The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-05-18
THE ART OF ADVERTISING
Told III a Series Of Bright
Poems by Miss Ella Bent
lev at the State Press
Convention.

Rayne Tribune,
At the recent annual meeting y
the Louisiana Press AssOcia' iOf
held at Lafayette, Il meeting tia
was 'eplete with bright. witty ant
educational papers and addresses
nothing SAID there was counted 81
apt and Interesting as i seri' = ri
"ad" poems rrcited by Miss Ella
| Bentley ut one Of the sessions.
| Thes" particular bits 1T rhymes,
patwi,es IN the styles If different
well known literary gtniuses, are
printed herewith, aud each tells in
It's own merry way why one should
advertise. Every newspaper o~nc,
present at the convention was tie
lighted with Miss EtntIey's efforts
in proving that advertising is the
real, hight thing
Following are the !,orms, group
ed under the general head Of The
Art uf Advertising.
- 9EoKGE ABE MIGHT EAElEIT
\ wise Gazah., lad Il IIunch on. day
That advertising wasn't worth the chink
And :" ne tut II out which was the WAY
tie pnt II Nice Young IN ,n.ss ou the itink
Thsreafiet, bins blew il marked "Overhu,.
AM" ~ nh~ he met exclaimed with Large
Surprise;
I'VE "lu"t p're your Al. aud thought hat
W." had Kicked the Bucket" Mo,aI.
Advertise
FROM LuKb RosEBEhRY'S POINT OF
VIEW
Ny WORD but Amrrcns funny.
~ dmced -er- quaint hcncherknow
The natives are keen fer the money
Aud theirads. are wherever You go.
It's Somebody's soap on the landscape
Or Somebody's Pellets. Of course.
And love- the American hamdshake
Is the nd. fot hericau Force.
We joIis well jeet III the nation
Aud larf ana an that sort OF rot
But fawncy one harf of creation.
Must envy is progress n lot;
And more than hart is just pning
For some of its pe.,einn luck.
Though II isn't through chawhce that It's
climbing
But mere advertising aud pluck.
A. RUDYAKD kIrl ING MIGHT RHYME
II
For this l. the age Of progress, and these are
the laws ~ men:
Give voice IL the chcme- We sire proclaim
them by tongue ana pen;
Blaz"a your name on the hiIlboards haunt
vonr wares ~ ~. press;
For these are the things that govern aud
create success.
Foster no half-3ieed methods: labor ana
sweat and strive:
Prove to your kind you're winner show
all the world you're alive:
For this IS the law Of progress. aud. lest We
forget, here lies
The sum of the law aud the substance--get |
busy aud advertise |
THROUGH TEDDy'S GLASSES.
NJ ike your motto: Dig like fury"
Don't be blind and deaf and dumb
All the world Is from Missouri
Aud you have to show II some
For example. il you're ready
To accept a gentle hint.
jaze upon your In lie Teddv.
Always in the public print;
Figuring before the masses.
Settling other nations cares
Advertised through teeth and glasses
Politics and Teddy" bears.
den who are the digyers, never
Meet the slip 'twixt lip and cup,
Fell the world you're 1t forever
Advertise. and KEEP 1T UP.
Miss Ella Bently is not at all a
Granger in literary circles, she having
or some time past been q constant con-
ributorto Life, Puck. Judge. Harper's
,eslie's and other national wceklies
nd monthlies. She is the daughter OF
ir. Linden +. BENTLEY. chief deputy to
Collector of Port Mccall, and editor of
he Donaldsonville Chief, paper on
vhich Miss Bently has written for at
ifferent times.