The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-01
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Delightful Cruises on Lake Pontehartrain.
Algiers Waterworks for Sale.
Pythian Hall and En-
campment, Etc.
New Orleans. La, August 2e, 1906.

Last Saturday afternoon and SUM-
Cay forenoon a party of young people,
| including your correspondent, were the
guests OF Commodore and Mrs. John 4.
Rawlings aboard their handsome
yacht Cricket. The RaWlins' are
adopts in the art of entertaining, and
the Commodore yacht is the trimmest
and fIeetest craft Of its class that plys
the waters OF grand old Lake Pont-
ehartrain. She is furthermore pos
sessed of a record of which her owner
might well be proud, for out of twenty
races run. in two seasons she was the
winner of sixteen, and four of ten cups
which adorn the library Of the COW
| RaWlins hume in Webster street are
i trophies of her former triumphs cap
tured at various times. am not
sufficiently yersed in things nautical
| to write of the superior merits of the
Cricket IN a way that might make
good reading for an old salt, butwhat
I can tell you IS that when her clean,
slender length, careenfng at an angle
which is the very epitome of grace,
cuts rhythmieally through the tun-
bling waters Of the lake; when her 1000
square feet of dazzling sail swells IN
| the breeze like the outspread wings of
a gigantic bird. and the palpitating
briliance of an August sun in a sky
as clear as a baby eyes kisses the
polished surface of her deck and quiv-
ers along the shining length of her
slender staff, she makes the most stun
ming picture you could ever wish to
sea picture to gladden. alike the eye
Of an enthusiastic sea-farer Or beauty
loving land-lubber. A cruise OF sew
eral hours about the lake Saturd ay
was followed by a most delightful din
ner at West End, and Sunday fore
noon the pleasure Of the preceding
day was repeated. Those among the
party who had failed to accumulate a
respectable coat Of tan the day before.
certainly got all that was coming 20
them the following morning, and when,
on the return trip, the Cricket dis
charged her cargo Of happy hearted
young folk, each and every one OF
them was burned a beautiful shade of
red. Commodore and Mrs. TsaWIins :
guests and crew included: Misses
Alicia Jurmorville and Ella Bentley
and Messrs W. a. Wenek, Gus Cap
devielle, Ralph and Baldwin Wood, J.
D. Brown and T. Richard Falvy.
A solemn high mass was celebrated
at the St. Louis Cathedral last sun
day in honor of the feast of ST. Louis.
Mgr. Laval, vicar general Of the
diocese, was the eelebrant Of the mass,
and Rev. Father B. CoIliard preached
the sermon of The occasion.
The Algiers waterworks plant, rights
and business, including two large lots
of ground, have been offered for sale
to the city sewerage and water board
at S150, 600, with the understanding
that the present company is to remain
in possession until Dec. 81, 1910.
The Knights of Pythias, who have
thirty seven lodges Of their order in
New Orleans, are planning for the
erection OF Pythian Hall to cost
$3.50, 900, and it is announced that $780,
900 of the amount is already IN sight.
It's desired to erect the building in the
business center OF the city, probably
sin ST. Charles street, between Canal
and =Poydras streets, and to make il
self-sustainiHg from financial point
of vieW-that is, that the rents from
it's store-rooms, Offices and lodge
rooms shall meet the expenses of
maintenance, taxes, insurance, ETC.,
besides paying interest on the capital
invested.
Prepar ations for the great encamp-
ment and supreme lodge meeting of
the Knights of Pybhias to be held here
in October are going forward rapidly,
and the many thousands Of visitors
from all parts OF the country whom
the affair will attract are assured of a
time in the Delightful City. The ex-
peetation that two or more United
States war vessels would be sent to
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has been unfortunately disappointed.
In response to a letter from L. E.
Bentley. of the entertainment com
mittee, the assistant secretary of the
navy, Truman H. Gewberrg, writes
as follows: II regret to say that ii
does not seem possible to send any
ships to New Orleans for one week be-
ginning October Is, which is the date
Of the grand encampment Of the
Knights of Pythias. The record
target practice Of the Atlantic fleet
takes place during October near Cape
Cod, and it would be an injustice to-
the crews of these vessels to deprive
them Of the opportunity for promo
ton and increase Of pay due to ex-
cellenee IN gunnery. You are quite
right in stating that it is the policy of
the department to send vessels to any
port where any number Of citizens
may have an opportunity TO see both
the vessels and the splendid men com
posing the crews thereof. and IN view
Of the high standing OF the members
Of the order of knights of Pydhias it
is with special regret that am
obliged to write this letter = The
pill vas nicely sugar-coated, anyway.
There was only q fair-to- middling
bill at West End last week, butin spite
Of the fact that two theatres have al
ready opened their doors to the pub
lie for the season, the lake resort
continues to enjoy undiminished pop
llarisy, and is by far the coolest and
most 8fia IfufffIi5s sY,0I one rDlYfd choose