The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-21


The civil equality bill was again up in the Leg
islsture yesterday. The House, 1t will be remem
bered, made some amendments, in two of whicl
the Senate refused to concur. These two wer
the provision that suits arising under the bill
should be tried by preference in the courts, an
the other was that the bill should 20 into effect Of
April LIST next, instead of Immediately. The bill
was sent back to the House, and they yesterda.
agreed to recede from their amendments. Tn,
bill, therefore, now goes ito Warmoth for hi
approval or veto. II remains to be seen what b,
will do, as no one can yet form any opinion upoI
his course. One thing Is certain, however-if b
vetoes it, it viii not be passed over his veto.
o, that the ladies of our generation would re
member the appeal of glorious old Bsn to those Of
his: 3t
Still to be neat still to be drest
/ As you were going to feast?
Still to be powdered, still perfumed,
Lady. IT is to be presumed
| Though arts hid causes be not found
All is not sweet, all Is not sound
| Give me look, give me q face
That makes simpcitie grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free;
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art;
They strike mine eye, but not my heart"
Now, with regard to the first line, we humbly
beg leave to disagree with the sturdy unlike. old
scholar.pOet, whose manly humor and exquisite
SSssnialityzsvsn when IN presence Of sweetest
Shakspesre, Fancy's child@'outufd tue reasr out.
did the frolic wine." Neatness and modesty are
the prerequisites of an agreeable woman. With.
out both she may possess the features the dimples
and the expression Of Georgisns, duchess of De-
vonshre; but she will soon find in her husband or
her sweetheart. GOODNESS and an indifference
which were most likely
"Shook from the baleful pinions of disgust"
The wisest of men said the glory of woman is
in her locks, and his words have passed into
proverb which has been acknowledged by every
subsequent generation. What can be more wo.
manly or more beautiful than the wavy locks of
a buxom girl, in artful disarray, and streaming
down her shoulders Far different from the crisp
curls which betray the use of the hot tongs. But,
alas there is little Of nature LETT in the dressing of
ladys hair. Not Absslom had such q crinal
mass on the top Of his head, when he dsnged by it
from the forest tree in his fight, as any belle that
walks Canal street nowadays. But the son of
Dav!d's locks were genuine, whilst the greater
portion of those which are supposed to adorn the
women Of the present day are false as the honor
and honesty of carpet-bagger or q scslswsg
The bonnets are so exiguous, that. when the fair
one walks in the sunlight, the rays shining upon
her waterfall betray the difference in texture and
in color between her own native hair and what
she bought of the perruquier.
" So are those crisped, snsky, golden locks
Which make such wanton gambols with the wind,
Upon supposed fairness, often known
To be the dowry of q second head,
The skull that bred them In the sepulchre."
Some time ago, one of the Prytania street cars
was the scene of q very humorous incident.
Among the passengers present was an sristocratic
looking young gentleman, hardly out of his teens
who was dressed in the height of fashion, partic.
ularly in his lower extremities, the outlines of
which were plainly tracesble and his being in
sitting posture, added still more to the exquisite
ness of the fit. As the car neared the corner of
Poydras and Camp, a newsboy bounded in, salut-
ing the passengers with the customary cry of
Here's your Evening Picayune, Times ~ Then
addressing our fashionable hero with the inquiry,
Evening paper, sir ?" he received very rude
reply. The rising son of Erin flor such was the
unmistakable nationality of the juvenile vendor of
the latest news did not like the way in which he
was accosted for when he reach the door steps,
with amingled expression of revenge and mischief
upon his countenance, he sang out:
flight psntaloons and bob-taied coat
Put me in mind Of billy gostn
The patience of this would-be elegant was ex.
hausted, and amid the giggngs Of the ladies (of
whom there were not few in the carl he arose
and sought company with the driver.
Massachusetts, ct i'd onne genus species petit.
coat continues to inundste the Legislature. Not
a day passes but some foreign feminine-our own
ladies would never be caught in such place
beams upon the legislators cheering them all,
white, black and piebald in their srduous labors
De gustibus, you know, and some people have
queer tastes.
We are glad that Miss Belle Boyd has been en-.
gagged at the Academy. Col. Bidwell has sho wn
q great deal Of praiseworthy discrimination in the
proceeding. Throwing aside the great captains |
and the suffering, unmurmuring rank and file of |
the Southern armies, few men in the Southern |
cause have exhibited more constancy, more devo- |
ton and more heroic courage than this young |
lady. With tall and graceful person she has a |
very handsome face. That face is as changeful /
III its eApresese- - A~~i> April: il in at times
and SERENE but generally full Of WA.
city and mirth. Her eyes are very large and /
bright, and gentle as those of the oxeyed Juno.
That she has talent no one who has ever listened
to her readings can doubt; and Col. Bdwell, we /
predict has made an acquisition in Belle Boyd with
which the New Orleans public will be highly /
pleased. Miss Msude st. Leon has been engaged /
with Miss Boyd. We shall bave occasion to speak /
Of her more fully when their engagement shall
have commenced.
ramble on the levee on Sunday afternoon,
provided it be fair weather, offers rare enjoyment,
and especially at the season when the wharves are
lined with great black hulls from all parts of the
world, each giving evidence of its nationality in
It's peculiar style of naval architecture. Take the
cars this afternoon to the foot Of jackson street.
and stroll down thence along the river side as far
as Canal. II you are anything of walker 1t will
not tire you any more than sufficiently to give a
zest to sleep, while on the other hand the walk
will give you new ideas, new life. and piano.
ramic view MOTTO be surpassed anywhere.
The police, under the able supervision of Capt.
Cain, are now doing unusually well. Two special
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