The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-23

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and foremost we are to have erecteda
beach hotel, the amount of money t.
be. nsed in its building is $40, 900. 4
Is to be finished and ready for the pub
lie by May next. Visitors to theIslant
city have long felt this want, and tn,
citizens feel an extra pride and satisfac
tion in being able to add this comfort
able attraction to the city. With ths
Pavilion and the eeaseless ronnd d
amusements enacted there, the smootl
unrivaled beach for driying--and tht
glorious seff bathing, together with th,
modern hotel hard by the sounding sea
Galveston will unavoidably he more at
traetIye another season than ever before
Work on the ietties is now progress
sing finely. The steamer State o. Texas
came in over the bar drawing thirteen
feet and eleven inches. She could have
entered drawing fifteen feetat the time
as the prevailing wind somewhat deep
ened the channel Col. Mansfield il
full Of hope, and his employees, undel
the walelfal eye Of Superintendent
Hinkle, are working like beavers il
their watery work shop 10 deepen til,
channel.
The busy fall season for businossa ant
pleasure has dawned upon US; already
can the eye quick To note changes, de
teet the quichened pace OF The buYel
and seller. New fall styles are beins
opened and displayed in the mercantile
houses and the industrious country
merchant is ever on the alert selecting
stock for his patrons in the interior.
| Theoperatie season opens here on the
24th, but the boards are to be enliYened
BY our own amateur companies, the
fiistrioDics first, AMI on the 2lst Loves
Sacrifice will be presented. Great care
has been taken, and no thought given
to the cost of placing this play on The
stage. The first object Of their series
Of plays to be given is 10 obtain means
with which to procure a suitable hall
for The use of the company and after
wards the proceeds viii be devoted to
charitable purposes, wherever the aid is
needed most. This home company have
in their members artists who would take
rank among the celebrities. Theopen-
ing proper of the season by profession
aals occurs on Sunday. Now all the harm
invoked for this company and their
manager is, may none but those whe
ignore the Sabbath, with all its sacred
ness, see them play.
The coming season promises marked
attractions. Among other celebrities ]
note the names of Clara Loaise Kel-
logg, and Emma Tllursby. / confess to
a feeling of national pride when these
noted American artists arc mentioned
May the good fates attend them on
Ifheir journeying towards our bonny
shores. While on this subject Of amuse.
Inents I betbought me Of a passage in
letter from a dear friend of the Bay
on city, who is now reyelipg in the beau
ties and delights Of the old world, and
with an apology TO my correspondent
i will quote q passage for your readers
and my letter.
4" We spent over fortnight in Paris,
the city of cities, so elegant, so beauti-
full, SO interesting. We lived better
and at less expense in Paris, than in
any place we have stopped, and how /
enjoyed itthere, I spent the days about
the city or in the Louvre among the
unsurpassed collection of paintings and
seulpture-in the evenings we often at
tended an opera or play-always seeing
a ballet wherever we, went, and let me
tell you French ballet is the most ex-
qnisite entertainment in the world, ar
tistic, dainty, and intoxicating, without
the vulgarity Of the English and Amer
lean limitations. Unfortunately we were
o.lt Of the season and have heard none
of the celebrated actors or singers, We
attended, however, a performance in
the grand opera house, saw the Thou
sand one Nights, at the chatlet- where
the scenery and transformation ex-
celled anything / had ever imagined
men, women, elephants, (real houses,
dogs and birds, all on the stage, and all
had'their parts. The dressing too was
magnificent words could not describe
the splendor at the scene in Cleopatais.
court. While locking at one beautiful.
scene it would fade from rs and gradn-
ally gg0u into its place. i have no idea.
how it was DONE"
Hoping that the Echo readers will as.
willingly listen to my talk Of some other
portion Of Texas, i will Leave the city
of Galveston aside for a short time, and
tell you Of my trip TO Huntsville. If it
wasn't for the loeatisnof the State Nor
NAL Institute and penitentiary at this
place, Huntsville would never be found.
The international and Great Northern
railroad runs within eight miles Of the
village, and then there is i tap road,
which seems principally to wait at tie.
depot in the said toNn, Or at Phelps
function, but which in reality seems to
be Tor the purpose Of conveying stu
dents or eonyiets, as the case may be-,
packed mp in aIlittle boz Of p car, the
dimentions of which as near as 4 cpuld|
judge, we're about twelve by nine feet {
A great portion Of the car was devoted
TO trunks and mail. Considerable ROOM
is needed to convey the mail, lor great
is the number Of letters that so and
come 10 and from the hemestck stu
DENTS. x had the pleasure Of visiting
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