The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-10

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If you should arrive ia New Orlcan
on q pitch dark night. raining eats ano
dogs. thrown twelve hours behind tim,
by the inattention 10 duty OF a conduc
tor and be informed by the clerira
Jupiter Of one of the leading hotels
/ that you could probably have Il room
from - upwards and board yurself you
/ would feel like going back next morning
by the first train to the place which you
would consider yourself a blooming idiot
ever to have left: especially so. when the
room assigned to you is a little angular
nook in one Of the upper stories, without
any curtains to the windows. with half an
inch of venerable dirt on the sashes. and
door which you dare not close. because
if you did. you could not cpen it again
to get out without ringing for an atten
dant to burst it in and let you out. and
attendants are slow TO get move on
themselves IN this latitude. Well.
You would make IA great mistake If you
first step that costs and the second that
buys. of course. if the great mogul be
hind the office counter said $40 instead
Of - and upwards. you would have to
submit for one night AT least but if you
have some self control you will go out
bright and early. get ii nice furnished
room at most reasonable figures and
live well AT moderate cost at a rcstaur
ant. With the exception of the leading
hotels they are realymisleading hotels
Plenty of good rooms could be got at
the usual rates. Your correspondent
was not long in finding IA room in a
French family at 81 per week: spacious.
light. three windows reaching from floor
to ceiling and opening -uoor fashion on
Il gallery or balcony: furnished in the
old solid southern style: IA ponderous
mahogony bed with pillars ten feet high
and Il foot in diameter. with canopy top:
Il wardrobe To match the bed so vast in
proportions that they would have rented
it for sleeping apartments at the lead
ing hotels. a mirror i'm which you can
see every curve of your adonis- like form
from head to heel. and chairs and tables
in proportion Then enjoyment com
mences. There is no town in the United
States that offers So much that isstrange
new and interesting To the average
\ merican citizen from the north. east or
west. Everything is good but the
couple of hotels that are known as lead
ing think they are the worst lead
ing hotels in the world. and that is say
ing much
The carnival displays are maryellously
fine There is nothing like them any
where. have seen the Madri Gras in
Paris and there was nothing that could
compare with the Rex Display. the Pro
teus. or the Mystic krewe Of Comus.
The Partisan Madri Gras has degener-
ated into an advertising procession.
Nothing that partakes in the slightest
degree Of the nature of an advertise
ment is allowed in the carnival displays
in New Orleans.
shall not rob the guide books to give
you lengthy description of New Or
leans. sufficient to say that there are
more objects Of interest to the square
mile in the Crescent City than in any
other city in the United States. Canal
street is the dividing line between the
French and American quarters-t the
neutral ground. The old French quar-
ter with it's narrow streets and balloon.
led houses its dark and cloisterlike
court yards. is full of romance and dirt.
Did you ever notice that there il rare.
ly any romance. pictureslueness or an
tiquity. without pretty liberal mixture
Of filth! There are however in the
French quarter as well as in the Ameri
can what are called the garden districts
That Of the French quarter is on the
Esplanade; the American garden dis
tricts' extends along Carrollton avenue.
1t is delight to go through these dis
tricts and see the lovely homes embos-
Omed in magnolias and orange trees, with
the rich gold -colored oranges ON their
boughs. astonishing and delighting the
northern eye. jackson Barracks is
only five cent ride-all rides here are five
cents-and the cars are drawn by a sin
gle mule or horse. The only electric
motor line which runstrough the Ameri-
can Districts but six weeks old. and
crowds still throng the termini. look
ing at it with wide-eyed wonder. A
Boston company has bought out the en-
tire city railroad franchise and it will
soon be all rapid transit in New Orleans.
Northern capital. energy and system. is
the most delightful winter resort in the
hSou OaS SVulIlS.' ICoi SS-
tate is on the boom.
Some Of our old friends Of the 5th In
fantry are at jackson Barracks. Lieut..
TillsOn is Yuartermaster and has made
the old. tumble-down concern of year
ago. one Of the prettiest posts in the
country. dined with Lieut.. and Mrs.
Tillson. They have a green spot in their
memory for Miles City and vicinity. and
asked after you all. They both said that
they looked back to our locality with a
home-like affection. Lieut.. Tillson has
faith in Miles City and has no fears for
his Investments there. He spoke very
kindly OF our Miles City Club and said
that it would grace much larger town.
and did credit to those gentlemen who
had the spirit to keep it up. Talking Of
clubs this is the city Of clubs and
they are all run in magnificent style and
have spacious buildings in the heart Of
the business and fashionable part Of the
city. Among the local clubs are the