The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
DoNALDsoNyILIF, La. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY s. 1908
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
varfrsetea weather-sfsns Of Spring In
City and Country as Interpreted BIZ
Youthful Observers.
Arausemants.
Esw Orleans, "a. Eeb. ). laos.

weather, bLs airy weather that acts
like the present variety deserves to be
talked about. 1t has come to this:
when you start down town Of morn
ing with the determination OF remain
ing all day, and the morning in ques-
ton is warm and sweet aud fragra1tly
suggestive of spring, it would be we'll
to equip yourself with suit case COM
fortably packed with winter apparel,
because the chances are that by eve
ming and the time OF your return the
temper ature will be dropping with q
rapfdity calculated to make you dizzy.
and you aud your lingerie waist that
started Of SO bli,hely in the early
part OF the day will look decidedly de
trop, 10 say the least. Last Sunday
vas So cola shzt If you so much as
pus your nose out oi doors IL i'm
mediacely took on the tone Uf fash
ion able shade OF blus; Monday was
damp Rad foggy and uncertain to such
a degree that the improvident tempter
OF Providence who saw fl to fare forth
vas simply inviting the grippe: Tues
day was such o warm and June like
affair that your winter Aanaels threw
you into state of peevish disgust
and you impaticutly faug open doors
aud aiKdews in fegerish anxiety for
more air, while today is built along
regular March lines, with high,
clustering wind and a temperature
th at certainly has no right way in a
| aidwinter calendar. / wonder why
the weather man doesn't go into the
pickle business? He could make
Heirz aad his City seven varieties
look like shlrty cents.
tIs's pretty nearly spring." said
the ltStie city girl TO the small rela-
sIss fron shs country wAo was visit
Ing AeP. 81 know, because my mamma
took me down town the osher day and
all she ladies / sac had on Eew, light
locking dresses, and il ell the store
| windows were nice, Aafg, thin goods,
aad all ths signs read: Advance
Styles in Spring Millinery, and Early
| SprtAg Models in Coas Suits, and
The New Spring Designsia Footwear,
and besides this, the hurdy -gurdy man
is beginning to play Ia the avenue
every afternoon. According TO the
| little lady OF the metropolis, this con.
| cluding biz OF evidence delivered in q
vofee Of anallty seemed TO einch the
natter Of springs approach beyond
the shadoW OF a doubt. Is that tie
way you know when It's coming
spring-timg?" qneried the little cous-
try lassie, lifting her small freekied
face, Bide-eyed with wonder and pink
EitA astonished incredulity. why,
God makes me know il by the birds
| and the flowers: when the branches oi
/ our peach trees begin to swell OUT
| with pinky little buds, and the young
grass and clover leaves start TO com
ing up and get greencr and greener
every day, aud crowds and crowds ei
| long, pale buds begia pushing NJ
from the roots Of the iris plaats, and
our garden borders turn purple with
violets and hyacinths, and the little
birds fuss and twitter in the magnolis
trees ever the plans for their homca,
| so ray m.mna saya1, and the days
get warmer and warmer and | feel iusl
like jumping and jumping all the time
6hy then N sure winter is nearly
over and spring IL verg, very near
"Hov eueer.." said the little city girl
| giving her butterfly bow witch witt
def fDgers, aud adjusting her Buster
Brown belt with the carefully simulated
air Of d grown up, ''and don't yot
ever knoE, anything about what tbt
spring styles are going to be?" mo
| [ don't!' Affirmed ths little eountri
girl stously, her small face sufusee
with an embarrassed blush, mot az!
more than Jon know shout God ane
| the aowers!o
& "Ben Eur, With = uniformly ex
eellens eompany in the east and yer.
, / beautiful and elaborats stage settings
s tho sttraetion 81 the Talane thi
: week. Next week Nat Goodwin vii
be secn In ''The Easteraer." The bill
st the Orpheum for the curreEs wee
/ Is not up 30 the usual stsudard main
ssined bg this popular vaudeviil
house..
The EoTsus bali at the French oper
House Monday night vas the large,
and most bYilliaas social sweat of th
~eek. Tia thesis, tsEen from 3
!, Araeian Nights tale, was artisticalI
. porsrayeA in ssriss OF sorgeou
sableasx. B. B.
Fs4 Over sI1sy Faaxa.