The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-10-05
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
APostai Conundrum-Black Hand Letters
Tabooed-Teddy Bears for Pup Play.
things-A Colored Chicken
Fanciar,s Conceit.

the newest joke, the newest slang, tn
newest song, and, in fact, the newes
of everything, asked me in all serious
ness the other afternoon if | had hear
that the colored mail clerks were go
ing to be discharged from the postof
fee. For goodness sake, no!'
exclaimed. biting beautifully. HWhy?'
"Because so many peopleobject to
receiving letters from the Black Hand,
was the witty reply. Ofcourse, I ad
mitted that the catch was good ons
and was worth getting of on some o
the gullible folk of my acquaintance
should have known better than te
! fix on thorouga-going newspaper mar
with a nose for news as the person
who was to hear me PROFOUND SO start
ling piece Of Information and ami.
ably ask the required ''Why?n but
nevertheless handed the question to
him and here's the way twas received
''Jimminy Christmasi is that straight:
Where'd you get it? Have the
morning papers got hold of it? Was
your father your informant and did
he give you that officially? TIL be-
Great Caesar, what seoopl Where g
your telephone? I'll sendthatin a-hum-
min, Geel it's a hot one. Where's your
tele-''
For Heavens sake, keep still!n /
shouted, stopping him in his mad ca
reer to the telephone. "Why in the
name of common sense don't you ask
me WHY all the colored mail clerks
are to be disch harged?n And then he
collapsed, and so did my poor little
joke, which straightway got the kind
of laugh that wasn't exactly coming
to it. Moral: If it's a newspaper man
tell him the answer first.
A returned traveller from New York
informs me that the Teddy bear craze
is raging more wildly than ever in
Manhattan's capital. Anna Held.
the fascinating little French actress
whose Teddy bear chorus in her new
play, "The Partisan Model" is one OF
the song hits of the day, motors through
the streets of New York with a great
live bear for companion. am fur
ther informed that society women buy
the toy bears in all sizes and colors
as playthings for their pet dogs. 1t
seems that dogs betray the same mad
infatuation for the cunning, furry toy
that a playful kitten exhibits for
ball of yarn. Fancy now, a sane
woman actually buying pfaythings
for pampered little beast OF pup!
What next, I wonder?
"The Land of Nod, an extrava-
ganza on about par with the usual
run OF such things, is holding the
boards at the Tulane this week. The
production does not vary in any par
ticular from last years offering, and
the same melodies that made such a
hit last season are achieving new pop
ularity this year. The hSame Old
Moon'' song is tuneful and catchy,
and "Belle OF the Bald-Headed Row .
is another success that calls for re-
peated encores.
Band concerts ct the parks are being
spoken of as a possibility for the COM
ing season. In view of the many mild
and pleasant days that occur SO fre-
quently during our southern winters,
such means OF entertainment would
be a delightful innovation and would do
much towards drawing thecrowds to the
lovely old Fairgrounds of the city dur
ing the colder months.
Lots of people get the chicken-rais-
ing craze in most malignant form,
but a picturesque old colored nanny
who has been in the service of down
town family for more years than she
can remember, has about the worst
case of the mania on record. She is de-
voted to her chickens, and all of her
stray dimes go towards replenishing
her flock and providing provender for
them. She is a connoisseur of the va
rious breeds, and has Only the finest
specimens in her collection. The
other day while she was in one of her
religious moods | said to her: 'Auntie,
when you give up the ghost and go
hot.footing it to heaven, what do you
suppose will be the first thing you'll
do when you reach the Golden Gate?'
stLor'. chile" she replied, smiling
expansively, ''de fus' t'ingAh mi gwine
to do, Ah'm gwine ak sain' Peter a
questchun. Ah'm 'gwine tub say tub
him: MARS Peter, Ah'm gwine say,
'wot wuz de breed o at choking wot
done de CROWN vile yo' wuz denyin
Nv de Lavd9'' &. b.
Doing Business Again.
When my friends thought was about to take
leave of this world, on account of indigestion