Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-02
A FAMOUS SOUTHERN SIGHT.
New Orleans 0urint French Market Losing
 Its Glory.
Special Correspondence. ]

Special COrrcSpondcncc.
 NEW ORLEANS, April 29.-Two features of this odd old city first attract visitors tho cemeteries and tho French market. While the former with their massive tOmbS built above ground become moro extend ed and beautiful year by year, the glory of the latter is thing of the past Time was when all the city turned out in the early morning 10 visit tho rambling sheds cover ing space one block in width and two or three blocks long, wherein arc sold the ta- hlC supplies of n fertile sOuthcrnland.
 The strings of garlic, the little bundles nf vegetables, the potatoes, the bread and cake and meat. arp still for salC, and tho iuct>>:iHt chatter of foreign tongues and the Stallkc,lTrS crnuChing over CharCOal fires lend an intcr'st ing air tO the place, but itS prV,St igc k gone.
 A polite Fr'nCh purvCyOr whose tiny stall waS thr lrrl,Ttiun of ncatnCSs said to me: "Wr do not sell a$ We used to. ThCrc nrr Uthrr markets in tho city, and the AmC~iraN ;yrNTry >t0r'$-thcy sell all our things have r,s'n here in this one stall now seven y,..rS. In the beginning all tho ladies used 10 come down in the morning with tl.r market baskets to buy of Us, but now they send the servant or perhaps order by1rlri i,hvnr uf the groccry man. Our trade k SInall, and thCrr k S0 much competition that our profits arc the very least. "
 But you have made nnncy!'
 "A little" with shrug of shoulders and nm outturning of hands. "Thc wife and little uEr> have their meals, and I have a homc-thAt iS all. "
 Considerable of the picturesque remains in the Varied costumes and faces seen in the market, but little to what once was found thrrr. The buildings have been u>rd for so many years that they show their age hadly and have great need of n moro thuruuSh sanitary renovation than is given hy means of the scrub hr,NIuS and dust brushes of the stall owners.
 The poorCr dwrllrrS of the French quar- ter make il their visiting and gnSsiping place for the first half of the day. They sit on the low boxes and stools mothers with parti colurvd ehawlS over their heads, children dark haired, black eyed and viva ci0uS, chatting with the utmost frrcdom, and >tulid indeed is tho visitor who will not pause to look on the picturc.
 The occupants feel deeply the effect of American immigration, which is building the city away from the o.d boundaries and making of the French quarter, with it's 24 foot strtrtS, its Vcranda fronted stores, its concourSc of cOnvcnts, cathcdrals md come tcrieS, place of resort. spot to be sought by the curious. They realize that the tendency of the new south is away from them and they object tH being considered mere purNcyors of curiositics and objects to attract the seekers after novelty.
 Scarcely a northCrncr has visited New Orleans in the past two decades who has not spent little time in the French mar kct. The memories of its novel features arc among the most striking of the city, impressions. Such as have seen it will be glad that they wCrr within its odd corri- dorcd prrcinCtS before its dccadcncc and | those who have not will want to do so be | fore it becomes thing of tho past. It may not r,ach that point for many years, but the appreciation of nal estate and tho cn crEchmrnt of railway shops and business | houses on that scCt!nn of the city tend in that direction. At any rate, it is n fcaturt worth soring and worth remcmbcrinG. C. NJ II LARGER