The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-15
OBSERVATIONS
(Contributed)

(Contributed)
Man was born talking animal and
woman acquired their relapse.
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Violets may bloom and roses send |
forth their fragrance, but after all it |
must be admitted that the pensive
onion is the official flower of spring. |
1t is a good thing Ocalans believe
IN God. There doesn't seem to be
much chance for help from any other
source.
One of our ex-soldiers says he Won
ders what the poor coolies are doing
these days to live.
A rich man may be bad egg, but
nobody seems to ever notice it until
he's broke.
If there was a tax on laziness, we
know three men in Ocala who would
have to work like thunder to borrow
money to make weekly payments.
Idleness is the key to poverty.
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Every honest front door is glad to
see mans departure in the morning,
but is more than happy to see him re-
turn at night.
Every community suffers from a
more or less degree of modern girl
freedom-a freedom free from pa
ternal supervision, and the cry Of
pleasure for pleasures sake, all of
which 60 to lower the standard Of
morality. We wish that all women
of a leisure class would set an ex-
ample in our old-fashioned moral and
ethics standards which at present
is showing signs of crumbling to ruin.
There can be no social rest without
feminine contentment and strength.
A can can shut his eyes to the sue
cess of life, but he can't dodge the re-
suits.
When an Ocala girl has visitor
the first thing she does is to take her
on parade down Fort King avenue and
around the court house square in order
that people may see her.
Men visitors in Ocala do not seem
to care much for tennis. Since the
women adore golf, golf is their choice.
"There used to be so many pretty
babies in Ocala." exclaimed returned
visitor yesterday. "What has become
of them 2" Several dozen Of them
have grown up into plain men and
women that you see every day on our
streets. When these people were
babies their parents thought they
were so smart they would never live
to grow up"
i When men have a banquet, those
called on to speak remind US Of q
phonograph-they reel of the same
cid records. The Observation editor
is only permitted to say certain things
in public.
/ Florida is like a baby-when it has
company it won't show off. It now
has a great number Of visitors, anC
the weather for the past few weeks
has been disagreeable.
1t was the Office phone of a very
busy and popular "ladylike" gentle
man that jingled its seventeenth
jingle in almost as many minutes. ID
raised the receiver to hear a sweet but
positive voice say: "Can you take al
order ?" "Yessum.' the hearer repliet
with interest. "Well. want so cents
worth of bacon. one quart Of vinegar
% cents worth of onions, two dozel
eggs, five pounds of dried apples, on'
can of tea and six bars OF soap
u Charge it to Mrs. and send i
!, lup Immediately, will you?" "N'
ma'am, we won't" calmly replied tn
man. "What" fairly screeched tn!
: voice, this time trembling with anger.
/ eve are sorry but your account Il
/ now long overdue, and we are no
/ sending out any charge orders t.
r you The receiver went up with ;
/ bang and the certain man knew i
: was time to "get busy" so hied him
> self to a certain popular store to bu,
/, bread and crackers and cheese, but in
! cidentally to watch Developments wit
! the result that four or five clerks an
4 one manager are today worthy candi
!, dates for an A. B. degree in swearin
!, that they "didn't do it.