The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-26
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viii enlarge their waist lire or put a
little real muscle on their arms. She
Elames the conditions on too many
auto rides and too little walking; too
many movies and late suppers; not
enough sleep and too many high heels;
not enough sport shoes and several
other things that any sensible parent
should know how to prohibit.
So
! And do any of your think of the
good old days when all nickles were
not buffaloes and all dimes were ten
cents? And styles for the ladies did
rot run in twice by two, but the low
est hoop carried it's diameter and cir
conference to fifteen feet or more T?
And cotton, stockings were more fash
ionable than silk and cost all the way
up to thirty cents q pair. and striped
socks for men were ten cents per.
And when every house had parlor
which was kept darkened until COM
pany came. And Uncle Buck and Bill
Gallagher and Ben Rheinauer and
Will Condor wore "bell bottom"
trousers; and Don McIver, Robert
Rurford, Will Hooker. Lou Green and
Jake Gerig wore such heavy boards
that after eating soup their wives had
Ito run their whiskers through the
tclothes wringer. And when the dear
women went into the seclusion Of their
bedrooms to put on "bit Of color"
before walking down the street or
Idraping themselves across the polish
ed tables in the ice cream salons. And
when they wore their hair parted
straight down the middle of their
lheads and curled back over pearly
lears and twisted in q little twistifi-
lcation knot that stuck out about five
Inches at the back like panhandle.
drive to Silver Springs, and the little
old mare pulled and foamed as she
pulled the family buggy through the
silver sands almost hub deep. And
when Taylor's pond was "away out in
the woods" and as youngsters with
trusted attendants were allowed the
JOY of running barefoot around its
edge to gather great arma3ul OF gOr-
geous wild water lilies and sometimes
paddle the old canoe. And how Waldo
Cave, Scott Springs, Johnnie Spring,
Coin Spring and Marean Spring were
SO far away as to be almost mac
cessible ON account of the density Of
the forest and "sandy" distance from
the village. And Closes hill was the
rendezvous for all counting couples to
star-gaze and moon-gaze and talk
! over all the little nothings that il
took twenty years after 70 convince
some girls really were nothing. Fol-
/ the sweetness of those romantic days
J.. Task Cousin Eddie and Jimmie Carlisle
: They, too. can tell you of the days
/, when they wore stiff, detachable cuts
/. in which the buttons ratified ever!
d time they shook hands. And do yoa
= remember; oh, do you remember, when
a. the school teachers received $1S pc
q. month and boarded round" and tn
a. very best of them drew down sons
S24 per. And when the Sunday schoo
!. lsuperintendents would give a "beau
n. t1ful little testament" costing Is cent
n.ito the Sunday school pupil who woui
= nemorize the greatest number o
a. bible verses. And when girls wor
n. lseven-cent calico dresses most OF tn
n. time and for "dress up" wear jus
:. 4 acd a little more starch to the gaI
: ment, which with a broad sash tina
n. had been pretty well worn out by a
n. older sister or auntie, and put on ne
feet dainty shoes costing $1Is5
place of the high heeled, polishe
N. leather sort which cost 1885 nov
And when you went visiting out 20
n had to look at the plush album dor
~ m German silver running from tn
southwest corner up to the northea:
m corner and return the complimer
when the visit was returned. An
goodness me, do you remember VINE
Miss Glenn was as tiny as Miss Hest'
end Marse David s. W. as big {
la Narse George MacKay. Of cours
tn you don't; neither do we.