The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-12

at Key West. II was some time
after our boat docked before Dur
special train lett and all had op-
p~ortunity to exchange parting greet
ings with those with whom we had
j%ourneyed so pleasantly for thirty
days. This was the thirty-sixth An
nual meeting OF the National Edi-
tors Association during which dime
trips had been made 10 Alaska, 10
Canada. to Panama and TO nearly
every part Of the United States and.
upon saying gOOdby. all were agreed
that the trip just ended was n of
the most delightful Of the entire
thirty-six. Old friends. who have
been meeting on these occasions
from year 10 year. for more than
three decades. as well as the new
friends added this and previous
years. make the ". z. A. one OF the
most congenial parties with which
II is possible to travel. Their NUT
ual interests and. we might add.
their mutual woes make all akin.
Goodbys were said reluctantly but
with the hope Of meeting again next
year to renew acquaintance and
welcome new friends.
New Orleans, Ia.
Leaving the party at jacksonville
my friend Mrs. Davis and mvNhS
jOurneyed to New Orleans. LoufsiarA
where we spent two days sigff-tg
ing. New Orleans is an %extreuleis
interesting city. II Is in reality .Gu
cities. a French city and an Amer
lean city. Canal street T. the divid-
ing line between the French and the
American quarters. II is a very wide
street taking care Of four lines OF
street railway in the center with a
wide thoroughfare for motor and
vehicle traffic on either side. As
the name implies. II was formerly
the course Of the old canal. II still
gives place to drainage canals. the
same being arched over and afford
ing a perfect drainage system for
the city. These covered drainage
canals extend to all parts of the
city making New Orleans a health
full and most delightful place in
which to live. Commercially, the
city is wide awake. II is one Of
the largest shipping centers OF the
world being connected with steam
ship lines which reach around the
globe. 1t is also a city of many very
beautiful homes. The old southern
style of architecture predominates
though in many places II has given
way to the bungalow type. The res
idental streets are wide and shaded
with massive live oak trees. The
parks. OF which there are many, are
Respondent with flowers. trees and
shrubs. In the old French Quarter
Is to be found the quaint and mas
siye old French and Spanish homes
with their wide courtyards. many
antique shops. famous restaurants
and the greater portion of the his
torical buildings and sites OF the
city. Points Of interest include the
Cabildo. the historical museum of
Colonial Louisiana. where the trans
fer of the Province Of Louisiana
from France to the United States
took place in 1903; the old Spanish
Court Buildings and Spanish prison;
h old st. Louis Cathedral, one of
the earliest Roman Catholic churches
the interior decorations of which
were originally painted by Mum
brecht; the old st. Louis hotel, the
home of the wealthy southern ar
istrocrat, in the lobby of which was
the famous slave market: the old
Absinthe House. the one-time head
quarters Of the noted pirate Lafitte;
the old French Market, still in use
and covering four city blocks; the
Haunted House. the home of a very
wicked oma who killed her ser
wants In most barberous ways when
they offended her dignity. also oc-
cupied. at different times by La
Fayette and Louis Phillips: General
Beauregard's old home; old ST. Louis
Opera House, where notable singers
OF the age ave appeared; old st.
Louis Cemetery, where many of the
Spanish and French colonists, some
OF the royal blood. are buried;
ROch's Cemetery containing the fam
Gus shrine to which pilgrimages are
made from many parts OF the world
to pray for blessings desired: the
blood-thirsty Captain-General O'Reil-
ly's. headquarters: Congo Square,
the Spanish bull fight ring and later
the dance square of slavery days
the old duelling grounds; suicide
oak: Margaret Place. the site of the
first statue eve erected to a woman
in the United States. a tribute to
Margaret Haughery, a plain baker
and milk woman, who accumulated
a large fortune n gave the greater
portion of it to the children of the
poor; Howard Memorial. containing
memorials, battle flags and relics
of the Civil War: Lee Circle, a
grassy mound on which stands a
colossal marble shaft suTmounted
by the bronze life-slze statue of
Robt. f., Lee. confederate general:
and many other historical points
dating back to the Colonial and
ante-bellum days which Il would re-
quire pages TO recount. on a Plan
tation Trip TO the country we were
able to see the remains of many
old plantation houses and the slave
quarters. This was extremely inter
esting. Negroes were living in the
old slave houses. We could see in
our minds eye. a picture Of n all
in slavery days, yiyidly painted by
the things we had read of the old
south. We could imagine those very