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21
more polished style …
 For the popularity of Ory’s jazz among white audiences, see Anderson, “Dodds,” 422.

22
“I like the way you play …”
McCusker,
Creole Trombone
, 107.

23
“You’re doing a good job …”
Ory hearing Armstrong at Labor Day parade per McCusker,
Creole Trombone
, 102; see also Ory’s oral history of April 20, 1957 in the Hogan Jazz Archive.

24
run with strict military discipline …
 For the Waif’s Home, see especially Buckingham, “Waifs’ Home,” and Kay Thompson, “Louis and the Waif’s Home.”

25
“a bad stamp” …
 Armstrong, “Growing Up,” 28.

26
“Davis didn’t like me too much …”
Thompson, “Louis and the Waif’s Home,” 9.

27
First, Davis allowed Louis to play the tambourine …
 For Louis being trusted with various instruments, see Teachout,
Pops
, 34–35; also Thompson, “Louis.”

28
“some rich white folks” …
 Louis listening to jazz while lying on his bunk per Armstrong,
Satchmo
, 52.

29
“Me and music got married …”
Teachout,
Pops
, 36.

30
“I do believe that my whole success …”
Teachout,
Pops
, 39.

31
“that great big room …”
Teachout,
Pops
, 38.

32
work hauling coal …
 Teachout,
Pops
, 39–40.

33
“simple, pimply-faced boys” …
 Thompson, “Louis.”

34
“All you have to do …”
Teachout,
Pops
, 39.

35
“better than Bolden …”
Armstrong,
In His Own Words
, 38.

36
“I’d just stand there …”
Rose,
Storyville
, 123.

37
“As long as [Oliver] was blowing …”
Armstrong,
In His Own Words
, 14, 38.

38
“ which I loved” …
 Early mentorship with Oliver, see especially Armstrong, “Growing Up,” 29.

39
“I always knew …”
Brothers,
Armstrong’s New Orleans
, 129.

40
“Benny asked me …”
Black Benny bringing Armstrong to National Park per McCusker,
Creole Trombone
, 102–3.

41
“You think you can play …”
For Black Benny and Bechet, see Bechet,
Treat It Gentle
, 92–93.

42
“We went out [afterward] and bought some beer …”
Bechet and Armstrong advertising gig per Bechet,
Treat It Gentle
, 93.

43
“For the rest of their lives …”
Chilton,
Bechet
, 22.

44
“All the bands wanted Benny …”
Armstrong, “Growing Up,” 32.

45
“Our bandstand was right by the door …”
Armstrong, “Growing Up,” 33.

46
One night in 1915 at Pete Lala’s …
 Bechet and Oliver witness shooting per Chilton,
Bechet
, 21.

47
“All of a sudden I saw …”
Incident at Ponce’s per Armstrong,
Satchmo
, 60–61.

48
police would have to break up parades …
 Lester, “New Negro of Jazz,” 65.

49
“Lots of times the both races …”
Brothers,
Armstrong’s New Orleans
, 16.

50
“People were hearing a lot of excitement …”
Lester, “New Negro of Jazz,” 88.

51
“Little girl, how I have been fooling you …”
For Josie Arlington’s illness, and the story of her revelations to Anna Deubler (including all quotes), see
Succession of Deubler
.

52
“a line of flower-freighted carriages”
For Mary Deubler/Josie Arlington’s death and funeral, see the NODI of February 17, 1914.

53
“Though her life had been spent …”
as per the NODI of February 17, 1914.

54
“Take her, Tom …”
For the Anna Deubler–Thomas Brady marriage, see
Succession of Deubler
.

55
“done up in this deal” …
 For Anderson suing the Bradys, see
Anderson vs. Deubler
, Civil District Court, Docket No. 125,290A.

56
“Segregation of immoral women …”
The “No Necessary Evil” editorial was in the NODI of February 14, 1914.

Chapter 15: The New Prohibitionists

For background on the Gordon sisters, see especially Kathryn W. Kemp’s “Jean and Kate Gordon,” Rebecca S. Carrasco’s “The Gift House,” and Carmen Lindig’s
The Path from the Parlor
.

  
1
“I’m tired …”
The death of W. S. Parkerson is principally drawn from newspaper accounts, particularly the NODPs of February 11 and 15 (from which come all quotes in this section).

  
2
a new commissioner for public safety …
 For Harold Newman’s appointment, see the NODP of Semptember 14, 1912; more background on Newman from Stanonis, 107–08.

  
3
Two figures in particular …
 The Gordons’ background per Lindig,
Path from the Parlor
, 110, and Kemp, “Jean and Kate.”

  
4
“because we never cared …”
Kemp, “Jean and Kate,” 389.

  
5
“Took Lucille Decoux …”
Kemp, “Jean and Kate,” 398.

  
6
“and I declined …”
Kemp, “Jean and Kate,” 393.

  
7
“stamp out of His world the unfit” …
 Kemp, “Jean and Kate,” 398.

  
8
“If you don’t want the ballot for yourselves …”
as per the NODI of January 14, 1914.

  
9
to close all prostitution districts …
 See Levy, “Bards and Bawds,” 86.

10
“the Joan of Arc of New Orleans” …
 
Literary Digest
, March 24, 1917.

11
“They finally got Moreci …”
as per the NOTP of October 11, 1938.

12
a notorious and much-feared Black Hander …
 For Doc Monfre, see the NODP of December 7, 1907; also
State of Louisiana v. Joseph Monfre
, Docket No. 35993.

13
“thrust himself forward” …
 Monfre involvement in Lamana case per the NODP of December 8, 1907; see also the NODPs of January 4, 1907, and of January 4, 1917.

14
arrested for bombing the grocery-saloon …
 Monfre and the grocery bombings per the NODPs of June 12 and 17, 1908.

15
living in the Schiambras’ neighborhood …
 Mention of Monfre in Schiambra murder per the NODP of May 17, 1912.

16
“Vincent Moreci was the best friend I had” …
 as per the NODS of November 20, 1915.

17
a virtual orgy of bloodshed …
 For the killings of early 1916, see Warner,
Informer
, 9, as well as the NODS of May 14, 1916 and the NODIs of May 13 through 15, 1916.

18
“Black Hand shootings and murders …”
as per the NODI of May 16, 1916.

19
“I believe you will find that …”
as per the NODS of May 17, 1916.

20
“When we get through with our work …”
as per the NODI of May 16, 1916.

21
“We have in the City of New Orleans a Sodom …”
The scene of the Citizens League meeting, including all quotes are from the NODS of January 16, 1917.

22
“that the most serious and hopeful reform …”
Literary Digest
, March 24, 1917, 821.

23
“drop the lid” …
 as per the NOTP of January 24, 1917.

24
“The cabarets as they have been conducted …”
as per the NODS of January 16, 1917.

25
“must have a licensed restaurant attached” …
 
Atlanta Constitution
, January 16, 1917.

26
“The appearance of a white man …”
is quoted in Long,
Babylon
, 216.

27
describing the women only as “white” or “colored” …
 For the change in Blue Book classification of race, see Long,
Babylon
, 212.

28
unanimously passed Ordinance 4118
 … See Long,
Babylon
, 191, 225.

29
filed suit against the city …
 For the White and Piazza suits, see Mir, “Marketplace,” 159–60; Long,
Babylon
, 192; Landau, “Spectacular Wickedness,” 186–87.

30
lobbied to host a military encampment …
 For the lobbying to get Camp Nicholls, see especially Mir, “Marketplace,” 163.

31
federal government in times of war had powers …
 For provisions of the Selective Service Act of 1917, see Mir, “Marketplace,” 164.

Chapter 16: Exodus

  
1
Ever since the shooting incident …
 For the closing of Ponce’s, see Teachout,
Pops
, 42–43.