The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-01

WoF0 ana knOWlngs the former I&
mere introduction. the latter an fn-
timacy.
Since the war, when the fastfdIous
diner YEARLY orders his cDnsomme
and the waiter brings it a bit tardiIy
or cold. he thinks to himself, or IL
courageous enough to speak his mind.
he calls the cook bolshevfk. He has
found word to express his irritation.
It serves his profane feelings and az
the same time saves his SNUG respect
ability.
See BoIshevIsn Everywhere.
Once the maid asking Tor an af-
ternoon or provoked a knowing smile,
Her mistress granted the request.
charged 1t up to q possible romance
and generally suspected the policeman
on the beat. Since the war It Is differ
ent. The maid is looked upon with
suspicion. Her motives are questioned
The request is considered symptom
Of the new terrible disease, bolshevism.
The mistress thinks to herself: The
maid doesn't want to work any mere:
she is down with the epidemic. i
The Office boy. working the reliable
excuse eaat his grandmother has died
again. to get an afternoon on to go
to the ball game. is trying to shirk
work, In the opinion OF his employer,
who formerly. when such an appli-
cation was made from the same source.
chuckled as he granted It. while his
memory took him back to his own boy
hood days when he used the grand
mother yarn to answer the call of the
ball field.
Many captains Of industry see the
symptoms Of the new dread in every
movement and thought of the workers.
The demand for living conditions and
decent wages are grudgingiy received
by minds soured with the thought that
it Is boIshevism.
The hirers Of child labor, looking
hatefully at legislation designed to end
child slavery, call the leaders Of child
life conservation bolshevists. When
doctors and public-spirited men and
women insist that an irreparable In
jury is being done the nation In al
lowing women to work for period in
excess of the hours they are able to
work without menacing their mother
hood, the profiteers from woman labor
cry out: "You are invading the right
of private contract; your are mad with
bolshevism."
Every Sort Of Definition.
The wag with the wit of a barber
defined bolshevism as a wild Idea sur
rounded by whiskers. The saloon
keeper. bowled over by prohibition,
screams sbolshevismn The aati-sa-
loon leaders come back with the an
swer. Your personal liberty cry Is
only a camoufage for bolshevisn."
If anyone disagrees with you, don't
grant him the right to an opinion,
don't reason with him-Just call him
bolsheyik. The word has become an
epithet, a popular invective. a slur, an
insult, an outlet for contempt, con-
tumeIy and hate It's parenthood In
duences our definition of It. Most OF
us see the Russians with the eyes Of
the caricaturfsts, who for so many
years have portrayed the Russian as
the moujik with high boots. disheveled
hair, wild whiskers. the face OF an as
sassin, the body Of a terrorist in ac-
ton, the suggestion of long dagger
smeared with hot blood, under his
greatcoat
II a doctor, making an examination
Of all Of the patients in a hospital,
discovered they all had certain symp-
toms in common, such as temperature,
weakness and pain. and because Of
these findings should diagnose the
sickness of all Of the patients ag pneu-
monia, the doctor would be regarded
lunatic, yet there are men In the
world today who are as foolish SIS such
q doctor would be. They call every
symptom Of unrest, without regard -
Its history, bolshevism.
(copyrighs 1890. western Nswspassr Unioa1