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SEA ISLE CITY. N. J.

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-If It’» Not fat the Times— It Didn't Happen" , jfERBY CHRISTMAS If YOU ALL Next TuMday ia Chrlatmaa Day— tie day that baa been eet snaxt by the entire Christian world to aenorate and celebrate the birthday Jesus Chrtat. It te fitting that tbe day be a day f happiness and joy—happiness In ail the good things of life that have een given us. and for the glft«f life tseU. And for the children It Is St and proper that happlnem and Joy 11 their little hearts, for the One rhose natal day Is celebrated was he particular friend eC the tittle folk, and certainly wants them

happy.

But in all tbe happlnem of the day. -e are prone to overtook the real Intent and meaning of Christmas day. We are apt to be ao vrapt up in the worldly affaire of the day, and in the preparation of tbe good things to lor on that day. ' nat its real purj and intent is forgotten. This should hot be. but in the wishing of joy, and giving of tokens of friendship and preparation, the tnm Intent of tbe day should be kept in mind, and thoughts should turn to the little child, wrapped In a manger and kept warm only by tbe breath of two dumb who was born on Chrlatmaa Dar nineteen hundred and twentythree years ago eo that all man-kind could be saved. The TIMES wiahM to all of you. readers and friends, a most happy and joyful Christmas. May your cup of happiness be full to overflowing, and may that peace and Joy that filled tbe hearu of the Shepherds on that fir •. Chrlatmaa Day, when the angels wng from Heaven "Peace on earth good will to men” be yours.

THE CITY ka&acer PLAN The Sea Isle City Commissioners ban advertised for proposals from men qualified for the position, to act a* City Superintendent or Manager. «o operate all of the City Utilities. »"d to take care of all outside work of the City. This Is a rana. practical plan for tbe conduct of the city's utilities, and it* outside repair and construction *ork. The plan has been tried in many cities, and has proven to be the most economical and sane system

evoked.

There is one danger to the plan, howe'er. Insofar aa Sea Isle City Is concerned and that ia to get too _ cheap- a man or one that will have I reason to want the Job for political h'-uposes. jg cheap man. in a re•koneible position, is usually th# mr«t crPensive la the tno. an« • man who would use such a poalfoc to further

hh> political

prove

aasUUona would soon

^ expensive experim

The idea of eentraUaing the --ontrol

or the city's electric, gas. water and •ewer plant* in one man. and hold “K him. and h*m alone, raspcnatble w the economical and efficient oper- ** on of the planta, would undoubt-

y save the taxpayers money, and

fi'^e better service than under any “ her system. IF ths right man is bTMed in control. And the right man

not be a cheap man—that much

' . Clt > Commissioners should realise

^ ore taking the final step. the owning of lu own utlilUea.

7 1 k* 6 City stands alone, and far ?hc*d. of any other city In either “‘•antic or Cape May Co until*, and “ the City Manager plan is finally ” f 'P‘ed. It will be still a step farther

on* the line of progression. But thu proposltlcn. like any

o her. calls for the right man in the nxbt place. A misfit would be a

**lwntty.

U ' h*an-with-cne-Joke should be ♦ci'iired by law to keep a list of the •^■Ple he has already told It to.

INTO REALTY

Whsn New Jersey real estate men Bought combined activity eeven years ago for tbe putpose of placing the buslnem on a higher plane they delivered a master stroke for the cause

of fair business dealing.

This Is disclosed by the construe' tlve reform work of the New Jersey Real Estate Board, a legislative creature of tbe New Jersey League which grew out of that meeting and pooling of Interests and Ideas. Cumulative evidence of It is found in the temper and character of tbe Leagues conJ vention held in Atlantic City. The Board has Issued licensee to brokers with discretion and recorded them in a way that keepa the law peeking In at tbe window. Citations for alleged offenaee have been made aa often as charges warranted and without discrimination. Hearings have been open and punishment dealt out fearlessly and without favoritism. Whereas punitive measure* may have been Inadequate both In severity and number in comparison with real estate trickery and deceit In New Jei ;he "pltllem publicity” •ttendant upon open hearings must have far reaching In Its wholesome effect upon offenders In the craft .verywhere—detected or undetected. In convention here, says the Atlantic City Prem, the speakers are urging a real estate course In the college! and unlveraltiea. educational and Americanisation requlrementa as essentials to the granting ol licem amendment of the law to permit of a heavier fine, steps to protect the public against real estate "gold brick'

in the vicinity of the inter-

state bridge and tunnel—suggestion and advocacy which demonstrate con dualvely that legitimate real estate men of the State are not yet satisfied with the great strides they have made toward purging tbe busini

ism; that they are more de-

termined than ever to « , arry on. In a county of New York Bute recently a newspaper editor was mulcted 96S.000 for publishing and republishing statements against a real Mtate man of the kind which are made as legal evidence every time tbe Jersey Real Estate Board holds b< Inga—statements in such form that the newspapers are privileged to publish them without fear of libel. Tc show the contrast tbe New York editor has Juat reprinted In hie paper a story from The Dally Press describing how the Jersey Board recently ‘revoked with a warning" the license

of e local broker.

New Jersey, by law. has made It possible for trained officials and newspapers to turn the light on real estate thieves without fear of intimidation. And It is the best thing that could have happened for the legitimate real Mtate business and for the

public customer.

No businers has been more thoroughly distrusted by the people at large. No btialneM has beer held In greater suspicion or contempt. No busineM has been tbe butt of more crude witticisms about "easy money" and "sharp practices." All of which, of course, has resulted from the riff-

raff In the buslnees—the easy-money

sharks who have looked upon It as s 70 BECOME WEDDED, game to be played now and then. Advertisers should regardleM of previous experience or mosquito, which does

aptitude, and with a sort of cynical pride in unscrupulous shrewdneM.

rather than aa a vitally a<

business requiring skill, knowledge •ad experience no lees then four-

square buslnees principles

In their houae-clMnlng New Jersey real Mtate men are sweeping out this attitude, tbe rata along with It. and rapidly recovering public confidence long lost. They are beaded In the right direction. Their efforts deserve full measure of public and private

support.

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THE OFFICE CAT

WISHES ALL

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We wonder at times if the majesty of the law couldn't be upheld evei " a traffic policeman should smile o

in a while.

A Court House Leglonalre protests against the practice of spelling them "chigres. ' saying that chlggers are 100 per cent. Americans and should be spelled in the American way.

A squirrel has swam the rapids at Niagara Falls Perhaps In pursuit of the nuts that have tried to run them

In barrels

Every man la at hla beet when he adds enthusiasm to whatever he honMtly believes Next to a Bix-month-old-depoelt slip nothing seems so dead and empty of promise as the summer resort literature that has been lying around the office since last spring. He took her rowing on tbe lake. She vowed ahe's go no more— 1 aaked her why—her answer came: "He only hugged tbe shore." Betty—“What would you rather

work at?”

Algernon—"Intervals." It may be that village folk are more pious than metropolitans for the reason that a watched pot nev«r

boils.

All a minority really needs to make Itself safe in this country,

muffler.

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THOSE who would have the County mvc the "PrleeleM Treasure" of a Coart House, should have been wltneMM before the Grand Jury last week, or ehould have been compelled to serve on the petit Jury. Every available Inch of • ace In the halls of the second floor were crowded with witneesM all day long, some of whom were compelled to stand for lack of space, and the petit Jury again was Jammed into the Tax Board Room, which Is ordinarily Urge enough for three people, or four ty crowding. The County has grown In the eeventy yiare since thU "PrleeleM Treasure” was built!

BOON January O™ 1 w111 her *- May we Inquire Juet when the City __ uie City plane to put the new lighting system for Landis Avenue into effect?

The Almighty thinks more of a ,0 geMOn - truthful rascal than a lying Mint. ink P

roman will never be Uken at her face value so long as she U wear-

ing a short skirt.

The reason chl'dren are happier than grown-ups. is because nothing has happened to shake their self-

respect.

The women who will refuse to . car stockings according to fashion and point their legs, should remember that the rUk-worms have got * *•*

living.

When a wife says her husband doesn't understand her. she means she has found a man who feels sorry

for her.

A news Item tells about a Maryland man who hasn't r’isw attending Sunday School in twenty-five years A fine record, that, provided that it doesn't develop that he lets his wife

look after tbe furnace.

Going to the dentUts wasn't such a one-sided affaly back in tooth-for-

a-tooth Bible times.

A COUPLE BECOME MARRIED IN A MINUTE. BUT IT TAKES YEARS

that tbe

_ humming

buslneea. is not satisfied with one

insertion.

Most of the gum U chewed by people who are more easily persuaded by an orator than by printed matter. Paved roads should last a long time now that they have billboards on each side to protect them from the

weather.

A good neighborhood Is one inhabited by people who are willing to pay more rent than they can afford. I don't know, because my wife's hair Isn't bobbed, deprecates an Ocean City man. but It looks to me as If. with all the bobbed hair, there ought to be a depreeelon in tbe breakfast

cap buslnesa.

The moat common short story of the day Is “Yes. we could have afforded a bigger car. but tne one we have answers our purpose all right. People who live In glass shouldn't throw boose parties. Figures don't lie. but some flgurer*

do.

We don't know whether he makee

both ends meet or not. but the barter

generally manages to scrape along. Mouse, according to the advertise

ments. Is one of tbe h° pul *L | n *"’ shades of allk hose. That reminds

ua of tbe old-fashioned K lrl "feet, beneath her petticoat, like lit-

tle m'ce. creep In and out.

Hobby riding has gotten more men

in bad than any other practise.

And what—we arc all het up to know—what will be the correct thing

monogrammed automatics for kill husbands with the com-

Prayer of a Sea Isle eultor who has Just been rejected for the third time for financial reasons: "Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my girl to keep. Until I have cash enough to redeem

her.”

A little more enthusiasm over the success of others, and others will be more enthusiastic about you.

The charming new frocks are appearing in abundance. The only tight Hum are those about dad'e

mouth.

A Real Tall Guy

Mr. Pickering has been pastor here for twenty-eight years, and this is the longest Baptist pastor In Wisconsin.—Wisconsin State Journal. We would suggest a woman's face on some postage stamp. Here's a chance for local advertising with each

MAGNUS JOHNSON has discovered that the "home folks" In the National Capital are not much different than those hack in Kimball, Minnesota. "By golly." Magnus is quoted as Ing in a speech at a meeting of the Takoma Park (D. C.) Citizens' ciatioa. "I got good neighbors at home, and I guess I'm going to have good neighbors here." Takoma Park is a suburb of Washington. Not only

town permitted to use llkeneee of He!did Magnus Join the citizens' i

pret Jest girL

Kipling a la Providence Loving's a fake, it's really not Worth what it costs by far. For every time you hug a girl You break a good cigar.

Ever Notice It!

Tbe softer, smoother and whiter daughter's hands are the rougher and redder mother's hands are apt to be.

How s that for a meaty line?” asked the butcher, aa he cut off 37 links of sausage. Ballad of Insanity Her mouth was always open, ke a cask without a bung; Till at last her man went buggy On account of her waggin' tongue. An economist says there are fortunee In waste paper. Thai's where many German fortunes are. A Sea Isle sage wonder* what suspender makers do for a living? We pay more v. ."ntlon to the oar* that pass than to the laws that are pissed. Idle money, like idle people. Is worthless. What'll you bet that In the new picture "Romeo and Juliet,” the director doesn't find a way to Improve on the ending that Mr. ShakMpeare

left?

Some people feel cheated unleM the list of victims contains the name of somebody they knew. Rich kinfolks are prosperous relatives who give you advice and lend you no money. Poor kinfolks are Improvident relatlvee who want to borrow money and refuse your advice. i man's wife kinfolks are her relations to whom he is proving he le some account.

Britain propoaes. France disposes,

and Germany Juat poses.

A married man wants a ''den” almcat as soon as he begins io realize

that he has a keeper.

And when a girl wear* overalls, does she put it over all, if any?

tlon like anyone else, but he announced he would help the District residents to get the ballot like their countrymen in tbe States. CONGRESS STARTS out with legislative Jam. There have been so many bills Introduced that the clerks are way behind In getting them properly recorded. Some Senators and Representatives are tossing them Into the legislative hopper a score oi more at a crack. Both houses are slowed up by delays in getting committees, etc., organized, due to objections raised by the LaFollette progressives, and 1* will be some weeks before any constructive legislation can be acted At the urgent behest of President Coolidge, Administration leaders are trying to get the tax reduction on the program ahead of anything else and to keep it there until the Mellon plan, or part of it at least. Is

put through.

CONFIDENTIAL SPEECH llvered by the President before exclue'— club of newspaper correspondents 'onteined tbe first intimation that tbe Administration had actually approved unofficial American participation in a new inquiry to test tbe ability of Germany to make reparations payments in accordance with French demands. The official announcement was not to have been made for some weeks yet. pending tbe working out of concrete details, and although Mr. Coolidge's remarks before the correspondents were supposed to have been made In the grea. est secrecy, they leaked out here and there. To avoid misunderstandings, either In the United States or In the capitals of Europe, the White House told the story and the American people got the news. INFORMATION FROM THE Department of Justice Is to the effect that the liberation of war-time political prisoners is to take place shortly. Pardons or ■ ummutatlons of sentence prob-blv win be granted by President Cociidge before Christmas Such a step was once planned dut ig tbe Harding Administration, but a violent protest from the American legion caused a hasty change of plana COOLIDGE'S REMARKS on Russia In his annual message are Interpreted in some quarters aa an actual Invitation to the Soviet leaders to line things up so that recognition can be extended by the United States. One

refusal of this Government to recognize Russia is that the Moscow Soviet will not agree to pay the seven hundred or so million dollars that were borrowed from the United States since tbe fall of tbe Czar. Tbe President wants to clear up tbe Russian situation, but be wants tbe Soviet officials to recognize tbe rights of private property and to admit their Just obligations, financial and other-

Model College Ad (By Paul Rice) HENRY FORD DIDN'T know who BENEDICT ARNOLD was. Or what a mobile ARMY Is. And HE didn't know much about PORTO RICO and IGNORANT laealLts; but HENRY FORD has a whole lot of miluons of tmtmii. NOW I know that BENEDICT was born In 1747 AND be was an AMERICAN GENERAL AND HE was a traitor AND that a mobile ARMY moves. aND that PORTO RICO Is in the West Indies, and became AMERICAN on July 17. 1898; BUT I have never even seen a MILLION 8188388. NOW. I would like to know WHAT INTHEHELL IS THE USE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION?

In terms of tbi advertising columns. not a few of tbe White House visitors are going there under the head of “Advice Given.” when what they really mean ie "Situations Wanted." Another version: Get rid of the dimes and the dollars will get rid of themselves. A MAN'S AFFECTIONS ARE NEVER STOLEN- WHEN KEPT WHERE THEY BELONG. Pullmrn porter killed a train robber in the west. Jealousy Is a terrible thing!

One 1 x stole a klsa tbe other night. My conscience hurts, alack I think I’ll go around tonight. Amd put the blame thing back.

Women are going to wear longer skirts eo men can read tbelr newspapers on their way to work.

Iowa has enacted a state law for the protection of skunks. We know some people who ought to go there.

TIDE TABLE FOB DECEMBER (Eartern Standard Time)

HIGH LOW A M. P. M. A. M. P. M. 1.34 1.41 7.46 S.l« 2.33 2.47 8.45 9.08 3.29 2 43 9.39 9.69 4.19 4.33 10.33 10.46 4.66 6.21 11.22 11.32 6.48 < 05 12.08 12.16 < 2< 6.46 12.16 12 52 7.02 7.23 12.66 1.34

7.69 1.33

18 Tuee.

Wed. Thure

Mon. Tuee.

26 Wed.

7.36 8.07 8.37 9.06

9.41 10.19 3.63

Thure. 10.22 11.01 4.33 28 Fri. 11.07 11.52 6.31 29 Sat. 11.69 12.16 <.18 30 Sun. 12.61 12.67 7.29 Mon. 1.58 2.09 8.40

The above tldre are for .he beach front; for bays and back waters add

forty minute*.

2.12 2.61 8.37 4 04 4.42 6.20 <.oe 6.68 7.67 9 00