Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-09

NEW ORLEANS HOSPITALITY
Scenes and Incidents Seen by a Northern
Correspondent in the Crescent City.

Scenes and Incidents Seen by a Northern
Correspondent in the Crescent City.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press writes from New Orleans as fol-
lows: Such people, people Of culture and
refinement and luxurious tastes, widows
and daughters OF the graY-cOated officers
who fell at Shiloh and Gettysburg, are to
be found in their quaint old drawing
rooms all over the city, and it is libelOus
to say that you ''bOard' with them. You
don't. For trifing consideration of $40
or SO weekly you are their hOnOred guest,
you conform to their ethics Of department,
toast your toes on chilly evenings before
their anthracite, and listen by the hour
to their delightful "reminiscences of "war
times" At the bureau we receive a list
of names, addresses and prices, and re-
sumo our experiments in perpetual mo-
ton and our interested gaze out of the
windows.
In this part of the city there are few
traces of French or Spanish occupation.
The old world part of New Orleans lies
below Canal street, and differs from the
American portion, even as Max O'RelPs
city differs from John BULBS. Many Gre
oles live in that quarter to-day who have
arates it from the barbarOus AmeTjcdinS.
A visit to Paris is still considered an In
dispensable factor in MademOiselle's edu-
cation, and intercourse with the mother
country is so close that some Louisiana
French is perfectly Partisan. The young
ladies still go yelled, still study the side
walk, are still accompanied by their
maids. They are beautiful or the reverse,
seldom passable. The men are little,
dark and demonstrative. Approach two
of them in conversation on the street cor
ner and YOUR impression Is that an affair
of life and death is under discussion.
That impassiOned appeal, in which hands,
feet, eyes and tongue so eloquently assist
what vital question is at stake? The
extreme prObability-that Monsieur will
change his tailor!
But, through home and hotel, in the
street and the club, behind the counter
and the stall, the spirit of the country is
abroad and aflOat. Youth gives instant
preference to gray hairs, and it is ac-
cepted with Old-tlme grace; that lady
should stand while there Is masculine
occupant OF a seat is simply unheard of;
the negro who passes your car fare raises
his cap as he receives it; you are assisted
into cars and out of them, and thousand
and one little unObtrusiye acts of consid-
Grafton make the stranger from the land
Of snow feel the warmth of kindly ma
tgres, as well as of so degrees Fahrenheit.
There is no Western curiosity, no
Eastern self-cOnsciOusness, no North
ern reserve. People address you, and
you are verbally caressed. You could not
escape from this balmY influence if you
wanted to, and you don't want to. On the
contrary, you rejoice the more you are
affected by 1t. Of course, pleasant quar-
tiers are not to be found without looking.
Occasionally your wOuld-be landlady con-
fronts you with draggled petticOats and a
smudge of powder on either cheek. The
powder IS almost always there, by the
way; the difference lies in the art OF APP
plying it and the accompanying cOstame.
Cracked walls, leaky ceilings and dilapi-
dated furniture are sometimes submitted
to your disapproval, and frequently the
accommodation is in inverse ratio to the
price.
But patience and the Industrious mule
will finally bring you your hearts desire
in the shape of high ceilings and painted
walls, big four posters and portraits of
venerable gentlemen in queues, elaborate
dinners and charming society; and you
will find it all in a roomy, old-fashioned
house with a wide-pillared veranda and
broad steps, magnolias on each side and
hOneysuckle all over. Oranges will hang
within tempting reach of your chamber
window, brOad-leaVed branches will make
you stately obeisance through 1t, and at
night the sound of the crickets will lull
you to sleep as it does at home in June.