New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-09-16

OF his heart to the height Of his
majestic proportion and Filias is
as ardent in that art as the i'm
posing proportion of his manhood
justifies.
We had the pleasure of increas-
ing our membership with three
very valuable additions. They
took their initiation as cleverly
and readily as a duck takes to wa
ter; especially the new town mem
Der. accustomed to reading the
frenzieS Of finance. gave us an
imitation of a performance Of a
frenzied financier in heaven.
lie drew his inspiration from
Bacchus and his dancing angels
famed for viniculturc. The dis
trict Judge of st. MartinviIle, the
Beau Brummel of his section.
staged himself with appropriate
skill and artistic cunning. An
able alid apt scholar Of the school
of good-living, always interesting
and highly magnetic, a very en-
encyclopedia of folklore and local
ldlOms; a master IN mixing mod
esty with good manners and max
ing those endelible impressions ON
friends and society an asset OF
priceless value, he is. par excel
lance, the man to hold the balance
for a proper adjustment of con
tentions and extremes.
!. The judge from Lafayette is Il
torrent of activity and under GER
tain pressure the embodiment of
judicial vivacity. mirth and humor.
What he pretended to have forgot
ten when he left his native heath
burst suddenly through his intel
lectual horizon that lowered over
the feast and many gems of his
tory of FRANKS and caprices at
tached to the development of
some spots of our state filled up
the literary part of the repast.
Another distinguished gentle
man whose first name is next to
Burke, livered in differing gen
eralities, armed with the expert
fencers penetrating weapon, over
whelmed us with upsnorting mo-
nolgues and allegorical pictures.
Always expert in handling lang
uages, words set to stage perform
ances pins and other idiosyncra-
cies. he became one OF the chief
enter' ainers and racontenrs. Be
fore he left the favored spot he
was everybody's favOrite.
The mayor of New Iberia was
lathered with Irish green and
many times he remembered a part
of the habit and dialect of the Celt
used in his boyhood days. The
Officer Of the U. S. managed to
his official power and
meddlesOmeness in his declama-
tons delivered in approved. his
trionic style. He stood the ordeal
well and the perfection of his
physical appearance weathered
the storm. The old boy from the
Lake acted like a saint, covered
with sweet oil. He held his jaws as
firmly together. as if he were in
he grip of an epidemic of silence.
Milk. his favOrite diet, seems to
have run the red from his veins
He had no white plague but was
plagued with the oppressive hand
IF stiffness.
The Twins, like the old Samu-
'ais. spick and span, always. any
ways ready. with the fuss and
feathers. with feet i'm burrows and
lands on handles. to sing and talk
lrd walk and wriggle and gurgle
md catch fish in the sawdust.
They are novel and original and
after the enjoyment
# the heavy performers.
Now comes la belle France, rep
esented by several prominent
MEMBERS of this and our neigh
oring community. ready with
ubbling patriotism and the i'm
Mortal love of la Patrie, to sacrl-
ice, limb and life in defense of the
Onor and glory of the tri-color.
hey felt all like marching
trough the Rhine and threaten
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