The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-10-19
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Youth, Beauty and Innocence Abroad in
Central Park-C Competition Among
Canal Street stores-.'The Man
of The Hour and other
Theatrical Attractions.


day." said an Orleanian recently
back from New York, ''when the pref.
| tiest woman I believe | ever saw came
up and addressed a question to near.
by policeman. She wore an embroid-
cred linen suit which fitted her stunning
figure TO perfection. Her hat was
purple, very large and covered with
handsome plumes of the same shade
which dropped gracefully over the
broad, curved brim, and her face was
like hower-beatiful, spirituelle and
childishly innocent. She spoke to the
officer in low, well-modulated voice,
and then moved unostentatiously away.
I was so struck by her beariag and the
quiet elegance OF her manner that it was
something of a jolt when the policeman
turned and asked me in voice nnmis-
takably contemptuons: DO you know
who that woman wasp | admitted tha
/ did not. We'll, that was Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. '''
it is also great boon to shoppers in
moderate circumstances. Never was
there so much competition among dry
goods and millinery stores in Canal
street as there is now, and the buyer with
out bank account is treated as much
like human being as the Gus
toner whose income figures away up in
the thousands. Competition is a great
thing, and no mistake.
Button shoes with colored cloth tops
in shades to match milady's gowns
are new departure in footwear. The
big soup bowl hats, very low as to
bandeaux and worn we'll of the face,
are the newest of the new in things mil
linery, and vastly becoming to the
average woman. Trimmings are OF
ribbon, flowers or plumes according
10 the inclination-or purse-of the
wearer.
1.-THE Man of the Hour is the best tthing
I have seen at the Tulane SO far this
season. Itis good, clean cut, spirited
play of the present time, teeming with
action and alive with thrilling situa.
tions. It gives vivid insight Into
the corrupt and rotten conditions that
exist in modern politics and points a
very strong moral in a most entertain
ing manner. The play offers excellent
opportunities for several members of
the cast to distinguish themselves, and
few of them more than make good.
Somehow, was not impressed with
Lionel Adams, the rising young star
who played the leading role. thought
Mr.. Adams bit too STACEY. He is
New Orleanian by birth, and for
this reason I wish I could say some
thing very nice about him ano be hon
est. Felix Haney as James Phelan
was certainly the goods-all wool and
a yard wide. He was delicious in his
interpretation of the Irish alderman
and in one part of the play re-
ceiyed a greater share of applause
than any character in the cast. Louis
Hendricks as Richard Horrigan, the
political boss and CRATER, proved
himself very able actor, while Everett
Butterfield as Perry Carter Vain
wright, brother of the heroine, was in
imitably clever. The women In the
cast were only fair to middling, with the
exception of Ethel Brandon, who as
Mrs. Bennett, mother of the conscien-
tious young mayor, ,wasexcellent. There
was one bit of fun introduced into Mon
day nights performance which I GER
tainIy hope did not continue during the
rest of the week. William Lloyd, who
played the part OF Judge Newman, uncle
of the heroine and money magnate
and politicalgrafter, was Enthusiastically
and disgustingly tight. Mr.. Lloyd Is
bundle was such healthy one that
at times he came perilously near forget
ting his lines and missing his cues al
He was frequently prompted
by members OF the cast, and the way
he got his sentences transposed and
fell down on the long words in his
speeches caused the audience no end
of hilarious amusement. In one OF
his exits Mr.. Lloyd became so hope
lessly mixed and befuddled that he vas
compelled to withdraw without having
delivered himself OF his concluding
line.
The four Mortons in .'The Big Stick
at the Crescent are clever family OF
on the order of the four
Cohans. A fair vaudeville bill at the
"Big Hearted JIM at the
Dauphine, and a drama that reioices
in the spectacular appellation of Lot
tie, the Poor Salseslady, or, Death Be
fore Dishonor," at BIaney's Lyric,
complete the list of the weeks amuse-
ments at the local playhouses.