíos. Slnj nioves in the poctry of doinostic travel, and without that girlish instinot lier iduas must very uiuch resemblo thoe oí' Murk Twain. I havo rarely, I niight suy ncver, seen a collection oi' sucli fresh lookiug girls as compose tbis party. Thuy all enjoy their long exoursion, and do not íatigue by travcL Now it is Yenico for a. week, then "Veuice and Milán, lundmarks. i'iuuuus in litcrature, chuichos and sceuery that are in tku knowledge ouly of thoae of special culture are visited, and the good Aladame takos caro that the ladies do not leave without ampio instruction. Thus it is that they learu wbat can never be forgotten, inipressions which will serve them to become accomplished women in the drawing room. Why can not the systeni becoine popular? ít has ot a, very expensive system ot' iustruction. " The young ladies have been ovcrwhelmea with pleasant advcnturos. Upon arriving in Kgypt they niet tlie Bmperor of Brazil, and expressing to his Majosty thoir dosiro to havo his autograph, the trans-Atlantic sovereign imaiediately sent for the cntiro party, and spoke a few words to each, at the same time presenting his pkoto:raph, duly endorsed. By the same fatality, whon the young ladies visited the iiyramids, a photographer was employed 111 taking a nogative of Don Podro, with thu mammoth mausoleums in the background. The sominary was consequently taken at the sanio time, and the Btoperor declared thiit he could wish nothing to rotuain imiuortal except a picturo which had fixed hini in the company of such a charming vUe - not cveu the pyraiuids theinselves. AYheroupon the aoqúaintance was renewed, and oaoh young lady was declarcd a national priuccss. A weck ago, the party, conducted by a dragomán sailed frora the port for Bcyrout, whence, they will go ovorland to visit the Savior's toinb. AVhile at Cairo thcy received distinguished courtesies froin Consul-Gcneral Butler. At this time one miglit think it dungurous to move rocklessly around the Levant, when cholera ia spreading and quarantiues are established in nearly every harbor,yot the young ladics go everywhere, and rcally there is no dangor. If the sauitary condition oi' Oonstuntinojile permita they will visit the capital of the Turkish empire ; going thence to the Danube will completo their viow of Europe. It is safe to say that no party that has been a bread has made a botter impressiou than La mily of pretty American uii.-sos."