The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-04-01

never succcou III lnpreSslNS even tnel
personality upon us, much less lead an,
influence.
In a room full of persons, the othe
evening, instinctively recognized BIis
Willard, though an utter stranger. Sh
has face which, once seen will never u,
forgotten, and close observer will de
tect in it, at first glance, as l did, til,
impress of her beautiful mind and soul
She must be thirty at least, but
there is not a thread of silver yet in !lel
fair hair that waves gracefully about til.
snow white forehead, and the play o
light and intellect that illumines he,
countenance and brightens the eye, can
not fail TO render her attractive to all
not too much enamored Of surface beauty
mere red and white prettiness.
She was formerly professor of Bsthet-
les at Chicago, and when she resolved to
consecrate all the powers Of her mind
and soul to the noble work of reclamius
from deadly bondage, immortal souls,
many of her friends deemed it conde-
scension, and almost beneath the atten-
| ton of educated women. But Miss
Willard said "That as the temple of the
Holy Ghost was grander than any cathe-
dral, the statue of breathing humanity
finer than one carved out of stone, the
human face divine fairer than painted
canvas; so was her present stady nobler
than the one which engaged her attention
| in earlier years." Aud so, amid dis
couragement aud thankless toll, often
Ill a spirit of self-sacriice, patient
striving, and renunciation, she has ever
continued her noble mission since 1874,
never faltering in the plan of duty she
espoused.
AS temperance lecturer she is more
delightful and interesting than any one
ever heard. Her audience forget the
woman i'll the earnest appealing thoughts
clothed with majesty and power, and
illustrated with glowing figure and mar
rative. She seems to possess the rare
faculty of diverting the thought and in
terest from herself as woman, to the
grand cause she SO strongly advocates.
This on the rostrum! In private life her
personal influence is very marked, and
many, no doubt, arc tempted to give up
all and follow her, as I heard young
lady very enthusiastically cxclaiming .
day OF two ago.
At meeting Of ladies, held this week,
for the purpose of adopting ways and
means to further the enterprise, it was
how this gentle, tender woman
influenced all minds alike, and by the
very power Of the truth. swept away all
aud f.ssse opinion as tie stream |
bears out of sight the impedimcnts,
small and great, that are thrown into it's
shining waters.
Should we not all feel, Floy, that our
individual influence, though not striking
or wonderful, it may he, yet does exist
aud should be directed ~ this scheme for
rescuin. the weak ones tottering on The
brink of a mighty chasm. The terrible
evil Of intemperanco never seemed SO
real and far-reaching in its results as it
does to-day. But it ava.ls nothing to
lnveisl against tie habit which affects
character and lifs's destiny, if we do
not grasp the reality and throw into the
scale all our influence and effort to ont
weigh the dire sin aud its awful conse-
lnences.
Last Tuesday evening Mrs. Judge E.
I. Merfiek rendered !, very elegant re-
ception to Miss Willard at her charming
home at Napoleon Avenue, where were
assembled many of the representative
people of orr Crescent City. Distin-
5uished jurists, judges, learned doctors,
,lergymen and members of the Press
were among the invited guests, and l
rust that Miss Willard impressed them
Ill as she did me, for the sake of the
temperance movement here. If the men
md women of the Eishes. influential
position We're once thoroughly aroused
md interested, the heaven would quickly
the whole mass, and the elo-
lueuce and earnestness to which We have {
>een treated this week would not fall
hort of its philanthropic design.
have hardly space now to make more I
han d cursory mention of the reception,
which " rs characterized by the iuvaria- f
lie good taste aud hospitality of the {
larming hostess, aud altogether in keep F,
ng with the conrersasiones which are not
enjoyed at her home. Quite s
II agreeable feature was introduced in
he rendition Of several scenes of Shaks- 8
care, i'll costume, by Messrs. Guthrie
nd Gilmore. The histrionic talent of t
hese gentlemen is we'll known il, social |
ircles here, SO it is needless to comment
hereon. After the tragedy bad been
ully appreciated and the exceeding be- t
omingless of the Roman to.as expati- =
ted upon by the ladies, Mr. Dudley
coleman kindly excited the risi5les of
he assembly by two very humorous a
ieces which elected great applause and 8
roved a bright finale to most agreeable
And now I have reached tue extreme s
init of the space allotted me, and must O
ign myself, reluctantly, AIfRA. !.
A bees sting is only one-fourtlI of an inch &
ing. A very small and insignificant thing. 8
ct it leaves a warm impression of about
10 feet. and there's nothing stingy about ?
le sensation either. A certain merchants q
life danced to late hour one night