The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-11
VILLETTE'S VlVACiTIES.
Fabrics of Fact and Fancy Fashioned by
the Faciie Faber of Fair Felicianian.
West FELICItNA, La, August 3, 1888.

Fabrics of Fact and Fancy Fashioned by
the Faciie Faber ofa Fair Felicianian.
WEST FELICItNt La, August 3, 1888.
EDITOR CHIEF:
70 the resident OF a city, where balls,
fetes and other entertainments follow one
another in such rapid succession, the deep
and almost painful interest taken by the
denizens of a country town in the, perhaps,
one solitary merry making of a season,
must be regarded in a ludicrous light. In
what a state of solemn suspense we await
the eventful evening; how anxiously the
feminine tongue discusses the comparative
merits of Swiss muslin and Nuns yelling:
or undoubtedly oscilates between blue rib
bon and pink; what furnishing up of coats
and vests and white neckties, wlereHitil
our male population makes itself irresist-
IDLY Fascinating: what steps are secretly
practiced before the looking glass, as some
unfortunate neophyte in the art Of dancing,
tries to recall a forgotten figure i'll Prof.
Lipard's last quadrille, may never be
known by the outside world, and only
guessed by those whom a common fate
makes companions i'll experience-and
misery. However, as humanity, generally
speaking, is about the same the world over,
[ suspect the heart-throbs of a village diff
ferentiates in intensity only from the more
6l0se pulsations of the metropolis. Cur rus
tic bellies and beaux may feel as acutely, or
even more SO, the same triumphs and dis
appointments that agltate the breasts of
their city relatives. These sage reflections,
as you may probably surlnise, lead me up
to our great social event, the f6te cham
p6tre. 1t was grand success. both partial
and impartial witnesses admit that. Every
body was there, from his Excelency Gov
McEnery, down to the tall, gaugling,
shock headed nubbin planter of the piny-
woods: every body in his best bib and
tucker and Oh his best behavior. We had
every thing too, that goes to make up a fete
cE1ampatre-cloudless skies, crowds OF peo-
pie, music, refreshments served q K. picnic,
flirtations, dancing, dust and rcd-bugs:
besides, sonnet hing not often seen at fete
champetres, viz: A Broom Drill. The ST.
Franclsvilte LanceTs, a company of little
girls. performed their part in the dress
parade with soldier-like precision and ease.
I don't think any spectator will shortly
and as rapid of movement as bright winged
humming birds. Their admirable evoIu-
tions could have put many squad OF
grown-up bona tide recruits to the biush
and as for their older sisters, composing
the Broom Brigade, their brooms looked
formidable enough to have been Mimic
rifles, and their smiles bright enough to
have captured whole battalion of bache-
lor enemies. What If some mistakes were
made-if one or two of the Sweet Sweepers
did fail to keep in step with her compaa-
ions: OR if some turned to the left instead
of the right, at the word of command. [ am
sure. as one Of the young ladies tluthfuily
explained, they could not all be expected
to know right from left at the Park, when
they had been drilled at the Firenen's s
| Hall! And besides, who regards such trlvl-
alltles when every thing else went as merry
as a whole chime of marriage bells? Again,
| | repeat, the fete champetre was a great
success: but only our own people, the clan
ish West Feiicianians attending en- 14usse,
but East Feliciana, East and West Baton
Rouge and Pointe Coupee parishes being
we'll represented. The Baton Rouge guests;
initiated our more sedate young people in
the latest style OF dancing. It is. In its
way, ini1nitabie and being Capital style, is
of course, capital fan-for the gentlemen,
What it is for the young ladies, have not
yet heard one Of them hazard an express
sion. So far We are emphatically coun-
try folk living outside the pale Of ultra
fashionable life, and consequently are a
! little timid about adopting the customs OF