The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-08
OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
If You Have Amy News for this De.
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Oh, | am just sort of stick without
a single parlor trick,
| have no gift of repartee, of wit
am the goat,
| cannot play the mimic's part, and
prestidigitators' art.
Is something quite beyond me-and
l never sang note.
| cannot bang piano for the basso or
soprano
Nor do double shuttle just to liven
things a bit,
| really envy those who can, the tai
ented and joyous clan
Who brighten up party and who
always make a hit
Yes, I'm an artless sort of wight who
knows no verses to recite,
I've never kept the table or the par
Tor IN roar,
But still there is place for me wher-
ever / may chance to be
For Pm bully audience and that
is where | score;
| grin at repartee and chaff, at others
FRANKS | loudly laugh,
And so | know I'm useful in the
universe, because
The jokestirs' joke would not get by
unless such stupid folk as I
Were round about to listen and to
furnish the applause.
-Berton Braley.
Miss Marguerite Edwards is enjoy
ing weeks visit with her uncle, Mr.
c. R. M. Sheppard in DeLand.
Mrs. A. c. Cobb and two children
will return home tonight from a two
weeks visit to Mrs. Cobb's mother
III Alachua.
Mrs. S. S. Duva1, who has been
visiting in Jacksonville since Satur-
day, left yesterday for Fort Pierce,
where she will join Mr.. Duval and
their son Charles.
Mr.. Harry A. Johnston of Jackson
vile, who has been in the officers
training camp at Fort Mcpherson,
will visit his sister, Mrs. S. E. Leigh
here for several days in the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert Leigh Acker
of Tampa, passed through Ocala last
night on their way to Jacksonville,
where they will take the Clyde Line
today for New York to reside perma-
nently. They will visit Mr.. Acker's
parents in the heart of the city for
the next month.
Little Miss Louise Hood Collier of
Tuscaloosa, Ala, arrived in Ocala
yesterday to visit her grandparents,
DR.. and Mrs. E. Van Hood. Little
Louise came especially to her grand
mother celebrate her birthday and
will remain until the last of August.
She was accompanied as far as Jack
sonville by a friend but came on to
Ocala alone
Mrs. w. A. Redding of Jacksonville,
who has been visiting in Brooksville,
arrived in Ocala Sunday and visited
her mother-in-law, Mrs. E. J. Red
ding until yesterday. Mrs. Redding
was accompanied home by her son,
w. A. Redding Jr., who has been
visiting his grandmother for the past
six weeks. Miss Genevieve Redding's
friends will be interested to hear she
is enjoying a delightful visit in the
mountains, where she will remain I'M
til fall.
GA Prince in a Pawnshop," Vita
graph feature in five parts, will be
seen at the Temple today. The re-
nowned Hebrew comedian, Barney
Bernard, who scored such a hit as
Abe Potash in potash & Perlmut-
ter" seems every bit as able to get
tears from his audience as smiles and
laughter. Charlotte Ives is the lead
ing lady, and wears deliberately en-
broidered kimonas in a tea room, a
stunning green coat suit, the newest
sport clothes and dainty negligees.
And cute Bobby Connolly has minor
part. The story is decidedly "differ-
ent." Barnard is wealthy banker,
merciless to his rich clients and at