The Donaldsonville chief., 1882-02-11

epcc, by any means. The use Of art IN
any shape, whether in music, in speech,
in painting, or sculpture, is to instruct,
to elevate, to enable. The most of the
severe c;.nons of art are unknbwn to the
mass Of the people, who are unable to
understand the hair-splitting Of critics,
and have yet soul enough to appreciate
every point Of excellence which goes
right straight to tho popular Eeart.
Tbe city il full Of studios Of young Or
fists struggling for fame. In the olden
time--and not such . very o'd time,
eithar--a dollar an hour was considered
very good pay for q teacher; now it is
nothing uncommon in elocution and
music for teachers to ask four or five dol
lars an hour, and not to think them
selves we'll paid at that. We have lots
Of incipient PATHS and Albanis, to say
nothing Of Gersters, Nilssons and Jenny
Linds. A Brooklyn millionaire left a
large fortune to found 4 college Of music,
and each Of the three trustees is to re.
ceivJ five thousand dollars year till it
is finished. The old @gontleman's rela-
tops are contesting the will on the
ground that he was lunatic-for they
say, and very justly, too-would any
body but a lunatic give q million Of
dollars for u college Of music, when he
could scarcely tell the difference be-
tween Hold the Fort" and .'Yankee
Doodle I" One of the contestants swears
that he tried to whistle "Old John
Brown !" during the war, and he nearly
,'islocatcd his jaw. Still, suppose, after
the lawyers have got u good slice the col
lego will &" up, and tldsm let tho follows
who live in the neighbor,ood look ont
for. squalls. Instead of comforting
blessing OH the nation his name may
yet be mathematical by millions, as
a foolish Old lnnatic who destroyed tlle,
pnbIic peace. = = $
The boys and girls have, -bsen busy
up..their skates since my last
letter, and, ghee Wilkins, wasn't it
cold! We struck the end Of the North
Polo on Sunday got about half way mp
on Tuesday /; slid down on Wednesday,
and got about all tile North Pole wo
wanted by Thursday. II yon neei1 any.
rpt your way, send in your orders; we
canspare all yon require, at an exceed
ingly low price, and a heavy discount
for cash. Business is by 10 means rush
ing; there is abundant room for i,D-
the cold weather has frozen
the business capacity out of us, and we
arc SO near the end Of the month that
there is not much chance of January
thaw.
Since Oscar Wilde left us, Flunkydom
has been flat as Il founder. All along
Broadway l notice large suntlowers in
tho windows of MANY of the stores, 80 l
expect that this will be tho aesthetic
ensign of tho coming season. They were
somewhat in vogue last year. Young
damsels who desired to attract atten-
tion wore them in their waist-belts. /
would respectfully suggest to my female
friends that they wear them III tho
crown Of their G;insboro hats. Since
the ;pstl,etic craze is upon rs, and most
Of our people-yonng and old-are ex-
hibiting mild for'ns,sof incubation, I
shall not lie surprised at2any absurlity
Of which they may be g,,iHy. I was in
an old curiosity store the other morning,
and IL lady came in who wanted to match
u saucer with an old Queen Anne teacup
The teacup was an old cracked affair,
not worth two cents; but the Lady had
it in q velvet case, and spoke of it as
worth it's weight in gold. After great
deal of trouble q SANGER was found to
match it, and the happy lady bore off the
precious prize for the low price of
twenty-seven dollars. She seemed to
think that she had got All enormous
bargain, and appeared to be chuckling
to herself to think that the dealer was
snch a fool as to sell the article so low.
Old chairs, tables, trunks, tongues, fire
shovels, and irons are at premium.
God still reigns, and the republic is
safe. The two grand verdicts III the
Guiteau case and the Hudson river
disaster will bring joy and confidence to
millions of hearts, which were almost
beginning to des. air Of our civilization.
New York is inbilant. have seen no
such universal thrill Of joy and satisfac-
ton since the day when the news flashed
over the wires that Lee was in retreat
from Gettysburg, supplemented by the
joyful intelligence that Vicksburg had
fallen, and the Father of waters was
open from the mountains to the seas.
Everywhere l see men and women
shaking hands as they pass, exclaiming,
Thank God! thank God!" Accept nv
greeting for this weeks work. The
yindication Of justice will make this the
red letter week Of all tho year
Truly yours, BRoADBR1M.
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine.
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