Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-30
THEIR WISHES IMPERATIVE on.
DERS.
Wefnd the following paragraph IN
Vivian's Baton Rouge correspondence
tn the nonaldsonyille Chief:

Vivian's Baton Rouge correspondence
to the Donaldsonville Chief:
"Did YOU ever see ten girls trying to
write note or petition to be signed by
the tent II you have ever noticed one
writing anything, you may have faint
| idea what commotion ten must create,
how many suggestions, contradictions
| and disputes. Well, we tried it last
week. and who do yon think the petit
zion was to- Why, to our refuge in ev-
ery social calm, the editor of the CAPT
ToLrAN. 1t is so dull that we wanted
him to try and inspire, through his col
umns. some of our young men with the
picnic or party spirit, 80 that after Lent
we can don our new spring dresses, with
the consciousness Of solling then in o
good cause. Girls are 50 contradictory
No sooner had we finished our petition
| in real nice style and put it in very SEN
timental looking envelope with above on
it, when Leila thought an excursion to
| Donaldsonville would be nicer, so we sat
down again and thought over it, and
| POUtluttu ~ niIhit III '''N
State House grounds would be delight
fully romantic; but practical Sue cooled
our zeal by remarking, eve would fall
in the pondn We then resumed the de-
bate, aud the editor could imagine how
we raclied our brains and searched the
dictionary for words to express our de-
sires, he would appreciate our efforts
though they never reached him. We
were so sure our request--whatever 1t
waS--would be attended to and every
thing possible done in our behalf, that
we planned how at the prospective enter
tainment we should present our cham
pion with some gift, and Nab proposed
u tobacco pouch made b. the ten, an
other u smoking cap, cor both," ! ven
tured. Some half dozen propositions
were made then dispute arose Us to
who could write the prettiest and neat
est. All m0destly claiming that accom-
plishment, we became indignant, and the
upshot OF it was that the petition re-
NAMED unwritten, and we, none OF us,
speak to each other now"
The fair correspondent who writes
so charmingly for the Chief, and to
whom, by the way, the CAPlToLIAN
is also indebted for several very in
teresting contributions, has verified
in the above the charge preferred
against the fair sex, by its knightly
adorer, King Francis the First, OF
France, who, in elegant verses, said
Souycnt femme varie
Elem fol est Qui s'y tie,
Though he knew that woman's fan
cy would change about as a feather
borne by the capriciouS winds OF
heaven, the gallant king never ceas-
ed to kneel at her shrine.
He found a never ending charm III
endeavoring to enChain her faDcieS
and her affections, wrestling thus
with his firm conviction that such q
realization was an impOsslbllity.
Vivian's admission convinces us
that the chivalrous king spoke truly
1t would bepresumption, therefore,
to do aught but follow his example
We are truly sorry that the ten fail
petitioners, Of whom Vivian speaks
did not hold to one idea long enough
to have it reach US. Of course other
ideas would have followed the first
in quick succession, but the mair
object would have been reached
The after Lenten season would have
brought us all of the amusements
that the ten ladies suggested, anC
perhaps a few others. AS it stands
outside of one or two balls and ny
meneal ceremonies, the completes
calm is prevalent.
Withal we'd like to please Vivian
and her nine associates. Suppose
somebody or anybody, organizes as ;
starter a grand excursion and pic
at the SCOTS Bluffs ? 1t does seem t,
US, that fine party from this city
West Baton Rouge, and in fact tn
coast, from Donaldsonville up, pc
the Morning Star, could easily be as
sembled on Il well arranged barg
and towerd up to the bluffs. Then
with a good band of music, baskets o
edibles, and above all, joyous compa
ny, why couldn't all hands have
| splendid time?
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