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.■ -.By LILY JACKSON The tranquility of the tree-lined pub-lique promenade known as Esplanade Avenue offered the Creole the serenity to. “ enjoy the gracious living which, was so a ' partof his heritage.’ <r -. * •:
“There was never a more unique and fascinating life than that on Esplanade Avenue,” declares Claiborne Perrilliat, • Creole gentleman and‘accomplished ' raconteur of the lifestyle of this unique society of people bound by like heredity. • Creole families at the turn of this cen- / tury lived in a circumscribed area on Esplanade between the Mississippi River and "Claiborne Avenue...
Rows of. stately sycamore and oakt 1 trees fronted the magnificent old houses which had been built by earlier French and Spanish citizens who were seeking a more placid setting than their original settlement in the Vieux Carre which was becoming bustling and overcrowded. __
The four-wheeled Levee and Barracks I street car with its seats arranged lengthwise made "its run down the broad neu-tral ground should the normally energet-. ic Creole, who thought nothing of * walking blocks on end,, feel the need for . transportation...	f	•/
‘..‘The Americans lived uptown/ the •' Creoles downtown,” was a tactful explanation of the delineation of the distinctly
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Breakfast v o’clock. The f ■ dining room .repast which vlioneydew me Aand grits.(“ hash brownci ’ of chicory cof milk followed .cuits or mayt sion. “Crepes vation of the Mr. Perrilliat V “Most of t: who would s evening mea be joined by .unclesand as
Though the .Vithe pantry, multi-course ••was assuage ■;diluted with might includ (usually bro ft] congre (con ^ bread known
the expansive avenue, bound together
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courteous Mr.^Perrilliat, though he allowed that on'occasion the Americans	_
•	were referred to as “La sa//e Amer/ca/ne geographically as well as with a tight '1 qui vois le whiskey," an abhorrence to bond of shared anccstry and customs. '
-, the aesthetic palat^ of the French Creole /Though many of the families had
*	whose sole-libation was vintage wine. ' -‘ - known great wealth, (the Miltenberger
'“And French was always learned be- “ home for instance, at the corner of> fore English,” adds this genial informal , Royal and Esplanade, has been restored .; historian who can rejate his own illustri- ' and is one of the finest homes in the city ■ ous family history for generations back.today} their'mode ot living jcould not be with as'much ease and clarity as he can'" considered opulent/Their concentration
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tom of attending 8 o’clock Mass at (only) ' savarin (wi St. Louis Cathedral, the family would from Padres stroll over to the French Market for ^ With the C their weekly marketing. Tantalizing ^ for good foo aromas would arise from the collection described in of open-air stalls where the merchants’ / favorite des wares, were as precise as a modern spe- ; around a see cialtystore. /.	.v”.r • V'- v‘ '*,$ whipped ere
' iA first stop to fill the carle, a large # lique, a un net-like shopping bag'which expanded r seasoning w
.-'spin tales of the. life of the Creble fami-V’was on 'dignity 'and_ refinement’, with .. with each purchase, would doubtless be ■ tie, obtainal
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ies in the early part of this century.
\ With typical Creole understatement he [.describes the family home at 833 Espla-i’nade'as “just a cottage,”-where his farther and mother, Dr. Louis Perrilliat * and Mary Louise Claiborne (“always "'/called ‘Lulu’”)*, settled, after leaving a ' didn’t consider any intrusion the select S32-room mansion on Dauphine Street , establishment of M. Rougelot’s dry
- proper mention of, bul’ not undue preoc-; cupatiori with, their antecedents. They knew who they were, «fnd that was just that. ..., •••..' v V ’•'..•••	.,/
‘ “The neighborhood was entirely residential,” recalls Mj. Perrilliat, as one
. where he was born.
; Their neighbors were possessors of * such fine old Creole names as Cusachs, Lanaux, Stouse, Freret, Aldige, Rea, Hero, Miltenberger, Renshaw, Archi-;nard, Pitkin, Adams, Villere, Lolliger, Chequelin and Larue. There were Pitots, 'Buchanans, Notts, Tussons, de la Vergnes, Hopkins, Arnolds and Sarpys ^among the
at the stall of Mn Frey, a. tall and hand-'* guarantees some Teutonic gentlemen, who'sold the i be so good finest cuts of beef. Then on to/look over v you've died the selection oflamb and muttoif (a par- j . ticular favorite in Cpeole cuisine), sper . Rarely, le; cialities' of Mr.. Garsaud, a small '' and daught Frenchman who affected a “neatly trim- 3 nade would med goatee.” (With typicalGaeiic j ‘one of the I appreciation for superb cooking, Mr.J Guillot Inst Perrilliat remembers in succulent de-^ del of lej tail an unfathomable method of cook-’, seriously ing, only during the’winter time, a leg of j which offer Iamb in its'natural juices with spinach, as well as
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stocked such imported French delicacies , ; sliced for serving.)_"St.. “Vatinell xas truffles and sepes (a delicious tender J /'-Another favorite at' the'Creole table. right off ol ". • •	^	“K*v	"
goods store where the ladies selected their linens and which was said to be the only place in the city where “real French lace could be found.” And discreetly tucked away between homes was Madame Pierre’s fancy grocery which
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