The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-03-12
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to the carnival, it having tendency tt
elevate and instruct the locker on
tempting the multitude out into the
| pure air and glad sunshine and giving
pleasure to every man, free of cost, yet
| can not quite satisfy myself that it il
tile best way to spend so much money.
can not appreciate the argument thai
it 50 greatly benefits New Orleans, as
fail to see the good results 1t benefits
a few individuals, but the city remains
tjust the same, u shame to itsinhabitants
The carnival is peculiar to New Or
leans; lot it remain. But, would that
there might be as much money, as il
absorbs, expended for real, substantial
city improvements. Let MS have Parks
Drives, Art Galleries, Musical Festivals
and if nothing more, properly sustained
public schools and decent streets. Let
us have entertainments for our residents
ana attractions for visitors more real
more enduring. AS it is, curiosity brings
crowds of visitors; they are delighted
for the time being, but they soon dis
cover that it is all frotl and when only q
memory of it all remains, their comments
and criticisms are not pleasant to
hear; they go away with the idea that
we are the most careless, volatile, go
| s,, +l,o%
work, have no literary taste and give
ourselves up entirely to the idle amnsc-
ment Of the hour. At II table adjoining
ours III the hotel breakfast room, sat
some ladies and gentlemen from New
York and Chicago. One of them said it
made her very lazy to come South; that
1 in New York she arose as early as sever,
O'clock but she could not do so here, and
that it seemed as if the people hore
never had q serious thought, never
worked and did nothing but amuse
themselves. assured her that, the car
nival season was not fair test of the
peoples habits; that seven o'clock was
not considered early rising here, that it
was the custom of many to rise at six,
Winter and Summer, and that in no city
did business and professional men work
harder, earlier and later, than in New
Orleans. One Of the gentlemen expressed
himself highly pleased with his visit !;
thought the climate charming, the peo-
pie very social and exceedingly gencr-
GUS aud hospitablc, but had been sur
prised to meet so many really intelligent
mon. Another said, 81 suppose, Madam,
yon have some. good society here I" Good
society in the aristocratic South! Was
the man making fun Of me, or was he
ignorant and prejudiced' Could it be
that was confronted-by some whom
Sheridan had impressed with the idea
that the people Of New Orleans were a
set of banditti1
You may know, Myra, my cheeks
flushed with vexation, but l answered
i'll a very amiabie tone Of voice, go yes,
we have as fine grade of intelligence
and as high toned society here as any,
where in the world. All! how grossly
misunderstood are the Southern people ="
The great event of tho carnival was
the presence in our midst of the North
ern soldiers. They were received and
entertained in way that reassured and
gladdened their hearts and they in turn
did such deeds of kindness that the peo-
pie of New Orleans must ever hold them
in sweet remembrance. In fact, the
demonstration of SO much real, good
feeling between people once in bitterest
antagonism, seemed like fOretaste of
the millennium.
At the armory of the Continental
Guards, where short while ago was
feasting and rejoicing, may now be seen
the symbols Of mourning which tell Of
the sad finale of the visit 50 much ell
joycd by the gallant body Of the Boston
Lancers; and there is no heart but what
beats in deep sympathy with the aflic-
ted friends of the deceased.
have read "Moths" upon the recon-
mendation of friend, but, l was never
more disappointed. 1t is positively de-
ficient in merit and really does not seem
the product of Ouida's powerful pen. 1t
is an attempt to expose and condemn
the hollowness, selfshness and the sins
Of society. The authoress creates pat
tern of excellence and places her on the
highest pinnacle Of virtue, an example
for all to follow; she is given wonderful
strength of character to resist insults,
wrongs and temptations through years
of trial, only to descend at the last and
become of the earth earthly; to marry
contrary to her sense Of right, contrary
to the rules of her church, she being a
divorced woman-dnring the lifetime of
the man to whom she bad been lawfully
married. There is, too, constant repe-
tition and spinning out of the same ideas,
and one wearies of the book. Do not, l
beg of you, waste the golden moments
reading snch books; Such reading weak
ems the mind, acts as al excitant but
fails to yield proper nourshment.
AUNT CHAT.
AT the Castle of Simonetta, about
twenty miles from Milan, surprising
echo is produced between the two wings