Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05
Tho Floating Palace.

Having nothing else to dc, we whileoaway
an hour in the inspection OF its COLLECTION OF
eu-insifies and antiquated assortment o rare
works and 8 fossil remains" The Zologl-
cal department, containing every wlha'i
rare animal existing in Europe, Asia, M Ca
and America, including a full grown eA
| phant and magnificent giraffe" was ali tina
this definite announcement pronlsed-a mr-
cradle patchwork of dried SKINS stuffed
into unnatural proportions te make them as
huge as the anxious publicwere Isd to ex-
pect, and guarded from tn pollutng touch
OF the spectators by glass doors, which sun
dry labels informed Their Were got to be
approached with hands by any manner Of
means.
Our attention vas more attracted BY the
"wax statue gs1eryp than oughs else Of the
exhibition, and we can but acknowledge to
a feeling OF ADMIRATION, for the uoasteEly mind
| that dezgned those,perfect specimens of art,
denomtated the 'Bonaparte fathily,' wash
ington, etc.s The magnificent Josephine
Reauh;rfnas isErepresented bvsa con.sumpt.ve,
srnall-chestedbalIet girl of some seeond-rate
Gotham Theatre, and is only e~q:alled In
absurdity by tie figure of Maria louise and
her offspring. The great Napoleon: himself,
seems to be emerging from his chamber IN
full night dress, according to this representa-
ton, with his hands cruSsed, just tha reverse
/ - x.-b.s=uv. La.-a af,.yaye INN =, ots nf hin.
and instead OF that imperial, commanding
and inscrutable look, which nerrr:deserted
him, would lead one to suppose h.ra attend
ing the funeral OF a departed trieae. How
ever, this figure may have been fashioned
from a portrait taken after Waterloo The
wax-work labelled as Gen. Washington, and
Lafayette, would do just as well as:any 9TH
eTs-provided the exhibitors were i'm China,
or among the Brahmins, where suc:l person.
ages are vi Unknown. The "Goddcss:of Liber-
ty,n We conceive to be something :femarka-
bly, original, and cannot resist asscc:ating the
figure in our mind with tangible tiewer-girl,
with a broken toe. En- passeat, saat is the
matter with that great toe on the right foot !
Christ disputing with the Doctoss in the
tempIe,:'' is so very scriptural in effect, that
We hesitate to speak of its meris-lt looks
as though a very young female pro:igy were
engaged ii a hopeless discussion Son son1e
technical point with a score Of tremendously
wise and heavy-bearded Moors or Aaabs. who
smile incredulously at the juvenile: doctrines
advocated by the boy IN rettlcoa:s, whose
extremely white face either det:otes that
it is better acquainted with soap and water
than his safron-colored feet.
The s"Cosmoramic views" are reilly worth
looking at. and to one who had meyer visited
Boston. New York, Philadelphia. Or Sebasto-
pol, as we must confess to never EEaeving done.
would be led to imagine then. sTniniature
Paradises, without containing either our
; "Grst parents or the serpent that tempted
them.
Having satisfied ourselves of til: immcRsi-
ty of the Floating Palace, and thg humhug,
gerry 1t represents, we wended 9ur way tx
the concert-room, just then ringing to the
combined c~latter Of bones, tam 3~orlnes, ant
: other instruments, that seemed to;be included
Just for the sake of making eacs individu7
take a part in the general exezcises. The
announcement that Mad. Lows, will nov
appear in her celebrated fancy :ance,' wa
followed Immediately by the appearance 0
a bundle of airy dry goods, en,aloplng all.
= quantity of rouge, whitewash and legs, bu
nothing to indicate the preserve of wha
9 refined people would consider !: lady. TIL
II legs, :ouge, etc, made its boy and wen
9 through a succession OF movements that re
" minded the spectator of the operang and shut
Il ting of a carpenters compassin :kiltnl hands
4 after which it advanced to the: OF light'
" bent forward at the middle, wheeled aroun
Il and disappeared amidst the hissesof nearly eV
e cry respectable person in the rocsn. Such eS
Editions will never be tolerated in societ
where a proper respect is had aor the femai
character, and we were glad to see the en-
phatic rebuke administered on this ~occasio
to the shameless e~firontrv of those who pre-
lueed it for public approval, ;
On the whole, the 'FloatiHg Palace"
another OF those palpabie humaugs, witho'
n any merit whatever to justify tie fulsome Ia,
dations OF the press we have seen so abunt
re antly lavished upon it.
l. DIN rot EVER HEAR THE LsKE!--Ne III
al derstand from good authority t.lat one of OF
a young and promising limbs on Laurel Stree
IS received from a New York merchant, as