EDITORIAL PAGE of the CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES

CAPE MAY COUKTY TIMES Consolidated with the Sea lale City Review, February, 1918 WILLIAM A. HAFFERT

General Manager

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THE HIGHWAY DAHGEBS OFF A writer In a neighborhood paper says that all the Joy of automobile riding is taken away by the recklessness of some drivers on the road. The writer says there Is no roadway straight enough, level enough and wide enough to be used for speedway purposes. Parsing cars < where there ais curves, la responsible tor many accidents. Another Individual to get after U the “road hog." There are thousands of narrow escapes every day because drivers who consider themselves adept In th handling of cars derive the doubtful pleasure of ing how close they can come to the more timid drivers, never thinking that in trying to hold them, the timid drivers are forced perilously close to the ditch. The nest fiend to discourage Is the fellow who prides himself on turning into a street or road without slowing up. Some drivers are obsessed with the idea that they must take corners that way. Another offense for which there Is no Justification beyond that of sheer deviltry and disregard for the nights of others. Is that of taking sharp cun** on narrow roads st high speed on the wrong side The fact that there may not be two feet of clearance between cars passing on some of' these curves does not deter the fools from thinking that they must take those turns at anywhere from 40 to 60 m.les an hour. These are things which are forcing decent people off the roads on Sundays. The perils of driving cars anywhere are not to be minimised— the danger of blowouts, the weakness of brakes, the possibility of skidding and the tireless lookout for pedestrians and traffic—are enough of a charge on any sensible driver without being continually compelled to guard himself from the reckless Individuals who get the idea that the roods are their private speedways and that ’.hey are Justified In driving Into anything »hlch gets In thef’-

way.

Legion is the number of drivers who think their cars can pass anything else on the road and who are continually demonstrating It. These are the boys who take all the pleasure out of driving.

HAYING “A GOOD FRONT” "Run down at the heel"—it speaks loudly; your character Is Judged largely by It; your whole fortune may be dependent upon it; so. young man, young woman, atari In right, and never be "run down at the heel,” sayc the Hudson (N. J.) Dispatch. All of us owe it to ourselves, our families and our friends to dress well. This Is not an advertisement tor the clothing merchant, or any other merchant; It is a plea for neater drees and for what it means. Neater drees does not mean that we shall “flower out" in a brandnew suit every time that fashion a change; we can drees well by dressing neatly and not faddishly, and we can dress well without expensive clothing. We can be neat in appearance without a new suit; we can be clean; our shoes can be clean ind not run down at the heel— and our hat can reflect good taste. “The first thing I notice about a woman Is her hat. and then I look at her shoes"—Is the observation of a North Hudson man, who well, but not expenalvely and whose wife dresses well, but not expensively. A good front” gets one by; It carries an Introduction by Itself; It Inspires confidence; It brings business; It Is an ambassador of commercial progress; it is vital to a young woman; It Is vital to the mid-dle-aged; It Is decidedly pleasing Inpeople of old age. We—all of like to meet folks with “a front.” We ougat to cultivate the habit of always having “a good

front

“A good front” *111 put a man or a wcm^i tothe front In a community, and "a good front” is never “down at the heeL” “A good front” slang for being well-dressed.

what Ben protection

BACK TO

UGHTKIHG RODS The lightning rod Franklin said It from fire by lightning. t of scientists have been preaching for several years that there was no merit to a lightning rod, with the result that the UghtnIngrod has almost passed out of exist-

ence.

Years ago there was scarcely a barn that did not have a lightning rod running up Its side. Then came the cry of the learned men that It no good, bo they cast the lightning rods aside, and let the barns burn. Now comes Thomas A Edison and Dr. Charles F. Steinmetz. of the General Electric Co., stating that the lightning rod is a good thing when properly installed. Backing up this opinion, the National Board of Fire Underwriters Jumps to the fore by declaring that 99 per cent, (they made it enough) of suoh fires can be prevented by a geneial use of the rod. and they also offer their services In Installing this safeguard. AH of this Is interesting and valuable Information for our farmers, and is a vindication for Benjamin Franklin and the first lightning rod 170 years ago. which grew out of his kite experiment. What really put the lightning rod i the blink more than anything was tht lightning rod man. who was at one time a bigger pest than a book agent and a bigger fr4ud than the gold brick man.

Urging his Brooklyn congregation not to drive their automobiles too rapidly and then being arrested in New Jersey tor driving his own car at a speeu of 42 miles an hour would i to be the two extremes The preacher and speed is Rev. Harry Knight Miller, who recently resigned a pastorate In Brooklyn, where be exhorted his congregation against speeding, to Join a corporation that manufactures automobile acceseo He told the Motor Vehicle Com sloner that he woe surprised when a motorcycle policeman told him that he was exceeding the speed Hi .Ml on Pine Brook road at We„t Cald-

well, N. J.

“Thank you for your Interest In traffic problems," said Commissioner Dill, "but you should remember that preaching against speed In New York doesn't give you license to drive fast In New Jersey. Ten dollars.

HOW TO BE SURE

You cannot tell by looking at a form or a city lot how-good or bad the title Is. No more can you tell what is the value of a bond or a stock certificate by lo9klng at It. The only way to know that the title to a Piece of real estate U good and worth buying Is to consult a reliable abstract firm or a title guarantee company. The only way to know whether a bond or a slock Is worth buying is to consult an established, relirble, honest dealer In stocks and

bonds who will tell you the truth.. That is the only possible way to be •* n ' J l r [ n k the marriage ritual, U>*

Dr. Eugene Way aays what wd seem to need In the movies are new faces of a different character, and more character. The threatened strike of raisin growers In California should be of current Interest. When lovely woman stoops to tolly she wea.s sixteen pounds of fur in

summer.

Hint to motorists: Be polite to every pedestrian; he may be a traffic

“P some day.

A man I know, says George Roes, ate too much angel food cake (he other night and has felt like the

devil ever since.

An air service supply c.xnpany borrowed a coffee ad which reads like this: "Our parachutes are good .o

the last drop."

Abe says: "When you catch a girl

THE Democratic women of the state have ruled that their first convention. to be held at Asbury Park September 6 and 6. Is not to be strictly a petticoat affair. The chairman. Miss Pollock aays there should be a few men In the offing. T.iey will be needed for the dance If nothing else. Her Idea Is that no political convention of women could be a success without a few men sticking

around.

lured of a profitable return and safety and to avoid loos when buy-

ing Investment securities.

TIDE TABLE FOR AUGUST (Eastern Standard Time)

HIGH LOW

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TEDDY Edward* hasn't been heard from as yet In the l' # 8 Senate, he

hasn't made the Atlantic a bit wet-

i, 1 :r,::rrr «*msmu,|»iliailiil he still lives. LaM wc-n he and two She reached below her dimpled knee'!!! 5“*'

< In New Jersey j Into her rolled down stocking. i „ un ten -story hank And ‘bore she found a roll of bills; i ,on ' nK .. in,..-.. n .,.il Ah. me: 'twas sweetly shocking! lii ,

Why don't you Veep tt In a bank

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breach of promise laws and tbs time tablss to Reno at the same time you can figure she's In an uncertain state

o( mind."

Doctors say th»t men who smoke ara liable to have everything. Yes, sverything but matches. It takes at least two men to make greatness; one to do the stunt and ona to cheer. A man may be alow to move when opportunity knocks, but he Dn't when the neighbors do It.

Before the ceremony he wanU*io know when he can have her for his own; after the ceremony he wants to *■ *■ dy.

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other men prom politics bought building ut E: Hudson streel.

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. Every man Is philosopher enough r. ill to watching the other fellow's

g.3J property burn.

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What moat of us would rather be doing instead of what wa are doing during summer. Is anything else. “That's a straags combination." said the young lady as aha was going through the wash which had Just returned from the laundry. Comet this sentence: "My husband hi often In a burry." said t' wife, “but hs always takes time clean his safsty raxor." * 8UU. the K. K. K. Is no more s Boying than the ad. man who spell* It, Klaasy Kollege Klothes. A traveler says he passed a field In Europe where a woman was yoked with an as*. George Lore says It happens ovsr here, also, but sbe gets

divorce.

The only thing that works twenty' hours on s strstch In these soft times la a rubber band. Did you ever bear anything more ircaaUc than a \ .nan asking her hu baud for a "little money"?

A prominent _ should Ilka to put common sense corsets on every woman In this country.” You son-of-a-gun, you! A ball player la very much like the cylinders In a car. Thay do not always Lit when you want them to.

It Is doing the hard -things that makas a success of any man. Any one can make a fool of himself.

In her search far the stamp* tontt remarked: “Oh, pshaw." to «kkk Maurice said: “Why, whart th* n»tterr On bateg told of the mlml* stamps he said: “Why, I thas on my street ear, so it would go. and there they war* plain to b«

01' Jos Jsffsrs sea:—"Sum folk* visit the fortune teller more oftra than the receiving teller." On* reason that Shakeapearf u making such a hit on Bro#d»*r “ that he does mot charge any royalltlea.

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Senator

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\ married man may fancy the 28 Tues. Radical bathing suit* In a way. but! 29 Wed.

Inquired a nosy prler.

The pr'.irtpal I* the same." she sal Hut ihe Iniermt here Is higher."

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ALL this hero stuff niton Johnson, the Swede "dirt getting *|e< i*d United Staff In Minneapolis turns out to

lybunk. It has been learned thi the “dirt farmer" on this purtlculi farm Is not Magnus himself, but i.

wife. She says she and the children J ln g to

do the farm work. Everybody ha* | « .. ~

1:44 | This Is the season of the year when 2:30 you never know whether to west a 3.15 palm beach suit or an umbrella.

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4:43 1 "We're all for you." said the bills

6:26 “ b* looked at the mall.

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jdld you ever notice he always picks 30 Thurs. 11:00 11:11 the old fashioned kind for the.31 Frl. 11:37 11:47 o:«s « us

The garage repair roan may take a

: |, T®*' Jbfive tides ar* for the beach knock out of a ear. but only the grim sentence •iicrv ; r ^ n,; . and back waters add reaper can take the knock out of a?* n,« m zraL.-, nsz sftjssr T ""* '■ i - "”* ^ automobile. , j.jj ^ W o r id.” said tb* man

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(111 ^ f° r Anne who’i been milking the cow. She says rt*$ quite etsy, When once you learn how. FIND ANNE'S FATHER AMD BkOT IBB