The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-03-07
DoNALDsoNyILLE LA, SATURDAY MARCH 1908
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
A Brilliant Carnival Ciosetl-snatches of
street-car Conversational so-so
Week at the Theatres. Etc.

gray dawn of the morning after. . Th,
season of folly is at an end, and oui
/ quaint old city has doffed carniva
cap and bells for the sackcloth ant
sobriety OF the Lenten period. Ont
more Mardi Gras has been added tx
the long list of brilliant annual cele
brations for which New Orleans il
famed, and mono more beautiful on
gorgeous has characterized the carni
val any previous year. Every ball O
every organization was a thing o.
beauty: each procession was revela'
tion and a delight. The parade ol
Momus Thursday evening OF last week
began the regular Carnival festivities
and depicted stories from Esop's IA.
bles in nineteen magnificent floats:
The Light of Asia was the subject
of the Proteus parade Monday night,
while Rex's day parade portrayed
| hClassics of Childhood in as lovely
a series of floats as has ever been seen
in any carnival pageant. Gods and
Godesses was the subject of the Co
mus parade TUESDAY night, following
which the Rex and Comus balls
brought the Mardi Gras festivities to
a close. Rex's arrival Monday was
accomplished amid the usual deafen.
ing e1amor of bells and blowing of
whistles, and the gay and triumphant
progress of his fleet up the river was
viewed by thousands of spectators
along the banks. Canal street and
most Of the stores and public build
ings were decorated with flags, bunt-
ing and electrical designs sufficiently
elaborate and beautiful to call forth
exclamations OF delight and apprecia-
ton from residents as we'll as count
less strangers who thronged the city
for the gala season. This years
king of the carnival was Jno. j.
Cannon, president of the Hibernia
Bsnk, who chose as his queen Miss
Elizabeth Maginnis, one Of the sea-
sons most attractive d6butantes.
Ordinarily the scraps of CONVERSE
tion I overhear going down town il a
street car run something like this:
Been to the Tulane this week. Say,
but Eleanor Robson is great
tWell, my dear, just couldn't
match it anywhere, and I tried at
Holmes and the Specially and"-
"And only think of it; she made it
hearts on pass-make with only four
trumps and single honor in her
hand p
"Rippin' bill at the Orpheum this
week. There's fellow theren
sThe blamedest lot Of grafters that
ever ran city's affairs, and the thing
that ought to be done''
Wasn't Mrs. D.'s luncheon just
perfectly lovelg?n
"0yer at the Pass for few days.
''she's going to entertain at the
Pickwiek next Thursday
Say, old man, did you see Le-
veque's editorial in this mornings
World?"
and few more words to that effect.
But during carnival week the bits OF
conversation that came to my ears in
some of my journeys down town ran
something along this line:
'Ain't those palms perfectly lovely,
father?n
Fancy such tropical weather in
winter. y
ssay, do you suppose that girl
over there with the dark hair and eyes
is Creole?n
Gee, amt it hot down here?''
Lord. look at the coons. =
"Hot?-say this is the sunny south,
aw-right, aw.right.'
II positively never saw such filthy
streets. y
"Thas was real nice parade last
night .
Eyes, such a quaint, unusual oil
CITY,"
t'I never imagined what carnival
was like, and I'm awfully glad We
came all the way from Seattle to see
it. =
"Say. bo. amt this a slow burg?n
and in this way the commonplaces of
everyday car conversation gave way
to the comments and observations Of
the strangers within our gates.
am very sorry for every body who
could not see Eleanor Robson ID
"salomy Jane" Not only is Miss
Robson ideal IN The part Of the stanuch
Kentucky girl transplanted to the
daring atmosphere of the west, but the
play itself is powerful drama made
all the more beautiful by perfect stage
settings and the general excellence of
Miss Robson's supporting company.
James Powers IN "The. Blue Moon'' is
succeeding in amusing The patrons OF
the Tulane this week. There really
isn't very muca to the disjointed, plot.
less little comedy itself, bet Powers
and his leading lady are both SO
clever they make the show Without
them THE Blue Noon would be rot
ten-as it is, ii is merely afaisandg, 5,
If am permitted the French. e. B.
Care for Misery.