The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-27
AFTERNOON AT THE
WoMAN'S CLUB

Saturday afternoon was the date
set apart for the annual program of
the Woman's Club, and an exception
ally nice program was rendered, Mrs.
r. A. Burford, chairman of the for
i estry committee, in charge.
The meeting was called to order
by Mrs. Tydings, after which the Sec
rotary read the minutes, and Mrs.
Hooker, the Florida Federation pres
ident, gave a fine report of her visit
to the Jacksonville Woman's Club, to
the Palatka club and to the confer
enecs on charities and corrections.
This, she said, was the third confer
ence, and was the best one yet held.
There were splendid speeches made
by famous social and charity workers
from Chicago, Vineland, Mass, and
Atlanta, and fine papers by a num-
Der of the club women of Florida, the
Florida Federation being sponsor to
this conference and very deeply in
terested in its work. Mrs. Hooker
hopes that very soon an associated
which will assist so wonderfully in
taking care of all charity cases in our
city
Mrs. Hooker offered a resolution
asking the Womans Club to endorse
the plan of the city council to pur-
chase the proposed lot for the civic
is built, to set aside one room to be
used as a rest room. Unanimously
adopted by the club.
Mrs. Burford then made splendid
report of the work of tine forestry
committee, With has three great CD
| j, rs which they are working fort
+ ire care of ell trees by the roaI-
81 es and secure leg .I'at,on on the
subject; to plant shade trees on the
| Silver Springs road, and at the hos
pital grounds. Thirty trees have al
ready been planted on the Silver
Springs road and twelve at the hos
pital.
The children of the schools are CO.
operating in this work and the Boy
Scouts, too, and a number of the
trees have been named for them.
Three fine trees, one each, have been
dedicated to the clubs three presi-
dents. Mrs. Hooker, Mrs. Camp and
Mrs. Tydings.
Miss Marie Won Engelken then play
ed a beautiful number ITO the
Spring" by Grieg, after which Mrs
Burford read paper on Forests of
Usefulness" prepared by Mrs. Will
. liam Sinclair. 1t contained good
deal of valuable information and for
estry statistics.
Miss Cecile Downs then gave two
very quaint and lovely songs-a 18th
century song, The Oak and the Ash,
and an old Welsh song, The Ash
Grove.
Mrs. George Bitch read a very at
tractiVe paper, the subject being "A
Dissertation on Silver Springs" She
started her paper with the pretty In
dian legend of the beautiful Wenona
and her lover, Chuleotah.
This famous spring, noted for its
mystic beauty and crystal palaces,
within our very borders, formed an al
Turing subject for Mrs. Blitch's paper,
and she handled it both from a ro-
mantle and commercial view, point
ing out it's wonderful commercial val
ne to Ocala as a waterfront Shel
said that Silver Springs beckons to
US, and in return offers us many ad-
vantages and privileges. water trans
portation, etc. She also touched on
the theme OF keeping beautiful the
roadside leading to the springs. Mrs
Bitch concluded her paper with the
following quotation:
1--WE can also sing of Silver Springs,
And its fragrant solitudes,
| Where mock-birds press 'twixt si-
| lences
Their golden interludes.
'Tis said each spray bears a blithe- |!
some fay,
And the spring, in its depths, far
down,
| Is the secret home of an Indian |
gnOme,
Near old Ocala town."
The program was concluded with |
another pretty piano solo, Forest
Dream rendered by Miss Won Engel-
ken
A social half hour followed, Misses |
Ophelia Sawtell and Kathleen Jack