Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-09-07

scale: "open house" was the rule; and
it was nothing uncommon for a large
family. of course aided by their numer-
Gus guests, TO consume a caSk OF claret
in a week.
There was so little social intercourse
between the Creoles and Americans that
it could not be said 10 count
There are certain customs and tradi-
ditionS faithfully followed by the best
Creole families. The daughters of the
house were sent to convent schools,
where, il must be owned, they
learned little except embroidery and
graceful department.. The sons Jared
better, for they were dispatched 10 the
universities OF France to acquire that
polish of mind and manner which made
them the courtly, gallant gentlemen
they were. Coming out at fourteen
or fifteen in all her blushing, rosebud
beauty, Mademoiscllc was speedily
married. the affair being arranged be-
tween the parents of the man and maid,
though there was no forcing of lnclina-
ton. and the youdg lady had the privi-
lcge of declining the proposed sutton if
It uUDfulfu NI lliANlAE w NIL OllAi
married, even if she had been the vericSt
coqLette in Christendom, she usually
settled down Soberly to the management
of her great house, in which she took a
housewifely pride-Monsieur, be il
whispered, was decided epicure-and.
as family cares increased. she occupied
herself in rearing her numerous olive
branches. often ten in number
The negro nurse, or MAN, Is she
was affectionately termed by the chill
dren. was an important parsonage in
the household. Though she never laid
the weight Of her finger upon her young
charges, she stood next in authority to
their mother. She was quite an impoS-
ing figure in her Stiily Starched percale
gown with its full-gathered skirt and
white neckerchief, and the tall. bright
colored Madras hcad-dreSs, or tignop,
rendered still higher and maintained in
its lofty position by comb artfully ar
ranged inside. In time Of bereavement
her mourning garb was of blue and
white bingham; the gay tgHoH changed
for one of black or white.
The glory of those days has vanished
past as the suns that set"
When the young CrcoleS returned
from the war, they found society disor-
gained. 1t was a new and strange or
der they were forced TO confront, and,
be il said in their honor, they metit like
men. Face to face with poverty. often
with widowed mothers and orphaned
sisters dependent upon them, they were
obliged to take the first position they
could obtain-uSually small clerkship
i'm bank, or in some commercial
house. Energy and ambition did
not allow them TO remain long in
the lower ranks; and among those who
have worked upwards into positions of
honorable reSpon Sibility one may men
ton Mr.. Jules Tuyes-a veritable type
of the chevalier of oldcn timeS-who is
now President Of well-knOwn New
Orleans insurance company: and Mr..
Alexandra Landry-whO could sign him
self Alexandra Landry de Freneuce dc
Saint Aubin, had not his ancestors
deemed such titles unsuitable under a
republican form of govcrnment-man-
aver VI llt SUI Nlltl II VII NUlA lhllA+ L It
fortunes made and rebuilt since the war
wrought financial ruin IN the South have
not been achieved by Americans alone,
for the names of LanauX. Lanata, Chat
fraiX, Aldigc. Gelpi, CaSSard, Lazcnde,
Lepcyre and Hernandez are synonymous
with business enterprise and good luck.
That there is no lack of wealth among
the CreoleS of to-day, the handsome
mansions upon beautifulE Splanade
Street-now the fashionable Creole
quarter-bear witness.
Some, it is true, of the old families
have sunk into poverty and obscurityi
but taken as whole, the Creoles have
held their own bravely. Hampered by
traditions of luxury and leisure, the
struggle Of the young men has been a
hard one. They are further over
weighed for the reason that they have a
generous objection to letting the women
of their family work as bread-winners
and although the latter may perform