The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-05-20
THE CRESCENT CITY.
Tho Summer Resorts At Spanish Fort
and West End "A few moments with the
Bathers-Mark Twain-ais early days on
the Mississippi.

Bat.aers-Mark Twain-His early sasys or
the mississippi.
NEW ORLEANS, Nav 10. 1882.
EDITOR CHEZ:
Life in the Crescent City has become !,
little more ben::sbl.. For SO long have
We been obliged to sit complacently and
hold our fingers for tbs want of some
thing better to do. How extremely mo-
notonous this has grown you can not
imagine and even we had not realized
how utterly alone we were-as f.r as
anusements are concerned-until they
have burst upon nsagain. Now that the
ball has started it is difficult to decide
which diversion to embrace. Popular
favor, however, seems about equally di-
vided between Spanish Fort and West
End, and it is hard for me to decide
which is preferable Of the two. Botl,
resorts have been vastly improved since
last summer and now present more than
inviting appearance. Already the bath
ing season has opened and on Sunday
last enjoyed the picture presented by
the bathers very much. The wind and
waves were quite high and as the spray
dashed up over the fair ones, little
screams and peals of laughter went mp
| making II sort of sweet music which
blended harinonionsly with the deeper
| tones OF the waves as they beat upon the
beach or lashed furiously against the
pier. The bathing suits this season are
much prettier than any have seen here
tofore III these parts and to see the bath
ers arraye1 in them reminds one very
toreibly of times spent at Coney Island
or Brighton Beach, where the ladies take
more pride in their aquatic costumes
than they do i'll their bali dresses. But
VIII, they should not do this is !, question.
They certainly attract more attention
and present u more picturesque appear
ance when
BATTLING WITH THE WAVES
til ali when gliding along the long dance
hall to the sweet tones of one of Straus'
waltzes. That is something which can
be seen every night in our cities and
elsewhere, but to see Il pretty female at
tired III snowy bathing suit, with kneo
| pants and loose waist-doye-co color, with
cardinal red trimming is the prevailing
combination-iltafi fies.l colored stockings,
while her long, waving hair is encased
IN Il scarlet tsirban, battling viii, the
breakers aud bidding defiance to old
Neptune, is sight which must hold the
spectator spel!bound with admiration.
Here one gets an excellent opportunity,
| t" study the female anatomy. A dainty
little society tfariiTg comes tripping down
the bath-Eouse steps and reveals to the
eyea plump, wcil-rouu,led arm and :.
petal extremity which is past description.
The picture is lovely and ones mind III.
voluntarily wand.rs off to some of Guides
or Raphael's master pieces Of art wherein
female grace and beauty Of form are
brought out SO beautifully. just behind
her, perhaps, and falling into the water
with Il heavy thud, comes Il dam -sei Of
some SO summers. Her weight will not
exceed $50, and she is net exactly all
that the mind would picture as to beauty
Of figure. Her waist is some four or five
feet in diameter and her bracelet wonl1
serve very conveniently as Il hoop for u
beer barrel. 1t is more amusing to watch
the maidenly antics of this last fair one.
When she strikes The wafer a terrific
ought" floats out upon the breeze, and
as the first breaker strikes her, she gives
forth il little SCREEN from her upper regis
ter, that sounds very much like false
note on a B fiat clarionet, given with q
very healthy pair of lnngs.
Our city has, for the past week, been
honored with that greatest of all humor-
lists Samuel C. Clemens, better known to
all who have any knowledge of American
literature as
MARK TWAIN.
The story of the life and adventures of
this great man is extremely interesting,
and teaches a lesson of what eau be ac-
conplished by a person with will and
determination. The first we hear of him
was in 1s57-then printer by trade
making application to Capt. N. E. Bixhy,
now of the steamer City of Baton Rouge,
who was at that time the chief pilot on
the Paul Jones, to be taught plotting.
After some talk it was agreed that Mark
was to '.lcarh the river" and learn it he
did. At the breaking out Of the war he
was pilot oil the Alonzo Childs, on
which boat he remained until she was
converted into Confederate ram. After
Il three months service AS Confederate
volunteer, lie drifted out West and en-
gagged ia journalism and from that time
OH his progress has been onward ard up
ward. Capt. Bixby, a few days since, in
conversation with Il Times Democrat
reporter. said that he received letter
from Mr.. Clemens while that gentleman
was in the Holy Land, i'll which he said:
"Thirty tons of paper have been used in
publishing my book, 1naoeents Abroad
1t has met Will. u greater sale than any
book ever published except Uncle Toms
Cabin. The Volumes sell for from So to
s., according to finish, and get half the
profits. Not so bad for :, scrub pilot, is
It 7 How do yon run Plum Point-a son-
of-a-gun of !, place. / wonl,, rather be
pilot than anything else / ever tried"
Capt. BixhY also said: "MarIs has not