The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-06

Which did he not, their unresisted sway
Would sweep the world before them In their
| Old Probabilities s coming, shouts the
multitude. Truly. there he sits as "Asolus"
on the summit Of the "cave Of the winds,
under huge yellow cotton umbrella, sur
mounted by lightning rod, and surrounded
| by the pataphernalia Of the Signal Service
| Bureau announcing fair weather for Wednes-
day morning between the Allegheny and the
| Rocky Mountains. The four winds. all hide
| Gus conceptions. except the charming Zephyr,
| child Of aEolus and Aurora. are chained to
| the entrances to the cave, the whole making
| All impressive tableau.
vEsTA AND THE VIRGINS.
by is own strength supported. Terra stands:
| Hence it is Vesta named"
| The burlesuue appears, SO farewell to poesy
| The Temple Of Virtue Innocence and Virgin
ity rears it's lofty columns over adjacent
buildings, and reveals quartette Of ugly old
| maids. emulating each other in manifesto
tions of ridiculous modesty. whilst at the foot
Of the monument a group OF modern satyrs,
puppies of the boulevard, oge them aud in
duge in questionable criticisms.
CoMUs AND HIS CREW.
The god OF festive JOY and mirth and his
| jolly crew followed. Under richly decorated
canopy appears the youthful divinity, his
features flushed with wine and pulled down
by the fatigues of revelry. Near him Is seated
his Queen, on gaudy throne, surmounted by
golden dais, and al in front of the car are
| guests, drinking talking and dancing.
THE SIRENS.
| Perched on high steep rock the three
sirens. each as beautiful as tlebe and as grace
ing imprudent mariners with their tunefu-
voices and soldiers, too, who are seen clam
bering the rugged edges Of the rocks TO meet
| the fate of the companions Of Ulysses. whose
bones and skulls are strown as footstools to
| the pernicious beauties The solitary soldier
who escaped the holocaust Is seen padding
away in his canoe leaving his good clothes
behind him.
| " File de la Mutt ct du Jour,
| Et favore de ga mere,
Par SEES acknowledgements Grce fit. tour tour
:, Gronder les cieux, itrember la terre.
Fremir la nature ct l'amour,
| I'll palir le front de son PEREZ
The naughty wife Of the King Of tho Sarma-
| tians Is introduced to lis upon a magnificent
car, in the act OF metamorphosing the com
panions of the King of Ithaca into swine. These
rash warriors, not satisfied with decently
satisfying their appetite chose to make hogs
Of themselves, without first borrowing from
Mercury some of the spell-breaking weed
supposed to have been tine-cut chewing to-
bacoo), which so opportunely preserved the
integrity of their chief.
THE HARP1Es
| with virgin faces but with womhs obscene
| Foul pnunches. and with ordure still unclean
| With claws for hands. and looks forever lean
The clever designer now introduces us TO a
| richly furnished parlor In one OF our fashion
| able restaurants. Around u sumpttlous table,
loaded with ''choiee yiands and costly wnes.'
| sit the beautiful Harpies. whose treacherous
claws pierce through their scented gloves and
dainty bootees. Their "vietim, with purse
get Of their ieers and flying plates and TASKS
| OF sparkling champagne.
The pageant still grows In length, splendor
and jollity. A huge bookcase comes in view.
and on throne Of old and quaint volumes
| sit
MoMus AND THE CRITICS
| in Judgment over the works of Neptune, Vul-
| can and Minerva. The legend goes about
| thus.
These three distinguished deities with
aspirations to artistic excellence. had
made pool on the production Of each. Nep-
tune made BULL Minerva a house. and vul-
| can man. Momus was selected as umpire.
and declared that all three experiments were
defective, The bull he thought, should have
the object he wished to IS strike; the house
| should be put on wheels, in order that it
| might be moved from bad neighbor-
hoods; the man should have a window
in his chest 50 that his thoughts might
| be read. Venus CHANGED by just then.
Against her face and figure he had nought to
|say but he condemned her golden slippers,
that made too much noise when she tripped
nrca In h En- ps koa G mis-
i
out of Olympus, and he Is now engaged on
city paper as dramatic critic and reviewer.
| THE FuR1Es AND THE aoRGoNs.
| An elaborate and elegant canopy over the
car shades from sunny rays the tabled Cor
gons. Medusa, Stheno and Euryale; not with
| vipers for hair" but as beauteuus enchant-
resses, whose fascinating smiles were said to
| turn tho beholdcr into stone In the midst OF
| fragrant flowers and luscious fruit and the
glitterlng, spray OF perfumed fountains they
daispoTt themselves with ensnarinlg grace.
| The Furies horrible abortions of nature,
| Alecto, Tisiphone, Megira, are in front below.
| waving their blazing torches and difusing
| their baneful influence among men. torment
| ing their sleep with sinister sights and fright
| full dreams 1t Is said that these amiable
| sisters are virgins, aud the presumption is
that they will remain 50 forever. though some
| men are known to have married furies but
| this Is not general.
| THE FATEs.
| far pleasantcr subject, from a buresuue
point of view, characterizes the next car. 1t
| is a nice tea party, presided over by Clotho,
| Lachrsis and Atropos. represented by three
old fashioned maids, weaving the thread of
| life from fools cap. A rich old nobleman
courts the Fates, The allegory is not
very clear The appalling hroomsticR III the
| foreground is suggestive of the usefulness of
this implement MS a regulator of youthful de-
| pertinent.
| There Charon stands. who rules the dreary
| coasts:
a sordd god, Down from his hoary chin
length Of beard descends, uncombed. unclean;
/ His eyes like hollow furnaces on fire:
| A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene
attre
| He spreads his canvas, with his pole he steers
| The flight of fitting ghosts that his thin bottom
| bears
| So sang the poet Of the ferryman of hell,
who INCREASINGLY conveys the souls of the de-
| parted across
The sacred stream which heavens imperial
| state
| Atheists in oaths and fears to violate"
The parodist. however represents the son of
| Erehus and Night MS Il slouchy backwoods-
man who has obtained ferry rrivilege-for
| n consideration. probahly-from some reform
legislature His tlatboat is crowded with
passengers. including a courtesan, negress,
q neriwigged lawyer. quaclS doctor, a negro
| politician and barber all Of whom are faith