La Junta tribune., 1915-07-31

wealthy puuHC hpuiteu Ctsts1u1 NO
see that deficiencies are propes1y
taken care Of. should such occur. for
Il ID the belief Of these gsntlsmon
that the opera must be maintainel
in New Orleans for much the sssne
reason that similar organixat1ons
maintain art galleries in the north.
A short distance up BouPbon
street is the famous ''old abstnthe
house." built in 1875. and used = !
cafe since 1925.
In stFolling through the old FrencA
quarter We notice the tunnel-like en-
frances. that often times lead 70
characteristic courtyards. surrounded
by buildings. whose plain extsriors
give no hint OF what Is behind their
outer walls. Through one Of The
arched ways We saw one Of the we'll
kept courts Of one Of the old wealthy
Creole families. who still keep up
their residence in this quarter; We
also saw an old Spanish court yard
in q partial state OF dilapidation. all
OF which was well worth seeing.
Here we had an opportunity 70
watch for little characteristics Of
customs and manners. This 10 the
domain Of the quartee and the plea
yune and the lagniappe. The Gre
ole calls a nickel picayune. and
half a nickle Is a quartee. and for
every purchase. however small. that
Creole child makes. the shopkeep-
er is expected to donate him such ~
a bit OF candy. cake. 4 few raisins.
and this Eratuity il called . lagni-
appe. II is with great interest We
wait TO see what the black-eyed little
toddler will buy. You can hear
him say In his soft. delicious dialect.
Give me quartee OF rice. quartee OF
red bean. lasinappe Of pepper. lend
my pa the paper. an tell my ma vat
time II is" and he lays down on the
counter the big fve-cent piece that
gets him all these things.
OFF of Canal Street on North Ram
part Street the Italian Catholic
church is located. known as the Mort
uary Chapel on account Of it, having
been at one time the place from
which all the dead OF the city we're
buried. In this church are found
many crutches. wax figures Of
limbs and other gifts deposited h
sratitude for miraculous cures In
answer to prayer befofV liz aitars.
A square back OF this street on
Basin street. Ia 81. Louis Cemetery.
the Oldest In the city. This 10 .
historic buryinE round and Il vas
With interest that we speat so0s
time among the old tombs ssd ovess.
readiag The inscripsioAs- llany -.
ed mes and women Of colonial times
lie sleeping there. In the rear os
the cemetery. beyond . board fence.
separating the consecrated from the
unconsecrated ground. will be found
the original monument erected TO
the memory Of General Claiborne.
the first American governor Of Louis
ana. The little section Of uncons.-
Grated ground was for the intefmen,
Of Protestants.
M-isirie Cemetery takes rank with
the richest bury!nE grounds In th.
country. II contains many costly
mausoieums and NJ the entrance sur
mounting the tomb Of the Army OF
Tennessee il = great equestrian stat.
ute Of General Albert Sidney John.
son. the Confederate commander
killed NJ Shiloh. The washinston
Artillery Monument 10 the conieder.
acy 10 also In this cemetery. The
cemetery parallels . pretty lake.
Oreeawood Cemetery 10 jest across
the sew canal from Mesaisie. A.
the estraace 10 . moaumsat 70 the
Confederate dead. With Q marble
shaft sspporsins the bssss Of 0eser.
al Robot g. Les. 0esesal Albsr
1idasy Johnston and Oeasnl Leoni.
das Polk. closs 70 Osesavoed. 1.
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q. Passsek's. The Dssossss1 Of Ju.
dab. and the Naooole Co0seeey,
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