The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-22
DoNALDsONVILIE La, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER a. 1906.
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The Latest in slang-At the Theatres
Italian Immigrants coming-A
New Tunnel-PIaids in
New Orleans. La, Sept. 10. 1905.


/ Staff Correspondence of The Chief
There is a catch phrase going the
rounds these days; I heard one fellow
get it of on another at the lake a few
evenings ago. Said No. /: ~ ou We
a holiday on the 23rd, haven't you?"
Why, what's the 23rd?' asked Mo-,
in surprise. "skiddoo's birthd day!,'
No. | fired back. The styles in which
this popular slangism is served up
are certainly many and various.
sHoW many niekels in S1.15?n is
another versien,. and you are told
that when you calculate the answer
i you can ssit for yours. = Even West
| End got into the game, and when it
closed for the season Sunday a week
ago, instead of finishing it's final bill
| with the usual kinodrome picture of
the fat and smiling infant surmounted
by the terse announcement: That's
aIl!a a gigantic % was exposed on
the canvas. The idea was clever and
amusing, and created a general laugh,
George Cohan dishes out in one of his
happy ballards. the popular lake
resort "left them laughing when it
said good bye
Any one in Donaldsonville who has
not seen Tim Murphy in "0ld Inno-
eeneei ought to. The inimitable Tim
is at the Tulane this week delighting
theatre goers with graceful rem
dition of the sWeetly simple comedy
which is so fitting d vehicle for Mr.
Murphy's special talents. The Cres-
cent opened its doors Sunday night
with an Offering of that worn-out
and wearisome burlesque, ssAIeF ad-
den's Flats. The Orpheum's open
ing bill is exceptionally good. and it
is safe to predict that this tirst-elass
vaudeville house will continue to en-
joy the deservedly large share OF
public patronage with which it has
been favored during the past six
years.
The new steamship Lazio of the
Royal Italian Mail Steamship Com
pany will arrive here from Palermo
about October 4, bearing 1114 immi-
grants. 1t IS planned to place the
immigrants upon lands in Louisiana
AMI Texas that they may do truck
gardening and farming, thereby de
veIoping the country along the Texas
and Pacific lines and making the
lands profitable sources of revenue
for hundreds of families. It is ex.
pected that an immigration station
will be established here in the neal
future.
Inspector Whitaker, head of tht
local police department, and at Ieas
eight prominent Italian families, have
received letters Of a threatening eh ar
acter from the Black Hand Society
The messages were received since ths
Imprisonment Of Matteo and Eilippe
di Giovanni and Joseph CarneIIi
: suspected of being connected will
operation OF the Black Hand ant
arrested on th at eh arge.
The New Orleans Light and Rail
! way Company has just completed !
). 3I0-foot tunnel extending under tW,
! electric railways and seventeen stean
! road tracks, which will be used TO
the intake and outlet pipes of the com
pany's Claiborne street poWer-house
= This is generally conceded to be one Q
- the most difficult engineering feat
ever accomplished in this city an
$ marks an epoch in that line OF Wor
in New Orleans.
=, The shop windows down town are
- bewildering vision of plaids. PIaids
plaids! plaids!-skirts, waists, under
skirts, belts, and even the trimming
= for the newest hats are all in p1ai
) effects. A man who had been II
VeIgled into shopping with his vii
= was heard to remark in Holmes Will
- confronted with counterfu1 of th
= festive materials, aThis settles It'll =
got sem again, because can II see AMI
: thing but plaids. No more scotc
: hight balls for mine!n This season
= walking hats will be small, while ii
dressier hats are extremely large
very high as TO crown and much b
- plumed. I saw an early fall hi
- down town yesterday which was
8 winner. 1t was arather wide brimme
: = black felt, the high crown sWathe
= around with fetching black an
- white checked ribbonWhich was pile
8 in a confusion Of knots and loops /
the left. From the midst of this so
- crush Of ribbon rose black paradis
1g plume which curved gracefully oVt
e the brim.
Have you ever noticed how slight
S. thing can attract and hold the unHas
70 ging interest of a crowd even durin
Of the busiest hours of the day2 Near tt
at postofice the other afternoon q cole
ton of men were gathered ab0l
something which was apparent
- worth seeing as those on the out
" edge of the crowd were cranning the
II. neeks in an effort to see over Il
shoulders OF their fellows. Invest
90 CATION proved that those intereste
he onlookers were merely absorbed
he watching a swarm of ants attenpslr
- to drag dead grasshopper throug
a crack in the W all.
- At present all the worlds WhIstlir
, q ssWhy Don't You Try?' It IS d