The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-08-08
LECTURES ON RAVAGES
OF VENEREAL DISEASES
To be Given at the Temple Theater
Saturday Afternoon to Women and
Sunday Afternoon to Men

Eenereal diseases OF the state Board
Of Health and the United States Pub
lie Health Service, is in the city to de-
liver lectures to separate audiences of
men and women, both white and col
ored, on the ravages of these diseases
which are undermining the health of
the nation.
The lectures will be given at the
Temple at p. m. Saturday to women
only and Sunday at p. m. to men
only.
The State Board of Health, through
this bureau. is making an extensive
campaign throughout the state in this
much needed health measure. The
plan of procedure is briefly as fol-
lows:
1. Securing reports of venereal in
fections through the medical profess
sion.
2. Control of those infected, so as
to prevent further spread of the dis
ease.
3. Establishment of free venerea4
clinics for it's treatment.
4. Suppression of vicious condi-
tions which favor the spread of these
diseases.
5. Carrying out of systematic edu-
cational programs for the general
public as well as for those that are
infected.
The lecture to men will be supple
mented with the famous film, eft to
Fight"
| No admission will be charged and
every man and woman in Ocala should
take advantage of this educational
work that the Board of Health is do
ing and assist in graduating these
diseases which are one of hell's dead
Hest poisons.
eft to Fight" is the title of the
movie which has come to help in set
thing a question which has long been
asked, and which the government has
decided to answer, without any apol-
ogies and with few explanations, be-
yond the statement that it is an edu-
cational film sponsored and put on by
the United States Public Health Ser
vice. The movie might just as well
be called, "What everybody should
know" as well as eft to Fight" as
it shows what those who choose the
straight and narrow path may expect,
while those who go headlong untrain-
eG and unhampered in their desires
learn the hopeless lesson that "the
wages of sin is DEATH"
The movie, as it is produced, is
neither subtle in suggestion, nor is it
difficult to understand. 1t is clear
cut, well-thought-out production, stir
ring in the truth it depicts, with vice
exposed in all its ugliness, and the
results of impurity. and immortality
exposed with a realism-at times
more than gruesome. The scenic eff
fects, the sidelights, and the ilumi-
nations are true to life, in the CLAM
our they produce in creating that at
mosphere which so often misleads the
ignorant and strengthens the view
point of the enlightened.
The insincerity of prudery is shown
in direct contrast to the purity of
knowledge, in view of conditions
with war intensifies, especially as it
relates to the relation of men to wom-
en-. "Fit to Fight" is movie which
the younger generation might as well
see, since this generation is allowed
| to view everything which is put on
i'll public places. whether it is a movie,
a cabaret or murder trial. For
there was pathos, as well as humor,
in the suggestion made recently by a
young man about town, who. embar-
raised at being seen in represensible
company by young women of his own
"social Set" remarked: "There ought
/ r. Ia IL
do not go these days"
The question which eft to Fight"
asks and answers-just how much OF
the fruit of knowledge should be Civ
en- to the child of today? The govern
ment in this movie emphatically
teaches the first lesson every child
should know at the age of seven, and
shows how the mother and father
should be the teachers of the first
lesson. 1t depicts in the frankest
manner the fearful responsibility par
ents incur when they allow their boys
and girls to grow up to young man
hood and young womanhood ignorant
of the vital facts of life. The picture
makes a brief survey of the allure,
ments that lead ignorant young boys
and girls to ruin IN the larger cities.
and portrays wildly and .forcefully
the fearful penalties incurred by the
innocent along with the guilty.
Suffering and death are the portioli
of the victims of the criminal follies
of ignorant, unwary or unheeding
youth. The problems encountered in
the vicinity of the great environments,
which sprang up after Americas en-
trance into the war, are also touched
upon in the picture, as are methods
Us ed by the welfare agencies in meet
ing them.
Probably the most striking thing
about the picture is its frankness.
There is no hesitation to show the
actual results of Sowing wild oats
The Florida State Board of Health,
through its bureau of venereal dis