The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-08-11
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
sorrowfuI Story of "Thweli Dreahse's
and q Lisping -Lighterags
Company Organized Polo Sea-
son to Open shortly.

n New Orleans, La, August s, 1904
Staff Correspondence of The Chief.
The types one meets in city are
many and varied, and living In
metropolis is like reading an absorb
ingly interesting book throbbing with
human passions and peopled with
vital. living characters. got on
Prytania car the other morning ana
| happened to sit behind Convers alton
topped by voluminous display OF
pompadour. Now, TO lisp is bad
enough and to use slang is worse, but
to do both at once amounts TO nothing
less than simple tragedy. This par
ticular effect IN hair was talking to q
slady friend who sat beside her, and
this is what she was saying:
Gee! Tethie, but / breethed onto .
car yethterday with the dandieth look
ing guy you ever theen. He thurs wash
a thwell drether and wath just inth
crazy to know who he wath. Well,
wa dye think? He thits In the seat
next to mine and beginth giving me the
goo-goo glanth. Pretty thoon the
conductor come floating along to col
leet our faith. Well, thuppose he
muth o. thought he'd got mineyou
know how earleth thome OF those
/ johnnitl on the Garth are 'cauth he
didn't say nothing to me, and ash I'm
not aching to part with my hard
earned, iuth thwings onto my nickel
and lookth innocent. The conductor
takth bill from Mr.. Thwell Guy and
in a minute coEnth breething back with
a fthful of change. Geel Tethie, that
duffer upth and counth itl Wonldn't
that get you? 'Thay, conductor, he
thez, draWling-like. you didn't give
me the right change. The conductor
thez: Think I did, thir; count it
4 again. Thez the johnnie bethide me-
There's only ninety thents here and
ath 7 amt tWinth, only payth one
fare when I'm travelling alone. Come
acroth with another nickel. The freshie
of a conductor grinth and thez with .
wink: Oh, thought you wath paying
for the lady. didn't get no fare
from her. Well. the ideal Every
body in the car muth have thought
wath trying to bum my way. wath
that nsadl { upth and payth my fare
and then it Wath ~ for mine. just
think, Teshie, of that thwell lrether
being such mean, stingy NUT. And
helooked like perfect councilman, too.
/ Wouldn' It it jar you?
/ It must have Jared Tessie all right,
because she began to get yolnbls on the
subject just as the car reached my
corner and was reluctantly compelled
to Withdraw. And that's only one
type one OF the human atoms that
make up life in the city.
The New Orleans Lightersge Com-
pany was formed here this week with 3
capital of $50, 600. The object OF the
company is to barge and lighter freight
to and from any point reached By
waters tributary TO the port Of New
Orleans, and to and from the different
terminals, steamers and wharyes OF the
city. The company has purchasa
land in Algiars, and will begin the
erection OF wharf immediately. They
will be in shape for business In about
six weeks
The aerial swing now In course Of
construction at City Park will soon
be completed and will doubtless prove
popular feature of amusement at this
delightful playground of the city.
The swing is being built opposite the
scenic railway.
/ Three men we'll known in railroad
circles received deserved promotions
here this week. r. H. Tate has been
appointed division freight agent Of The
Northeastern, also the Alabama and
VIcksbarg and the Shreveport and
Pacific, with headquarters In Common
street; II. G. Sears has been elevated
to the position of commercial agent of
the same roads, and j. B. Bannon has
been made assistant general freight
agent.
/ Now that cooler weather has set In,
the New Orleans Polo Club will ahorsly
resume play with far better equip
ment than 1t has enjoyed In the past.
/ The well-kept polo grounds at City
Park are being carefully gone over
and improved, and will be in first-claaa
condition at the opening of the season.
DR.. 2. W. Parkh am has been elected
a member of the board Of adminisera-
tors OF Tulane University, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of q. 3.
KruttschnIGt. "A. B. DinWiddie, M. A.,
Ph. D., OF the University Oh Virginia,
has been appointed assistant professor
OF applied mathematies and astronomy,
and DR.. Percy Hughes has been called
to the chair OF philosophy and educa-
| ton for the coming year to replace
j Prof. W. B. Smith, who is abroad.
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