New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-05
LOCAL PHILANTHROPIsT.

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A LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST.
Mr.. Joseph A. Walker, most loyal SUBJ
ject of her maternal majesty, the Queen of
Great Britain and Empress Of India,
has been for q few years engaged in
the very laudable work of training the
youth of New Orleans in the way their
natural bent inclines them to go. His first
efforts were made in q rather obscure
place called the Bank, fronting on Royal
street. But no place could long remain
obscure after having been touched with
the master hand Of genius The Bank
soon became very popular resort for
those who had money, and a favorite
lounging place for those who had not, but
in lieu thereof possessed the remarkable
peculiarly of always recollecting some
very urgent matter to communicate to any
acquaintance whom they CHANGED to see
heading small party of friends in charge
upon the bar. At the front door of Joe's es-
Enlistment when he was earning his first
laurels, large crowd Of these good ma
tured fellows could generally be found at
all hours Of the day and night. Unless
the man upon hospitable thoughts intent
happened to be q total stranger himself and
all his companions were such, he could
always consider himself extremely lucky
if at least seven bystanders did not follow
him into the Bank Saloon and tell the
barkeeper they would take little sugar
in theirs, and leave him to pay the bill.
Good management on both sides of the |
counter soon increased business to that |
extent that it was necessary to enlarge the
premises by adding cozy little room
fronting on Canal street for the sale of |
package goods Success continued to |
smile on the efforts of this benevolent |
and vast establishment was
set up on the corner of St Charles and |
Canal streets, where billiards, pool, etc.,
were added to the great work of training
Southern youth.
When good man once begins his
career of benefactions he does not stop
short of distinction. So with our fellow
citizen of the Crescent Hall. Not salts
led with Flooding along with the ordin-
Try fixtures of finely gilt saloon and
spacious billiard rooms, he has gone to
New York for star, and the Jenkinses of
he press are delighted to chronicle the
arrival of the royal Snowman
With live wonder in the person of Will
lam Sexton, very expert cue, who re-
emily went to Paris and was most out
beaten by Frenchman named
Vigneaud. But second rate man in
Jew York and Paris is deemed good
nough for such a first class place as
,rescent Hall, in New Orleans, and it did
ot cost much to obtain the announce
1ent in the Times that civilian Sexton,
he greatest billiard player of the day,
as been engaged by Major J. A. Walker
} exhibitionize. Perhaps it was not
orth much. It is SO very defective that :,
ought to have come cheap. In the first
lace, Sexton is not the greatest billiard
layer of the day." Boniface Walker is
Of major to any appreciable extent,
i'd "exhibitioniz g" is the vilest of slang. ;.
, the second, We regard the matter of
illiards, either as pursuit or specta-
e, as but little above dram drinking and
neither of which can properly !:
? called valuable factors in the work of
Louisiana" from the bonds
poverty, ignorance, immortality and :,
ime.
Whisky and billiards, however, possess :
cir attractions for the members of the "
erks Early Closing Association, es- =;
cially those who wish to improve their ! ;,
lnds by studying caroms, draws, :,
asses, angles, runs, averages and cham ::
On cues for five or six hours in the :,
enlng. The introduction of stars in
Q OF the city establishments, therefore, D
y well set the patrons of billiards to :. -
king The anxiety on the part of g.
ung clerks to improve their minds will :.
greatly intensified by the arrival of =
alker and his prize, and the Last Car
ciety will receive large accession of Y.
Y members. al
t is pleasure to note such evidences on
progress, more gratifying because sure in
be more profitable to the owners than be
otton factory. By the time this new or
action has enabled the projectors to at,
Q in few thousand dollars, and most tn,
he patrons Of Walkers bar and bill 80
d. find themselves flat broke and out Co
tuations, they viii be ripe for grumbl- crs
at the oppressive Radical admiaistra- res