Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-19
OUR KATRINA's LETTER.
RED STICK, Feb. l4Sh, tsal.

Chatty, would have fitted herself to.
Oh, my how red-headed she must have
seemed to the man up the tree, while she
wrote those cutting criticisms on Kat.
rina, the intruder. La after speaking
of the surprises and sociables ut which
the indispensable Mr.. Jones makes love
to the girls, gossips with the old la
dies, plays with the children and COM
poses editorials at the same moment
Chatty had nothing to talk about, worth
mentioning, beyond excoriating me to
the quick, for the reason, suppose, that
am so good a friend of your outspoken
paper. She looked at the dictionary and
couldn't find the name of Katrina, which
everybody knows means Kate for short
and Catherine for long. Then she went
for the humble bee and called it bombus,
which she says is it's Latin appella-
ton.
Chatty is evidently book-wOrm and
rather likes to let her readers know all
about it. She's too highfalutin' for a
plain girl like me, and ought not to bring
out words from those dead languages
that nobody can understand except those
whose education hasn't been neglected
in their youth
| have always seen the terul "bom-
bast' applied to those folks who want
everybody to believe that they know it
all. Now, Mr., Editor, | didn't say
anything about Latin and dictionaries
in my first, did II was only trying to
induce local letter-writers to stand on
their merits instead of attempting TO
make Catherine Coles of themselves be-
fore their communities, by borrowing
that spicy correspondents intercepted
letter. heading. Her criticisms, it seems
to me, are the quintessence of egotism;
else the ascerbity of her sweet temper
must have guided her pen while she
"peppered" me before closing and put
ting her letter in the hands of the per-
son who lets Mr. Jones intercept it on a
certain day of every week.
But must be carefttlin my language,
because Chatty threatens to write me a
letter if / dare interrupt her too often
AS I'm not of tllssy nature, I'll do my
best not to hurt her feelings. | know
her to be very kind and amiable, but
the best of our sex resembles the
sleeping lion in one particular and it
won't do to wake 'em up unceremeni-
ously. To tell you the truth, I'm some
what demoralized already, as I've seen
some mighty bitter interchanges of Ian
guage occur between ladies whom ev-
erybody pronounced "as sweet as pie"
| hope that Chatty will take all Eve
said in good part and that she'll laugh
in her next, instead Of being angry.
The sunshine is always brighter just
after the storm aud tue Lord knows
we've had weather enough, if proper
distribution was made, in the past four
months, to last ny for the next five years
to come.
"Those golden slippers" have been su-
perseded by rubber shoes, and, if the la
dies dared as one Of my friends told me
the other day, she'd sally ont in her hus-
bands boots.
Married ladies, tits well known, gem
orally wear the breeches, but they don't
like for their neighbors to know it. TO
90 so far as to wear the boots too, would
he to disturb the secresy of home
rule, one of the few secrets that woman
knows how to keep,
Speaking Of surprises makes me think
that the good people, whose houses are
taken by storm by those itenerant flocks
OF festive heel aud toeists, have been
shielded, Of late, by the angry elements
whose iashings in the shape of wind,
rain aud hail, kept the streets clear of
these disturbers of the quiet ofthe home
circle.
The last week has been squally one
indeed, though Baton Rouge has reason
to congratulate herself when one thinks
how much worse other communities have
Jared.
Our Firemen, who by the way, are as
gallant and efficient set of workers as
their proud brethren of the Crescent
City, are making preparations for their
annual parade on Washington's birth
day anniversary. am told that their
celebration will wind up with lunch.
What pity that the managers have not
added II grand ball as u innate. Surely
our ladies would be glad to encourage
our dashing fre-fghters by attending
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