New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-26
RUE LIE CANAL LOAFERs,

Rue DE CANAL LoAFERs.
, Canal street is called the Bouvelard o.
, New Orleans, and great deal has been
said both at home and abroad about it:
, beauties and delightsomeness, and with CON
siderable justice; but to make it truly excel
lent some glazing defects should be rene
, died. Its unusual expanse and bordering Of
elegant stores forming lovely panorama
delectable especially to the ladies' vision,
are marred by tableaux vivants on the street
, corners. These consist not of beautiful
living statuary, pleasing to the eye, but Of
: groups of loafers most disagreeable. These
would-be-exquisites not only crowd the
space, but sell with their filthy saliva the
little room they do leave in which the
ladies may promenade. The adoption of
the short peasant costume is no
protection from their expectoratory
assaults, for they exercise to the
right and left, regardless Of attire or any
thing else; and we have seen many an
elegant dress completely ruined by their
gymnastic salviary performances. Even
the cars form no safe refuge from this par
ticular outrage. The other day, while
riding up from Canal street, we noticed
with considerable disgust and indignation
a young fop dressed in the latest agony
hanging to one of the supporters in the
middle of the car, whose mouth seemed to
be perfect reservoir, from which torrent
of the filthy juice of the weed issued about
every two minutes, to the imminent danger
of the fair occupants on either side, who
hurriedly drew back their robes to the
smallest possible compass, in order to avoid
contamination, at the same time turning
their faces to the window to prevent feel
ing of nausea which would have inevitably
ensued had they glanced toward the in
teresting biped in the centre. If tobacco
chewers must relieve themselves con-
stantly, we suggest that they employ
the ancient pedestrian style of locomotion,
instead Of polluting the cars which ladies
in pretty, neat attire frequent. But to re-
turn. The loungers on Canal street seem
to be fixtures, for they may be seen from
morning until shutdown. There they stand,
impertinently scanning those Of the fairer
and better sex as they pass along, at the
same time filling the air with the vile odor
of their dime-a-dozen cigars, or with the
whiffs of their little contemplate cigarettes,
which they have probably sponged from
some generous acquaintance. We wonder
what their object is. Perhaps TO show
off their welloiled locks gummy mousta-
ches, fashy jewelry, little hats flattened
down over their low brows and bold, i'm
pudent eyes, OF their ambulatory extremi-
ties, encased in the latest cut of pants, tight
to the skin. If they only knew how
shriveled and attenuated their spindle
shanks appear, they would be more anxious
to conceal than to display them. Perhaps
they imagine that their forms, so |
elegant in their own estimation, and their
amorous glaRces may cap 'vate some art
less young maidens, whose doting papas
have plenty of ch'1k to give, or, minus
wealthy papss, have themselves the skill
and energy to support these upstairs In
their idleness. We have wondered how
these anticipates manage to dress so
richly and have so much leisure during
these hard times when SO m1Dy are starv-
ing; but having recently become possessed
of secret or two about them, we are no
longer astonished. We know all about
their poor washerwomen, who go cold and
hungry because they neglect to settle
their washing account; and their patient,
tofling landlady, from whom they skuiked
away in the wee hours of the morning,
without paying for their bread and butter.
Perhaps now, with fashionable smirks and
airs, they have inveigled some other uu-
suspicious lone, lorn women, whose hands
and feet are never resting in the thankless
task of keeping boarders. .. t.
We advise all respectable landladies to
look sharp after these fellows and insist
upon the needful for the week in advance.
The Metropolitan police promised to in
stitute many reforms in our city, and we
wish they would take this matter into con-
sideration, and for the benefit of the ladies,
clear the streets of these intol-
cradle nuisances. We have been informed !
conddentially, that there is plan in agita-
hon with reference to this subject, to take
effect at the earliest possible moment, and
If these young whiskerandos wish to avoid
public disgrace, we suggest that they be-
take themselves speedily to some useful
employment If:hey can find nothing bet !
YER to do, let them put hooks into their
aristocratic hands, and roll cot
ION on the leyee or become porters in com
nercial houses, tPking hold with ''robus- 4
'erousness" and hearty good will, and not a
rs one young man we heard of recently, :
who lost good situation because ,
he could not harden his delicate
myers by moving box of merchandise
md must forsooth always take the car even
or the distance of square. I7stead of
oaang about and allowing the few ideas :
heir silly noodles contain to evaporate, .
Why don't they study md improve their
ntellects? Itheir smell modicum Of brains
'e not sufficient to bear any pressure, then 2
ct them cultivate the muscle, and here the
'end would be beneficial. We by no \
means infer that they should appropriate