✓ 63 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 2 October '85

Joyride III By Libby Demp Forrest V W"J "I love your apartment!" No. 2 panted as he raced through No. l's new digs. "It's a lot nicer than the dorm. "It's cheaper." said No. 1, now a man of the world. "Four stereos." No. 2 gushed. "We each have our own stereo." said No. 1. "What's a place of one's own without at least one stereo per person?" I said. No. 2 checked out the refrigerator. "This is a funny looking refrigerator." said No. 2. "It's a little old." No. 1 said. -1 HAVEN'T SEEN a refrigerator like this since after the war." I said. "Which war was that?" asked No. 2. "The Civil War? "Don't be funny." I said. No. 2 peered inside the refrigerator. ' "One half-gallon of soda. And an old pizza. Is that it?" asked No. 2. "We're all pretty busy." said No. 1. "We don't cook much." No. 2 researched the living room. "IT'S HOMEY LOOKING." said No. 2. "You could say that." said No. 1. "Isn't that the old chair from the garage?" asked No. 2. "That's it." said No. 1. "No wonder this place is so homey looking." said No. 2. No. 2 surveyed a bedroom. "Well, there's the bed from the attic." said No. 2. "There it is." said No. 1. No. 2 sat down on the bed. "It's still lumpy." he said. "Once lumpy, always lumpy." I said philosophically. NO. 2 LOOKED OUT the bedroom window. "Look," he said, "you can see the pizza place across the street." "We're on the main drag." said No. 1. No. 2 looked at the walls. INU. e. iuukcu as u» "

"All your old posters.'" he said. I looked at the posters. "There's the guy with green hair." I said. "I'll never forget him. He hung on your bedroom wall so long he was practically a member of the family ." "1 like tradition." said No. 1. "Where I go. he goes." No. 2 looked around the bedroom some more "You're still a slob." he said. "Hey." said No. 1. "A man's home is his castle."

Cruise (From Page 62) rying to the tables ended any smooth service in the dining area. In fact, it had not been clearly stated that meals were not included in the price of the cruise tickets, and now manypassengers were not taking that news easily. SUDDENLY THE COFFEE supply gave out. and other items decreased to the vanishing point. Now the waiters were called by insulting names and so they felt even less like working, A few lucky passengers wisely had brought food with them... just in case. Near 7 a.m.. the S.S. Great Eastern was anchored off Cape May — because of the tide, about six miles off Cape May. Two hours passed before the passengers were finally taken on a small tender to spend the day ashore. " Steamers began to come down the Delaware River from as^r away as Philadelphia, with crowds on board, curious trffee this new iron ship. It was estimated that 5000 speculators sailed past the Great Eastern. Some were allowed *to board her and a hundred people joined the cruise, now about to head back to New York. Nearly the same number of disgruntled passengers returned to New York by other means. TO ADD THE NEXT "unplanned" event on this trip, the little tender did not return to Cape May for the passengers who had spent the day there. One wealthy cruise member chartered a small local steamboat to carry his family and the other stranded passengers out to the "Great Eastern." By six p.m., the iron ship was sailing north and passengers were trying to have dinner, each serving their own group without much help from the hired waiters. It was a warm, clear night and music and dancing passed the hours until dawn when the city of New York on the horizon was a very welcome sight. Every one was happy to be safely home, although many were angry at the hunger, the thirst, and the many disappointments they had endured, instead of having had a delightful three-day cruise to Old Cape May. (ED. NOTE: Dorothy Freas is a LoAg Island native who moved to Villas in 1978.)

House-Bound? — (From Page 62) lines. If you don't like what you've done, erase it and correct. but don't discard any of the pages of your book. Keep them for later on when you can look back on them and compare your progress — which will be terrific. Be daring! even try using your left hand, or vice versa. The important thing is to keep right on going, a page at a time, paying no attention to what your work looks like. Learn to look at things as you see them. AS YOU BECOME more confident, you can see where _ the light and dark parts of your subject are. Block them in. On a piece of scrap paper, rub your pencil to make a large smudge spot. This you can use for rubbing in the dark portions with you finger. At first you may want to work in private. (You'll find that everyone is an art critic.) It is your secret until the time that you have done something that you are really proud of and want to show off. Sketching is the most relaxing thing in the world, even if your fingers are arthritic and bent and it is difficult at first. You can become so engrossed in creating masterpieces you can forget pain and worries while you work. SOME OF THE GREATEST priceless art in the world in famous museums has been created by artists who painted magnificent oils in spite of failing sight, crippling arthritis, twisted fingers in which they could barely hold a brush. Grandma Moses began very late in life with a cheap set of paints and brushes. And you know how famous her simple, beautiful pictures are. Who knows what you can accomplish. Perhaps you may some day be entering your masterpieces in a local art show. Meanwhile, look and see! And sketch away. You may even surprise yourself! See you in The Lower! (ED. NOTE: Dorothea Cooper moved to North Wildwood from Philadelphia in 1967. She writes "The Golden Edge." a column aimed at her fellow senior citizens, "when the spirit moves me."

Oorii Wcf d LAMPSHADES NEXT? — Michael McAleer, 3. son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McAleer. of Upper Darby, Pa., tries his sand bucket on for size on the Cape May beach. Hp was visiting his aunt. Margaret Chelius.

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