. The Southern States. THK HOWARD NEW ORLEANS: THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS. 407. BUTCHERS IN THE FRENCH MARKET. Yet, in spite of the strength of itschurches, the citys populace seek amuse-ment on Sunday to an extraordinarydegree, more so, in fact, than any com-munity in America. The picnic, astrictly New Orleans Sunday institution,attracts perhaps more than anythingelse. These are usually made morealluring in being given under the nameof charity. Then the base ball, the the-atre, the French Opera Sunday matineeat noon, the river and railroad excur-sions, Spanish Fort and the WestEnd at
. The Southern States. THK HOWARD NEW ORLEANS: THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS. 407. BUTCHERS IN THE FRENCH MARKET. Yet, in spite of the strength of itschurches, the citys populace seek amuse-ment on Sunday to an extraordinarydegree, more so, in fact, than any com-munity in America. The picnic, astrictly New Orleans Sunday institution,attracts perhaps more than anythingelse. These are usually made morealluring in being given under the nameof charity. Then the base ball, the the-atre, the French Opera Sunday matineeat noon, the river and railroad excur-sions, Spanish Fort and the WestEnd at Lake Pontchartrain, dances andsoirees at similar resorts, the beer gar-dens, bars, cafes and restaurants cater-ing to those who remain in the city,make New Orleans stand out as a pecu-liar type of an American city, intensely,almost madly, bent on Sunday with the philosophy of the Latinchurch, and the broad-mindedness otboth Protestant and Catholic, theseSunday recreations evoke no specialrebukes from the clergy of either church,and have come to be a settled fact inthe
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