The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-24

Wneneer economy I've preached,
Shed fed me hash;
While modistes squander half my pay
| And tradesmen call for more each
day,
| mourn, too late, her taking way
She takes my cash.
Mary Kalor Hutchinson.
y r
Woman's Clubs TO Help the Woman's
Hospital
Woman's clubs throughout the
country are becoming interested in
the plucky little hospital unit, stated
by women, which has recently sailed
for France to work behind the lines
| for the restoration of women and
children. The Colony club of New
York city has donated a motor truck,
and Sorosis, the oldest Incorporated
woman's club in the United States,
has given a present to celebrate it's
fiftieth birthday. The present is a
$4,000 ambulance to go to France
with the hospital unit and run on err
rands of kindness for the French
children and their mothers.
| A 50-bed hospital will be stationed
behind the lines in one of the most
devastated areas in France While
| it will be at the call of the French
war department for the care of mill
tary wounded, it's direct object is to
build up broken down women and
children who have suffered from lack
of care during the occupation of their
towns by war forces.
| Dr. Finley cabled the following:
"Civilians taken. many miles for hos
pital treatment; must do much sur
gerry; need specialist, ambulance
service, several dispensaries."
The fund for the upkeep of the hos
pital was formally assumed by the
| National American Woman Suffrage
/ Association at its 49th annual con-
vention in Washington City, last De-
cember. The hospital was then
adopted as the associations "war
! baby"
/ Mrs. Perry Anthony leaves today
for an extended visit to her father at
Bunnell, Fla.
! Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Scott have re,
turned from short visit with Mrs
George MacKay at the lake.
Miss Ava Lee Edwards has return
ed from East Lake Weir, where she
was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Da-
Wis for few days.
Misses Marian Dewey and Anna
Mcdowell are expecting to go te
Daytona Beach for a two weeks va.
cation in the near future
Sergeant-Major George w. Bats
has recently been moved from Camp
Sewer to Camp Mills, L. l. He ex.
poets soon to go to France.
II Misses Myrtis Mann and Viviar
Van Skiver of Winter Haven, WHIT
are guests of Mrs. Hendrix and Mrs
Mitchell of Morriston were visitors il
town with these ladies yesterday.
Mrs. E. G. Peek and children, Vir
ginia and E. G. Jr., returned yester
day from a six weeks stay at Daytons
Beach. The children have improved
very much and were loath to leave
the water.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Harris and chill
dren, Leslie and Beth, will leave to
night for Virginia, where Mrs. Har
ris and children will spend the re
mainder of the summer. Mr.. Harris
| will return in a few days.
| Miss Byrd Wartmann of Ocala i
| the weekend guest of Mrs. w. W
| Avera and Mrs. R. L. Lang-Gaines
| vile Sun.
Mrs. R. L. Lang and daughter
Miss Willie May, who for so Ions
| made their home in Ocala, are nov
| living in Gainesville, but Miss Willie
/ May continues to be music pupil O
| Miss Wartmann
| In the aftermath of child welfar
| week, the Gainesville Sun says: A
| the closing meeting DR.. Faulk mad
a statistical report of the clinic, stat
ing that $50 children had been ex
amined in the five days of the clinic
and an average of 200 teachers Pc
| dav had witnessed the clinical exam
! nation of the children. He state
: that Florida had a right to be prou
= since she was doing more than an
e other state for the health of her PEG
lple. DR.. Hiram Byrd also paid hig