The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-03-21

ard women folks in general.
Mr.. S. says to his wife: There's
lots of people been to Ocala this win
ter, but I've only seen two that were
uglier and homelier than am"
$50
Here it is past "St. Patrick's day in
the morning" and we haven't yet
learned what the kaiser got for
Christmas or where he got it.
When all the wire men of the world,
from Helsingfors to Greece,
Hang up their hats at old Versailles
TO figure out the peace,
hope they viii remember me, the
peace that / demand,
And help wipe out the evil that exists
across this land.
I'm hoping for interment for a certain
Who lives across the street from me
and keeps barking dog instead
of a violin.
Ever since we been borne" we've
been confused with the use of the
hyphen. A search of modern litera-
ture says. "From the invention of
printing, the confusion has persisted,
and still exists" The photographer
In the Literary Digest point sout that
each author may follow his own within,
trusting the literary world to correct
him in the fullness of time. The hy-
phen has been "out of captivity" since
the days of King Alfred. Aelfric in
his "Homilies," which date back to
the year one thousand, used hyphen
in writing the word to-day but he
did not use it in writing the word "to-
night. Covendale in his Bible (Josh)
xxi however did not use the hyphen,
nor did SHAKESPEARE in his Tanning of
the Shrew." Safest thing you can
do is to not use it at all.-Editor)
(Amen.--L. OPP
DR.. Fernadel says that ''love is an
intense and abiding emotion, drawing
one towards person or object, and
causing one to appreciate delight.
Well the doctor is an old fogy, but
maybe he knows, anyway we know
when we like or dislike person by
far better reasons than those given
above. However, to dislike a person
by no means makes US unhappy, for
we can keep our distance. We have
an acquaintance, some one says. that
/ is perhaps as fine a parsonage as
there is in the world, yet Their is
mutual unspeakable contempt that
rankles in our hearts every time we
meet. Our daily smile of greeting
would make an icicle blush with envy.
While on the subject we will confess
we know we are tiresome TO many
(perhaps to most people). But at least
he know it, and keep away from them
whenever possible, and hope they
will honor us as much. A. condition
such as described is to US unspeak-
allie sad and unbecoming to a Chris
tan community and people or per-
sonages.
A pretty girl in one of the latest
.22-calibre skirts is somewhat pardon
able, but get a whale of girl" in
that kind of an outfit, and. oh, geeI
Science has discovered that a rose
taken from the parent stem, trembles
for twelve hours, matters not with
how sharp an instrument it is cut.
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The Los Angeles Times claims that
'schess playing is dying out, and that
it was in the old days when hysteria
did not have possession of the inhabi-
tants that it was so popular" In this
day and time of steam heated ciyiliza-
ton, no one seems to have time to
study it for the mere pleasure and
delight of learning. Paul Murphy of
New Orleans was rated as the great
est chess wizard in the world. It Is
a game that deserves reinstating. The
Woman's Club is doing all in it's power
to inspire interest in-the game. The
hospitality committee of our local
club has a splendid set, free for the
use of any persons who would care
To play on Wednesday afternoons,
when the committee keeps open house
at the club building on TuscawiIla
street.
A man without a country is one |
who lives in town. and it wasn't he |
who wrote of the springtime violets, |
or the deep glow in the faces of chill
dren, those little. tremulous things,
gentle as loves whisper and pure as
purity.
Is Ocala going to have home
talent baseball team this summer? IL
Ccala could find time for some local
baseball whole lot of fun could be
provided. The city is in danger of
getting too busy to live.
The greatest sport In Ocala is a
woman past eighty. She is always
ready for anything, and enjoys the
privilege of life. Her neighbors fire.
quently catch her on the roof of her
home, with broom, sweeping the
leaves from the cutters, and some
times with a uaint brush naintfnc the