The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-16
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
WestEad Not Up to Usual standard This
Year-New Orleans Carries Away
Southern Athletic Honors.

| Special Correspondence of The Chief.
West End has so far proven dis
appointing as an amusement resort
and is attracting but a small percent
age of the immense crowds which have
always focked there during the open
season. The vaudeville bill at present
is made up Of Italian opera singers,
whose work in open air has not set the
audiences wild. Signor Lombardi,
leader of this years band, created
considerable friction some weeks ago
by means of a running fight with the
! local musicians union. His popular
On the opening night, his first selec-
tions were earnestly applauded, but
his artistic dignity did not so far un.
bend itself aseto acknowledge by bow,
or even smile, the evident apprecia-
tion of his auditors. To the conven-
tional New Orleans mind, which has
accustomed itself to the careful polite
ness of Brooke or a Tosso, this
seemed an almost objectionable af
front. 'Conceited thing one lady
said, if that's his view Of the value
of applause, II not take the trouble
to offer further encouragement y And
that she was not alone in her stand
was made evident by the dearth Of
hand clapping which followed the bal
| ~,
an undercurrent of feeling here, too,
against the street railway company
for having cut loose from the time
honored vaudeville entertainments
West End has known in the past, and
do not believe the resort will do the
business it has in previous years. 1t
| is, however, the one cool spot in this
vicinity during the heated season, and
the crowds may be forced to go there
when the weather gets warmer, in or
der to get good breath of fresh air.
A stormy session was the outcome
of the gathering of delegates to the
Republican state convention last Mon
day, the issue being the question OF
sending negro delegate TO the ma
tional convention at Chicago in June.
Henry N. Pharr, the defeated candi-
date for governor, led the fight for a
purely white delegation, while Ex-
Gov. Henry Warmoth urged the selec.
tion of one negro as the only means
OF obtaining recognition from the ma
tional committee. The latter was vic
torious and Pharr and his followers
bolted the convention, meeting later at
the Grunewald Hotel, where resolutions
of indignation were adopted. The
delegation to Chicago was instructed
to cast its vote for Taft.
The track team representing the
Southern Athletic Club was victori
Gus in the meet OF the Southern Anna.
teur Athletic Union last Saturday
when several southern records were
broken. The S. A. G. is rapidly re
gaining its place as the leading club
of the south and with the addition o
new material which is expected to joir
. its forces, its team will be one of tht
foremost in the country.
The Inauguration OF Governor San
ders next Monday has aroused grea
enthusiasm and hundreds of peopl,
from here will join the excursion tt
Baton Rouge SO as to take part in th,
,, ceremonies. The naval brigade and
(. detachment OF state militia win maxi
the trip up the river on the stat
cruiser Stranger and join in the pa
rade, while several trains will doubt
less be necessary to convey the citi
zens who wish to go by rail
convention OF those heartless
cold blooded fends commonly know
as dentists, who make their living b.
bringing cold sweat to your brow
met here this week. Although / wa
! not present, the memory of their tor
ture chambers is still vivid to me, an
my own idea is that the meeting wa
for the purpose of devising new an
. modern means OF torture. I trust
} am mistaken in this and that the or
, posite is the case, but If they ever &c
painless dentistry it will be afte
q nerves have gone out OF fashion. II
] somewhat of the opinion of the youn
b lady, who, after series of visits t
her dentist. was conversing with
friend on the works of Nature. II
!, friend had declared after the usul
S bromide fashion that Nature was mo-
wonderful and omnipotent, and tn,
$ nothing could excel her works. notI
. !. ing improve upon her handiworI
= "Oh, don't know answered IL
8 young lady, Nature turned out
mighty bum job on my teeth, and
Q think If couldn't make better ont
3 I'd at least fix them so they could
/. half-soled without making one wis
,r she was so old she didn't need al
Ie teeth" Did it ever happen to you?
c KRATS.
:: DR.. H. A. Morgan, of Tennessee
s DR.. ]. G. Hardy, of Mississippi; D
n. Z. o. Sampson, OF the United Stat
= department Of agriculture, and Pre-
Of W. r. Dodson, of the State Unive