The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-19
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.


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New Orleans, La. Jan. 16, 1901.
Staff Correspondents OF The Chief.
Did you ever see such peek boo
weather? Here We are having q regu.
Jar assortment of April days right in
the very heart OF winter, which fact
has brought the parks once more into
strong popularity, and last Sunday
both beautiful Fairgrounds were
thronged with great crowds of fresh.
air seekers. This lingerie effect In the
temperature would probably amaze
and delight visitors from colder cli-
mates who viii doubtless flock to New
Orleans for carnival, but dollars to
doughnnts- and far be It from me to
croak everything will be frozen stiff
and strangers will lift supercilious
eyebrows and observe in an exasperat-
ingly maddening manner: $50 this is.
what you call the Sunny South ?n
But let US hope for the best, and may
be the weather, so feminine IN its
moods, will see ft to be mild and
sweet and sunny during the period Of
our madcap festivities.
Two popular song hits that took
the audience at the Orphenm last week
were: Let it Alone. !" and Every
body's in Sunderland but You aud
Me-" Both are extremely catchy.
The recently completed First Evan
gelical Church In Carondelet street,
of which Rev. A. Il. Becker is pastor,
was formally dedicated LAST Sunday.
The ffty-second anniversary OF the
JEWISH Orphans Home was celebrated
last Sunday afternoon, and addresses
were delivered by President Gabe
Kahn and Charles Rosen. Vocal and
instrumental music was rendered by
the children of the institution.
Archbishop Blenk was guest OF
honor and orator OF the evening at
the anniversary meeting of the Or
leans Parish Medical Society Satur-
day night. The archbishop spoke on
tThe Medical Profession and It's So
cial Mission.
Bishop Van de Vyver of Richmond,
Va, was the distinguished guest this
week of Father Prim, pastor Of the
Mater Dolorosa church In Carrollton
avenue.
Leonard L. Stern, member of the
firm of Stroudbaek g. Stern, was
made president OF the New Orleans
Real Estate Exchange at the annual
election of officers which occurred on
Wednesday Of last week.
At a meeting of the school beard
last Friday night the question of rails
ing the salary of the secretary to
$4,000 was the only one coming before
the board which met with any OPP
position. It was defeated by TWO votes,
and s270O was proposed as compro-
mise and passed.
During the last week or SO activity
in the shipment of cotton out Of the
port of New Orleans has been almost
unprecedented, and there are indica-
tions that the same conditions will
continue to prevail.
The New Orleans Wholesale Gro-
GERS Association has joined In the
fight to secure railroad legislation that
will compel railroad lines to observe
q time limit on shipments In keeping
with the length of haul.
A. W. Downing, a coinage expert
OF the United States mint at Philadel-
phia, stated that the machinery OF
the New Orleans mint is OF an obsolete
pattern and inadequate for the hand
ling of the work demanded of it. MIR.
Downing is in New Orleans to super
wise the coinage Of 5000, 900 twenty
cent pieces of Mexican currency.
The Choral Symphony Society
opened a musical festival at the
new Athen aenm Monday night
with a piano recital by the distin--
guished Jewish artistic, Fanny Bloom
field. Zeisler.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the board of managers Of the Touro
Infirmary and Hebrew Association,
the resign alton Of DIR. Joseph Conn
as physician and surgeon for the out.
door poor was received and accepted,
and DIR. Jules Lazard was appointed
to fill the vacancy. The board adj
dressed q letter to DIR, Conn express
ing appreciation OF his splendid serY-
ices during the past seven years.
The new Hotel Denechand was for.
mally opened 10 the patronage Of the
public Monday night in the presence
OF about 600 people. Speeches were
made by Governor Blanchard, Mayor
Martin Behrman, Justin Denechaud,
president and manager Of the new
hostelry, and Lawrence Fabacher,
president OF the La Baronne Hotel
Realty Company. Emilien Perrin,
vice president OF the company, acted
as master of ceremonies. The new
hotel Is q building go feet long by 81
feet wide, and 10 nine stories high, ex.
cluding the basement. It's built on
the French Renaissance style, with d
terra Gotta ard pressed brick front
and q base OF granite and limestone.
About 1888 tons OF steel we're used in
forming the structure.
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