The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Holiday Spirit Begins to Manifest Itself.
Little Iassie Charges Purchases to
Santa C1aus-Death OF ms.
New Orleans, La, Nov. ia, 1905.

| =
] Robert C. Davey.
New Orleans, La, Nov. ia, 1906
staff Correspondence Of The Chief.
Coming events cast their shadows
before, z and if you have any doubt ot
the truth OF that saying, you want to
take aspeep into the Canal street stores
and guess how near Christmas is.
Toys, toys, toys, and still more toys,
silver knick- k-knacks aud all the other
signs which never fail to blossom out
at this particular season Of the year
| are making their appearance in win
doWs and upon center counters, and
even this early in the game the holi-
day spirit begins to manifest itself
right merrily. The other day [ went
out shopping with friend Of mine who
was accompanied by her mite of a
daughter, and this little lassie, hear
ing her mothers oft repeated instrue-
tions to various clerks to sscharge
that, please,n wanted to know what
was meant by that particular phrase.
Her mother explained it to her. and
after a while the diminutive damsel
wandered off to the toy department of
the store we happened to be in, while
her mother and { proceeded to buy out
the rest of the establishment. That
evening at dinner she made the an
nouncement to her Papa that she had
''buyed whole lot of fngs at Holmes
store to-day" Papa said, "Indeed!'
and wanted to know what they were.
s'Oh, said she, "a bu'ful wed auto
mobile, a drate big dollie, a luv'ly lit
tie parlor set, veal stove what you
kin cook on, a woeking horse, a piano,
a. 'sHere, here, here!" exclaimed
her highly amused parent, WHO paid
for all that2'' s'oh. I had .em
charged, y announced Miss Precocious,
airily. That's where Mother sat up
and took notice. tCharged!'' she re-
peated in Mortified amazement, "and
to whom?'' 'Why, to Santa Claus.'
replied the youngster, and she is won
dering yet why everybody laughed.
DR.. L. E. Szabary, who was con-
vieted a year ago of failing to report
a yellow fever case, was acquitted il
the criminal district court last Mon
day and the decision of the lower court
reversed.
The Times Democrat has begun its
great annual harity of soliciting con-
tributlons to a fund which is employed
in purchasing Christmas toys for the
poor white children of New Orleans.
More than two hundred members of
the Canadian Ticket Agents Assoeia-
tion and their guests spent two days
in New Orleans this week and were an-
tertained By prominent local railroad
men. The organization is purely
social one.
The Aivarado, a gunboat captured
by the United States from Spain dur
ing the war OF 1898, has been brought
to New Orleans from Norfolk, Va,
and will be used by the naval brigade
Of this city as a training ship.
Mrs. Marg garet A. Johnson DaveF,
wife of Congressman Robert G. Davey
OF the second Louisiana cougressional al
district, died here Saturday night at
the family residence in Carondelet
street. The rem aims were laid to rest
among the trees and flowers of Met
airie cemetery IN the calm peace of
the Sabbath afternoon, following serY-
ices at ST. Theresa s church.
Mrs. Clara Gottschalk Patterson. Of
Asbury Park, NJ, has rendered to
the city OF New Orleans marble butts
OF her brother, Louis Moreau Cots
chalk, the celebrated pianist and COM
poser, who was born IN New Orleans.
The bust viii most likely be given d
place IN the new public library.
E. B.