The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-09-24

neither her clubs or natural womanIy
desires, but the forms of which mod
ern civilization is developing.
Long ago an observing Englishman
said that the hardest words for an
american to say are: 81 can't afford
1t" Nobody can afford SIG and $50
shoes, because they are not worth it.
Nobody can afford to pay 70 cents for
bacon, or a dollar for a frying size
chicken, or any of the other ridiculous
high prices that are now being charg-
cd for actual necessities of life. Yet
we see people buying every day-and
why? Pride; yes, false pride. If these
people would cut the profteers and
buy cheap cuts of meat and wear the
cheaper shoes and wearing apparel;
il they would just coolly patronize the
dealer in middle-class wares, who
charges middle-class prices for all
grades of goods on the run, something
would be bound to happen. Some fell
lows might have to pocket their pride
to do all that, but it would be money
well made If they would, and at the
same time it would help bring norm
al standard of living for the man who
is having harder time to make both
ends meet than he is.
Too many young people depend on
their fathers money and name taking
them through this world, and their
mothers prayers making everything
right for the next.
Watch your step and keep your foot
off the cutout of your automobile and
little 1ivver.
There will be a greater influx of
tourists than ever this year and some
thing should be done now towards the
making of preparations for entertain
ing them in our city. 1t is fine thing
to know that your boarding house is
clean and that every dish is prepared
with only the best that the market
affords; that the kitchen is as immac-
ulate as the well known fallen snow.
It's nice to go into restaurant, too,
and know that you may eat anything
therein with perfect trust and conf
dence. Some hotels and restaurants
in this city can well afford to lose
much of the reputation they have ac-
quired in the past-turn over a new
leaf and begin a new score.
Ii we knew just when this would be
printed-that is, if it would be given
to you TO read now-we would say
that last Tuesday certain big tur-
quois car filled with congenial friends
(including one tiny fairy princess)
motored slowly out of the city into
the early morning mists of glorious
country roadway, dewy and sparkling,
leading into Lake county. The prime
motive of the trip was combined
business and pleasure journey. Soon
the sunbeams were dancing every
where, melting the filmy cobwebs
from every shrub and branch and the
birds and blossoms held up their
heads to give welcome to new born
day. Leesburg was our first point of
interest, and short stop there re-
vealed activities little short of mar
velous for this season of the year.
This thrifty little city is wide-awake
To it's interests and is making all pos
sible progress toward preparedness
for the great rush of tourists that is
expected this winter. Leesburg, as
everyone knows, is located in the
heart of one of Florida's most beau
tiful lake regions. where fishing and
hunting vie with each other in giving
entertainment to the hundreds of
northerners who abide there through
out each succeeding season. We were
delighted with our stop there, and our
journey was continued to Tavares.
little town located on the banks of
turquoise lake by the same name, and
very beautiful; thence on to Eustis,
the big car spinning merrily over the
perfect roads as tho grateful to be
away from the roughness and bumps
SO perceptibfe during the earlier hours
OF the journey. To Eustis Pandora has
given some of her choicest jewels.
She looks as proud as a peacock on
dress parade. Her streets are i'm
maculate, and her homes and shops as
clean as elbow greese and paint can
possibly make them. Tourists have
already begun to arrive and business
activity is in the atmosphere that be-
speaks prosperity for that city this
winter. At one of her restaurants a
delicious and well served dinner was
enjoyed, and the check ticket showed
that profteering was not their motto.
After seeing a number of friends, our
journey was resumed. Umatilla was
the next point of interest, socially as
well as financially; thence on to AL
toona, which is one of the prettiest
little villages, snuggled away off
there. among the sand dunes and big
oak trees and whose welcome shades
make pleasant every hour of the day.
Here our million dollar salesman
brother interviewed that genial fnan-
cier, Mr.. Ham Dobbins, who owns one
of the busiest and perhaps largest
cotton mills in that section Uncle