The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-08-17
DoNALDsoNvILLE, La, SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1907
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The Tale the 7eisgraphsr Told wisdoan
Of the Adags that Cautions One
SO Look Before Leaping.
Fall Styles, etc.
New Orleans, La...Aug IA. 1909

/ new orleans, La-ssAug. IA, l907s
star Correspondence of The Chief
They were two telegraph operators
and they sat in the ssat ahead OF minG
in a St. Charles belt car. One was
small and Willie-looking. with q
mustache like wisp of shredded wheat
and eyes strongly resembling queer
olives in the hard-boiled white OF egg,
Taken in conjunction with the rest Of
his features-his Welsh rarebit hair
and nose shaped like dill pickle one
might have reached the conclusion tina
nature planned him during o meal
hour and got his face hopelessly mixed
up with her msnu card. He had voice
thatmasched the rest OF hin--the break.
fast food kind with whipped cream
! accent-and this was what he was saying
to his rather tall, narrow-shouldered
companion while I sat behind, una.
voidably oyerhearing the pathetic nn-
folding OF story generously favored
with choice and classic bits OF alang:
'I'm looking for fellow who is .
good kicker and who 10 onto his job.
I'm sort o. hsnksrin' to be kicked ell
over Town. this morning, and the reason
why is just these. You remember Miss
Perkins who runs the telegraph Office
at A.? I believe | gave you knock.
down to her at the skating ring last
fall" (At this iuncture smiled st the
unconscious humor OF that last re-
mark. "Well, you know, she's been
promoted to the station at p. and has
just been waiting for her successor to
show up before she lit out. These past
few weeks I've been spending my vacs.
tion withmy sister At A. and, ofcourse,
while [ was there / sort of-ahem.--
hung around Miss Perkins Office and
helped her along at odd times. Nice
girl all right. Well, this 3. N. bright
and early / blew in to say SO long
to Mary before pulling out for little old
New Orleans, and there seated at Miss
Perkins desk with Miss Perkins stand
ing beside her was wide old dame of
the Carrie Nation type of beauty. |
strolled over to the window and began
rapping idly on the sash, but in reality
! was tapping Miss Perkins signal and
telegraphed the following sentence on
the window pane: who in you-know-
where is the trapped old jelly fish sit-
ting at your desk, and then by the
sacred shade Of Morse, the old dame
promptly and serenely raped back on
the lid OF the desk: This happens to
be the new operator for this station,
you very new young man; one1two-|
twenty for yours to you-know-whereln
Needless TO say recognized my pay
Geological moment for disappearing.
Honest, Bill, ain't the parlor black.
smith, all right, 81 righs?''
The story reminded me of one 3
friend of mine told the other day which
kind OF bit me on my funny bone.
This particular friend, who is an aw-
fully bright and breezy sort, was down
town shopping recently and reoog-
nized-or rather, thought she did
the expansive back of an intimate
friend of hers who inclines to embon.
point and lives in Baton Rouge. tAn
unfortunate combination of circum-
stances, might remark parentheti.
callY.l Giving the back in question
sounding Whack my friend exclaimed
with her usual heartiness: Hello,
Fatty when did you hit town?" The
lady thus addressed turned towards
my friend . face apoplectie with
and indignation. Shs was
. total stranger. There wasn't any
time wasted In attempted explanations
;. my friend simply fed ignominl-
ously. After all, there's good bit OF
wisdom in the adage which charges
one to look we'll before leaping.
The floor manager in the ready-to-
wear department OF one OF our leading
stores showed me an advance sheet Of
fall styles which came to the firm 1ii-
rect from Paris few weeks sgo.
Certainly, it showed some stunning
models, and as q harbinger OF au-
sumnal les presages season OF un-
usually charming effects. The long
and half-length coats ara going to be
worn, and electric blue Is
named as the leading shade which will
ind favor among modish dressers.
Other coiors mentioned. and in the
order, are: brown in every
shade from apricot to mole, cherry
red, green, rose lavender and gray.
The doom OF the lingerie waist has
been pronounced once and for all,
and the strictly tailored effect is COM
Ing into its own with vengeance.
Lighter weight fabrics in dress goods |
will obtain during the cold months,
his being made possible by the In. |
PRODUCTION OF the full length coat.
K. B.