The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-05-21
NUMBER Il
Where the Farmee Comes In.

feedlng an exposition Of the magnitude
OF the proposed Worlds Panama Celebrae
tion to be held in New Orleans in 1915 is
mighty big undertaking, and should give
profitable employment to every food and
meat producer in reach of the exposition
city. More than 27,500,O0O people visited
the Columbian exposition at Chicago iR
1884, f9,600,0O0, the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at St. Louis in 1909; 5O,S0O, ,00O
the Paris Exposition in 1900
Should the daily averag Of visitors 20
New Orleans for six months during she
Worlds Panama Exposition be no greater
than 10000. OF no more than came 80
New Orleans for a single convention Iast
April, the daily sum spent by the hotels
and restaurants for meats and vegetables
with which to feed this number of people
would amount TO more than $4,000, or
S2,730000 during the six months. This
calculation does not take into Considera-
tion the constant residence in New Orleans
for the period of several thousand exhib-
itors and extra walters and helpers of all
kinds in the hotels, noe of the increased
buying power Of the city at large.
The farmers of Louisiana wiz profit di-
rectly and most largely from tifs demand.
since the foodstuffs they raise will be
within easiest reach of New Orleans.
The Worlds Panama Exposition COM
pany expects this celebration to attract
greater and more general worldwide inter.
est than any exposition ever held. The
record attendance at any exposition was
5G,,8OO,O0 at Paris in 1900.
The food consumption calculation made
above is based upon the attendance of
only 7,280,0O0 visitors coming from other
parts of the country and world all of
whom at home consume foodstufIf not
grown by Louisiana farmers.
The total number of visitors should eX-
ceed 10000 by several times, as there
are more than 9O,OOO,0OO people to draw
from within 1900 miles of New Oceans
alone.
The Louisiana farmers share of the in
vestment cost of the Worlds Panama
Exposition will be only 81 cents tax on
$1,000 assessed value, and only half that
amount if his farm be assessed at $500.
His share Of the S2,730,000 and more to
be spent for raw food Willdepend entirely
upon how much he has to sell.
Matters of Interest Concerning the Theatre.
Rip Van Winkle1 was first acted in
New York. April %, 1880, by James II.
Hackett, at the Park Theatre.
One of the earliest German play bills,
dated 1902 runs as follows: Today,
Saturday, on the fifteenth of July, the
Venthenian Band of Royal Polish and
Electoral Saxon Court Comedians will
perform on their stage an uncommonly
pleasing scripture play which by its mag
nifcent theatrical scenery. but also par
j tieularIy as an emotional subject, can
scarcely be improved and cannot dis
, please anybody"
In the early days OF the drama IL
Germany, one of the travelling troupe;
} that played in the provinces boass9d az
/ its manager one Johann Carl Eckenberg
who styled himself Samson, the lnvinci
' BILE, who could lift with one hand can
. non with a drummer and his drum Oh
S top of it. and hold it there as long as
v Would take the drummer to empty a glas
: of wine comfortably.
4 Ann Oldfeld, who was one of the frs
n actresses to be honored with burial /
/. Westminster Abbey, before going on tn
stage was bar-naid in tavern in Lol
d don.
i The following note appeared in th
r New York Advertiser in the t5ue Of d.
II celnber 4, 1851: "The fourth annu
e benefit of the American Dramatic Fur
> took place yesterday at Niblo's Gardel
II Among those who appeared was vel
IS remarkable child eight years of a8
Of named Adelina Patti Her voice al
execution astonished the audience.