The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-05-31


none quite so painful as the exper-
fence through which he had just pass
ed. Nan then asked why he had ever
become a prize fighter. He told her
that he had never thought of it as
profession until one of the junior
girls of the o. H s. had hit him over
the head with her sewing bag in
which reposed a pair of scissors with
very sharp points. This had aroused
his fighting spirit and it had never
been quelled.
The next scene was entirely differ
emit. Before a magnificent palace in
Bombay there stood a young man, at
tended by a number of turbaned
servants. As he turned to speak to
a companion, / saw that it was
Welsh Dewey. From their converse
ton / learned that he was American
consul to Bombay. / was not very
much surprised, for Welsh has shown
his ability as a diplomat in 1914,
when he went before the Marion
county school board, and by his won
derful tact, gained a two weeks
Christmas holiday for the schools of
Ocala.
Then the mirror grew black, and as
it again cleared, I perceived, very in
distinctly, the interior of large cir
Gus tent and in the distance a plat
form. A very distracting murmur
was heard, which made me think of a
flock of magpies. Gradually the form
of young lady seated on the plat
form revealed itself in the mirror.
She was talking on any and every
thing-woman's rights, fashions, tar
if, religion, baseball. At first
thought she was demented and was
turning away in disgust at the owner
of the circus, when a sign suspended
from the platform attracted my eye.
1t read: "Olivia Toffaleti, the Only
Chatterbox in the World" / could
not account for this change in Olivia
until I remembered that, in her last
year at school she had taken express
sion from Miss Hill. Then all was
plain; when she was once wound up
she could not be stopped.
The next scene to present itself
was the grounds of quiet but elegant
home in New Jersey. A little boy of
seven was sitting in a shady nook by
his governess. He seemed very much
attached to her, although she reprov-
ed him sharply if he did not know
every word of the lesson which fol-
lowed their little chat. The COVER
ness was my old classmate, Ruby
Cappleman and her little pupil, Fran
els Sayre, Jr., who was visiting his
grandfather, Mr. Woodrow Wilson.
/ A suburban scene then appeared
in the mirror An agent of lawn
mowers, for which he had obtained a
patent, engaged the attention of the
owner of a grass-grown lawn. He
was chewing gum, as he demonstrate
ed the wonderful qualities of the ma
/ chine; the more enthusiastic he be-
came, the faster he chewed. /, al
once, suspected the identity of this
person, and I was sure of it when
upon receiving an order, he asked fol-
i a pencil and after making out his
blank, promptly broke off the point
That could be none other than San
!, Burford.
J There was a quick change to {
queer looking room. 1t was crowded
: with many strange appliances and {
quantity of India rubber. A sig1
: above the door read: "Susie Erasms
5 Erwin, Well Versed in the Art o.
Growing Tall" Susie, herself, wa
, standing before large class of di
2 minutive people. She put them thru
!. various exercises and gave them
4 diet of rubber. This made then plia
bic when they were later placed in tn
: queer looking contrivances, which
proved to be stretching machines o
h Susie's own invention. Professo
Q Cassels and Dorothy Schneider, VIII
: had always wished to be looked up tt
h were among her most apt pupils
+ Dorothy seemed even more cage
: than Professor Cassels. Perhaps thi
e was because she now had a home O
r her own which was becoming yer
+ crowded, for she could not place no
$ reach anything above the height c
e five feet without the aid of steI
e ladder. This was very inconvenier
=. for her, especially in the kitchen an
IS pantry, where she was putting
e good use the domestic science whic
- OF n II
ic The mirror next presented a coul
It scene. From the immense crowd pre-!
5 ent, it was evident that the case wa
d. an important one. AS I looked, tt
,r lawyer for the defense, a lady, Wa
t. speaking, and very much to my su
s. prise, I saw Margaret Jackson. Al
n still more to my astonishment, / di
E. covered that the case she was defen
Id ing was one against Alfred MacKa