Meade County news., 1917-04-26
~ ERHAPS the most interesting
> of all American cities is New
Orleans. This city, the winter

H ERHAPS the most interesting
- of all American cities is New
Orleans. This city, the winter
- capital of America, has q pop
ulation of 100000, $50 miles of paved
streets, 107 public schools and kinder
gartens, six universities and many
private schools.
The temperature in winter is seldom
below 30 degrees and usually between
so and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In
summer 1t is between rs and 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit.
1t is the center Of southern financial
and social life. 1t has the largest
floating steel dry dock, the largest
sugar refinery 10000 barrels day.,
and the largest oyster market in the
world. 1t is the largest lumber mar
ket in the South and has the largest
cotton, sugar, coffee, rice and banana
markets in the Union. 1t is near the
greatest American oil fields, the great
est salt mines in the western hemis-
phere and the greatest sulphur mines
In the world.
Famed as Carnival City.
1t is the Carnival City of America,
the annual Mardi Gras surprising in
beauty and cost any similar fete in
the world. And it is because so many
visit this city every March that u
sketch of its many points of interest
seems especially timely.
First there is the custom house,
post Office and federal court building
costing 100000 and occupying one
square block, on the site of old Fort
st. Louis which stood there in 1916.
The foundation stands on concrete
and cypress logs laid crossways.
Henry Clay laid the corner stone in
1916. During the Civil war the upper
chambers were used as prison for
Confederate soldiers. In 1874-the re-
construction days-the mayor and
council were barricaded in the build
ing. On the second floor is the marble
hall, the first memorial to Bienvllle,
the founder of New Orleans, said to
be one of the finest business rooms
in the United States, having IA Corin-
THAN marble columns, each costing
$4,000.
City of Monuments.
There are many monuments In the
city, but the most interesting to many
will be the Margaret statue, a statue
of Margaret Haughery, the humble
bakerwoman, who toiled all the long
years for support and maintenance of
the little orphans Of the city. She
erected the New Orleans Orphan asy-
lum, also st. Vincent's Infant asylum,
helped to build st. Elizabeth's Indus
trial Home for Girls and gave every
where and to every needy child. Her
small business grew through her own
exertions to large steam bakery and
she became q great factor in public
life. Everyone, frem the banker to
the newsboy, would salute her as she
sat at the door of her office. All hon
ored and respected her. She had
never learned to write. She was an
orphan and yet. she died as no woman
in New Orleans ever died before, CIV
ing away thousands Of dollars to the
poor little orphans of the city. Jew
ish, Protestant and Catholic were all
remembered. She had funeral such
as no other woman ever had and al
most before anyone could tell how
1t began the idea Of monument
seemed to be in every mind. This is
the first monument erected to q
woman in the United States.
The restaurants of New Orleans are
noted for having the finest cooking in
the world. The magnificent "Todo"
restaurant, called the palace of chic,
should be visited at least once by the
tourist. This is opposite the st.
Charles hotel and there the city of
New Orleans offers with pride to its
guests the same French, italian, Ger
man, Latln-American and other high
class cuisine that each nation serves
to its countrymen.
Hotels Of Worldwide Renown.
Inc ot. LOUIS, Or hoyuA hVtei' SIonus
In the heart of the French quarter.
The original building, costing $780,
600, erected in 1885, was completely
destroyed by fire in 1841, but another
was Immediately erected on the same
site and soon reached degree of
splendor almost unparalleled in the
United States. 1t was the resort of
the wealthiest planters and largest
Shareholders in the South. The lower
rotunda was used for a slave mart.
The old slave block is still in the
auilding and the names of the auc-
:toneers are engraved on the walls.
Hanru Clay rrnc nnhnrtninnd in this