. The Southern States. aand of New Orleans. The Creoles, likeall French people, are patriotic, sympa- keeping the books, doing the corre-spondence, taking care of the details ofthe business, while the American popu-lation is developing and stretching outfor fresh conquests. But the Creole isa hard worker, steadfast to his employer,proud of his traditions and on the wholea good element in the population. Inprogress he must give way to theAmerican, because he will not assumethe speculations and responsibility, andthe fault is his own if he be criticized. NEIV ORLEANS: THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS. 40
. The Southern States. aand of New Orleans. The Creoles, likeall French people, are patriotic, sympa- keeping the books, doing the corre-spondence, taking care of the details ofthe business, while the American popu-lation is developing and stretching outfor fresh conquests. But the Creole isa hard worker, steadfast to his employer,proud of his traditions and on the wholea good element in the population. Inprogress he must give way to theAmerican, because he will not assumethe speculations and responsibility, andthe fault is his own if he be criticized. NEIV ORLEANS: THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS. 409 Socially, the Creoles are laxish enter-taineis. They love high li^ing, andtheir home life is marked by the highestrefinement and most charming this element is due largely the repu-tation which New Orleans possesses as you a palm leaf fan, an omelettesoufflee and a rose. New Orleans is unlike any otherAmerican city; her very name is asouvenir of gayeties, her breath is assweet as a willow copse in June, and. OLD HOUSES IN URSULINE STREET. a city of hospitality, and on account oftheir peculiar and delightful methods,the city will always retain a fla\or ofParis and the European capitals. In a recent sketch of New Orleans,Catherine Cole of the New OrleansPicayune, gave the following charmingdescription of the charms of the city,a brilliant word-picture which only aNew Orleans writer knowing the charmsof the city could present: It makes not the slightest differencewhat is ones first impression of thisquaint and sunny old city lying halfasleep, blinking as it were under herluminous skies, luxuriously loungingon the elbow of the great yellow river;in the end one is sure to conclude that when she speaks, when first her tendermessage is breathed into the ear, it is aninvitation somethinsf like this: I offer something about her always makes onethink of the opera and the bal masque,the carni\al, the palm leaf fan, theomelette soufflee and the rose. She isnot to be known in a
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