Winter journeys in the South; pen and camera impressions of men, manners, women, and things all the way from the blue Gulf and New Orleans through fashionable Florida palms to the pines of Virginia (14774874471)

Identifier: winterjourneysin00hamm (find matches)
Title: Winter journeys in the South; pen and camera impressions of men, manners, women, and things all the way from the blue Gulf and New Orleans through fashionable Florida palms to the pines of Virginia
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Hammond, John Martin, 1886-1939
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Publisher: Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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tes. So vigorous a fight has been waged against themosquito,—a notable germ-carrier,—by the cityauthorities, that even the cisterns in the yards, or themouths of the rain-spouts where water might collectand give breeding places for these insects, have beenscreened by order of the authorities. If one doesnot comply with the instructions to so screen re-ceptacles and open places, he is liable to a heavyfine which is inexorably imposed and collected. The visitor to New Orleans from the North, orfrom almost any other section for that matter, willbe particularly struck by how flat the city is. Thereis not the diflerence of one foot in elevation in anytwo parts of the city, no matter how widely sepa-rated. During my winter residence there I usedfrequently to walk to the Lee Monument on St.Charles avenue, as here there was an artificial hill ofabout twenty feet height and of about one hundredfeet circumference. I would look longingly at this green mound because it was the only hill in114
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THE OLD IN NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, and it reminded me of home. Indeed,all Louisiana is flat. I used to read glowing de- \ scriptions of various points around New Orleansrecommended as summer resorts, and these descrip-tions would very generally end up with the inscrip- , tion printed in large type, or heavily underscored, Elevation above the level of the sea five feet! *I believe one day I read of a place that had an ■ elevation of fifteen feet above the level of the sea.This was an occasion for a celebration! At such \ delirious heights people might rise to almost any f feat of high endeavor. Another thing that is apt to strike the visitor isthe levee. Ones first sight of the levee is an unfor-gettable experience, and the word itself has anintrinsic meaning for every New Orleans man orwoman. The Levee —how often have they heardof it holding or breaking beneath the weight of thewaters? How often has their existence dependedupon its strength? My first visit to the levee wasat twil