The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-14

and as time has given the opportun-
ity many men and women of all ma
tions have proven their staunchness
in this respect by or through such
sacrifices or deeds as have proclaim
ed them heroes and heroines in var
ious ways.
Hannibal of Carthage, Pyrrhus of
Epirus, Alexander the Great of Mac
edon, William the Conqueror of Eng
land, Napoleon Bonaparte of France,
each in his allotted part Of life serv.
ed his country as great general or
leader. In early colonial days Pat
rick Henry with his famous speech
and oratory heralded the coming Of
the revolution George Washington
proved himself at that period hero
ic general and afterwards beloved
and honored president; Paul Revere's
patriotism was evidenced by his adj
venturous, daring ride.
In modern days during the conflict
between the states the Union had its
famous General Grant, and touching
and brave were the acts of some sol
diers who fought on that side. The
South had its beloved and gallant
Robert E. Lee, its daring, dauntless
II. E. B. Stuart. General John B. Cor
don of. Georgia; eight times wounded.
Then woman with her dependence,
love of adornment, frivohty, her hum
dred and one idiosyncrasies, does
what? Confucius said of her, "Wom-
an is the masterpiece; Whittier, "If
woman lost Eden, such as she alone
can restore it,; Lamartine, There is
woman at the beginning of all great
things" so through all decades she
also has met the emergencies of the
time. Jeanne Dare, or Joan of Arc,
simple peasant maiden of France
with devotional love for her country,
presents to history a most dramatic
and pathetic instance of unmitigated
self-sacrifce Florence Nightingale,
born of English parents in Florence,
Italy, from a little child of tender
sympathy after much loving service
to sick neighbors and mental study in
the hospital of London, followed in
1854 the soldiers throughout the war
between England and Russia, known
as "The Crimean War;" giving to
them careful, tender nursing. Said
one soldier, t'To see her pass was
happiness; another, Gas she passed
down the beds, she would nod at one,
smile at many more" eve lay there
by hundreds" said another, "but we
could kiss her shadow as it fell" We
can only call this noble hearted wom-
an one of the worlds heroines.
Through all ages there have been
heroes and heroines, and coming
down to a later period we can do
naught else but reverently pay tri-
butte to ladies of ante-bellum days who
met defeat with proud dignity, the
inroads of poverty after affuence,
the blast of reconstruction with true
womanly fortitude.
Still later on, in the present, let US
take warning from the fate of Bel
GUM, Poland, Roumania. We who
cannot hear the sound of cannon nor
the groans of suffering humanity en-
gagged in conflict see only "as through
glass, darkly," not knowing the
end.
Many of our men, strength and
flower of manhood are fighting on
foreign soil, not alone as as aid to the
Allies, but for home and country, you
and /, therefore, all sectional, person
al feeling must be buried. United
love of country, home and fellow
being, must now be our slogan; each
and all rendering assistance as best
we can, little or much.
Gard here's to the Blue and the Gray
as one,
When we meet or the fields of
France;
May the spirit Of God be over them
all