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BWli-JL ■rtvA ._ .'-: i SCRUB TEAM IN ACTION — Cape May pavement takes a polish as Joanne Reagan dance students perform traditional "straatwassen", or "street washing". Dutch custom which keeps Netherlands cities shining, during Tulip Festival last year.

The tulips ( tew-lip-uh ) is of the lily family. The name derives from the Turkish word for turban, tulbend. which the flower resembles.

'Mr. Deeds' On Saturday CAPE MAY - Frank Capra's 1936 classic, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, will be shown 8:15 the Saturday evening of Tulip Festival Weekend, in the Baptist Church Hall, Gurney Street at Columbia Avenue. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a comedy about the problems that arise when an ordinary man inherits a large fortune. It stars Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. This film showing is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. There is an admission charge. f

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Tours by Gaslight Feature Mansions

CAPE MAY - Saturday evening, on Tulip Festival Weekend, a Mansions by Gaslight Tour will open four of the city's Victorian landmarks to the general public. The tour will be held 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sponsored by the MidAtlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), this tour of the interiors of authentically restored vintage homes, each representing a different form of architecture and planning, offers an intimate insight into Victorian lifestyles. Tickets for the Mansions by Gaslight Tour may be purchased at the Emlen Physick House, 1048 Washington St, starting one half hour before tour time. In order to help tour-goers get from one house to another, MAC's trolley-bus

will run on a continuous transit loop. Total tour price includes admission to the transit trolley. HOUSES OPEN on the Mansions by Gaslight Tour include: The Emlen Physick House (1048 Washington St, ) designed by famous architect Frank Furness, is a noted Victorian House Museum. It is the headquarters of the MidAtlantic Center for the Arts. The Abbey ( Columbia Avenue and Gurney Street), built in 1869 for a Pennsylvania coal baron, is an outstanding example of Gothic Revival architecture. It features a 60-foot tower, etched ruby glasf windows, and some of the most elegant formal rooms in town. The Mainstay Inn (635 Columbia Ave) was built in 1872 as a posh gentlemen's gambling club. It is a classic example of the Italianate Style, with 14-foot ceilings and wraparound verandas. The Wilbraham Mansion (133 Myrtle Ave) began ag a simple country farmhouse built in 1840. It was expanded and Victorianized in 1900 by the wealthy Wilbraham industrial family from Philadelphia to become the massive structure it is today. Its many rooms are filled with outstanding Victorian Furnishings. FESTIVAL ROYALTY — Colleen Sheehan. 9. Tulip ■ Queen in 1984, shows off I folk finery appropriate to little Dutch girls. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sheehan of Cape May. ^

THOUSANDS \ 0FJULIPS j c'rpfjpl MAYgjp¥, hSlong v|a IBlffll Celebration a.m. on'themall Captain Mev's . 'nstthhlhip FISTTHMPL | April 27th thru Nay 4th j MUSIC • By the Hoffnagle Band and Antique Carousel Organ DANCING • Dutch Folk Dancing and Strattwassen by JoAnne Reagan ^ Dancers FOOD • Homemade Dutch Goodies, Hot Dogs, Apple Fritters, Pretzels * •TULIP QUEEN AND KING! -A- j * SPONSORED BY The Chamber of Commerce Of Greater Cape May And The t ■KsJflB City Of Cape May — - — 1 : : la Caae Of lUin, Events Take Place In Convention Hall