The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-05
HEAVY WEATHER AND LleHT TALK

In this case II is impossible TO go behind ths
returns. We have iast been interviewing ths
''oldest inhabitant," who IL also Irregular sub
acfiber' aud constant reader" and while be
was wiping the sweat from hs brow With ban.
dana handkerchief, be took q solemn oath tina,
| this was the hottest summer within his memory
We had fJrgotten to cay that the interviewed
| man above referred TO is nc the same
time q 'relisble gentleman" Let every.
body, therefore, consider the question az
definitely settled and # there be come ncredu.
lous Thomas anywhere in the vicinity. let him
mop his face and give In to the cad experience o.
stern reality. As concerns our Journalistic cpl.
dern,is. we think that % degrees Ia the shade Ia
enough for the coolest man TO swelter about.
Notwithstanding the high temperature and the
great number OF absenteee, Canal street is not
lacking in livelness, and pedestrians Of both
sexes and OF all conditions psrsmbulate thereon
keeping on the shady eide and shifting At possible
breeses. Az general thing the zephyrs, though
scented, are not perfumed. aud delicate noses
have tendency TO turn up. while aspiring minds
tend toward the healthy atmosphere and per-
fumed fields of the country.
La our walk through the popular thoroughfare
we admit that we have paid very little attention
TO the men, who are very nearly all alike, aud per
&c, do not possess much attrac ion for the edi.
torial eye. II lie always the same thing. The
everlasting pants, vest and coat Of various
ehapes, Ii is true, but dsmally monotonous on
the average. But the women, alb, the womepl
How pleasant TO look At az they ssil along: how
graceful In department; how varied In shape how
elegant lin structure; how divine In general essence
ana demeanofl No, not even the cooling zephyrs
that blow from the south are more refreshing TO
the wayfarer than the eight of these delicate and
delicious creatures. who have been irreverently
termed necessary eyile" by some orusty bsche.
lor writer. who no doubt had been snubbed by
some OF them. And their summer costumes,
that partly hide aud partly reveal symmetrical
aud enviable forms, how attractive aud tantalis.
ing aud how the dear creatures take advan-
tage OF their privilege TO dress, or rather
undrees, 40 ne to keep cool, by doing away
with superiuous clothing. We would not for the
life OF us interfere with the rights and privileges
Of the ladies, and would even stand up In arms
against our gentlemauly and courteous Chief OF
Police Boylan, backed by his efficient police
force; in fact we would strike il he were 10 at
tempt cnrtailment Of the privileges OF the
ladies.
We could not help thinking. however, as we
etrolled on the boulevards that IL any man was
to display ON the street az much of his person ~
some Of our fair friends do Dust to keep cool,
some uneducated policeman would arrest and
grab him for violating city ordinance
u wn,eh in NJ, this g., article article, shall be
III the ladies are not2 and who will dare TO Or
cumscribe their libertiesP Gen. Fred. Ogden
whipped out Kellogg and his metropolitans be-
cause they attempted to limit our privilege OF
have as much of . right, aud much more, In fact,
to do so than anybody in the White League.
whatever may be said against the practice,
bare arms are not only cool and refreshing, but
pretty and symetricel when they are well shaped,
and they are generally so when the ladies' make
up their minds to display them.
Inc duty we owe to our readers tearing US
away from the ,popalous thoroughfare where
80 many sights were. TO be seen we
wards araver, when reaching the corner
OF Common street, sultry and perspirinp. va |
were hailed by the genial voice OF Captain Fow. |
Ter, the gentlemany passenger agent of the at. |
lantic Coast Line, who asked us in his Office. |
promising that If we were not afraid TO catch the
pneumonia, he would show us INTO ss cool |
place as can be found anywhere on the lake |
coast. Upon this tempting invitation we |
went IN. Hs led us TO- a eapacious
on the northwest side OF the room
which he said had been often occupied before by |
our gigantic and genial friend, Col. DAN Wilson. |
aud sooth to say, there we found breeze such |
rs can scarcely be equaled by the sea-created |
Biloxi. We had not been seated in the aforesaid |
Armchair more than quarter of an
hour, but the streaming perspiration had |
become thing of the past and |
he vehement zephyrs had cooled our journalistic |
body SO as almost to make us forget that we had |
nst been interviewing Duhsmeps thermometers
that showed % degrees in the shade in q COM
parstveiy cool place, 90 degrees at the front door
and l2S degrees in the sun. A remarkable fact |
9 that when We stepped three feet on the side
walk We felt not there a treath OF air, and |
returning to the door 1t was much as we could do
WITH our strong arm to keep our hat on our head.
we Will not assume to explain the phenomenon,
perhaps the height Of the edifice, ioined to some
other cause, which We leave to more scien-
lne minds to find out, creates some sort
d iannei BY means of which the Office of the At
a AUG Coast Line is thus 80 remarkably vent-
ated. Perhaps it is for some other reason:
,fttsr qua potua rerun cosnoscere causas." At
Up and enjoyed it.