The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-05-23

voice of passionate and melodramatit
appeal. There was something very
familiar about this voice and it die
not take me long to realize that il
was Katie May Eagleton for / re
membered how her loud talking dis
tressed US in class when we would
beg her to be quiet so that the rest
of US might be heard.
The next scene showed the interio.
of convent and our sober, studious
and sedate comrade, Louise Sanders
who had decided to become a nun a:
she wished to spend the rest of hel
life in quiet meditation and this was
the only way of escape from the so.
cial engagements which wearied hel
SO during school life.
The scene which followed showed
that another of the class of 1916 hac
taken the veil, but Lillian Thomasor
preferred the wedding veil with
orange blossoms and lilies of the val
ley, and being Lillian, she could moi
forget the touch of green.
Then new spectacle presented it.
self. This time, circus ring. a
bareback rider was performing and
soon recognized in the sylph-like
form and graceful movements of the
clever horse woman, our small and
dainty classmate, Mable Atkins.
Next saw pitiful sight. A timid
looking man was coming home from
work on Saturday night. His wife
met him in the hall. "Hello," he be-
gan, but could get no further.
You're tracking dust on my carpet!''
she shrieked, "Go right back and clean
your shoes. But first you can hand
over your pay envelope. Why, you've
spend some of it. Two whole dollars!
What did you do with it? Bought
me some candy? / don't believe i'll
Well, if you did, you must have been
Up to something l don't like. I tell
you, Westlake, I'm tired of the way
you treat me-" "I'm tired too," he
murmured. Poor. Westlakei
This sad display of domestic trouble
soon disappeared and suffrage
meeting took its place. A leading
suffragist was beginning her speech.
"My sisters" she said, ,"I wish, this
evening, to outline briefly my plans
for an ideal community, place where
you, my poor, downtrodden country
women, may enjoy to the full your
rightful privileges; and above all, a
place where there are no men-in
short a, modern Utopia" I needed
no more. This could be none other
than Martha Kate Rentz, whose an
tipathy for the opposite sex is well
known among US.
The next scene revealed the fact
that another fellow-classman will dis
tinguish himself as a speaker. James
Hill was shown as member of the
House of Representatives, and by his
long drawn out oratory delaying the
passage of bills to which he was OPP
posed. James is well fitted for this
work as I know, having spent term
in senior mathematics with him.
Many time he has prevented the
rest of us from exposing our igno-
rance by taking a whole period to re-
cite his proposition.
The wonderful book next present
ed court room where skilful lawy-
er was pleading his case. It was easy
to know him, for no one of US but
Alfred Green has enough ability for
evading the point, making lot out of
nothing, and remembering impor-
tant CD details. He has had a great
deal of training this year in the re-
markable debate given at every avail
able opportunity, "Resolved, that wa
ter is wet"
When the scene changed, I saw
Claudia O'Neal teaching a private
school for girls in large city. 1t
was during recess and group of her
older students were gathered about
her. I thought / knew her at once,
but when she said, "Oh, my dears,
when you have had my experience
with the world and know men like /
do" was sure, for she is the most
sophisticated girl in the class.
A tent was shown then in which a
play was being given. All of the
parts were taken by men and / MOTTO
ed dainty, effeminate, young girl
and / could hardly believe that the
part was taken by a man. Before
the show had progressed far, some
thing funny happened and the actor
laughed. Then l knew that he was
Charles Duval for only he could giggle
in that queer nervous fashion.
A studio In York, Fla, appeared
next. Its owner was seated at desk
busily planning school entertainments
and costumes. When she raised her
head and said to one of her friends,
81 got my first experience when /
was a senior in planning affairs for
my class. You see, the rest were such
blockheads along that line" I know
that this was Annie Moorhead.
Again the scene changed. A lux
urious outmobile stopped in front of
shabby tenement and tall, richly
dressed lady carrying a market bas-
ket on each arm stepped out. Several
dirty children crowded about her as
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