SOCIAL LIFE IN
OLD NEW ORLEANS
The Author at Twenty-two
Painted by Moïse
SOCIAL LIFE IN
OLD NEW ORLEANS
Being Recollections of my Girlhood
BY
ELIZA RIPLEY
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXII
Copyright, 1912, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
To
MY CHILDREN
and
MY CHILDREN’S CHILDREN
and to
THEIR CHILDREN TO COME