St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
July 14th at Chinchuba.
ditor St, Tsmmany Farmer:

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Tuseday evening, luiy Ii, the ech oes
bf the woods surrounding Chin club,
were awakened by the martial strain. o.
.sI.a Msrsejllaiss.' I was wondering
why thst national hymn. Of the French
was being sang so joytgily. when snd-
denly ths thought flashed upon my
mind that the day was the 18th Of July.
the anniversary Of the downfall Of :hc
Bsstile. The Frencl clement at Chin.
chuba il certainly no. very numerous,
but patriotism makes mp Tor the dsfici-
ency in number. The little village,
tho a h ne Stlsd in it's piny solitude, had
at heart y celeDr.te Morthtly 50 great
an anniversary. In fact. those swho
passed during tbs LAY in trout Of Or.
Castsllanos' villa, conld have notice'l
shat sreat preparations were being nal .
for M eyening festival. Iall green
piuss. freshly cRt fsant the forest.
adorned each Of the pillars of the fr9ut
gallery Of the house. interwoven with
beautiful rosea, the whole presenting a
most agreeable contrast
At a pmail distance from tils stage 4
triumphal arcl, had been erected. the
base Ct which was decorated with ferns
and masnoiiAx EroM, tho top Autteeed
caily the French, aud American eolars,
the star spsDgled banner being con.
spicuously draped on tue curtain Of the
stage TIE main entrance was likewise
dscksd With bunting. The stage on
both sidss Was eiolossa with evsrorse9s
and AoysTs. An sntertaiRmsht. - be
give in the evening, had been gotten
up by Miss Anita Casteii~Mss, aRd ssy.
ersl psrsons from the Kneipp Institute.
At Z p. m. the guests arrived and the
performance began.
The first number on the prOsraM was
= chorus entitled, II Don't waat To
PLAY IN Your Yard" Masters Il. Mich
olas and n. LafarRus sang the solos.
Next sq'qe 4 .les:e nation by NJ. An.
DIRE LataEgqe. .'rhs k1pnlsiQa'cf re
Ae.diaAs," Z selection from Lengfsl-
lows .'Evangsltne."
Following this WAS magnificent tab,
lean, Joan Of Arcs Vision" The fair
..Maid Of Orleans" MAS kneelil,g on the
green sward. looking with enTapturesi
eyes at tie angels pointing heavenwarl.
Cne sableau was louily spi,lauded. Misa
4. LatArkue repr esehfed Joan Of Arc.
The next was comic song, by 'Afr. j.
J. Castellanos, Jr. He scored great
succsss, and waS repeatedly applaudei
for HE e1cellcnt Interpretation.
Then there were Two tAbleau3. .jlls-
rats Assassination" aud .:.M.;fie An
s:ine,se sa the Eve Of Her Death Miss
e. Lafargus was "Ohartotts G9FdAys in
he nrst one. and Miss Al. Castsllanos
was .Marie Antoinetse' in the second
one. Both !nbleaux received great ap-
plsuse, 80 realistic and so accurate were
they.
When the curtain was again drawn
The scene was prize fight. Two hand
some l:tsle lada. Granville and wilhelm
Mellon, represented Corbstt and Shs- !.
key, They stepped in the ring with =
great deal of pluck and with defiant
looks. Each bal his second" with
sponges Ahd bottles. The referee and
time keeper we're also in the hing. Tue
little boys fought several rounds, and
we're loudly chcered by the audience.
Evidently the juvenile prize 1shters
vera impressed with their iippQrtan cs.
for they punched each other in Espfl
succession. and at ttWes sselaed to be
in earnest. This little performances y4s
true 20 life, ard one would have imay-
ined hims eli at real prlze fight.
Following this c.,ae several tablesux.
in which dainty little maids and hand
some yourR boys figured prominently.
Finally there same fp 'tlle gscRe q
band Of negro minstrsls. entitled The
s.Piue Struck Minstrel Club" They
acted their parts splendidly, and wero
undoubtedly feature Of the evenings
performance. Masters R. Nichols, II.
and r. Lafargps were the Ministries, and
with their comic SONGS &ni funny
speeches, made the audience liu8!
heartily.
At The end OF the performance ella
Alarseillaiss' VAS sung by . choir COM
posed Of several young ledies and gen
Llemeu. As the sounds ct the n, usic
Rrsd uallv died in the distance. tho car.
riages conveyed tine gaes:s 10 their re-
} eotive homes.
The s.fsts" VA complete success,
he houor OF which rebounds upos
Mics Anita CastellAnos. its skillful and
lAir manager. ANOk& J