The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-12-06
BLUE MONDAY WAS BRIGHT

was banisfed BY the greenbaeks,
cheeks and coin that came in steadily
to help grow that Christmas tree for
the industrial school.
It's true that j had little nisun
Outstanding with the linotype ma
chine. which set up orange growers"
when wrote orange groves" there
~ spelling my joke for the day. But
| 1t was 4 rotten joke anyhow. and not
ldificut to spoil.
While | was IN the NJ & G. Bank,
putting Sundays produce in cold
storage, in came G. E. Winston, who
liz a helper from Helpville, and with
tout any unnecessary explanation slid
me a greenback. Right after him
was one Of those princes Of good fell
flows, G. G. Bennett, who drew him a
ieheck; and when | asked him to put
lanother dollar on it to hang on the
tree complied as cheerfully as tho
the sf1eke1 was going to be showed in
lhis own sock.
i I went into the Ocala National. to
leash DR.. Collins check, and there in
1.-THE directors room sat two solid citi-
Izens, who as / passed tagged me
i down, each with a dollar bill. They
Isaid the contribution was to be listed
under the head of 1.-TWO Friends" and
liz I could catch Cuban with loose
| dollar, | could make it "The Three
Friends Some friend of Cuba Libre
please apply.
Some time later saw John Taylor
lard renindedahim that he usually
gave me a dollar about this time of
4 year, and from the rapidity with
j which he passed it over think he
must have had it fled away for me.
| saw Bob Adams coming up the
s. street and know / had another dol
liar. When / want money for a good
Icause I always apply to Bob and he
never fails me.
| Passing Rheinauer's, / suddenly
found myself captured by Ben Rhein-
amer, who held me with one hand aBd
| gave me dollar. with the other, and
Isaid if / Jagged on the home stretch
i to come back
Il The afternoon mail brought two let
lters. One, from Leesburg, was from
Harry Cole, and said:
Dear Mr.. Ben: read your appeal
I'm Saturdays Star. in regard to the
i Christmas tree for the girls school,
and think you have started good
Imove. | am enclosing my check for
one dollar; wish was able to make
IIit'a great deal more, for there is no
lone who knows any better than | how
lthey will appreciate something on
/ Ghristmas other than what the state
j gives them. spent one Christmas at
the boys school al Mariana, while
DIR. McClane was there, and. took part
I'm Christmas tree celebration there,
j The other letter was from Belle
IvieW. There was not word in it ex-
lcept the name &C. a. Frenere,' but
that was signed to a check, and was
livery expressive.
Meandering around late in the aft
ernoon j met DIR. j. E. Chace, who had
Just rebuilt a tooth for a wealthy
person and contributed the $3.50
gathered from the operation to help
/ Ealy fruit for the. Christmas tree,
Ed Tucker cut down the profit on a
Ford by one. peso. Ed is another of
the old standbys whe never fail their
friends
As the shades of evening fell 1
temporarily ceased from labor and
went to. the homelike Colonial for re-
freshmeht. And there / met that
shrewd lawyer, w. K. Zewadski, who
being loved by his children and grand
ehildren in turn loves all other chill
dren. and he slipped me shinpiaster.
Now, z is the last letter in the alpha
Jet, and ! thought perhaps ices con-
itribution would be the last for the
las But going tc the Castle Hail,
here to help my brother KS. of p.
hold meeting, was caught between
knights c. P. Howell and w. w,
Stripping, and they made me glad
twice.
Then it was time to seek my den,
out first | dallied a few minutes at
the Court Pharmacy, where every
BODY goes at least once day. And
Clarence R. Black, that clever and
tood-looking, boy who the girls ike
ta have wait on them, drew on his
bank account for one bone. And
Holmes Walters and Carlisle Izlar,
hose two wide-hearted young men,
each put chip in the pot. And this
being the end Of a perfect day Z
seught my dugout.
Truly the industrial school has
trends. 1 have for it forty-three dol
lars and fifty-seven more viii enable
me to climb over the top. Here's
hoping to see you. 5hb.