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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02
FOR CRY JUDGE.

FOR CITY JUDGE.
Totthe Democr bic Voters OF the
Sixth Ward OF the Parish Of Ibe-
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02

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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02

Mr.. A. T. Perkins, of st. Louis,
President Of the New Iberia n
Northern Railroad was here oil
Sunday with he FRISCO officials.
He left on Tuesday Oh his way
north.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02

ECONOWY. o.
Self denial ID . virtue and /.
the hrst step towards economy.
Bat there . no economy in deny.
'ng yourself tho Iberian's weekly
visits uhero they only cost Jon .
A0tS p vel, - ol.oo ~ year.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02

The iberia, st. Mary & Eastern
track laying has reached Adrline.
liz is expected TO have the road
completed iltO Franklin in a very
few more days.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02

Abbeville MeridiOnal has re
chrlsted White Lake, "Lake Mi.
chel."
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-02
For all kinds OF PRINTING 90 to
E. F. WILLARD. The Printer

Thursday was Thanksgiving. 1t
was observed as a holiday by the
churches, the schools, the banks,
the District Court, the Builikn AS
sociatian and few othe1|institu1
tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
What You Owe the New
 Year


 While you are wondering what the new year will bring you, and what 1t will do for you, have you thought that you owe the new year something? That it expects you to do your part towards making a good new year?' says Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
 Just imagine the new year a beauti- full woman, standing with an open book in her hand, and waiting for your sig nature. Would you not feel it incum- bent upon you to write your name clearly and legibly, and to avoid blot ting the clean page or tearing the leaf?
 Perhaps the new year is real per sonality; perhaps it is not mere date and perhaps that personality is all a-quiver wondering what many will be- stow upon it to make it great good, or an evil year
 "If years have memories there are some old years sitting back in the past filled with shame and sorrow for humanity, years branded with the red scar of war, and years filled with injustice and slavery
 ..The years were not in fault.
 ''The evils were thrust upon them by human beings.
 "It depends upon the men and women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Quaint New Years Customs

On the continent and in Great Britain one finds the New Year celebration ob- served by many interesting customs. It is a day of rejoicing and gift making; the old year has passed on, leaving in the breast of every human being vital spark of hope if things have gone i'll that they may go better; if the year has been filled with prosperity there is the hope that the good will continue The day is filled with confidence, with faith renewed and strong. No one can regard the day with indiffer- eEce Charles Lamb in his Ella" says most truly:
 'The birth of the new year is of an interest Atoo wide to be pretermitted by king or cobbler. No one ever regarded from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam"
 In Greece the day is solemn festival, in Rome it is one of glad feasting, and rejoicing and exchange of gifts. The name of the first month in the new year comes from Janus, the god who presdes over the new year. He is always represented by two faces looking in opposite direc- tions. indicating the past and future. Sometimes he holds a key in one hand and rod in the other, showing that he opened and ruled the year.
 The early Saxons held all sorts of merry feasting on the first day of the year and gave gifts which in later days be- came a great burden upon the people. There is a story that Queen Elizabeth s famous wardrobe and jewels were sup piled by the contributions of her sub jects on New Years Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

Of year. How we resolve to make the days fairer, better, more full of help to others ,of meaning to ourselves. New Years resolves are old, hackneyed, yet are they not impulses for good which lie dormant in each of us, and in their ex- pression help us to reach our ideal? Why should we stop with the New Years res olution? Why not make one every day? It is not a bad idea to keep each day bright and right, and at its close, to, be grateful that at least we've had today. For, today is just a little path between yesterday and tomorrow. Walk along it cheerfully, with no worry over the things which have happened or those which may happen. The thing to do is to live now, today.
 Do not carry the burdens of the old year into the new. No doubt the roots of our life are planted in the years gone by, but the new year should bring forth the ripened, perfect fruit. Do not sigh that another year has passed, but rather rejoice that new year has started, with wonderful possibilities every day. Keep looking forward, cherish the hopes that were not fulfilled last year-maybe they will be, this year Know that though 1910 may have been a failure, though many days were dark. and perhaps stained with tears, there is before us a new day, the new year. with a chance for brighter, happier outlook
 Emerson says:
 Write 1t on your heart that every day is the best day in the year; no man has learned anything rightly until he knows that every day is doomsday."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
4,000, ,000 Christmas Trees

Four million trees were called upon last year to supply the demand for Christmas trees in this country, and thoughtful in- dividuals who have in mind the conser- vation of our national resources have asked the United States forest service If this custom is not a menace to the for est preservation. The answer which comes is reassuring.
 Tt is quite true.' writes the chief for ester, that there has been serious dam age to forest growth in the cutting of Christmas trees in various sections of the country, particularly in the Adirondacks and parts of New England but in these very sections, the cutting of young ever greens for use at Christmas is infinitesi- nal when compared with the loss of for est resources through fires and careless methods of numbering. The proper rem edy is not to stop using trees, but to adopt wiser methods of use. There is no more reason for an outcry against us- ing land to grow Christmas trees than to grow flowers. Not more than 4,0O0,- GOO Christmas trees are cut each year, one in every fourth family. If planted four feet apart they could be grown on less than 150O acres. Trees are for use, ana there is no other use to which they could be put which could contribute so much to the joy of man as their use by the chil- dren on this one great holiday of the year"
 In Germany, which has the highest de- veloped system of forest management Of any country, the cutting of small Christ mas trees is not considered in the leas, menace to the forest: but on the con- trary a means of improving it by thin. ming judiciously and is therefore con stantly encouraged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Resolutions for 1912

Get out of the habit of being poor. Be- ing poor is a very hard habit to break yourself of, unless you begin early in life. If you have been poor for 50 or co years you are practically incurable.
 Resolve to be lenient. Many of those whom we deem it our duty to sit upon prove to have a good deal of the porcu- pine about them.
 Resolve to be polite. The polite can do anything they want to without giving of fense.
 Resolve to keep out of society. If the in fernal regions are paved with good reso- lutions, it is equally true that soc,ety is paved with bad regulations.
 Resolve to acquire far greater reputa- tion than you deserve-then resolve to deserve it.
 Resolve to get married. At the same time remember that marriages are made in heaven. Perha.s that is why the best men remain bachelors-they are waiting.
 Resolve to be prudent. Since the fall all fall, of course, but the wise fall on their feet.
 Resolve to be good. But to succeed in this resolution you must get out of the habit of being beautiful
 If you must SOW wild oats, resolve to SOW them in the winter. Then they won't come up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Pious Youth

From the Omaha World-Herad.
 A wise and fond mother reproved her son for asserting his dislike of a certain rough playmate.
 When he wants to fight you, don't fight" she said, but remember the prov erb about 'coals of firei"
 And Harold said he would.
 The next day he invested five cents in a bakers pie and just as he purchased It he met the odious Jerry.
 Hello, kid," shouted the latter, "Pl1 have to lick you again.
 For answer Harry broke the pie in two and gave the larger half to the war like youth, who gulped it down with grunts of amazement and satisfaction.
 q say, kid, that was fine. What made yer gimme it?''
 Because you hit me yesterday" was the gentle answer.
 Jerry drew off and planted staggering blow on Harold's chest that nearly knocked him over.
 ''Go and get another pie,' he said. T feel awfuly pious just now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
New Years Expectations

There are many superstitions regarding the coming of the New Year, with some of which we have been familiar since childhood; others, which are new to us all are well known in the mountain districts Of this country. In very early days in England funeral service was held at 12 o'clock, the last night of the year, which was practically the origin of the watch meetings held now in many churches. Of the various superstitlons, these seem the most notable:
 Be careful to remember your dreams tonight, for they certainly will come truel
 Stand at window at the top of the stairway as the bell rings it's l2 strokes Catch the New Year in your open arms and make wish; he is forced to grant this.
 Turn a piece of money in your hand as the clock strikes, one for each stroke, if you want to have money all the year. Cross the fingers of the left hand and hold them aloft while the 12 strokes sound, and no evil spirits or misfortune can touch you during the year.
 Eat a hard boiled egg, in which salt
 
 dreams will show your future husband or wife, who will give you a glass of water.
 Don't open an umbrella in the house on New Years Day, or it will be a bad luck year for you.
 A chair Knocked over on New Years means sickness to the one overturning it. A knife, fork or spoon dropped on the floor on the first day of January means you will have poor or hungry year" and an extra one of these implements at your place means much company that year
 The first stranger you meet on New Years morning will have the coloring of your future husband or wife.
 Give gift to some one early New Years morning if you would nave many gifts during the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
The Coming of Mister New
 Year

 Mister New Year is comin' with the bliz- gard beatin' drums With the halleluia trumpets, Mister New Year comesi Rise up an meet him-tell him howdy-do; He'll say he's hale an hearty, an he hopes the same to you. Mister New Years comin' from the freez- in Far-away: Heap the fire higher, an ask him in to stay. word about the weather an the cot ton crop'll do, But he'll soon know more about 'em than they ever told to you!
 III Mister New Years ready for to take you by the hand Little speech O welcome-serenadin by the band, An it's 'Rise up, people, The work is for to do; I'm feelin hale an hearty, an hope the same to youl"
 F. L. Stantom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Begin the New Year With a
 Smile

scowl which is accompanied by draw ing down of the mouth will make one heavy and one light wrinkle extending downward and outward from the nose. Seldom are they equally pronounced. The scowl which draws the forehead into perpendicular lines immediately over the nose will make two lines one on one side and one on the other, for the muscular action is not uniform. Scowl lines lying crosswise of the fore head are usually deeper. on the right side and less regular on the other.
 If you want to find how a face can be distorted by using the facial muscles to show your temper take ruler, or.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

thing, but notice she's got another wrin- kle."
 Had a fight with Billy Shaw. Licked him. I am beginning the new year right. "Ma says I ought to resolve, and here goes: No more Sunday school for me,
 Pa swore off again at noon Also swore at the dinner.'
 Went out to lick Jimmy Barlow, but got licked myself This New Years busi- ness is deceiving."
 Thought I would send my school teach CT a card, and then thought wouldn't dc any such darned thing"
 Sold our dog for quarter, and he came back within half an hour. Pretty good speculation for the first day of the year"
 Ma says she may not live to see an other year. but Pa is a hustler and will have a stepmother here for me if she don't"
 Pa swore off again at supper time. Also swore at the supper"
 Ma sawed wood"
 q looked humble"
 Not much of day. I've seen April Fools to beat it.''
 "The end"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

have aspired to be and am not com forts me- It isn't what we IS always that counts. It is what we WANTED to do I believe, that will plead our cause one of these days before the big BOOK OF LIFE-the Diary that the Record ing Angel is keeping for us-even when we forget to put down things ourselves"
 Tt does look rather hopeless to keep on writing in these little old books" Peg gy said, handling the little red morocco covered volumes, "when there is a Uni versal BooklSeeper up there, writing down things against us, with the accuracy of phonogra phic record.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Keeping Christmas

Christmas is over, we say, and still Let's have it finger as long as 1t will. With thoughts of the Babe, and the song
 that arose, With kindness for friends and forgiveness
 for foes, With love for the children and hearts full
 of cheer, Let's keep it Christmas time all through
 the year. Anonymous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

black and red and blue. black and red, are seen. They are intended for hat trimmings, but might also be used in in- troducing bits of color into frocks or suits.
 pretty little silk fringe suitable for trimming hlouses and fichus, or even eer- tain kinds of gowns, is shown nowadays. It is of soft, flosslike silk instead of the heavier, twisted threads more often seen, and is slightly under an inch in depth
 When little people are starting to kin dergarten for the first season, where all kinds of building, drawing, sewing, sten- cling and tracing work are taught, they often are anxious to possess sets of their own, and these can be found in va- ricty of designs and colors.
 Lovely white lamb wool gloves for little people sell for $l pair, while mittens for tiny tot. are 75 cents. Glove boards on which wool gloves can be safely washed without shrinking are to be had.
 For young boys plaid and Roman striped ties are popular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
The Old Year

The old year goes Upon it's way. It brought some woes, Yet we can say It brought a lot Of real cheer, And it was not A bad old year. Although some days It brought were blue, A word of praise Is but its due. We owe it much; Iris very, clear It wasn't such A bad old year.(
 -Annonymous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

There really isn't much use,' I said presently, ''to write things down. The best thing is merely to do our level best every single day we live.
 "If we do that" cried Peggy in ad- miration, lit doesn't matter whether you keep diary with a set of New Years s resolutions in it or not. We may chuck them in the waste basket as for that matter. Anybody who does the best they can do, every single, blessed day in the year-well-well-''
 Its pretty big order-even on an angel" I observed helplessly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

better, a T rule and lay it long edge on the level of the heaviest eyebrow. Nine times out of ten the other eye brow will be found to be higher or low CT than the other. This is due to muscu- lar action. The scowler that uses his cheek muscles raises or lowers one ear. After few years of daily scowling the rule will show what the change has been.
 If you are prone to scowling, rub the muscles where the scowl is most pro nouneed. After a time the scow1 can be partly rubbed away In addition to all this begin the new year by cultivating smile instead of a scowl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
The Age-Herald's Cuisine

To a pint of nice fine bread crumbs put quart of sweet milk, one cup of brown sugar, the yolks of four eggs beaten light, the grated rnd of one lemon, piece of but ter size of one egg, Bake until stiff. Then take out and pour over it the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth with a tea cup of powdered sugar and juice of the lemon. Return to the oven and brown lightly. To be eaten hot or cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

z of earth whether this shall be good or a bad year. ea.N
 Just what the year shall bring to you depends largely upon yourself. If you are hoping for health and wealth and success, you will not help the year to bring it to you by sitting up all night and poisoning your system with rich food and strong drink.
 To make yourself a wine caslx is not good beginning for a man ambitious to be a success in the world
 "A clear head, an active mind. body free from poison, are all good things to possess on the first morning of the New Year.
 And strange as it may seem to those who are accustomed to think pleasure means dissipation. the best times, the real good times of human enjoyment are to be had fhen no excesses are indulged in, and when the mind is able to know what the mouth says, and what the hand does, and when the next morning brings no blur over the memory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Eve Up to Date
The waist line still goes higher.

Lace bags are growing bigger and big ger.
 Shoe heels are just a bit higher than ever.
 Still the vogue of heavy lace continues. Sailor collars are now appearing in serge.
 Separate wraps are made of dark blue taffeta.
 The all white hat is pressing forward to victory.
 Wash silk shirt waists have wonderful popularity.
 The wide frill to the left has wild Are popularity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
A Boys New Year Diary

''Got up in the morning
 Pa swore off. Also, swore about break fast"
 Ma says we have to have New Yearses and must make the best of 'em.''
 "Our dog is a year older.''
 ''No goose-no turkey-no duck. Pa says that free lunch is good huff for any free born American citzen.''
 Sister Mary, who is 34 years old, says that New Years is simply an imaginary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

  Am n "A Case of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
A Sunday Thought

Time is Too Slow for those who Wait Too Swift fer those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieye, Too Short for those who Rejoice,
 But for those who Love
 Time is not. Henry Van Dyke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Gossip of the Shops

Smart worsted bandngs about F inches wide in effective combinations of green,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
The New Year

4 We begin a bright, new year. How joy
 onsly we start upon the untried journey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

1 ain't gwine ter mek but one Resolution dis heah New Year, an dat is, Nevah ter tell one 1lem "risk-y" stories to CT un- appreciative agw ienc e Nav m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-11

production of the famous play by that
name, was the greatest treat the pa
irons of moving picture shows have
ever been given in Hattiesburg. For
over one hour the patrons of the Lomo
We're held as interested as if they were
looking on the actual scenes of the
picturesque Emerald Isle,or the drama
being acted on the stage by artists
That every person who saw this splen-
did picture play was delighted and
charmed was evidenced by the unani-
nous praise given it, and the fact that
many people stayed through two or
more entire productions of it, Such
pictures go long ways to elevating
the moving picture houses, and edu-
cate the people. Mr.. Loves rendition
of Come back to Erin in the Sham
rock spotlight, was a fitting adjunct
to the colleen Bawn" and received
we'll merited and hearty approval.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-11
carnegie GIVES
S25,OOU,OOO.OO
Another Big Donation Is Made
For Educational Pur-
poses.

New York, Nov. 11.-Andrew Car
had given $25,000,00O to the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, organized
ed by the New York Legislature last
June ito promote the advancement
and diffusion of knowledge and un-
derstanding among the people of the
United States"
In bestowing this gift upon the cor
poration, organized especially to re-
ceive it and apply it's income to. the
purpose indicated, Mr.. Carnegie in a
statement given out at his home on
Fifth avenue said he intends to leave
with the corporation body the work
which he as an individual has carried
on for many years, which includes
aiding technical schools, institutions
of higher learning, libraries, scientific
research, hero funds, useful publica-
tions and similar purposes.
The incorporators are Andrew Car
negie, Elihu Root, Henry S. Pritchett,
William Trew, Robert S. Woodward,
Charles L. Taylor, Robert A. Franks
and James Bertram.
The donation is in bonds of the
United States Steel Corporation. This
makes total of $215, 100000 given by
Mr.. Carnegie for various philanthropic
purposes.
Mr.. Carnegie was elected president
of the new corporation; Elihu Root
vice-president and Robert A. Franks,
treasurer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-11
High Compliment For
US. Marshall Collins

United States district attorney. w.
II. Armbrecht, of Mobile, in making
report recently to the attorney gener-
al at Washington, took occasion to
compliment United States marshal, F.
w. Collins in the following letter:
In the trial of the civil turpentine
and timber cases at the special term
of court just completed at Biloxi, Miss,
1t was necessary to subpoena 34S wit
nesses. | placed the praecipes in the
hands of the clerk Sept. 70, or just a
little over month prior to the COM
mencement of the court Shortly af-
ter this the strike trouble along the
Illinois Central railroad broke out,
which imposed a great deeal of un-
usual labor on United States Marshal
Collins. Nevertheless, inspite of the
fact that almost all of the witnesses
lived in the interior, many of them
many miles from the railroad. his