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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

A good many people have enquired
of US why Arthur Guy Empey, author
of "Over the Top" who had been rec
commended for a commission in the
American army, did not receive it.
Not knowing, we felt a delicacy in
saying, but seeing the following in
the Palatka News, We pass it along:
Arthur Guy Empey, soldier, au-
thor, lost his chance for commission
in the United States army by fiery
curtain speech on the stage of the
National Theater in Washington. He
was appearing in new play, "Pack
Up Your Troubles" President Wilson
was present. The real heroes of the
war, Empey declared in effect, were
the volunteers who went over in the
first place. and not the drafted men
who are fighting now because they
were compelled to do so. Empey end
ed with a flourish, but the expected
burst of applause did not follow.
While the commission had been rec
commended, it had not been signed and
delivered, and three days later came
the announcement that there had
been mistake in connection with
the granting of captaincy to the
former sergeant
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
LIFE PRIMITIVE AND RUGGED
Scenes on Bosom Of Russia's Mighty
River Cannot Be Duplicated
Anywhere on Earth.

The days on the Volga are as alike
as the white towns strung on the Volga
chain. and all laden with sense of
life, sluggish and primal and poten-
tial. The scent of pines, of new-mown
hay. of drying nets. and the fragrance
Of lilies; brawny red-shirted sailors
shouting and splashing each other with
water as they scrub the decks; the
whistling Of grain steamers; the sound
the shore; anchor chains rafting as
we drop into the wharf where fisher
men are unloading their shining catch.
1t is robust river life, not familiar,
but transposed into strange keys and
staged largely.
The RATS seemed the most essen
TALLY Russian part of the Volga. We
had seen them before. Gargantuan
yellow logs. as delicious looking as
taffy, dragged from forest in Tyer
and bound together with saplings, each
raft bearing a tiny hut for the FAM
lilies who make the journey with the
RATS to the sea. Now we met them
oH the river, peoDleu WITH TOfilChluS
figures, who balanced themselves with
long poles and laughed and shouted
unintelligible cries to Us as the surge
of the steamer threatened their foot
hold
The crackers, borilaki, we never say !;
debased men Of herculean strength,
muscles knotting in their hairy Threats,
thews straining like horses against the
dead weight of the barges as Riepin
had painted them. They have passed
with the sails. But the other figures
on the RATS. in the fishing boats-are
their brothers. And never have / felt
mold.-Olive Gilbreath in the Yale Re
view.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
Clever Fox Sparrow.

The fox sparrow prides himself,
doubtless, because he is bigger than
most of his American brothers. He is
only bit of a bird, at that, but song
sparrow, white-throat, grass finch and
a dozen or so of the others doubtless
look on their fox-coated relatives adj
ditional inch as an ell. with something
thrown in for good measure. The
junco, the little slate-colored snowbird,
a sparrow after his kind also, fire.
quently accompanies the fox sparrow
on his travels. There is suspicion
which is hard to lose that the fox spar
row jaunts along with the junco solely
to make his own song secure among
the acknowledged melodies, for the
junco, while an insistent performer,
pipes an attenuated tune.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
Total

Florida comes off light in this list.
On it are the names of Alfred J. Ped
erson, Tampa, Marine Corps, died of
wounds received in action, and Dewey
P. Tomasello, Bagdad, expeditionary
force, wounded severely.
Among the missing in action is
Ulysses S. Grant of the typical South
ern town of Dalton, Ga.
A surprising thing about the list
is the names of a considerable num-
Der whose emergency addresses are
in Russia, showing that great many
men from that unfortunate land are
battling for freedom in our ranks.
The proportion of Russians, Poles,
Bohemians and other Slavonic peo-
pies is very large.
The proportion of German names
is also large. and, strange to say,
there are many more Italians than
Irish. The number of Jewish names
shows that the blood of Joshua, Gid
con and David has not run out.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
Tilted Lady as Shoemaker.

It is an interesting fact that, al
though the women Of the United King
dom have invaded most employments
that formerly were followed chiefly by
men, the shoemaking trade has not ex-
perienced much change in this respect.
Yet, something over a hundred years
ago. shoemaking was one of the sem
pigments Of high society" in London.
Lady Sarah Spencer, in letter to her
brother, written about the year 1908.
says: In the evening we divide our
time between music and shoemahng.
which is now the staple trade of the
family. / am today In a state of great
vanity, for have made pair of shoes
there is news for you. So if all
other trades fail I shall certainly es.
tablish myself, cross-legged, at the cor
ner of an alley to earn a livelihood in
the midst Of leather, avis and ham
mers."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
California Has Jap Village.

Few people realize that in the United
States there is village composed en-
tirely of japanese, who live their lives
just as they did before leaving the
Flowery kingdom. This quaint spot of
interest is north of the long pier, a
mile from Santa Monica, Cal. Here is
the home of a number of japanese
fishermen. Their native dress, food
and the daily routine of their lives
are carried out as though the little vii
lage were on the far shore of Nippon.
On Sundays are to be seen the native
sports of the Japanese. The geisha
girls serve tea and bonbons to visitors,
while the young men display their
prowess at wrestling, jfu-jitsu and
other Oriental pastimes.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
Chief Executives and the Press.

When John Adams became president,
in 1897, he was even more severely at
tackled in the press than Washington
had been. But his administration
fought the attacks. Armed by the
sedition law, which was passed the
following year, it sought to annihilate
the papers which 1t could not force TO
surrender. In the fight, which lasted
four years, the people rallied to the
support of the papers and defeated
Adams in the election of 1900 by put
ting Thomas Jefferson in the presiden-
tial chair.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
Don't Have a Double Chin.

An investigator declares that the
double chin can be controlled and very
largely mitigated. 1t depends largely
upon the carriage and pose of the head
The person who has repeated chin,
or is threatened with one, should re-
call and practice DR.. Edward Everett
HaIe's famous advice: Look up. not
down" The person who sits, or
stands, or walks, with an erect body
and keeps the chin up-dlted, can defy
the crease and the fatty ridges.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
ADVERTISING RATES

Display: Plate 10c. per inch for con-
seeutfve insertions. Alternate inser-
tions Is per cent. additional Compost
ton charged on ads. that run less than
six times sc. per inch. Special position
20 per cent. additional Rates based on
4-inch minimum Less than four inch s
will take higher rate, which will be
furnished on application.
Reading Notices; SC. per line for first
insertion; &c. per line for each suisse
quent insertion. One change a week
allowed on readers without extra COM
position charges.
Legal advertisements at legal rates.
Electros must be mounted, or charge
will be made for mounting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

We note that Marion county has a
food administrators price list and it's
patterned after that of Manatee
county. We rather believe if we had
followed the plan our list would still
be appearing each week and that it
would prove of benefit to dealer and
customer alike.-St. Petersburg.
Times.
We think the Times would find it a
good plan to print such list. We
have evidence that it is helpful and
interesting to our readers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

One regiment of negroes in the
American army has had its baptism
OF fire on the fighting fields of France
and acquitted itself so well that the
French commander of the sector has
cited the whole regiment as worthy
of receiving the war cross. This req
iment's repulse of the enemy attack
in the early morning of June II (pos-
sibly at Belleau wood or Bouresches)
was briefly referred to in the official
communique.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

The Times Union paragrapher is
poking fun at the poor boys of the
bobtail dailies, who in their joy over
the recent victories of the Allies try
to decorate their little pony press
dispatches with enthusiastic but some
times erroneous scareheads As long
as the T. U. p. writes about the Their
mometer going up and coming down,
he has no room to poke fun at any
body.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

ami restaurant indulging in some
startling gossip. and near them sat
the little daughter of one of the WON
en-, listening to every word and stor-
ing it away in her little mind to puz-
zle over. It's either fool or a
mighty mean person who does not
consider the effect of conversation
upon listening children"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

It's the Stars opinion that every
body who is interested in a sermon or
speech will go to hear it. With our
restricted space. we can't report such
things. Will our contributors please
take notice of the foregoing and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
Good Cause.

81 hear that De Snlythe's efforts to
trace his ancestors have been suspend
ed.r
II suppose he found some of the an
cestors were suspended, too"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

Voters who have not paid their 1916
and 1917 poll taxes cannot vote in the
coming city election. At the present
writing, we do not think there will be
any overwhelming rush to the polls
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

Magazine named "Pep" has been
trying to induce us to pay a dollar
for it. in order that we may trans
fuse some of its pep from its coll
umns to ours. We prefer to write
our own pep and invest the dollar in
thrift stamps. What ideas we can't
originate, occur to US from the peru
sal of our Florida contemporaries as
much as from any other publications
in the world.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

Baseball might regain its popular
ity by merging the game into two ma
tional leagues, one made up of Boy
Scouts and the other of veterans OF
the civil war.-DeLand Record.
We'd bet on the boys.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

"The Fuselage," new publication
designed primarily for the men in the
various camps near Miami, began
publication last week. It is issued
from the press of the Miami Herald,
and is one of the neatest camp publ
cations we have seen.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

If, whenever you run up against
some inconvenience or privation caus-
ed by the war, and some selfish per-
son says to you, II told you So" swat
him. Selfshness caused the war and
only unselishness will win it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

The American people are rapidly
learning habits of economy. which
the country will need for the next
hundred years. After the war is over
it will have to be paid for.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

No ambitious man with great
wrongs to write will start newspa-
per in order to do so. There will be
no more papers started in America
until the war is over.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

Germany is a beer sodden nation,
but even the most ardent prohibitions
ist much acknowledge that beer
sodden nation can develop an army
of good Wauchula Advo-
cate.
Let us be just-even to the Ger
mans. To date they have done most
of their running toward the enemy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

Schwab is one of the greatest pro-
hibitionists in the country-using up
SO much champagne christening Uncle
Sans new ships.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

w. K. Lane, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Law Library Building, Ocala,
Florida. II
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

There is one way of conserving pa
per that the War Industrial board
didn't think of. and that is for the
newspapers to cut off their subscrib-
ers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

The Times Union very appropriate
ly calls Russia gigantic infant
among the nations"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19

The following chunk of mighty
good sense is from the Miami Metrop-
oils: Overheard two women in a Mi
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Domestic

Just about all the newspapers ir
the country are raising their prices.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-19
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

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and also the local news published
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served
The sun., 1918-09-08


the district of the West Forty seventh
street police station.
"On July 4 we had twelve members
without uniforms. To-day we have fifty,
all uniformed, and more in training. We
have motor corps, several Of the women
owning cars, and these women are busy
at present meeting the wounded soldiers
returned from Franco who are now sta
toned at Ellis Island, taking them from
the Battery to matinee and returning
them there.
AT the sale of the tickets for Zip, Zip,
YaphanR several Of our women were as
signed to keep order in the lines at the
box Office. Wherever police duty of this
kind is needed we are called on.
''The women are all of the theatrical
profession and have large circles of ac-
quaintances Every one who has the APP
prehension Of one or more slackers to her
credit.
Until the closing of the Night Court
Private Mazda Craigen was on duty there.
private p. L. Hughes speaks Italian
fuently and has been assigned to the Ital-
ian quarters, where there is need OF
activity. She has succeeded in uncovering
some disorderly conditions there ard has
rendered excellent service.
Lieut.. Buelah Poynter, who is playing
an engagement and doing her work with
lis at the same time, has reported several
slackers.
In three cases the women of the the
atrical unit have been the means of de-
teeting German spies, one case in Man
haitian, two on the way to the beaches.
Sat present we are getting together
money for our first ambulance. We al
ready have quite sum and when we have
the ambulance we will station it here in
the theatrical district ready for emer-
gency calls. During the coming Liberty
Loan campaign we are to be given the
cabarcts and theatres. We intend to make
good sales"
The sun., 1918-09-08
In the Airplane
- OES it ever fall'" finally quiv
~ cred the novice as the airplaIc

Noes 1t ever fall' finally quiV-
~ cred the novice as the airpl;Ic
climbed higher and still higher.
"Only when l let it do so,' answered
the airman. 'Now and then drop her
backward. Here We go!'
On the backward descent, a mile or
more, the passenger chung to the pilot
with both arms and never breathed. At
last the machine resumed its horizontal
travelling.
"Great heavens.' gasped the novice
with relief.
Say, look here; didn't you say you
wished to fit on high like gliding sun
bdom?' complained the aviator.
eyes," admitted the passenger.
"Then shut up. You're going TO get
your, wish
Suddenly The airplane dived and looped
the loop, then travelled upside down.
"Hold fast" 4
"Wh- WHAT"
eve are going to land"
Gently the airplane glided to earth.
Released from his seat the passenger
knelt and lifted both hands solemnly.
"Once I prayed to be an angel" he
said. "But it doesn't 50 any more unless
on foot"
The sun., 1918-09-08

"Thc reason why the general public
docs not know how many women are
working in this way is because they are
not all in uniform. In many cases, l
think, a uniform would prove hindrance.
For instance they are reporting on food
violations. Every woman who. has ever
Kept house is better able to handle this
than a man. She knows all about ice, coal,
groceries and meat. Hundreds of house
wives see violations that they really mean
to report, but they neglect it. When en-
listed with the police workers it becomes
part of their duty.
Working against waste and keeping
before the people the fact that food will
win the war are important. In this work
the women Of the police reserves are in
valuable. Every woman knows what con-
;titutes food waste. From garbage pals
they can tell where it occurs. In the apart
nent houses where they live their activity
AN begin. Steadily but tactfully they
AIRY on the campaign. Thousands of
people are not yet reused to the full mean
ug of this world struggle. Hundreds in
New York are not fully awake to the
meaning of patriotic duty especially as
i concerns the home and neighborhood
Talk Against Food Hoarding.
ut is to bring about better under
standing that the women are talking eco
nomical buying, talking against food
boarding, reaching the homes as no other
force could possibly do. They are getting
results not only with housewives who do
their own work but among those who keep
servants, and what is more surprising,
with the servants themselves.
Detecting disloyal persons also comes
within the province of these women. They
lave more time to spend around the neigh
torhood than men; they get better ac-
quainted. There is plenty of work to be
done in spotting slackers. The extent of
this may be clearer when it is understood
that the discrepancy between the regis
tration of June 5, 1917, and the question
naires was some 10000.
characterization among aliens, relief
Of cases of distress and destituton and
setting an example of unselfsh and
patriotic devotion all come within their
duties.
I'm every residential precinct in the five
boroughs units have been organized. Sew
cral nights week classes are held in the
station houses for drill and instruction in
the principles Of first aid and elementary
anatomy as well as in the laws and ordi-
nances.
"The first aid instruction is given to fit
the reserves to act in case of riots or air
raids. In such emergencies every woman
in her respective precinct would report to
the station house and wait orders there.
Those who have motor cars would report
with them and / believe thoroughly that
they would act promptly and effectively.
Much is being done by many persons
and societies in keeping up the morale of
soldiers and sailors. In this the WOmen's
Police Reserves are aiding, not by giving
entertainments, but by policing parks,
beaches and the territory around arm
cries. Capt. Foley of the Seventy fourth
precinct in Brooklyn, located near Bed
@ ford Park. has n unit OF women working
with her who are in The park from noon
The sun., 1918-09-08

Riverside Drive, women are on duty
This is the important work OF the
"residentials," as these women are tech
nically known, but there are still other
branches. 1t would seem impossible for
Major Helen Bastedo to assume more re-
sponsiblitics fer her Motor Corps Of
America, yet she has, and now the 300
members are affiliated with the Women's
Police Reserve. The corps will Of course
continue its work for the State and Gov
eminent, but the women and cars and the
fifteen ambulances are ready to answer
call from the police. During the recent
hot wave they did excellent ambulance
work in the cases of heat prostration.
Another unit ready and active is the
Motor Corps of the Women's Police Re
serve in charge of Capt. Elise NJ. Reini-
ger. There are fifty members, all owning
their own cars. They are volunteers and
have furnished their own uniforms.
The organization has two mounted
squads, all experienced horsewomen. One
squad has sixty members, the other twenty.
These women own their horses and meet
to drill frequently. During the day time
they also do the work Of the residential"
1t would not be surprising to find
presently that the Women's Police Re-
serve had motorcycle corps, for there
is now a class in firearms where the women
are taught to care for and handle re
volver. When they have learned they are
taken in squads to the headquarters shoot
ing gallery, where they practise at sta
tionary and moving targets. Many have
become quite expert and now six women
have the right to carry revolvers.
Six Are Regular Members.
All the police women wear badges and
carry whistles, but now comes the placing
on the force Of six by Commissioner En-
right. These six will be the first regular
women members of the police force, will
wear blue uniforms, carry revolvers, hand
cuffs and "billies' and will draw 81 POO
year. Four more women TO act in this
capacity are provided for in the city
budget. Fifth Deputy Police Commits
sioner Ellen O'Grady will he in direct
command Of them.
The six are Miss Mary c. Hamilton,
Miss Ethel Gay, Mrs. Mary c. Murtha,
Mrs. Madeline O'Neill, Mrs Rose Gold
stein and Miss Kathryn Hyde. Three are
in Brooklyn, three in New York.
In the New York Theatre Building one
finds the old green room converted into
the headquarters of the theatrical unit
of the Women's Police Reserve. Marcus
l,oew has given it and the ballet room up
stairs for the drills. This is the first uni
formed unit Of the Womens Police Re
serve. 1t must not be confused with the
motor corps, which is also uniformed. The
theatrical police women wear blue serge
designed by Major Edyth Totten, the
Motor Corps khaki.
While the women enlisted in service at
the precincts are confined in their work
to their neighborhoods, the theatrical po-
lice women are busy all over the city.
"You sec," said Major Totten, "our
members are recruited from many dis
tricts In case Of an air raid or other
emergency all report here, not to the sta
ton house. Here I receive orders For tho
squad from headquarters This unit is in