The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-27
DoNALDsoNVILLE, LA, SATURDAY, JUNE p, 1908.
NEW YORK LETTER.
Directoire Gowns to be PopuIar-N Merry
Widows Cause Riot--A Wise Co.
ney Island Rlephant-The

Special Correspondence of The Chief
Man may decry the Merry Widow hat
But Woman's going to wear it for a. that;
He may contend that lacing is q shame,
But Woman goes on lacing Just the same;
He may insist the peek-a-boo's outr6.
But Womaakind viii wear it anyway
And now the sheath comes in for his abuse,
But what's the use, wonder. WHATS THI
USE?
That .sDirectoire" Thing. Naughty
Naughty!
That naughty Directoire skirt Aim
it awful, Mabel? One of the evening
papers of this city is inviting tbs
opinions OF it's readers regarding the
new and scandalous Parisienne gar.
ment, and has allotted a certain por.
! tiou of the magazine section for the
publication of these expressions. Ii
| is fearful and wonderful way OF
advertising the questionable mode,
and, after all one only read tThree
| Weeks and went to SEQ "Man aud
Superman" and "Divorcons" because
one was violently told one shouldn't.
| So, honest: what's the use?
A Merry Widow Riot.
At the two hundred and seventy fifth
performance of 1.-THE Merry Widown
at the New Amsterdam Theatre last
week, the management celebrated the
occasion by issuing to every woman
who attended the performance a cou-
pom good for an imported Merry
Widow hat. The result was nearly
a stampede, and fully fifteen min
utes before the final curtain fell the
women were piling out in the lobby
to be the first in the selection of hats.
| The fttest and the fattest by sheer
brute force came out victorious with
very much battered hat boxes, but
some of the millinery was SO pulled
to pieces by the "Savage" bargain
hunters as to be almost unfit for wear.
Enter the Taxihansom.
This dear New York-it certainly
do novel The cab drivers, unable to
compete with the taxicabs, have
adopted the taximeters for their We
hicles, and now it is no uncommon
sight to see an antediluvian hanson
hiking down Broadway with a new
taximeter on the side of it gaily
registering the amount of your ride,
just like those on the buzz wagons.
An EIephantine Solomon.
There is trained elephant out at
Coney Island 8 Dreamland that is the
wisest thing in the way of an elephant
that ever came out of the jungle. His
name is Blondin, but it ought to be
Theodore Roosevelt, because an ele-
phant that knows as much as this one
does is too fit an emblem of the G. O.
P. to be named anything else. Blon-
din can laugh. read, waltz, stand on
his hands, iuggle with his trunk,
count numbers, distinguish eolors,
rock a cradle, walk rope, scratch a
match, light candle and then blow
it out, eat at table, smoke a pipe and
do number of other wonderful
things.
What the Fair Ones Are Wearing.
The divided skirt and the sfde-sad-
die skirt share equal honors among
the women horseback riders in Cen
tral Park, but the derby riding hat
is rapidly being surplanted by iaunty
caps, Alpines and very broad -brim-
med sailors, mostly in black.
The doom of the stout practical
walking shoe for women has been
pronounced, and the footwear OF the
day is light and slight and exquisite
in design. The buckled shoe is
greatly in evidence, and suede, buck
skin, embroideries, jewels and richest
satin are employed in the manufacture
ing OF the new and dainty designs.
This sudden elaboration in footwear
points to the dawning reign of the
Directoire gown, the slit in one side
of which gives an unobstructed view
of milady's foot and ankle, thereby
centering the attention of the spec
tator upon the foot, which must by
all means be daintily and charmingly
sho6.
Girls Funniest Comedy Ever
OF all the bright and clever little
comedies that ever drew the breath of
life in New York theatre, Clyde
Fitch's "Girls, which is playing at
Days, is the brightest and cleverest.
It is wholly improbable, utterly de-
| lightfnl, and sparkling with wit and
repartee which is a JOY to the mental
palate OF the sated theatre-goer.
Miss Laura Nelson Hall, who was
leading woman at the Grand Opera
House in New Orleans some years
ago, plays the leading role in "Girls, ;.
and the tonic quality of her charming
personality can readily be fell
| throughout the whole length of the
thoroughly amusing little comedy.
In the Good Old Summer Time,
Three new summer shows open or
Broadway this week. 1.-THE Follie:
of 1908 at the Jardin de Paris; 'The
Three Twins, a musical comedy, Al
the Herald Square Theatre, an6
"Skihi, !" another delightsome musica
frivolity, with Winsome Lottie Ken
dali. will be the bill at the Madison
Square Roof Garden. The Casino
will try 10 eclipse them all with sThs
Mimic World. and the walters al
have Charlie Horses" rushing cool
ing. clinking beverages here ant