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  v.9,no.2(1960:Feb): Page 36  



36                                  Corinne C. Frost

that wa.s—life in New Orleans from 1930 to 1952. What a variety
of images, dynamic patterns, colors, contexts: fiestas in the old
French Quarter in spring; patio parties lighted by candles and
antique lanterns; excursions up the River Road and to the Evan¬
geline country; in winter, the Carnival season, costume balls and
parades, terminating with Mardi Gras; long years of "depression"
calling for service to New Deal relief agencies; Pearl Harbor Day
with accelerated activities of the American Red Cross and the
Council of Social Agencies; and at night, when I worked in a ship¬
yard after the death of my husband, the red flare of welders' and
burners* torches, brilliant against the black water of the canals.
These images comprise the deeply woven pattern of my life in
New Orleans. And at the same time, prior to 1942, my husband
and I were developing a farm for our later years near St. Frances-
ville, Loui-siana, in AA'est Feliciana Parish where Audubon had
lived with plantation families, explored forests and waterways, and
painted his way to immortality. I mention these personal interests
to make clear that systematic study of science and philosophy
was for me truly a marginal activity.

The question finally arises: what were the fruits of the Dewey-
Frost correspondence? The answers lie, for those who will seek
them out, in the letters now in the po.ssession of Columbia
University.
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