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Evening journal., 1917-06-29

KTl 7 Is impossible TO change the
color Of the eye, though often
E the expression is changed II
there is a tendency to "squinr
or draw down the lids TO exclude the
strong light 10 delicate optics. some
thing that soon destroys well-shapeo
eyes. The general health Is indicated
by the eyes. as they are regular health
barometers. and, while the color OF
the eyes cannot be changed, yet the
brilliancy is benefited by restoring the
general health. Persons addicted 10
the use Of medicine or drink, even
strong coffee and tea, show II f. the
eyes. and the color around the pupil Is
dull and not healthy looking. BY
wearing colors to match the eyes II Is
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

~ HERE are ways OF firing your-
self out. but probably the
MkzaN quickest is 20 stand stock still.
Try It. See how long IL is
before YOU topple one way or the other.
OF have to sit down 10 rest. You must
keep moving after you are on your
feet. II you want 10 keep from exhaus-
ton. 1t is the same II you stand still
IN your work. You wear out more
quickly than II you keep moving. In
deed, you will ind that where you
think you are simply standing still you
are really moying-only you are NOV
ing backward. A tree can stand still
but a living creature cannot You
have seen what they call living statues.
Well, they are still. to be sure, but
only by a great effort and for a very
short space OF time. Backward or for
ward you must go. So don't try the
impossible. II you are standing still IA
your Job you had better quit. 1t will
certainly quit you soon enough in any
case. Keep alive. Don't be dead at
your work. Even where you have a
routine position you can work with
spirit you can look around for ways
to better yourself, you can study. you
can think. Energy is a wonderful
thing; few can resist it. II you use
your energy and don't let il die in
you, It will push you ahead. For you
can't stand still, and II you determine
not 10 90 back you are sure to go
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

I'D LoUsES which fairly glitter are
Hk@ the modes for extremely
81 dressy occasions. Metallic
laces and seQuined net vests
and boleros supply the high lights.
They can be worn with nothing less
than silk or velvet suit and are pre-
sumably for evening card parties and
the like. where formal costume is not
required. Fur Faistcoats and long
pointed vests OF bright-colored velvets
and silks. especially IN Paisley designs,
appear under many OF the winter quits.
They are detached affairs and may be
omitted OF one desires.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

carry It TO extremes and completely
smother her ears.
So, little girls who will soon be big
girls, If you want TO be beautiful. be
first natural; second. healthy; keep
your skins clear by careful eating and
plenty Of fresh air, your eyes bright
with plenty OF sleep, your carriage
erect and graceful and your minds ae-
tive by healthy interest in your work
and IN your play.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

EFW THIN coating OF cold cream
|NkV should be rubbed upon the
&A cheeks and chin before going
out on the street In winter. The
merest atom on the finger tip may be
smoothed over so that a very slight
amount Of cream covers the whole sur
face OF the face, thus neutralizing the
unhappy effects OF the low sempera-
ture- After that powder may be- dust
ed on. A liquid balm agrees better
than powder with some persons com
plexlon. This is best made at home
in the following way: Two drains OF
pure oxide Of zinc. one dram each OF
glycerine and orange flower water.
i've drops of tincture OF benzoin and
eight drops of essence OF violets. The
zinc is only covered with the orange
flower water and stirred. The glycer-
In ard benzoin are put together, add
ing the rest OF the orange flower wa
ter, the two mixtures lhcn being min
gled. This preparation is shaken well
before bsirE put on the face evenly
with soft linen cloth. l. should mol
stay on the face Oyer night
Evening journal., 1917-06-29
NzzzzzzZZZzZZzZZZZzzKNzzZNZZZzZZNZZZZZZz

Van RENTAL women make a deli
HUI cious paste Of figs and april
81 cots, which sweetens and soft
ems the timbre OF tho voice.
The fruit is pared and cooked with an
equal quantity Of sugar very slowly
TIL reduced TO thin Jam. when It Is
poured into nat boxes and dried in the
sun A raw egg beaten mp with little
lemon juice taken before breakfast
will strengthen and clear the voice.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

possible to intensity their color. To
try 10 enlarge the pupils, thus deep
ening the color, is positively danger
GUS and Will lead to blindness. Eyes
are prcttiest at night, because the
pupils are enlarged to admit more
light. They have less expression in
the sunlight.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

H1 Mess you want your face Grin
TNt killed. and wrinkled like side
~ plaitings do not use lotions
that contain epson salts
These lotions are sometimes used In
stead OF complexion powder. They
are extremely drying and very. very
bad for the skin.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

M n making shirtwaists or boys
WM blouses out of goods in which
AR8 thcro is a wide white or Light
colored stripe and also a stripo
OF dark color. cut the wrist bands or
cuffs IN such a way that tho dark
stripe comes on the lower edge OF the
Gun. In this way the cun does not
show the soil so quickly.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29
M HERE eYerything else has failed

TTl HERE everything else has failed
AVE- thu woman with obstinate
~ freckles may with benefit, try
this formula, which has sue
ceeded IN many obdurate cases. Oxide
OF zinc, one-half dram; subiodide OF
bismuth, one-fourth dram; dextrine,
one and three-fourths dramss glycer-
in, one and one-balf drains. Spread
the paste upon the freckies at night
before going 10 bed. In the morning
remove what remains with little pow
dered borax and sweet oil.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29
Transfer This Attractive Pattern Without Usir
Decoration fog~ WOr0o
DO TRANsFER TnIs DEsIcN.

TO TRANSFER THIS DESIGN.
Put some soap in a pint OF hot va
ter. stir and remove soap. Saturate
Design with mixture. then remove ex-
cess moisture by partially drying De-
sign. Place material on hard nat
surface and lay the Design. face down.
upon the material. Cover with two
folds OF newspaper. and with a table
spoon rub. pressing hard until the
Design IL entirely transferred.
PATENT PENDING.
World Color Ptg. Co, st. Louis No
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

Km you are walking along the
street and wake up to the fact
that you are carrying yourself
poorly take the mental atti-
tude Of standing erect, as well az the
physical one. Look at the men you
meet and imagine that each one OF
them owes you dollar; put even a
suggestion OF arrogance into your DO
sition. Hold your head well back;
look people squarely in the face. This
will not only give the impression to
others that you possess the power you
want, but II will actually tend to bring
that power. Keep the neck against
the collar. II constantly persisted in
an erect carrisge will soon become
very natural and there will be no
need of thinking OF 1t.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

"a 81 HIS is the season OF severe
M colds. but II a few simple pre-
&txl& cautions are taken 1t is an
easy matter TO avoid them. 1t
is worth while taking measures 10
ward OF colds. as they are more dan
eerous than most people mag
IFey weeken tho arfir~ ----.--- $50
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

pa LEEP with the bedroom win
49, dows open. The old supersti-
- ton that night air is I'M
49, healthy even for an invalid is
entirely false. On the contrary, night
air. especially In large cities. is purer
and better than day air. because II con-
tains less dust and fewer microbes. To
get the best ventilation have the win
dow open at both top and bottom. The
average healthy person has little to
rear from drafts. but the aged. enfee-
pieo, infants and persons especially
susceptible. must be protected from
them.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

Ian NE who has passed many years
NNN OF her life al the closest and
lh finest embroidery says that she
attributes her good eycsight
TO acting on suggestion mado TO her
when n young girl. II was to make a
practice OF focusing the eyes two or
three times an hour on some distant
point This rested the eye and relieved
the strain OF close work more effec-
fually than a longer period Of rest
taken less frequently.
Evening journal., 1917-06-29

~ kimona often a be-
coming manner and have failed find preier one
than a navy wool trimmed with collar aud cuff set Of
heavy silk. embroidered
The conventional pattern
heavily outline H. hlng portions with
padding method and the
padding The petals that The portions then nj
n "seedngs which
French but should lighter have
pretty with blending light
dun leaves nicely
There q beautiful buff cloth much oil
hunier. which purpose
silk Of the color used docora,ey
be a shade deep yellow
The a color optional pretty cardinal
the desires
need black 10 red and Il is color
the face without startling results Black should be
used white with red The soft browns all
appearance oungug robes. background
effects Il viii admit OF anything combination oolor
Sincerely yours,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
GIRL, Is, ALLEGED
VICTIM OF OFFICER

A warrant for the arrest of Lieuten-
ant o. l.. Dosher, of the Shreveport
police department, charging him with
between the ages of II and Is years,
was issued ~ District Attorney B!an-
chard Monday night at the instance at
Probation Officer II. +. Bretthaueri
and as the elimination of an invest
igation by that officer r the alleged
.rciati U,e@betHeen Dosher and Inez Lee
1t fafthariIld. whose fferftk birth
day came sSundavt Mrs " e Les,
the girl $ MOTHER vent sfa Shreveport
last Friday and asked the district at
torney for the warrant but at that time
the authorities did not have sufficient
information and action was deferred
pending further investigation.
After trying her best to shield the
officer of whom she asserts she is very
fond, and denying facts of which the
authorities had proof, the girl finally
abandoned her tactics after two or
three hours of questioning and told
District Attorney Il. c. Blanchard and
the probation Officre of her relations
with the accused, the officer say.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
NEW IBERIA TO GET
HIGHWAY TO GULF.

About seventv-five Of New Iberia s
leading business men Sunday made
q special tri over the proposed
New Iberia-to-gulf highway. DR.. W. F
Carstens, leading good roads advo
cate of the Teche section, who is head.
ing the movement towards the building
Of the proposed highway, was in charge
Of the committee Of investigation,
which after an all-day close inspection
Of the route adopted resolutions strong
ly urging the early commencement Of
the work.
DR.. Carstens, in his speech to the
committee at the bay, pointed out the
advantages New Iberia would procure
among them the increased tourist trav
el on the Spanish trail and enormous
fish and fur trade which would BY rea
Son Of the highway naturally pass
through New Iberia.
The salt water fish and shrimp trad,
more than repay the New Iberia tax
Tayers the amount they would be call.
el upon TO expend
The question Of placing the prop
osition in the form Of special tax
to be voted by the people Of New Iber
Ia and the wards in southern diree-
ton directly interested will be decided
within d few days DR.. Carstcns and
the other leading advocates predict
the ultimate building of the road.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
GIRLS HAVE PRETTY FACE
AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION

An Atlanta man makes new discovery
that makes an old face look years young
er, If your skin In dark, brown, or COW
cred with freckles or blemishes, Just use
little Cocotone Skin Whitener; it s
made with coconut oil and is perfectly
harmless, A few days use will improve
your looks 100 per cent. The wornout
skin comes off evenly, leaving no EVIL.
dence of the treatment, the new healthy
under-skin appearing as a lovely new
complexion.
Just ask your druggist for an ounce
Of Cocotone Skin Whitcner, and if he
will not supply YOU send twenty-five
cents to The .Cocotone Co., Atlanta, Ga
and they win send you a box by return
mail.
If your hair is hard to comb, is kinky,
happy and will never stay straight, Just
use>Cocotone Hair Dressing and il will
become straight, long, soft, glossy and
beautiful in few days. Mail orders
filed CSC for large box.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
RINGLTNG
DAY ALMOST HERE

The big event for which the young
sters and grownups have been impatient
ly waiting is drawing near, for on Fri
day Oct. 5th Ringing Brothers circus
is to exhibit afternoon and night in
New Iberia.
Expectancy never was so high be-
fore and it is likely that this district
will send large delegation to feed the
around the gigantic spectacle, Gender
ella, with which the famous showmen
are this season opening their wonder
full main tent program. "Cinderella"
is probably the best loved of all fairy
tales and to see it produced with more
than 1000 persons, hundreds of dancing
girls and GLORIOUS pageants, indeed gives
promise of making childhood,s golden
dreams come true" In the same great
tent, Will come the marvellous circus
in which 400 men and women
performers, scores of trained animals
and a galaxy of special features are
The majority of the acts
are entirely new to America, the Ring
ling Bros. having secured the pick of
all Europe performers who have been
obliged to seek engagements in this
country. The all-new street parade will
take place show day morning.
Hot Creole Coffee at c. Guidry's
at all times.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
DEFENSE COUNCIL ORGANIZED.

\ big mass meeting was held at the
Court House Saturday for the purpose
Of forming a parish defense council,
to work in conjunction with the state
council of defense The gathering was
large and very representative, people
coming in from all part Of the parish
70 take part in the organization.
Mayor W. s. Hayes, of Abbeville
was. elected chairman OF the organiza
:tion, with Mr.. Felix j. Samson, tn
sS<f<a1s 49, !. :, = - = - s.3,ay
4 member -af comsdstess were APP
pointed aad- tits ilaascs iit fgii viii s.
published IL our next issue Of the
paper. From all appearances it is ex
pected that this Organization will be
come cf the strongest that this parish
has ever had. And we trust that tn
council will adapt itself to the urgen.
needs of this parish.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
FREE SCHOLARSHIP IN THE
SCHOOL, OF YOUR CHOICE

The TYLER Commercial College of t.
Ter, Texas, is positively the JAY -isl-
less college in the state which teaches
thorough course of practical, modern
| book keeping and business training OF
| her schools teach theotrecal bookkeep-
] ing; some of them call it actual bus
mess, but it is not. The commercial
room of the Tyler Commercial College
IFS a commnnity Of business houses Of
iseziess kiRds s ~ a .!3;! g..
etc. Each studsnt Is Engaged IN real,
4etive business, learning to do by doing.
Every entry made by the student dur
ing his entire course is originated by
an actual sale or pudchase; it may be
grain, it may be groceries, dry goods,
real estate or stock in a corporation,
but the transaction is really performed
and every paper required in the trans.
action, whether check, note, drift, re-
ceipt, mortgage, deed or what not, is
filled out by the student. partner ship
contracts are drawn up and agreed upon
between the parties forming the COM
meet one another b|hrw wdlyw wk
pany. Articles Of incorporation are
drawn up. Through these practical
methods the student learns business as
well as bookkeeping; they learn how to
meet one another face to face and trans
act business in way, instead of copy
ing theoretical transactions from a
text book as is done in every other
commercial school in the state. 1t
takes more teaching force and better
teachers to teach our systems and they
must be we'll informed on business Gus
toms. When a student learns to do q
thing by actually doing it, he learns
it thoroughly, and with our practical,
face to face business methods we are
able to give the student a thorough
course of both bookkeeping and business
training in less time than he could pos
sibly get the theory or so-called prac.
teal bookeeing alone in other schools.
We will give a free scholarship in
the school of your choice to anyone
finding another school teaching both
bookkeeping and business through prac-
tical business transaction as we do.
Similar practical methods are used in
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
MoRBIDITY WEEKLY REPORT,

For week ending Sept. IS, 1917.
Diphtheria: Acadia 1; W. Fel!clana
2; Iberia ; Jefferson ! ; Lafayette ! i,
Lafourche 4; Lasalle !; Orleans Y; ST.
Mary l0i st. Tamnany 7; Tangipahoa
Typhoid; Ascension 9; Bossier Ii
CaddO 2; Cslcssieu l. Lafayette 3; Or.
leans 9; Rapides Q; Red River I! ~.
Charles l; ST: Martin J; Tangipahoa q
Vermilion s, W. Carroll /;
Anthrax: Lafayette /.
Malaria; Acadia IA; Allen 3; Ascen.
sion ); Caddo 2: DeSota ., Z. Feliciaua
s.; Lafayette %; Ouaehita /; Plaque.
mines 2; Red River /; 81, Helena 5;
Sc. Landry 3: st. Martin s; ST. Mary
T. 81. Tammany s; Tangipahoa 4; Yer.
million 3; W. Feliciana I.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
TWO MEDICAL SCHOOL
OPENS DOORS TO WOMEN

New York, Sept. 17.-After 100 years
as an institution FOR men only, the Col.
lege Of Physicians and Surgeons, the
medical department Of Columbia Uni.
versity, has decided to admit women on
an eual standing with men, it was an.
nouneed. This departure is made pos.
sible by gift Of $4,000 from George
W. Breckenridge Of San Antonio, Tex.
Dean Samuel A. Lambert Of the medic.
al department, said that the change
had been made after long considerations
and had been fastened by the altered
position of women in Europe since the
outbreak Of the war.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22

teaching Shorthand, Cotton CHASING,
Tclegraphy and Business Administra-
tion and Finance We believe in teach
ing in the school room that which you
must do when going inte the business
world, and it is this policy that has
made the Tyler, Texas, the largest
of the kind in America.
Write Tor large free catalogue ex-
planning our original methods or teach
ing and securing position6 There is a
reason for onr school drawing patron.
age. from thirty -pine III ffers states
1sssl ssxcu fct6ids a ~ ,Ixn1r<iz
gate &, the best 3 nche 100 good for
yos, Tor YOU must use tkis edcucation;
for life and its quality pieasure your
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
N, Y. Boards to Re Examine
Men Physically Rejected

Many Men in New York previously
termed unfit for service in the national
army probably will be re-examined
when the local boards get ready for the
second and third drafts. 1t was learn
ed that members Of the local boards
have started to review the lists of men
discharged from the eligible lists for
physical reasons in the first examin-
alton. Since then the standards have
been relaxed and it was considered
probable that large number of those
previously rejected would be considered
fit for service under the new regula-
tions,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
Great Faith In Chamberlain Collie
ard Diarrhoea Remedy.

Chamberlain s Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy was used by my father about
year ago when he had diarrhoea. 1t
relieved him Immediately and by TAX
ing three doses he was absolutely cured
He has great faith in this remedy"
writes Mrs. w. H. Williams, Stanley,
n. Y. Obtainable everywhere.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
Never Troubled Since.

After suffering with terrible pains in
his back for eight years, and after hav.
ing tried doctors and medicines, Alvis
Souers, AIDE, nd, writes: "Foley Kid.
aey Pills were recommended to me and
The first bottle removed the pain. After
'aking three bottles the bloating was
al gone and has never bothered me
ince." Sold everywhere.--Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
Will Be Repaid for Their Work.

Women everywhere suffer from kid
aey trouble-backache, rheumatic pains
swollen and tender muscles, stiff Joints
Mrs. c. J. Ellis. sos sth Ave, Siouy
Falls, S. D., writes: 81 feel sure if any
one bothered as l was will give Folety
Kidney Pills fair trial they will be
repaid for their work. Sold every
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
PINK BoLLwoRM SPREADING.

That the pink bollworm is becoming
widely distributed in Mexico, and
through shipments of infested seedI
is likely to appear mucn nearer the
Texas border this year, is the report
brought back from Mexico by re-
preventative Of the Federal Bureau of
Entomology, who recently explored the
territory in northern Mexico now in
Tested by the bollworm.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
Has High Opinion Of Chamberlain s
TnbIpte

~ have a high opinion Of Chamber.
lain's Tablets for biliousness and as a
laxative" writes Mrs. c. A. Barnes,
Charleston, Ill, "f have never found
ANYTHING so mild and pleasant to use.
Nv brother has also used these tablets
with satisfactory results" Obtainable
verywhere.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22

Band music, cheering Of men and
weeping of women was the farewell
given the Young men of Vermiion Par
ish's draft ARMY who left Wednesday
for Camp Pike, Ark. Smiles and tears
fought for victory III the crowds that
gathered everywhere along the way
from the Court House to the depot.
Al morning Wednesday literally was
given over by our people to saving
goodbye to the men who have been
called 10 duty under the democratic
method of national military service.
Long before the hour of cntraining
the streets were throngcd with hundreds
of persons from all parts Of the parish
4 parade was formed at the court
house suare after the roll cali, and
headed by the boy bouts, and followed
by the Abbevillc bais, the parade went
to the depot, escorted by the throngs
of people. The business houses closed
their doors from 8 to 10 clock to join
in the demonstration.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
cHrcor SHIPS MELONS,

Bayou Chicot has made one Of the
largest late watermelon crops in its
history, and more than fifty wagon
loads have been carried TO Oakdale
Other places have great etao shrdl inf
Other places have also been shipping
melons, and a great many remain in
the fields,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
CONSTRUCT MILITARY HIGHWAY.

The work Of construction on the mil
itary highway between Alexandria and
Camp Beauregard was begun Monday
By a. K. Young & Company, Of Law
renee, Kan, contractors. The road
will be built 81 material similar 10 bit
ulithic and will be completed by Nov
ember 10,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-22
Monroe "Drys" Start Fight
For Prohibition Ia 1920.

Prohibition leaders and those favor
ing prohibition in 0uachita parish fired
their opening gun 10 make Ouachita
parish 60 "bone dry" on January /,
1870, by conducting three largely atssa,