The Ocala evening star., 1915-07-09

Thoughts for the Day
Pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower, the blood Is shed;
Or, like the snowflake on the river,
A moment seen, then gone forever;
Or, like the rainbOw's lovely form,
Vanishing amid the storm.
Miss Willie Mae Lang returned yes
terday from a visit to her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. w. W. Avara in
Gainesville. She was accompanied
home by her uncle.
Miss Frances McIver came up early
this morning from Lake Weir to visit
Miss India Smith until tomorrow aft
ernoon.
Mrs. James Badger has concluded a
visit of several days to Mrs. f. NJ.
Howard, returning yesterday to her
home at Oldtown.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ G.. Davis of Zuber
and a number of their relatives from
various points in the state, are en-
joying houseparty at Lake Weir. oc-
cupying the Connor cottages. They
will remain through July.
Miss Mabel Overstreet of Eustis, a
frequent guest of Mrs. S. w. Igou in
this city, is with party of Y. w. C.
A ladies at Hendersonville, N. c.
Mr.. julius Brown. who since the
close of Perdue University. has been
camping in Michigan with college
mates, has broken camp, returning to
Lafayette, Ind, for a short visit be-
fore coming home the first of next
week.
Mrs. Richard McConathy is now en-
route to Virginia to spend several
weeks at Natural Bridge and Hot
Springs before leaving for the west.
Mrs. d. S. Woodrow, who has been
in the city since Tuesday, returned to
Lake Weir this afternoon.
Miss Dora Pelot left today for her
home at Owens, near Arcadia, after
enjoying a visit of several weeks to
her aunts, Mrs p W. Whiteside and
Miss Josie Williams Miss Pelot is a
former Ocala girl and her return visits
are always source of pleasure to her
friends.
The Woman's Auxiliary Board of
the Marion County Hospital held a
call meeting last evening at the home
of Mrs. w. K. Zewadski for the pur-
pose of discussing the advisability of
making some proposed changes in the
hospital. 1t was decided to give the
charity department to the nurses for
their rooms, take the rooms now oc-
cupied by the nurses and convert them
into rooms for patients, thereby re-
| lieving the crowded. condition which
has prevailed at the hospital for some
time, and to use the wards exclusive
ly for charity patients Several minor
details were also discussed at the
meeting which was attended by about
dozen ladies and Messrs. Monroe
and Taylor.
Miss Fannie Robinson, who ha!
been in Jacksonville with her brother
Mr.. Emmett Robinson and famil!
since the first of the year, has return
ed home. She will probabI.
return to the state metropolis in ;
fortnight.
Mrs. Faunce McCully and children
are spending several weeks in Ocala
guests of Mrs. McCully's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Cappleman.-
Jacksonville Metropolis.
| Miss Mona Sewell of Brooksville i
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J.
Galloway.
The young ladies' card club vii
meet tomorrow afternoon at A o'cloc
with Miss Alice Bullock. .
Mrs. C. E Winston and son Corne
lius and mother, Mrs. Julia Whitfield
returned today from Lake Weir, hav
ing spent several days there wit
friends.
Mrs. R. r. Carroll and daughte
Merris will sail tomorrow afternoo
at o'clock from Jacksonville on tn
NJ. & NJ Suwanee for Providence, F
l., from where they will go via rail t
Boston and spend a few days, goinl
thence to -Stinson Lake, i'm the Whit
mountains of New Hampshire, wher
they will spend three months. In tn
fall they will go to Portland, Maine
Boston and New York, taking in tn
opening of the theaters for a fey