The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-29

/ have been invested IN this admirable exhibit
which in all OF its elegant surroundings
far surpasses the famous London exhibi-
ton. There is nothing ia Paris to equal
it, and when it is more generally KNOWN.
it is bound to become one of the most pop
ular exhibitions in the city. It is impos-
sible in the brief space necessarily allotted
to amusements to give even remote idea
of The excellence of this admirable exhibit
| ton. The Eden Musee is an elegant struct-.
ure situated on Twenty-third street in the
| most fashionable part of the city. As you
enter thedoor You see couple Of English
tourists who are evidently preparing to go.
in TO see the show. They have paused to
examine bill and you are Mortified to OBJ
serve "a man in the act of picking their
pockets sand Just as you are about to give
the alarm you obserye with satisfaction
that he is watched by policeman who is
looking around the cornerof the box Office.
You watch the group for some time and
as they fail to move you realize for the first
time that they are part of the. exhibition.
Entering the vestibnle you are, confronted
by several grand groups -one representing
the principal rulers of the world, and the
other representing many Of the most no.
table people in the world of literature and
art. In front sits Victor Hugo, one of the
noblest heads in the collection; near at
hand andslooking sweet as pink is Patti,
whose golden notes have charmed the ears
of that select set who can afford to pay
her 5000 night for the privilege. A
striking figure is that of the great artist
Messonier French; no need to tell
you his nationality. The face is strongly
marked by superciliousness and vanity,
but it is not to be wondered at, for great
as he is in art, his intolerable egotism
makes him anything but a pleasant COM
panion. The great Gerome, whose works
are known and admired wherever art has
lover, sits near Hans Markart, whose
magnificent works have been the wonder
and delight of both hemispheres for the
past fifteen years. Sa1dest of all when
looking on that gronp to think that the i'm
mortal genius which created SO much that
was beautiful and grand, should perish at
last in hopeless ruin. The interior saloon
is very delightful place and around it
are some exceedingly unique objects of art.
A Negro bridegroom and bride sit at one |
of the tables, evidently taking the whole |
thing in and enjoying it hugely. You are
] little shocked at first to see such people |
making SO free, and it is not till you have |
watched them some time that you realize
hat they are part of the Eden Musee COM
oany. Of the many wonderful groups Or
If the marvels of the crypt must take
some other occasion to speak, bat to all
7isitors to New York I would say by all
means take in the Eden Musee. Aside from
is intrinsic merits as an art exhibition,
It is to be regarded as great public edu-
GATOR, and no man, woman or child can
visit itwithout coming out better and wiser
han he or she went in.
The fashionable town has been in fiut-
Ter for month past, at the nuptials of
Miss Carrie Astor, the daughter of our
most aristocratic millionaire. Mr.. Van
aerbilt may possibly have quite as much
solid cash as Mr.. Astor, perhaps more; but
when it comes to high tone, of the tip top
double distilled old blue blood kind, the
Vanderbilts are nowhere. The Astors rep
resent the Sanhedrim of the elect; their
stamp on your visiting card is equal to the
doidsmiths' stamp of the city of Londen
IN sterling silver or gold plate. When it
comes to toney society we have nothing
better than the Astors. The family is al
most as old as the Republic, and to them
We are indebted for the only respectable
rec library in the city. 1t is true it ia not
reading room for the million, but it is
'ather the fault of the million than the
lonor, that they do not avail themselves
If its privileges. The family though one
It the Wealthiest in the land is not often
lively obtrusive, and Mrs. Aston, the
mother of the bride, haslong been known as
me of the most charitable ladies in New
FORK. An acknowledged leader of fashion,
her high station as few other
women could, she has earned the ad.nira-
ion and love of her own seq without ex.
iting their envy. The wedding, which
ook place on Tuesday night, has had no
arailel IN our history. It is impossible
compute the number Of thousands of
ollars that this magnificent affair cost.
ne floral decorations alone cost a mod
rate sized fortune and the bridal presents,
'hlch we're numerous, were worth a
r1nce's ransom. Some exception has been
sken to the display of wealth made by
lrs. Astor on the occasion of her daugh-
'r's nuptlals; these people appear to forget !
lat even the lavish display brought mon
= to the pockets of hundreds of working
sople. The flowers were gathered for ,
lilies around: some of the hangings occu-
led uplsolsterers for weeks; decorators,
very men and hundreds of others reaped
,me of the profits OF the Astor wedding, )
r. and Mrs. Actor are abundantly able to t
ny the bills, and it is eminently fitting on G
lch an occasion that they should give
e1r money chance. In the hour of :
cir great JOY they did not forget the poor,
1t they sent bountifui feast to the pau =
,rs OF Bellevue, who had cause to bless the q
sdding of Miss Carrie Astor I will not Q
tempt to give an elaborate account of the V
agnifcence of the decorations, the splen- =
" of the presents. the STYLE of tho