Evening star., 1942-01-02

guide to me by the hotel doorman.
Swami drive yo' car and you
can Just sit back and he'll show
you everything" the doorman ex-
planned as Swan got behind the
| wheel.
Our tour started on Canal street.
This here's probably the widest
street in the world" Swan said.
Amt nothin' like it in Baton Rouge,
where was bawn. Trafic's gittin'
mighty bad on it though. Wears .
fellow plum out to drive on it,"
AS fast as the traffic would allow,
Swan drove through maze of mar
row, winding little streets After
we had gotten into the clear, Swan.
as an afterthought, casually said:
That there was the OF French
Quarter we just went through"
We circled around.
"Over there Is the new Southern
Bell Telephone Co. Building" Swan
proudly pointed out "Sho' = q
pretty place, amt it?"
From the telephone building Swan
worked his way to the new annex
of the Maison Blanche department
store.
"They's always adding 10 that
place, Swan said. ut must be about
{o
We drove down an ordinary look.
ing avenue with streetcar tracks in
the center and lined with modern
commercial buildings.
There's place out here I want
you to see" Swan said. Its called
the 'Meal-a-Minit.' Brand-new, and
I've heard tell you can get all you
want to eat in a minute. It's crowd
ed all the time"
We reached the Meal-a-Minit, an
imposing white tile establishment
with historic old neon signs all
over it.
| After an uneventful 10 minutes Of
riding around, Swan drew up to the
curb and excitedly pointed to .
building across the street.
That's the only roof garden in
the city" he said. Its the colored
folks Pythian Temple"
A friend who was with me who
hadn't been to New Orleans before
asked me if thought Swan would
get around to showing US the Vieux
Care, the st. Louis Cathedral.
Jackson Square. the Cabildo and
other historic points of New Or
leans.
Swan drove us back into the cen.
ter of the city.
There's the Jung Hotel" Swan
pointed out, and a few blocks later
showed us the st. Charles Hotel, the
Roosevelt and mentioned that he
was sorry but We had passed the
Palace Theater, which used to be-
long to the white folks but which
was now the biggest colored theater
in town.
I asked Swan if he knew where
the famed Court of the Two Sisters
was.
"Yassuh. but I want to show you
the new American Bank Building.
It's away the biggest in town"
We saw the American Bank
Building, also the Canal Bank
Building
That Canal Bank used to be a
big un." Swan explained. but it
amt operating no more since the
depression"
Swan drove a good half hour to
show us the road to Biloxi, the
"Yatchet Club" and an old ceme-
terry, the name of which he had for
gotten.
But it amt our best cemetery"
he explained. That's an old worn
out one, anyway. We has several
new and prettier ones around town"
We passed Federal slum clear
ance project.
'Thems the new Government
slums," Swan said as he showed us
the neat little houses, but 1 hear
that some of the folks don't like the
new slum buildings. Says the Gov
ernment supervises the kind Of COM
pany you has"
My friend asked Swan about the
Cabildo, the historical museum
where the formal transfer Of Louisi-
ana to the United States took place.
Use heard about it OF an on, but
I amt read up on it yit."
Swan climaxed our grand tour Of
New Orleans by driving US past
q boarded-in field.
THAT is where the New Orleans
Pelicans baseball team plays" he
said.
Fabulous, gorgeous New Orleans.
Thank you, Swan, but do wish
my friend could have seen such land
marks as Thompsons restaurant,
the street car barn and police head
quarters.
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