The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-03-12

ESIneT CaF1OLLd-
Resthaven, St. Augustine, March g.
To the Chapters of the Florida Divis-
ion, u. D. G..
Ny dear Chapter Presidents and
Members: The twentieth annual con-
vention of the Florida division, Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy, will
be held in Leesburg as the guest of
Confederate Gray Chapter, No. 641,
assembling on the first Wednesday in
May or May 5, 1915.
The state treasurer's books will
close April Is, and all chapters are re-
quested to have their state dues paid
in full for their membership by that
date.
Credentials for the convention will
be sent out at an early date, and
chapters are asked to send the copy
belonging TO the hostess chapter to
Mrs. F. G. w. Kramer, president, as
soon as it can be possible for them to
do so, and to tell her accurately how
many delegates she may expect. This
is an important courtesy and I ask
your attention to it; Of the other two
copies, one goes to the state recording
secretary and the third to the chair
man of your chapter delegation to be
taken to credentials committee meet
ing. Faithfully your president,
Sister Esther Carlotta. S. r.
President Florida Division IT, D. c..
The Chautauqua
The program for today and tomor-
row is as follows:
March 18th
7:45 p. mgConcert by the Hearons
Sisters.
$50 p. m.-Miss Gay Zenola Mac
Laren in the play, Bought and Paid
For"
March 18th
2:so p. m-Full concert by the
Hearons Sisters.
$3.50 p. m.-Piano contest.
7:45 p. m.--Concer* by the Heasons
Sisters.
$40 p. M Miss Gay Zenola Mac
Laren in the. play, "The Governors
Lady"
TT secon.. Iav of the chautau1,sa
was successful from every point of
view, the management being gratified
with the size CT the audiences last
night and today and the patrons of
the Chautauqua being greatly pleas
ed with the entertainment features
going to make up the program of the
day.
Yesterday afternoon beginning at
$50 o'clock. DR.. Kerr Boyce Upper,
of Philadelphia, spoke for an hour on
"Pollyanna," written by Eleanor H.
Porter. Dr.. Upper appeared here
last year in the Chautauqua and his
return engagement has been eagerly
awaited by friends and admirers. DR..
Tupper's address was one of the most
enjoyable ever heard in Ocala and he
was interrupted frequently by rounds
of enthusiastic applause He spoke
under difficulties, having an aggravat-
ed cold, but his record of twenty years
of engagements unbroken was an in
centive to appear anyway. DR.. Tup-
per began by dividing books into
three classes, those to be tasted
those to be swallowed and those to be
chewed and digested. Under the last
head is "Pollyanna," book whose
real object is to teach US to get good
and happiness out of so called com
mon things. Pollyanna gloriies anc
beauties common things and never
the speaker said, have men needed
radiant vision more than they do to.
day, when there is such depression
the world over, caused by the war.
DR.. Tupper's lecture was plea t.
disabuse the mind of the belief tha
the world is growing worse. In 1897
at Chester, England, he heard Glad
stone deliver famous speech, tn,
conclusion of which was that the bes
Twas yet to be. A deep student of be
holding always the world with Pol
Iyanna vision, DR.. Upper emphasizes
his points with many attractive illus
trations. 1.-THE Sign of the Times,
from the pen of the second creates
college president, he dwelt upon, ais
the signing of 129 international treat
| les in the past four years by the Unit
ed States. Though horrible in tn
fullest degree, the European war ha
already brought forth some GOO