The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-04
Notes from Myra's Portfolio.

Lingering in the Crescent City-At the
| Races and on the Lalle-Female Proves
Trirmphs Over q Lord of Creation-Dcd-
ment-The Hero's Lovely Daushter-The
Competitive Drill, Etc.
NEW ORLEANS May, 1881.
DEAR aunt CHAT:
The warm spring days have not yet
fastened us away from the Crescent
City, to "grccn fields and pastures
new" On the contrary, we arc tempted
to lingcr longer than our wont, III order
to enjoy to the fullest extent the varied
programme for the springs entertain
ment.
First, there We're the races, which at
tractel throngs of visitors, but which
furnish no elevated amusement and al
ways excite my surprise that SO many
persons of cultivated taste should be-
come interested in them. Then, there
are now the Jockey Club entertainments
and concerts, which are so charming
that unless you have yourself been pres
ent at them, and enjoyed the music, the
sylvan scenes Of rare beauty, and the
exceeding naturalncss pcrva,ling the
whole, You can not appreciate Il mere
description. The grounds are very ex-
tensivc and beautifully laid out in walks
and drives, and brilliantly illuminated
by electric lights. The musicians arc
completely embowered and concealed
from view, by the rising shrubbery, so
that one hears exquisite strains Of music
all the evening, and can not tell whence
the sounds emanate. Altogether, an eve
ming spent out at these Club grounds
can not fail to be very agreeable, even if
one is not provided with pleasant com
panions. Then, it is always interesting
to watch the swaying hither and thither
Of a gay tllrong, and the beauty and fash
ion of the city assembled there. 1t is not
so cosmopolitan and democratic as the
Spanish Fort and West End, as charm
ing as these places are.
By-the-way, you would have been
amused ut the skill and proves dis
played by Marian last week in rowing
on tie Lake. She insisted OH rowing the
boat herself, dislaining the smallest as
sistancc, and after seeing the vigorous
manner with which she piled the oars,
it was freely admitted that the weaker
sex do sometimes exhibit extraordinary
muscular powers After running race
with Il gentleman, and proving herself
victor, she triumphantly assured him
that he must never again assert the fact
of the superior physical force of his sex
that women could be ahead of them in
sinew and muscle, as they were in ad-
vance of them in so much else! The
vanquished competitor yentured the
opinion, that = honors We're not borne
either peacefully, or humbly, BY the
faircr sex, and that fact initiated against
the success of the so-callcl rights Of
women." You see Aunt Chat, the lords
Of creation" cling tenaciously to what
they consider their prerosatives, and are
jealous of the slightest encroachment
upon their own rights and privileges.
While we women sit modestly and de-
murcly i'll the back ground and acknowl-
edge even tacitlV, their sovereignty and
alleged superiority, they are more than
willing to proclaim that we are all
dipped il angels instincts, breathing
Paradise: Il but they sternly object to our
even attempting to measure arms with
theme When viii they learn and freely
admit, that We are eo-equal with them
Was Bulwcr's conception OF the ''Coming
Race 4 l.topian dream merely!
The dedication OF the monument OF