Show Street Names awes Tell History in New Orleans NEW r- r ORLEANS July 24 AP AP- AP Names of or New Orleans streets present present present pre pre- sent a mixture of or French Spanish and American influences of ot other days and impress strangers Instantly Instant Instant- ly as one of the oddest of ot the Interesting interesting interesting inter Inter- esting features of the old city The city Itself was not named as many think for the tho French city of Orl Orleans but for the Duke Duke- of Or Or- leans Chartres street bears the name of his son the Duc Due de Chartres Char Char- tres Royal street is said MId to have been named for lor Madame Ro Royale le eld eldest st sister r or the king MUSES REPRESENTED Bourbon bears the dynastic name I and the Dauphine is remembered red through Dauphine street The royal i family did not lack attention as witness Conti Toulouse Dumaine and Conde A group df or streets Is ill named for forthe forthe forthe the muses Calliope Clio Erato Thalia Melpomene Terpsichore Euterpe Polymnia and Urania The Napoleonic Influence left Napoleon avenue Josephine street and a street for each of Napoleons Napoleon's ictor victories es Austerlitz Jena Cadiz Constantinople and Berlin Berlin passed during the World war In favor of General Pershing street FEW INC INDIAN AN NAMES Few of or the Indian names are left although one busy thoroughfare Is still Americans are represented by Washington Franklin Frank Frank- Hn lin Adams Adama Jefferson Monroe Madison 1 Gallatin Henry Cla Clay Webster r. r Calhoun General Taylor Scott and Claiborne streets Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Bon square and Jackson avenue honor the hero ot of New Orleans Spanish governors also left lert their n names mes on streets street Galvez Miro Calvo Salcedo t and his wife Baronne Names atnes inspired by religion include in include in- in clude St St. St Peter St. St Claude Annunciation Annunciation Annun Annun- St. St Andrew Andre St St. Mary St. St Maurice St St. Joseph and St St. Anne When plantations were made Into city streets the names ot of children I of old families es were given leaving t today day Octavia Arabella Jose Joseph h Eleonore Celeste Robert Robert Adele and Amelia streets D |