The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-03-09
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Spring in Her Zenith Abroad In the Land.
Pure Food show Scoring big Sue.
cess-Tsidore observation-disclosures
seventieth birthday.
New Orleans, La. Mar. 6. 1907.
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seventieth Birthday.
New Orleans, La, Mar. 6, 1907.
Staff Correspondence of The Chief.
Spring, somewhat OF laggard in
the country, has already taken up her
abode in town, and under her fairy
touch gardens are being transformed
into wildernesses of flowers and the
parks into inviting wonderlands of
green. One boards ST. Charles ave.
nue. car these days with 9 sense Of
spring rampant in his veins; the warm
sunlight probes through the thick foli-
age of the trees that line the track on
eithereside and lies in soft, lacey pat.
terms upon the budding clover, and
the car changing down the avenue like
an artery OF civilization through the
very heart of nature flashes by beau
tifuI homes whose porches are covered
with vines in a clambering riot OF
roses. I don't know of any spot in
the world that is more delicious and
entieing than New Orleans in the spring
unless il is New Orleans in the
autumn, or New Orleans ia the win.
teri / asked q Man Who -Ought-to.
Know why it is that this fairy sea-
son comes SO much earlier to us than
to our smaller sister towns, and he
explained the phenomenon by saying
that We are more sheltered, or nearer
the gulf, or some other such scientific
and wholly plausible reason. But 1t
is neVer-ending source OF wonder to
me that the peach trees that are Just
beginning to family blush in the coun-
try. and the young grass that is only
green In spots, and the sweet peas and
the hyacinths and the narcissuses
which are in the incipiency of bud,
have reached their completest perfec-
tion in town gardens and are adver-
tising beyond doubt that spring In
her zenith is abroad in the land. But
there is this to remember: that when
the season beautiful in all the fullness
of her vibrant youth passes along
country highways and byways and
into the waiting fields and gardens,
she will have become iaded creature
In town-a thing of past loveliness
ready to snceumb without protest to
the encroaching days of an equally
early summer. And thus does nature
even up her score.
The Chalmette Monument bill was
passed by both branches of the na-
tional legislature and has been ratified
by President Roosevelt. The measure
approprfates S25.Oo0 for the erection
of a fitting monument ON the Louisiana
battle site.
Charles Godchaux, frst vice presI-
dent Of the Whitney Central National
Bank, was elected to the presidency
of that institution to succeed Charles
I @. Whitney, deceased.
The pure food show at Brooke's
Winter Garden Is scoring big sue.
cess.
The United States gunboat Wasp
arrived at New Orleans Friday after
noon, en route to Paducah, KY. The
mission Of the trim little weasel is to
induce young men living at ports
along her route to enter the naval
service.
The seventeen birthday Of Isidore
Newman, founder Of the Isidore New
man Manual Training School, was
celebrated at the school Thursday of
last week, when an excellent program
| planned In honor OF the occasion was
successfully carried outs q. q.