The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-08
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER

| New OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the season
Advice to New Year Callers.
New ORLEANS, La, Dec. % 1850.
EDITOR CHIEF:
/ presume nearly all Of my readers
| have heard of the IIowarl-Doswell at
fair. The young man whose name has
figured 50 conspicuon-ly in the public
prints in relation to scandal which
shook society frcm centre to circnnfer-
ence, has saved his reputation from in
| fanny by an act which places him in the
| front rank of brave and courageous
youths. The report that a mock mar
rage was imposed upon the lady as a
| real one is denied and retracted y.
Messrs Leslie Bobb and H. s. Bell, rela
tives Of the now happy bride. The mar
| ringe Of Frank I. Howard and Emma c.
boswell took place on Sunday, thu 10Th
Of December, at the church "Lahy Of
| the Gulf" Bay st. Lonis, Miss, and the
ceremony was attended by large num-
bsr Of relatives and friends Of the con
tracing parties.
Christmas is not the holiday in New
Orleans that New Years is, but never
theless it is observed all the same in re-
gard to its gas.ronn1nic and other pleas
ureablc details. New Orleans dos re9
entl,nse in the religious dir ctinn a.
it should. The average yonng mas
say the hard worked CLERK, for i-<ta'ict
looks upon it as i, secular hn|,l,.3 when
he can eat a gre..t deal "t TURKEY ,.lay
considerable. billiards ami in t,t,n Toll
hot drinks | remember in he 3,.,s.-i.
past used to get up by candle E',;t' ~
the sake Of Attending the "midsi4iit
mass" whrre fin. display and -"ol
music might be confidently expected.
But now it is generally the ~;.vory saHet
of the dinner which yrtcts me whsa
open my eyes to find that l hav. a terri
bio "head" on me and to wonder if til:
othe: fellows feel just as bad. Young
mon on such occasions exercise the re-
morse of Christmas morning by saying,
DWELL, never mind, one week more, and
then I'll swear off"
l shall hang up my stockings all the
same, however. 1t may bring luck and
obviate the necessity of my hanging up
the bartender on the corner. remem
Der having read a considerable amount
of gnsh in the newspapers about young
ladies having wins on New Years day,
but expect to notice the usual amount OF
drawing-room drunkenness, dillstante de
bauchery and fashionable fudtlling. And
why should wine be abolished OH New
Years dayi This talk Of many a yonnS
man getting his first drink from beanty's
hands while making New Years call,
and then rushing swiftly to g drnnkarti
grave, is all "rot." That kind Of young
man will get his first drink and DO the
drunkard's grave business with com
mendable rapidity by merely utilizing
the saloon advantages to DO found on
every side. He need never step into Il
paror where the refining influence Of
woman is to be met with, aud ten to one.
if he exists at all. he is kind Of sntti>!,
calf that drinks himself into j:m- Jams bs
one spree. 1t is undeniahly true that
some very young men do get drunk.
They would get drunk at the hotels and
bars any how, the only difference being
that the intoxicating agents would moi
be near 80 good rs those to be met Will.
in the parlors Of society.
New Year in New Orleans will he Il
very brilliant one. 1t should be. We
should sail into 1881 with the determi-
nation to make it a banner Of prosperity.
Tho theatrical sensation Of the day is
conferred in the play entitled "One Hun
drcd Wives" now on the boards at the
Grand Opera House on Canal street
Large audiences have greeted the play
every night of its performance. Mormon
life il depicted in all its monstrosity.
Manager Bidweil was not greeted thi~
week with the usual immense Audiences
at his theatres. This is explained by
the fact that the attractions at otht,
places Of amusement are better than III
the st. Charles and Academy Of Music.
For instance, at the Globe theatre the
performances are surely as good, if not
better, than those at the st. Charles |
theatre, whilst the price is one-half less
You will see as good burlcsqne artists at
the Varieties as you can look at on the
st. Charles stage. The MINISTRIES las |
week at Academy of Music were simply |
abominable, and this fact is amply at
tested by the small audiences 1T that
theatre. Fanny Davenport did not draw
AS we'll as was expected. 1t il hoped |
that Rice's Surps Use Party will at least !
rise above the level Of variety perform
ances. The city is at present ovtrh.,wed |
with varieties which can hs seen at the |
cost of a drink. Give us something bet
ter, Mr.. Bidwell, at least, before the
Winter is out! Give lis more Of the
Hazel kirke chop and less Of bur
l-sque and pink tights. Give us more
theatrical and fewer circus perform
ances.
The French Opera was jammed this
~,
that as artists they have no equal IN
America. Ny criticism Of the Opera,
which appeared in the CHIEF sometime
ago, was sufficiently warranted by the |