New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-07
CREOLE LOVE-MAKING.
Dangers of Flirting in the French Portion
of New Orleans.

of New Orleans.
Down in the old French portion of
New Orleans it is highly unsafe fo1
young unmarried men to venture alone,
writes a correspondent. The black
eyed beauties are only too glad of the
chance to capture an American, and
will resort to all sorts of devices to en-
trap the unsuspecting youth. In order
to depict for our Northern friends this
peculiar phase of creole character, I
will relate the true story of the exper-
fence of my friend, Jack Laf]ance, who
fell victim to creole strategy not long
ago.
Jack met the beautiful Melanie at
soiree dansante on the Rue Bon En-
fants. Being good dancer and also
first-class waiter, he was Mile. Me-
lanie's partner for many figures, and
by judiciOus use of cream and cake
gained the good will of Mclanie' man.
ma. An invitation to call next Sunday
was accepted, and the visitor entreated
to ''call again. Jack did so upon the
Sunday following, and was so cordially
received that he repeated his visit a
third time. For my friend Jack was
an innocent soul, totally ignorant of
creole customs, and he walked right
into the snare. On his third call Me-
lanie's papa tapped him on the shoul-
der and said:
IN sieu Laflance, would lax TO- See
you one minute and led him to the
dining-room. Suspecting nothing,
Jack followed him. Once there the old
gentleman produced a decanter and
said:
"Mon ami, tex some cognac You
will fin it YER fine. My fodder buy it
from Cavaroc. All! you lax it, oh?
TEX cigar-nevah min, thass real
Havana, shuah. Now, fren' Laflance,
you lax TO- know TO- wat 1 want see
you-eh bien? M'sieu Lafance, have
notiz yo' attentions at my daughter
here the luckless Jack began to protest.
80, am not displease', my de- young
man. My family, sch, is one Of the
bes' in the city. Yes. sab, we are
twenty-firs' coozin with Jean Baptiste
St. Louis de Lorme; whose gran fodder
slap that Spanish canaille, O'Reilly, on
the ckik a hondred year ago, as yo' will
fin wrote down in Gayarre. But, my
fren', whose these Yankee r-r-rascals
tex ou' plantations an ou' nigroes, sch,
we was force to leave ou' place, sch,
an come yeh an work, yes. An,
ami Latlance, do not objec' to my
daughtah choose yo' TO- husban', no. -
Here the unfortunate Jack broke in
with: ''But, my dear sir, you are mis-
taken. did not make love to your
daughter" The old gentleman bristled
up. my de- sch, love my family.
Thass my h'only thing yeh on earth.
You have visit Melanie Sunday after
Sunday. You have talk with her,
dance with her, sing with her. You
have compromise my daughter, sch!
There is no otheh co'se lef' a man OF
honah, sch, than to may her; yes, sch,
to may herr
But, sir" blurted out Jack, Il am
only poor clerk with $50 month,
and could not support wife even if
wanted one.'
"Ah, mon cher, thass all light
the monnaie is nothing. You don't
catch notch, thass true. But fo
that I DON ken me. You come live
yeh, yes. Then, afteh vile, when yo
patron he got TO- lax you mo- and give
you r-r-raise to seventy-ti' dollah, We
will do YER we'll, yes. So thass ali fix
eh? Come, you tex some mo- cognac
All! mon cher Laiance, you dom know
wat it is to be q fodder, / suppose
Then you can't nevah n'stan' 'oW
please I feel when a young man lax yo,
hask me TO my daughtah! Yes, sab
you are the only young man wat
would rattah have my daughtah thar
mos anybody w'atevah, seh!''
$50 we will come back to the salon
web will tell to Melanie l have gran
yo' demand. M'sieu Lahance, al, t
tell you the trut', you did not tex me b,
sopprise, no. All, fodder can SCI
wen his daughtah love a young man
An Melanie, she love you, ali! sh,
dream of you all night, yes. All, sab
wen st. Louis de Lorme love sh,
nevah let 60, no, but she, lax the peli.
kan, she die frs.
''Thass all light, ami Jack,
will see Pere lie Cure, an VIZ
will mex the announcement mex,
Sunday. You can get one It'll
ring, yes, an Melanie will be ready
for next mont. / know you don't wanl
to wait long. Allons, let us tell then
wat we have arrange And off Jack
was hustled to the parlor before he
could say Jack Robinson. And though
as it happened, Melanie has proven ar
excellent wife, there are many who arr
not Nelanies, and it is to put our visit.
ing friends next winter upon their
guard against the wiles of designing
creole papas that am constrained to
publish this true story of Jack Lafanco's
courtship.