New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-09-16
A FETE CHAMPETRE BY THE
EPICURES.

They made the welkin ring at
Solitude last Sunday. Just mag
Inc the name Solitude at
ltached to such picture.
The name suggests loneliness.
aloofness, inaccessability, impene-
trabllity. environment of pro
tecting wilderness.
1t is anything but that. it is
rather a revel's roost. nature s
perfect picture of music and life !;
the oak -sh;ded and zeyhyr- kissed
conservatory inviting the game
sOngsters' enchanting symphony.
1t is a masterpiece of color and
glory blended with romance and
rustic love. The score of children
and grandchildren with a prospec-
tive capacity to encourage num-
berless future generations. dis
porting themselves as the living
background of the celebration
blots ont any lingering mist of an
idea of solitude. hermitage. II
habitation for recluses and other
travellers through the fantastic
milky way.
Segura refinery's tramway
brought us through many a cane
covered. vegetation-chOked 70
|mantic lane. alld spontaneous,
electric summer shower lent en-
chantment to The panorama. This
mode of transportation typifles
somewhat the spirit of the age.
Steam and electricity, the most
effective elements of our modern
civilization. The worlds time
and space reduced to the usages
of man s every day service. The
bow. the spear and the shield sup
erseded by agriculture, manufac-
ture and commerce.
The song of poetry. the lure of
the knight 's-guild followed by the
awe-inspiring music Of a trained
prosaic activity Of the human race
and humanity's chorus of the
changing chimes of freedom.
Mine host. the archbishop Of
his storm watered acres. after 60
ing through a preliminary gas
tronOmic training and calisthenics
for a few days, was in his prime.
Appearing at the psychological
in his full official regalia
"a perennial smile that ckngs to
the fringe of his physiognomy,
with the tenacity Of fixed habits
and which no amount of applica-
ton of grand pas soap could re-
blooming. olefactory dis
tinction an imitation of the frost
on orange blossoms and an eye
that sparkldd in competition with
the spirits of the occasion.
H;s French was not warlike or
threatening the extinction Of the
industry but was stead
lily marching through the Rhine.
snap shot, rushed along the set
ing at a given moment. discloses
the attitude and relative develop
ment of the company of guests.
The central figures Of this I'M
usual demonst ration turned into
4 real festival were Filias j. Rom
gro Of Solitude and Porteous R.
Burke of New Iberia.
AS geometrical figures they are
10 strikingly unlike one another
rs the elephant is to the giraffe.
One is noted for his symmetrical
height growing almost dizzy on
tilts, and the other for the noble /.
circumference in harmony with
lis surrounding.
They were the most lOvable sub
ects of alteration any professional
lramatist could have drawn and
hey received the well deserved,
avished adulations with the mod
sty and reserve their spirits per-
1itted. On several occasions,
on may call it test Of character II
nd endurance, they evinced the
remaining to manhood
eriod and in displaying their tai
nts at volcalization and vocifera.
ion they became marvels of the Il
RI of sculpture and the attitudes /,
l improvised tableaux.
Pnrtans SINGS from tho hnffom O