The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-19

protection TO same and II . person de-
sired to be safe in a fierce storm along
the coast was to seek shelter In = man
per cent in labor.
While much had been said and writ
ten about the devastation OF our for
same. yet with all this the price Of
lumber was no greater than that Of
other products. He could not quite
see the import OF the outcry OF q tim
Der famine. This was q knotty Quos-
ton. as no one could take the census
Of a forest, destructive as were its de-
pletions by cutting and forest fires.
Said cotton fiber should be used for
paper instead OF wood. Said expert
ments were being made and highly sat
isfactory ones, In sending the bagasse
of the cane mills of the South to New
York, where it was put through pro-
cess whereby much sugar was extract
ed from it and then the refuse con-
verted into paper, very superior ar
ticle. He said the advance in the price
Of wood could only bring forestry to
the front.
Speaking Of the vast expanse OF tim
Der in Florida. said only two per cent.
of its land was cleared and by this
showing three-fourths of the popula-
ton Of the state lived in towns and
cities. few Rockefellers could easily
buy the state. Said forest fires were
the greatest enemy to timber and
humorously described the different
reasons and processes of such fires by
persons who created them; one was for
a homesteader along the railroad to
do If ho
other to get a better view of the Ev-
erglades. He said in most states rigid
laws exist for the prevention of per-
sons firing the woods. but few enforc-
ed. He said good legislation to be Of
fective must have good public opinion
back Of IT.
Forests should be fired annually, but
should be done systematically. so that
the accommodating debris of years when
set on fire almost ruins the trees. He
gave a dig at the roofing palmetto
Said they were a determent to grow
| ing trees and how to extrminate them
Spoke how trees improved the land
| scape. Said in Denmark it is not the
pine tree that is deemed of greatest
value, but the climax forest. He said
when the Everglades are drained, the
land will become the paradise in grow
| ing forests, but remarked there were
many other products in Florida that
were more valuable than trees. The
most valuable Of these was the phos-
phate deposits and phosphate acid to
enrich and revive worn out soil was
this commodity.
| This in a measure was DR.. Chords
address, which he read from manu-
script and proved intensely interest
ing and full OF valuable suggestions.
interpreted with some very apt and
humorous stories
| Mrs. III. N. HUT, chairman Of the
woman's branch Of the farmers insti-
tute work in North Carolina, followed
in an admirable address on "Education
OF Women for Home Making" She
began by telling a Scotch story that
made her audience set up and take no
| tice and not for a moment for the hour
she spoke did she permit them to re-
lax their attention. She laid stress on
the home on which government rests.
and to this end pied for the rational
enlightenment Of women. She traced
woman's condition from prehistoric
times. Men got the meat and women
cooked 1t and made garments of the
skins Of the animals. To her fell the
lot of the ceaseless grind of labor. She
then detailed the relations of men and
women in their home life. How man
had the sunlight and air, the freedom
| Of outdoors. The woman was confined
to her house, with little social inter-
course. 1t was barbarous custom,
but as enlightenment came. her condi-
| ton improved. The country women
| need your help.
Men improved their crops, ETC., but
| alack, woman's condition had in the
past received little consideration at
| their hands. Opportunity does not
pass your way every day and when it
knocks you should open and illustrat-
| ed this phrase Of her argument by
| quoting the story of King Edward to
| his grandson, who attempted to address
| the king at the table, when the king
| replied that children should be seen
and not heard. The boy subsidized
After the meal the king asked the boy
to express himself. The boy said it
| was too late. That he had attempted
| to tell his father there was a big green
worm on his lettuce, but that he ate 1t
| long ago.
She spoke of the culture of the
Greeks and Romans, but what had they
done for the enlightenment Of their
womankind. Nothing, and until re-
knew what the husbands told them
Culture is all well enough, but what
woman needs is how to do things at
home to improve all of it's conditions.
This can only come by special study of
special things that relate directly to
the home. it's food and it's hygiene.
She referred to the enlarged sphere
Of woman. How dress and clothes were
almost eliminated from the home in
their making. This gave her more time
and freedom and it was the reason
why women have invaded so many
things formerly done by men. She
humorously touched on the manish wo-
man and the womanish man, which she
touched up deliciously by telling the
story of the editor who sought the
opinion of his constituents on matters
political. He failed and got the ser
vices of a young lady, who as her first
subject struck farmers Amazonian
wife and demanded what party does
Mr.. Brown belong to. What party!
Look at me! I'm the party. Spoke
how important first impressions were
in a child's life and instanced the case
Of Helen Keller, 10 months old. Then
watch the children play. Train them
how to play and make that play part
Of their work and it soon will become
| part Of their makeup. The trouble