EDITORIAL PAGE of the CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES

CAPE MAY COUHTY TIMES OonaoHdated with the Sea Isle City Review, February, 1>18 WILLIAM A. HAFFERT General Kanaser Published Every Friday by the 6ape mat corerr tuces co. (Incorporated) Atlantic Ave. and Eighth St. ocean err. N. J. Weet Jersey and Landis Area. SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

BEDEVILLED BY LAW

According to Oscar W. Jeffery, of Englewood, who Is a native of Washington. now a member ol the Bute Board of Education, the trouble with our State schools are that they are burdened with too much laws—laws paused by Incompetent legislators who meddle and don't know what they arc meddling srlth! In other words, the schools are regulated by

Philadelphia Office—717 Mutual Life Building. A. F. Smith, Adver-j mandatory rule* which educators

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In Advance. I The "Chools are In much the s^me Advertising Rates Furnished Upon position as the counties and munld-

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palltlee are. They are deviled to death with mandatory regulations, so much so that they cannot control their own local affaire, much their budget of expenditures. Mr. Jeffery explains the position of

Entered at the Post Office at Sea

Isle City, K. J., as Second-Class, the schools In the following public Matter. announcement:

"If it’s Met in the Times— It Didn’t Happen’’

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A GOOD SEASON

With the irn summer season drawing to a close. It U evident that the season, for sit the resorts, is pretty well up to psr. If not above. Visitors sre here by the thousands, and while cottages did not rtvt as early as last season, and possible the prices were not sa high, the stores are doing as much business as usual at this time of the year—and there are more of them than ever. Bank deposits—the real barometer of business—are higher than ever before u

the history ol the County.

We have observed that at a certain Ume every year the cry of "backward season" Ik beard. This Is usually early in July, and merchants' forget

The deficiency In knowledge of the elemenUry subjects exhibited by a considerable number of the candidates for entf&nce to the Bute Normal Schools was discussed by State Bogud at Ha meeting on July 7, In relation to the Qualifications of the young men and women who ary accepted for training at these schools. In cooperation with the principals of the schools, the board is trying to maintain and Improve the quality of Instruction in our school system by requiring that those who desire to become teachers shall, before they begin their training, exhibit some understanding of the airmen tary subjects which are taught la the sixth and seventh gradee. In my Individual opinion, the results of the ewnlnstlons Indleal clekrly that, making all allowances for the natural tendency of the Hlgl School graduataa to forget part of what they r learndd In the grammar scbools, there la a lack of thorough grounding In those schools In the fundamental subjects, which sre, x or ought to be, the principal object of the attention of the schools to sqjl through the eighth grade. The cauA of the failures at the examinations Is by no means altogether with the

High Schools.

The most Important factor in the' tng and finally end In failure,

work of the schools is the quality of[ You may be a vary adroit the Instruction. The tremendous «n- of ste< vestment made by the people of the Ulroo «h ordinary

State in school buildings, grounds commendable-degree of confidence and and equipment will be Of little a©-! ^ *”f*'*’*L 1 ° ^

count If there Is a low grade of l b ° t ^ ^

CLAIRE

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Something to Think About

B, P.J. WJLKMB

RIGHT BEGINNING

\XFHAT you have done a dose ▼ ▼ eo Hm«, without gettlac the re-

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After the wind has aabeldad and the

that only a few years ago there

no summer bitslnes at all until well | teaching. For that reason the State

toward the middle of July, while now Board has required that our future, mar gtarre malevolently.-and away roo the season Is really opened on Me-1 teachers must themselves understand go hither and ^e a leaf In a

morlal Day. six weeks earlier than | the Umple elemental* of education of gala, ~ what previously was considered as i which every person of average Intplli- 1 the "opening” of the season. jgence In every walk of life in this' And where the season usually was j country is supposed to be possessed., ^ _

closed on Labor Day. the visitors now ; The Board has done this In the belief 7°* ••h consolation la remain, .n the bulk, until almost the that by Inaistlng upon a thorough , th * > ■ rfco Art of October .and many until well training In fundamental subjects for ?** f 1 ** 1 Into October. Its teachers, the Instruction In those experiences snd^urrivMl™ 0 * 11 Ko. really, thing* are not so bad subjects will be improved, and I be- That tktt is true, and In all Ukeil--r all. Money is free, the season Here that Its effort to acccknpllsh this hood will remain true until the end of Is long, and the people are here. much to be desired result will be cor- Htne. does not In the least benefit you

dlally support 'd by our school men materially or contribute In the smalland women, the High Schools and the d *gree to year Intelligence, public generally. i You may have leaned in your

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And more and more will come with each succeeding year, as the manifold advantages and beauties of the Cape May County resorts 1 -come better known to the millions of pdbple who need the rest and recreation that la to be had at no other place as well

ns here.

In fairness to the schools It should be understood that no many subjects. In addition to reading, waiting, arithmetic and English, have been made compulsory by act of the Legislature, that within the limited school day there Is not sufficient time for these fundamentals as they should be stressed. The so-called 'fads and fancies" are often the crea-

DROPFING $500,000,000

IN A MONTH • August forecast* of crop yields are

on the whole up to thoee of July.! lures of statute and not of the school The corn crop promises better than ^ The good people of the then and the wheal crop 1* a shade Sute c * n » lTe «>«nfort and assistumailer In prospect. But farm price*' ance ,n th,8 effort ‘ 0 ra,Be the educ »- h,v, Inr ,11 .h,’"””* 1 1 r twelve prlmli—I e.ep, »v, '“W” , , ^ - dltional courses of study upon the l.toe, veil perili— „d li .be no bow of wheat the price I* over 10 cent* a they may be. bushel lower. Calculated on tne I should like to say. too. that this basis of prospective yield*, the farm- matter of Normal School examtnaere are worse off by 6600.000.000 on lions was the subject of an earnest all crops than was Indicated a month discussion at the meeting of the State ago. Board, but not of the “row.*’ as I This sum does not look so very h,v ® “**" reported

huge when measured up against

e cannot do things properly un3 cos has first found the way to.the

I* Is good to smile sod bear the burden of the cross cc^plaeently, but the bene* tMng te do Is to ascertain

your fault* and so Improve that another 'allure at the

■ball be impossible

OFFICE CAT

Mark 1M1 One, Anthony In Germany the people! got so guested with the worthlessneai their mom., ihat they threw sotn, .. their marks Into the Rhine Bo what were once trade esrha are nothing now but high water marks.

We read in the- Butler (N. J.) Cltlxen: “Due to the large number of ads in the paper this week, there are a number of births that will have to be postponed yntll next weeto" Now that's our Idea of living In » town where there Is real co-operation *■ people and the newn-

Love is like death. It means either heaven or—competition.

Comet this sentence: “Through gjm^rdttineto,” ^ the employe, •a broke one of your tools, and I w*-_ yon to take it ont of my wages.

There Is s full-slxed row in one family we know. The small boy of the household, long accustomed tr being garmented In trouser*

father'

The root of ue matter to that every man who to at tbe top of the ladder began hto ascent In yooth from the ground. Be mastered the rudiment* s»ep by step, aenatbiy surveyed everything around Mm aa be dim bed above tbe heads of others and eventually be-

came their mast at.

Be made the right beginni^ g, built hi* ladder as be dlral-ed. *nd before building It be made ear* r*—t g rested on s solid f-^ndatlao which neither fire nor flood could sweep

sway.

Railroad pr«*Utoota. industrial beads, writers, painters. muatrUna, farenters and thoee quiet searcher* among celcetlaj bodies of whom the world bfcars but little until a new star

or waiting until

he grew into his big brothers, now vows be will wev overalls forever, np- rather than wear the ones made for him out of his mother's knickers.

total Indicated crop value of some 6".400.0u0.000. But If a month ago. as wo* claimed, prices meant no more than the hare cost of production, they would mean now 6500.000.000 leas! than the cost of production. And at best the 6500.000.000 decline might easily mean ? loss of all gain on the j

eeutwn's wot..

There Is at least nothing In this crop exhibit and outlook calculated to allay tbe agricultural unreal as It has been finding expression in national politics. Those who look for an abatement of farm-bloc activities In Con green at Ha next meeting are likely to be disappointed.

It la flue to have an enthusiast on the Job if you have some ptodde: to jo over bis work and correct his nis takes.

began their career* In the right way, by starting at the very baar and woih-

We’re for the boy.

YOU NEVER SEE A BOOTLEGCEK HAVING A RUM-AGE SALE ON OLD STUFF.

A perfect lady never chews tobacco in public or shoots any man unle to her husban !.

“Pa to such u comfort to me. Hg don't never complain nor scold when I'm feellh' well, but he's winin' quarrsi when Fm under the weather and needin' a spat to eaee my In'A

Jut Liam to the Widow Wmum I wanna be eotne one's angel. And before the preacher stand. Orange blossoms on my forehead. And k bouqflet in my^hand.

Get this straight. Let it rink la. Mebbe we are s fool, but here's a

straight untarnished tacts: If A

isn's husband makes 6100 a *

she Is either plamp or slender. if her husband makes $26 a weak she

Is either fat or skinny. Now. 1

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The chief fault the public flade with newspapers is that they ate not all front page.

vo taxis rolled out of a secondstory window 1c New York City, esc. barely missed ten p.-raons. There is evidently nothing that they won't do to get at the pedestrians.

IN FACT Be has all but tbe exteruk PfS—ripUn fee the Sridi

and p

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T«* ••AT n 'LOOKERS AJtl NOT ALWAYS THE BEST

LIVER8

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Coal took a sadden drop the other day. A truck loaded with six tons of It broke through a bridge.

Correct this sentence: "Now have a good time, dear." said the mother, no tnsttor how badly you soil your

The turner with straw In hto whiskers to leas to be pitied than the city man with hay fever In his syste—

Arguing with k policeman Is about foolish as s lightning bug in the daytime.

£ e ?' , J where I hit the boll’s eye, aud the dost as it swept thrsouh the

He Finds It In-Creases

"I gums 1 might a* well double my .eon- •• uld (he tow-bead Sea Ule

nj naning at me very base and work- CHv . ... Ing undismayed through heat sr.d cold hto te^d,.lto? bm ^ t0lUd

Comfort of Bold Vito.. On the outside of your goldfish bowi pslnt tbe bottom and about two Inches above the bottom In dark grown paint. This adds greatly to the comfort of your pels They will not swim so wildly, but will seek the bottom and rest. Very pretty castles can be built of rough pebbles sod cement (choosing a cement that will not be affected by water); projt .tloaa. nooks and topnela will be appreciated by the fish; boys and girts, too. will find making them e pleasure.

» not be afraid of making a blunder. The man who keeps blundering on Is more ipt to get somewhere than the man who atttonpta nothing.

IT COSTS MORE TO ENTERTAIN AND AMUSE CHILDREN OF TODAY THAN IT COSTS TO FEED. CLOTHE AND EDUCATE THEIR DADDIES.

"Onlj Cod can make a l any lool can cut 1: down.

Being a nobody has Its drawbacks but you can make an ass of yourself without Inspiring besdlines on the front page.

Pacific 'coast cities re^orl • flood the* ^ efforU •* o, ^.»bin,, .b,,,. £ bSSd w ^ ge damage to prooertv. . fruitless * Were

damage to property.

[£j “ ^ Eleanor feeding her hei^ A present In her iron bg; eourin Ben. FIND TWO OTHER CdbsiSB .-pf ST roro 110 "/ 0 ^ Pu “ le Plctu3-nnd *»<> i «f