The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-15
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Tame Theatrical opening-The New
Courthouse Progressive Union
Booming Itself-Another
Railroad Coming.

4 OSs'SiSSSiSS
The theatrical season has beer
fairly, but far from brilliantly
launched here. "a Message From
Mars at the Tulane last week played
to poor houses, and the general yer.
| dict was that it was a Crescent play
foIsted on Tulane patrons at Tulane
prices. The company is an excep.
| tional1y tame one and the leading
man talks SO rapidly and indistinctly
| that at times he can scarcely be under
| stood. The season at West End was
| brought to aclose Sunday, not exactly
IN a blaze OF glory, either, as the bill
for the final week was only mediocre,
being relieved from absolute rankness
by Lavinia De Witt, cornetist, and
aFox and Foxie. - The latter number
included two very clever fox terrier
dogs and well-trained cat, to say
nothing Of the trainer, who does some
really laughable stunts. 1.-THE County
Fair always a popular play, is run
at the Tulane this week. The Lyric
opened it's doors TO the public Sun
day night, and the Orpheum will
follow suit next Monday
A nice bit Of bracing weather came
in and took possession Of the city last
week, and every body was saying:
"My! Fall is certainly upon us. -
Then came the collapse. We are
turning on electric fans at great
rate now, and those of us whose
s'cook ladies' haven't shown up are
steWing in the kitchen and thinking
things as warm as the weather. But
we are promised an early fall, if one
may judge from the signs already
blossoming forth in the downtown
store windows.
The new courthouse commission has
made formal application to the board
of liquid alton OF the city debt to ad-
vertise for sealed proposals for the
pureh ase of the new courthouse bonds.
It is estima ated that three years will be
consumed in the building OF the court
house, which will probably be ready
for occupancy in the fall Of 1909.
Seven young women were graduated
from the Hotel Dieu training school
for nurses last Saturday afternoon.
M. B. Trezevant, a well-known local
newspaper man, has been elected man
ager and acting secretary of the New
Orleans Progressive Union. z. D.
Burrows of California, also news
paper man, was appointed assistant
secretary The new officials, aided
and abetted vigorously by President
Albert Godehaux, have inaugurated
campaign for increased membership,
and the slogan is, Make it two thou
sandIn
A charter was filed here Wednesday
of last week for a local railroad line
of the Vanderbilt system, to run from
New Orleans to Northern Mississippi
and capitalized at sc, ,000, 900. The
company includes many foremost bus
mess men and will be known as the
New Orleans and Northern Midland
Railroad. Fl. @. True is president.
Returning from a cruise on the lake
with party OF friends at West End
Sunday a week ago, a sudden sharp
shower compelled us to seek shelter in
one OF the little refreshment booths
which face the point that marks the
terminal of the West End trains.
While waiting there for the shower TO
pass, the conversation turned upon
the subject of fame and famous people
and the fact that a prophet is rarely
a prophet IN his own land; and I cited
an incident which occurred during the
recent meeting of the National Edi-
torial Association at Indianapolis.
The Association was given a reeep-
ton by Vice President and Mrs. Fair
banks, and one of the editors board
ing street. car directed the conductor
to stop at the Fairbanks home, which
is one of the loveliest in the Indiana
capitol. Fairbanks, repeated the
conductor genuinely. puzzled, f'Who's
he2n The young woman who was
presiding at the particular booth
which was affording us shelter and a
buxom, blooming specimen she was
stood quietly attentive while I told
the story, but at its conclusion broke
into loud outlaws OF laughter and
ventured an opinion with a native
freedom which both astonished and
amused us: 'sAch, Gotti,. said she,
II fought effery Won knew Fairbanks.
Wy, he's der biggest soap maker in
der country!n Verify, prophet is
seldom a prophet in his own land!
T. C. Godbold of New Orleans,
secretary Of the Louisiana State
Board of Pharm acy, was elected pres
ident of the n ational Association OF
State Boards at a recent meeting OF
that body at Indianapolis, Ind.
THREE JURORS CURED
of Cholera 1orbus with One Small Bottle