The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-19
At the Temple Today

At the Temple Today
Rex Beach's greatest novel, "The
Auction Block" will be seen at the
Temple today in motion pictures. 1t
is picturized under the direct super
vision of the author himself and re-
leased through the Goldwyn Film Co.
Rubye De Remer, the beautiful
heroine, represents the aggregate
naidenhood of America, and the
temptations to which she is subjected
in the course of the photoplay are
supposed to cover all possible tempta-
tions to which girls are subjected in
real life. Miss De Remer, who is a
Denver girl, is described as "divinely
tall and, oh! most divinely fair. She
looks as though she were made of
peaches and corn silk and bits of blue
sky and pearls" When Rex Beach
saw her he asked her to play the lead
in the Auction Block because, he said,
she was the most beautiful girl he had
ever seen.
Miss Florence Johns has been called
Gaby Desly's double, and played in
the original company of the Garden
of Allah,' supporting Miss Viola AL
len. Miss Johns in today's film is
"Adoree," famous dancer.
The heroine is a small town girl.
She was so wondrousiy beautiful that
her parents took her to the city and
sold her to the highest bidder who,
of course, was millionaire's son.
This great, gripping film is one of
the greatest screen successes, and the
first Goldwyn shown in Ocala. AS
Rex Beach wrote and directed it, its
success is assured. The prices of adj
mission will be 10 and 20 cents.
$50
Miss Christine Memminger, who
donated and presented the handsome
service flag to the Coronet Phosphate
Co., at Coronet yesterday afternoon,
is the only child of G. G. Memminger,
president of the Coronet Phosphate
Co. Miss Memminger is a beautiful
and accomplished young lady and il
very popular with the younger society
set of Asheville, N. c., where her
father has handsome home. Miss
Memminger is much devoted to Red
Cross work and also does great
amount of charity work both at her
home in Florida and in North Caro-
lina.-Tampa Times.
Miss Memminger is known by many
Ocala people.
Mrs. Edward Hoffman of Philadel-.
phia and Mrs. Jack Walker of Gaines
vile, Ga, who have been visiting
their mother, Mrs. Annie Martin at
Eastlake for the past two weeks,
spent Monday with Ocala friends.
Mrs. Hoffman expects to leave the
last of the week and will spend few
days with her sister, Mrs. D. S. Wood
row in Jacksonville, before returning
home. Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs. Walker
were formerly Misses Bessie and La
velette Martin of 0cala, and were
warmly welcomed yesterday by their
friends.
Corporal Theo Hernandez of Fer
nandina, who has been dangerously
i'll for many weeks at Camp Wheeler
with pneumonia, was moved to the
convalescent hospital in Atlanta two
weeks ago, when his mother went to
be with him. The welcome news was
received this morning that this splen-
did young man has passed the crisis
and is now out of danger. Mrs. Her
nandez, who is still with her son, is
well known in Ocala as she has fire.
quently visited her sister, Mrs. ]. Y.
Purvis.
Mrs. Peter Macintosh is entertain
ing Misses Rosebud Robinson, Mary
Mcdowell and Mrs. w. A. Wilds at
game of auction this afternoon. She
will serve her guests ice cream and
cake and give a crepe de chene hand
kerchief to the highest scorer. Only
three members of the Tuesday auc-
ton club, Mrs. Macintosh, Miss Nc
Dowell and Miss Gottlieb, will play
cards during Lent. They expect to
have game every Tuesday afternoon
as usual.
Ocala friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Purvis, who have been living at Raj
ford for several years, will be glad to
hear that they returned to Ocala last
Friday to make this their home Mr..
and Mrs. Purvis are doing light
housekeeping at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Y. Purvis. Mrs. Purvis was
formerly Miss Ruth Boney of this
city.
Mrs. Gibbs MacRae, who has been
critically Ill for many weeks at the
Marion County Hospital, was taken
to the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Wilbur Smith last Saturday. Mrs.
MaeRae, while not entirely out of
danger, seems much improved and is
conscious a great part of the time.
Her. many friends hope that her re-
covery will be rapid.
At the Woman's Club meeting Sat-
urday afternoon Mrs. F. G. B. Weihe,
chairman of the animal protection