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aotmiftii, m;iuif?.yuui in fiie and Increasing v*Ju? of I. inp*.
iViriYi?:e*d that N?w Orleans \
?rowing i?ity wlJh mm ?assured fu and that tlx port was <lr,Ktln*?d to a development ?eo*m<l lo no of her p<?rt in the world. tb??se progressive rill? zcns invented lnrsely in ren! estate, their investment bein^r confined 10 no particular section. ward or locality- At times, when the price offered fully justified th?? Iraiipaction, Kmift of this ??operty wh? dispn*??d of, but only thut the sHlera mitfht reinvest in other real estft'lf* thftl ffnvc promise in their Judgment Of a still ^n*ater development, xvltii tho eity's rapid Incre.MKo in ootnmoroe ind pupuInfMn. ? 7?hny wore rurtly miHlalcen In their <?ulttijUitfons. Some of the property tl?m? nrnnlrcd wn? vacant property, notably in different localities along Prytania Street: and It. was on one of these properties, in the neighborhood of Urania Street, 1758 Prytanlft. Street, that the wealthy David Muahet decided to build sx home for himself and family. ,
jBuilt in 1842
I ! T'^'^	0,1,3	o1 t*1.? oldest in
j I	the city, .still Htands. although
{ f?li? sp;i..e oripinaily occupied ,,.l? somewhat crowded now as compared Wit'll tfro time of ..its construction, ?ubout. the year of- 1842. If lit n, two* sfory frame building, situated on thn | river side of lYytania Street near jJlUvaniu, cxii.TidIn;? out to the.'ban-' quettu II MU on tJiy u*n 1.1. ^jl rent,, \vlt,h "it; feJjQrt-.flightfyiTatftp*?.leu dips "upjp a very pretty .entrapoe.. ?
[ ,ln t'le >ear, as -well aa on tho'up-pi.p\vn' ,Ride of /the' fciiirdfnff.'i wap- at Cina tltno an. exquisitely vcultlvuted sard^n. A/jot siwious, but Hvith all varieties of foliaje, flowewi >a.nd shrubbery knbwrj to flus /as*hJdnnUle ^horticulturists of/tbe .South in those days' A larire J>atl.'bartended aiul stijl extends througtiJ.i.hevc.ej}(err'-.of the. livuildlnp Iv thn' vewr	..
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I from ? thn. I wo.stiH-y.'.S ?U tvotUulrUrtB I was^h-roOm. coal bin,. ,eto.
Double parlors.'lanro and li/indsome; occupied all the space on.tho uptown side of t tio edifice, wfiilo across the (ti.ill, on the Canil Street side, was the' -Hi*tlnsr rqoni fronting Prytapia Street, andybatik ot' thai, an immense dinlnff -room,, which.,, like the double parior, wits on o of the most j beautiful ajmrfjtjonts .ot whlbh a.iiy ] m.-in.sioh in this 0;lty could boast. In the ic:ir of;Wio.dirilng room was tho Hroakfast room, then the kitchen, swrvnnts- diiiiiij: rooiul ? und irouint; room. The fiirniedilujjs i aod decora.-UOiVh tYiroughout this old innnxinn HoVed nothing Lhat tnoncy.,sugTjeflted "by ;;ood taste mid a ft-nse of apiiro-prlatfiiesM, could procuro. And I | b-?.--iitlfiil piotui'otj and hpeeimens' of I; rea! art. in marble as' well as in i j .painting, we.r? to be seen in its viirl-I ouf apartments.
I After a residence or gome ycairs | at ,17iS Pryumia Street, J5aTid |-M.pshet: sold the property to h).s friend and qompanipn. John O?Brien, father of the late Emile O'Brien, for many years before his death prominent in business, political, soolal* and yachting circles of New Orleans. The edifice remained In the family 1 about ten. years, when .it passed intu .'other hands and began Its uoreer as
?	a bo^ri'in;; 'bouse. ?
~s Jie urnift ui?e iif
a..	and as
'-i.Itm-'.l .tnd refined <m anj- that tl'"-qiieriti-.! ''he most lordly mansion in New Orleans Amid the stern duties 'if life. the 0?!>rlen family w<>rv-nover wantln? in the courtesies that 1?inphnsized the refinements of sooil breeding?kiiui. 'Hir^s?r*ved. ,'Tut'es slbli*. ^onerous, thoir home iviip the rnllvinc place of the most asriee-able six-i.-ty in jVow Orleans.
As stated above, the house at t'be corner of I?rytinia und Melpomene Streets wav decidedly o comfortable hotiHe, but t'omfort was not bv any means the ??Xtent of 11h ehnrin. In (eriorlly it iv.i.--', bi'aiillftii, ?.'< woll as a commodious bonne ?part ioulaily was this true of the downtown side of the building, the dining room and double parlor of which were frescoed, an exquisite ornamentation of which not h- vos,tine is to be seen there today. The mouldings were carved In roses, and the chandeliers, which were of bronze, alone cost $ 1500. The centerpieces were very beautiful, also: and this house, lt can bo said, was one of tho first In tile i-ity of New Orleans to enjoy the. until flien. unexperienced delights of the bathtub.
Spar Ions halls petu-lratcd Ihe hnlidinir on either side, anil the stairways, with rarvod oak halisl-radcs. connected the lower and upper flotn-s. Thero are sovoh bed. room:; on each wide of tho building, und about fifteen apartments to the sld?., or fhii-t.v in. all. The front Is made a I tract I vd by a broad mallei i extondlng; alon',- the entire width of thn building on Pry.tanla Street with beautiful Ionic supports below and Corinthian above.
City Fell Down
TT I.-? SAU.) THAT the side yard attached to this property forms a part of a strip of land on Melpomene Street donutod to the city ?.tliuiiy\,yeur$ ijffp by the 1/lvatitlils Ciiulii" ("	rtf	r.
rilaytfr^und, for a h?y?? '? colli'yc; whki'n was, to have bflcn ereil" ! This coUeifo was to liave occupind >i site on the two blocko facing Pry-tanla. Street, and the .property on Melpomene, St. Charles and Euterpe Streets, was , tri be its pl.iyjjround. Of this Rift, the city has never taken advantage. There was included in the deed donating* the property u clause forbidding the erection of any sort of structure thereon, and stliiu latinpr t'hat its use was exclusivnly for playground purposes. Tliert-was a further provision to the effect that the property was to rovert to tho l.ivaudia? heirs in tho event of failure on tho part of the city to comply with the terms of the bequest. XI Is recalled that' some time n^ro. one of the property owners in thsu! section eroded an addition to his store, which trespassed upon the Livauduls strip, and was compelled at once to remove : the structure. The house at .Jlefpo.meno and Pry tanla Street" was built in ISt'.O.
David Mushet came to' New Orleans when he was oniy eighteen years of age, and finding immediate employment in the cotton house of Ward, Jonns & Hunt, subsequently embarked In business tor ?himself on a lame scale,' and in a few j ears thereafter was ?regarded as the wealthiest business man in New Orleans	:	.' ,. .. -.
Families Interwoven?
| Tp,\f ILIC O'BRIKN' matricd \tisa Kate '.Mush'dt, .a, charming young {woman, the only'' dauybtei- of the I wealthy David -Mushf.% , ^Jrs.
Wider opportunity for women m jail the professions and the problem of the outcast women were the principal 'topics taken up at the annual convention of the International An-in Ohkvns.-o.