The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-20
New Orleans, Sept IA. 1858.
Written for the Sunday Crescent
A LETTER FROM CLAIRE.

How many years have flown by, friend CREs.
CENT, with their joys and sorrows, since we have
had pleasant little cduSerie together And
don't know that | should have ever taken up my
pen again, had not CHANGED upon a CREsC sNT of
the dear old times before the war-a Monday
paper, in which found my letter containing my
interview with the fairy, hidden in the Campanula
bell who read me such dissertation on MANS
Faith" Love, Matrimony, etc. i faith, she was
bitter upon the lordy sex, having had a quarrel |
suppose, with her lege lord about some handsome
mortal or other, of whom he had degned to get
jealous. I've had several interviews with her
since then, and msyhsps will tell them you some
time. -r.a
The sight of that paper aroused desire to have
an old-time chat with you once again, though I'm
mewhat doubtful about your recalling your old
friend to mind. l shall avail myself Of this dear,
delightful, drizzling day to do so. Such pleasant
raiDs not at all monotonous in their character,
having such fine variety of drizzle. shower pour
down, and food, that no one can accuse them Of
hsing uniform at all events, II they do have the
drawback for Us of the weaker sex Of putting us
on footing with 5ternes Startling" and max
ing Us cry 81 can't get out.n Now that short
dresses are in vogue and ladies have given up the
business Of street-sweeping on their own account.
1t must be very pour dOlcH weather indeed that
will keep woman in who has made up her mind
TO go out, especially when she belongs to the ra-
Their Independent class of the weaker sex, who do
sometimes make up their mind and act upon ii
without asking What will Mrs. Grundy sayi
what shall we chat aboutg The weather is Q o
joke just now politics are not pleasant to touch,
and the terrible question of the :" largest crcua-
ton in the South has but little interest for any
body but the two papers quarreling over it. By
the way, an old correspondent of yours once
made suggestion about town clock on Camp
street to the Delta and the Picsyune on that same
circulation subject, that might be repeated to the
Times and Pic. now.
Dress, THAT subject usually so dear TO woman's
hearth has gotten far beyond my power TO make
II ridiculous by making itself SO completely so
that language has lost power to lampoon it. All !
women, women
There Is q subject to which would like TO call
the attention Of some enterprising person, viz
the fact that our little town OF New Orleans
there is no such thing as good circulating
library, and that man might make a fortune in
time with one-a library filed with all the late
publications, and arranged on the plan Of the
English circulating Libraries that Of subscribers
paying certain amount yearly in quarterly
payments, and allowing them TO take out one
work at q time and return when read limiting the
time Of keeping according 10 the size Of the
work, and requiring that books injured while
loaned be paid for ard kept-would be well pa
tronized and would pay fair interest on money
invested.
What has become Of all the correspondents of