The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-13
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charming day yesterday.
The Prophet" tonight at the Opera House.
"Faust" +" tonight at the National.
Mrs. General Grant affects pink silk.
Mrs. Stowe has got out a new book.
They have had black snow at Ashtabula, o.
Hon. Charles p. Huntington, OF Boston, is dead.
A soprano in London gets $40, 900 a month.
Thanks TO the officers Of the steamer Morgan.
Thanks to the Southern Express Company.
very high note-one we can't take up.-[Mail.
Mrs. Yelverton is styled "the lovely and liti.
gous."
The new set Of boys in blue-business men
about this time [Ex.
Montana red, brilliant ruby shade, is new
fashionable color in Paris.
Olive Logan is to appear as humorous lee.
turer.
st. Thomas-ites to Mr.. Seward" To buy US you
will have to bias public opinion"
Simon P. Hanscom is the Snowman Of Dickens
in Washington.
Mr.. Dickens will give readings in Boston during
the week which commences on the 23d.
The Mail says pride is making more misery in
New York than in any city of the United States.
Mr.. Jefferson opened in Mobile Monday evening
in the character of " Rip Van Winkle."
McDowels supersedure is attributed to the i'm
beciity Of his conduct of the Indian war.
People who work hard by day and drink hard
by night are like California diamonds. They
don't SIC c)in-till.late.
The editor Of the Tribune tries to persuade us
that he can't dance, but we think he cdn.cdn.
And if he can't cdr-cdn. he can cant.-[World.
Speaking of contrivances to facilitate early
rising. Hobbies says an infant six months old is
about equal to anything hitherto discovered.
Mrs. Carrie Moore who used to skate at the
academy of Music in this city, has been delight.
ing the Bostonians upon one of their rinks. She
wsltzes and executes the zouave drill.
DR.. schenck being i'll. Mr.. John r. Thompson
delivered the lecture before the Mechanics So
ciety in New York, on the 9Th, on "John Bull at
Home; or, Characteristics of the Englishman."
Hobbies is responsible for the statement that
every third woman in Boston has the dyspepsia,
and every third spinal difficulty; and the chances
are that fifty per cent. Of the balance have COM
bination Of the two.
A man was seen the other day sitting on one Of
the seats on Boston Common, with his feet deem
in the snow, and every little while jngling string
Of bells. On being asked what he was about
he said, "Fm having q sleigh-ride hiyah, old
Jake-ger-lang
The following is A. Head'srecipe for getting
up riot:
Go and see "Pierre Technic," leave the door
open, walk up to his table, pick up his shears,
misplace bis papers, use his pen, paper and ink,
and finally, take his blotter and il Pierre don't
read the riot act to you in four volumes, you can
swallow my Head.
Ladies who are rapidly getting to the forties
should not think they cannot be entertaining and
attractive, especially to young gentlemen. On
the contrary, il is in their power to be more 80.
We had much rather listen TO the conversation of
one woman at 40 than half q dozen at 20. There
is more TO it. 1t is the real soap without the
lather; The well-kept champagne, and not spark
less slops. Young women-some OF them-can
talk WELL but their betters are those of the golden
aye referred to.-lEx.