Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-26
THEIR WISHES IMPERATIVE OR.
DERS.

to the Donaldsonville Chief:
sDid YOU ever see ten girls trying to
write a note OF petition to be signed by
the tent 1t you have ever noticed one
writing anything, you may have faint
idea what o commotion ten must create,
how many suggestions, contradictions
and disputes. Well, we tried it last
week. and who do you think the petit
tion was to- Why, to our refuge IN ey-
ery social calm, the editor of the CAPT.
TorIAN, 1t iss0 dull that we wanted
him to try and inspire, through. his col
nmDs, some of our young men with the
picnic or party spirit, so that after Lent
we can don eur new spring dresses, with
the consciousness of solling them in a
rood cause. Girls are SO 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 wesat
down again and thought overit, and
concluded q moonlight picnic IN the
State House grounds would be delight
fully romantic; but practical Sue cooled q
our zeal by remarhing, eve would fall
in the pond" We then resumed the de-
bate, and the editor could imagine how
| we racked 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 REPRESENTATIVES. 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
tobacco pouch made By the ten, an
other a smoking cap, ''or both" ven
tured. Some half dozen propositions
were made, then a dispute arose as to
who could write the prettiest and neat
est, All nodestly claiming that accom-,
plishment, we became indignant, and the
upShot of it was that the petition re-
manned unwrtten, and we, none OF US,
speak to each other now
The fair correspondent who writes
so charmingly for the Chief, and tt
whom, by the way, the CApIToLTAn
is also indebted for several very In
teresting contributions, has verified
in the above the charge preferret
against the fair sex, by it's knightly
adorer, King Francis the First, o
France, who, in elegant verses, said
Solvent femme yarie
Bcn fol est qui sly fc.
Though he knew that woman's fan
cy would change about as a feathe
borne by the capricious winds o
heaven, the gallant king never ceas
ed to kneel at her shrine.
He found a never ending charm i
endeavoring to enchain her fancie
? and her affections. wrestling thu
, with his firm conviction that such
| realization was an impossibility.
Vivian's admission convinces u
, that the chivalrous king spoke truly
1t would bepresmption, therefore
to do aught but follow bis example
We are truly sorry that the ten fai
petitioners, of whom Vivian speak
did not hold to one idea long enoug
, to have it reach us. OF course othe
ideas would have followed the fir;
: in quick succession, but the mai
A object would have been reached
: The after Lenten season would hay
brought us all of the amusement
that the ten ladies suggested, an
perhaps few others. As it stand
outside of one or two balls and by
y meneal ceremonies, the completes
VI calm is prevalent.
l. Withal we'd like to please Viva
q and her nine associates. Suppo
somebody or anybody, organizes as
i starter grand excursion and pic-n
"a at the SCOTS Bluffs ? 1t does seem
% us, that a fine party from this cit
r West Baton Rouge, and in fact Il
G, coast, from Donaldsonville up, p
'e the Morning Star, could easily be a
sembled on well arranged bar
d and towerd up to the bluffs. The
u with a good band of music, baskets
edibles, and above all, joyous comp
;, ny, why couldn't all hands have
ID splendid time?