The mirror., 1910-07-28
New Orleans
Is Attractive
Those Who Visit the Southern Me-
tropoiis Are Delighted With
Its Many Advantages.

The city of New Orleans is one of
the most m portant cities in the
South. The city itself is one of the
most beautiful of it's kind to be found
anywhere. It's streetcar system is
considered to be the finest of any
city in the South and will compare
favorably with any of the cities of
the North. The principal street is
Canal. All streetcars start and re-
turn to this street.
Coming into New Orleans fro m
the Mississippi side, one crosses over
the longest trestle in the world.
This trestle is fourteen miles long,
and is built above the waters of Lake
Pontchartrain. This is historic
place and many visitors come each
year to visit and enjoy the many
sights to be seen at this noted lake.
Then there is the Mississippi river
which flows through the city and
empties into the Gulf one hundred
miles away. The largest ocean liners
can come to anchor at the fine docks,
built along the levee and discharge
their cargoes. A busy scene is en-
acted along the levee day and night.
Thousands of bales of cotton may be
seen piled up waiting to be loaded
aboard some ship. Barrels of sugar
and syrup, which have made the city
famous may also be seen stored here
waiting to be transferred to some
foreign land. One or two of the
fruit boats which run between the
West Indies and New Orleans, may
at almost any time be seen unload
ing great quantities of tropical fruits.
The bananas are loaded, when very
green. Sometimes they ripen on the
voyage, during which time the sail
ors never go hungry.
Then close the levee is the French
Market. Here you may purchase al
most anything you desire. The very
finest oranges and bananas have been
sold here as low as five cents per
dozen. One may enjoy the finest OF
oyster stews or one dozen on the half
she'll for the sum of five cents. This
place is always crowded, by the poor
and rich alike, who are all treated
in the same hearty manner.
There are many quaint, old houses
still to be found in the city W h c h
were built by the Spani a d and
Seminoles. Then there is the great
Mardi Gras festival which isheld each
year and which lasts three days. Dur
ing this festivity all wear masks most
of the time. And there is a W ay $
plenty Of excitement for old and
young.
1, The hotels, stores, banks and all
other buildings are the finest, as are
also the statues where are to be found
in many places.
St. Charles Avenue and park are
) very interesting.
I do not know the exact popula-
tor of the city, but | be | lie v e the
: the negroes greatly outnumber the
{ whites. In most every public place
, there are certain n departments for
{ each class of people. The negroes
7 are served in one department and the
f whites in another. These rules are
: very strict. During my visit to the
South the Jim Grow car socalled,
was still in use.
| The canefields, tobacco and cotton
4 plantations, m p oy thousands OF
: both classes the year round. The
: wages Of the common laborer are
: much smaller than those paid in the
0 northern cities. A certain northern
man who had paid the South visit
n was asked on his return what he saw
e mostly. Mules, negroesand cotton,
: he replied. 1t is safe to say that one
!. may find much interest in The
It cities of the South as in those of thu
Y North. The weather is very pleas
It ant during most of the year. In thu
J, Winter months rains and mists ar,
IS quite frequent. Many of the fever
e which were once so prevalent in tn.
IS South have, to a great degree, beel
e checked. Drinking the water from
the Mississippi and the bites Of tn.
(Coa.tihaed an column tIis pdye.)