Social life in old New Orleans
- Subtitle
- Being recollections of my girlhood
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. I NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN OF 18404. II NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE FORTIES5. III BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE FORTIES6. IV PICAYUNE DAYS7. V DOMESTIC SCIENCE SEVENTY YEARS AGO8. VI A FASHIONABLE FUNCTION IN 18429. VII NEW YEAR’S OF OLD10. VIII NEW ORLEANS SHOPS AND SHOPPING IN THE FORTIES11. IX THE OLD FRENCH OPERA HOUSE12. X MURAL DECORATIONS AND PORTRAITS OF THE PAST13. XI THOUGHTS OF OLD14. XII WEDDING CUSTOMS THEN AND NOW15. XIII A COUNTRY WEDDING IN 184616. XIV THE BELLES AND BEAUX OF FORTY17. XV AS IT WAS IN MY DAY18. XVI FANCY DRESS BALL AT THE MINT IN 185019. XVII DR. CLAPP’S CHURCH20. XVIII OLD DAGUERREOTYPES21. XIX STEAMBOAT AND STAGE SEVENTY YEARS AGO22. XX HOTEL AT PASS CHRISTIAN IN 184923. XXI OLD MUSIC BOOKS24. XXII THE SONGS OF LONG AGO25. XXIII A RAMBLE THROUGH THE OLD CITY26. XXIV “OLD CREOLE DAYS” AND WAYS27. XXV A VISIT TO VALCOUR AIME PLANTATION28. XXVI THE OLD PLANTATION LIFE29. XXVII PEOPLE I HAVE ENTERTAINED30. XXVIII A MONUMENT TO MAMMIES31. XXIX MARY ANN AND MARTHA ANN32. XXX WHEN LEXINGTON WON THE RACE33. XXXI LOUISIANA STATE FAIR FIFTY YEARS AGO34. XXXII THE LAST CHRISTMAS35. XXXIII A WEDDING IN WAR TIME36. XXXIV SUBSTITUTES37. XXXV AN UNRECORDED BIT OF NEW ORLEANS HISTORY38. XXXVI CUBAN DAYS IN WAR TIMES39. XXXVII “WE SHALL KNOW EACH OTHER THERE”40. XXXVIII A RAMBLE THROUGH NEW ORLEANS WITH BRUSH AND EASEL41. XXXIX A VISIT OF TENDER MEMORIES