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One of Cape May County 1 * greateat needs today ia a County EoapltaL The TIMES realiaea that there are many people In this County who do agree to this need, particularly _ig the physicians, who contend that a County Hospital ia not practi1. And yet Minrille, with a populatlon of 18.000. baa a howital; Vineland with about the r-une populaUon. including Ita euburha. ha* a splendid new hospital; Bridgeton has f completed a drive fo. 8*00.000 erect a new hospital, to

a»d Cape May County, with a lanent population of almost 80.000.

rear- «awmi aweanmmn ■Isr-.-TST-’SK? 1 * 1

population of onward*

of 200.000.

sort, except two email private laatl-

QAR KAY COUITY CLOtAIICALLY pntAT.

How many of ua. who live In Cape May County the year around, really

AU of the County's hospital be rushed by automobl train to Philadelphia, or Atlantic

privileged to enjoy? We are so accustomed to the absence of snow, and extreme cold weather In the winter, and to a moderate temperature and cool ia the summer, that we take It as a manor of course, and think nothing of l». List week, for instance, we complained of the beating rain fumed and fumed « Yet within thirty miles of this County there was one of tl m tails of the winter.

The snowstorm that came April Prat destroyed our Illusion that Spring was really here, and now we have dug oureelvee

miles, depending upon the aeeUon of the County from which the

The snow fell

In half a day to a depth of six inches, and demoralised train service to a greater extent than has been the esse In years. The snow was wet and sticky. * n(1 *» tied up electric trains that none ran on Wednesday till about noon, steam trains taking their places. Malls were woefully late, commuters were soriously Inconvenienced. and wires and poles were down everywhere. A unique feature of the anowslurm was that thunder and Hgutaingwere freqjentiy evident. And thin storm of which the Woodbury democrat speaks ia no exception. It is the rale. During the cold, blustry winter month*, while we read of heavy snowfalls In Philadelphia, and bluxards In other sections, we are usually free of snow, and are joying sunshine. And when the day's news reveals deaths due to cold In the cities the general remark here Is: "l didn't think It was so cold yesterday.** And it was Daring the sammet. we turn about the heat. But when business takes us to the city (or c day during the hot season, the cool breese that strikes us as coon as we reach a few miles from home makes us realise suddenly that we're getting in’o cool country. But then, often as not. rather than give credit to the natural moderate temperature here, we my: **My. but the weather denly turned cool. It was hot as blasee all day In the city.” When will we realise that in this broad land, there U do more Ideally perfect climate. twelve months in every year? Florida? Warn in winter, but pngodly mad insect-ridden during the long cummer. California? Sections are warm in winter, but have six months' rain and muck during the The mountains? Delightfully cool in the sum'jer and wonderfully beautiful to look at; but bitter cold and covered with snow during the long, long winter. New England Moderate summers, but long, frigid

trip la often too long, or the too great, to enable the victim have an even chance In h!x battle

with rttiat^

A County hospital located at the County seat, built from public monlee

sustained by

its over the receipts from patients. Is an at* elute necesrity today. As an aid in the financing of the project, the pellet. •» now cared for at public expmse In Institutions outside of the County could be transferred to the County institution, and the Uttle hcapital at the County Farm could be abandoned. The County this year had to appropriate Jlf.oOO for * pital purpoeea. to maintalr County people in outside issUtutlcss. sad ex- . . for the small portion of this appropriation used for the State Asylum, practically all of this d be used In the msintena

a hospital of Aside from

tlon. however. If a County hospital should be the means of soring one

lost, becaust of the nearest hospital. It will be well worth while regardless of tbs eos»_ Probably not s County

who reads

the inside of a ,d probably a DT* number of

them wilt But whether

er have need for a hospital, use of security wc would feel baring one right at our the unexpected happen,

worth while.

Aa a start any large near. Court House coul

chased by the County sad remodeled

into s hospital. As the need grows. \ a^T^wlLT'be acted

Name 'em all. West, northwest, east or south. Cape May County— the “boot” of the State of New Jersey—has than: all beaten In climate. Cold In winter, yes. but not too cold, and Uttle snow; warn in summer, but not too warm, an early spring, and a late fall, with almost always s

When wd we realise thst thh. Is not aa accident, and that we really have this ell taste year In and year out. And when will we get so thused that w* will talk cl'mate and advmtlae climate, and BZXAEVE climate? Its potential value I* real esUti alone la millions, if wa will cosh In on It as other eccttens. tern favored.

Rich r . who give yen advice and lend you no moa ‘ Impi oridant borrow roon . vice. A man's wife k.obdka relations to whom he la proving he is

persistent and pungent search for scandal at li way. Spencer, of Missouri. 1

Of Its Inquiries Into the stock marks* operation* of Oovsrnmsnt officials. John Walsh revealed nothing to the

EVEN ROBINSON, the Dsmoc nUc ader In the Senate, has 6t sponsiblltty for some of the

inquisitorial functions long to get eome much-needed 1*_ out of the way. The imm ediate result was that movements for the dls-

JUDGP KENYON’S FAILURE TO

get the Attorney-Generalship has led to renewal here of talk of his avail-

ability aa Coolidge's running

the p

•ntial c

of t' e “progreasive’

g for Kenyon, of C __ they weald like to pat him In the Vice-Presidency this

would be In line to

In 1828. This

» that he A Coolidje

of the iaaagani'Aoa of the President up to the first of January, thereby driving out of Cougrea* at the end of the calendar year aU the Senators and Cangi aaswien who have been defeated at the polls, appears to be on lu way to passage. It is pointed out in this connection that when '*

Something to Think About WJLKMM.

RUHICIF'* TIDES W 1 ^ ~

and carry os safely on to With warm of advice on how to tfon la write of oirselvm. live to 108 passing over the country We balk at doing this or that boon e Is reminded of Blankvllle and the eaue of opposition. We lack the Linker twins. . * **e to breast the flood. In s mo The native of Blankville pointed -j, w . ft Is praferaMc with oride to two doddering ancients £ iZ^^LTimRttLmn amlteT booing down the Tillage street and * informed an out of-town rial tor: , “ 10 . “Them fellers te the Llnkar twins' ** ** pleasanter to sit by the fire $S yean old’” The visitor was picture castles la the air than it is to duly impremsd. and to appear inter- erect them on a -mbstandsl foundation eeted asked to what the twins at- And frequently, while we are thus idly tributed their long Ufa. dreaming, the tides pick us up and "Wall." was the response. Jgke wfclrl to mmt gmntute ' ' declares U s because of hie che#in ♦— and smokin’ day ta an' day out. ter “ nigh onto a hundred year an' Oba- , dish avows be has bis health because «J *». w* - _ ^ he never touched the filthy weed.” physical strength and wrike out boldly

What has become of the family an who used tallow candles e pively and argued that electric 1

Fust Jobs of Big Men

wiwurr. irwuk

den)

the right New York 01 mn h*vn oeen os« who IM UrnllBM «B ha both. He left the whotearie business to U accident laauvaaM. but after a couple of yean bans ms a reporter on Tor, He nM. ami then oe a- EoHowtag thla. he emted lahed a paper of Ue own m N. J., sad than went wi^ the Newark Advarttsar. of which L« the gaoeral mansger . « vate secretary to

it for the « uacful adult thaa the aatabUAmaat of habits of regularity in atoag. work, play, exer-

P®** -6 we >

My sweetie looks into my I like her: And whan she iii.n or sighs—I like her. But when she candles dose With lights turned tow and to see. There’s just cae thing to do.

fine:

I LOVE her.

expenses P*»»<>rs tastes.'

«, , - >j Mothers are frequently pusxled n th-‘ right qssltrtm ‘-he difficulty of getting the chO er ta our careers to. interested so that they will co-oper-e rsrarer aM d : ate. The plan followed by one mother.

*— «—-a —•- in the

We hive

trove nelg boriy, more ‘ncllned to pull

with the i dee than t when opponloB Is 'd

“So you won tne 8100 prite for a slogan to boost your home town. What are you going to do with the

“Use It to move away!”

up when they

arrived, bdt that they must be kept dean, wcand regularly and never be allowed to ran down. Various activ-

ugly words of p-oteetntlon or rising «p of the day are inaugurated at in reboniou agal st weU-meant author- certain set hour*, whjeb must be Ity. I adhered fio regularly, or the dock Is And this is as it should tic. The ae-' oot of order sad eithef- alow or fast cm of success Is to know when to this way, the devetopmcnl of habbeffet the tides and when to floet com-. its and punctuality beco"'ar a pa»pUcenUy with them. time in which the children Uke a (©. IMS. hr Ucdmn *r»«ow«.>) i-tereat. Started to the earlleet O [ years, such habits besoms a tremen-

> child It

the hospital could be enlarged and

for the later Inangura-: Jas** Ludlam. There may be another ...... «... .. oraer to give the '.ncom- war and you can sell It to the gor-

ing President ample ti3>e to get to eminent.

Washington, but thst modem iastb-i

ods of traiuportation have made the In the heat of war between two delay unnecessary. The Norris Now Jersey towns one town Is wtll-

the Senate teg to giro a bei. medal to all the at an early neople who have lived (or twenty-

Has Anyone Laughed :

At Yon - Because- *

tax burden would never be great. No matter bow small or humble the rtart Cape May County should, without further delay, have a hoe-,

pital.

DAYLIGHT SAVWG

Panlsboro Council wea among the first of the South Jersey municipal bodies to adopt daylight saving Ume for this year. The last Sunday in April will be the Ome when dock! in most sections will probably be advanced one hour and railroad train

good many agricultural sections will decline to play the game and. ns to previous year*, there will be a <*” tinucl mlxup. comments the Elmer (Salem County) Times. The railroad companies will probably keep their time pieces standard Ume. and simply advance working hours sixty minutes which Is more sensible than changing (ha

clocks.

Vineland baa voted against daylight earing while Pitman Council has adopted It.

date la the E

) fine years in the other.

N eu Never Break * OateT “You are really awfully com-

mon-place," “You are socially i unengaged.” “You seem re bare * little work to io." All these

Red birds or no redbirds. sprinc hu come, carols C'.adys. After conruming s part of her cafeteria luncheon i the other day she ssw s dreamy-tyeA

• vnnnr man walk

THE NEW RADIO iagWatlon has There« aroused more Interest thaa tax re- *'**? toanduction. Not only toe manufacturers of of apparatus and the commereli

things have bee- I

the House Merchant Marine Committee with advice and I _ to the turn the new regulation* taalysed. are the ricoeM pay dirt a should take. Some objeetime have can pan. been raised to the proposal to vest the Secretary of Commerce with com- We reed just the other day of a pleto control over radio It the United fence that was so crooked t tat every State*. Thus far. Herbert Hoover time a pig crawled throng: has been s reliable guardian of the ether, but fears are expressed that at some time a Secretary of Commerce might come in who would not be so friendly. It Is probable thst Congress will decide to set up a new federal commission to regulate and supervise radio communication

! st you.

dates! You are right to keep your dates! Why sbeuld rou break this contract any more than any other kind of unwritten contract? To be sure, you often get •fieft," but yea know you are right—and that’s s help. Anyhow you don't have to keep

* Rivals for the next Bepoblinr. i nomination seem to be afraid tint ■ the President's nickname is meiely s ! abort one for “Calculating."

t You judge S towr by the rum J of mon£; required to make a mao »» i Important efttesn.

AS TO TAX reduction, no one in authority ia prepared to aay when the country 1* actually going to have Us tax bill reduced. Revenue revision waa the cardinal joint to the President's annual maaaag* to Congress, but so many conflicting views have- arisen on the subject, that the tax bill ia moving along vary slowly. Chairman Smoot of the Finance Committee has served notice, however. | that if the bill Is not enacted by the I first of June. Congress will have to

“Bang”

“Oire me the right to lore you.” said the romantic young man. •TU give you the right and e couple t.r lefts too.” replied the prliefigbter s daughter, aa ah* knot him for a four-oaee hit.

The energy ex»end»d on ary ban ketball court in playing *he few minutes the game requires would prepare the ground and plant a hundred acrea of wheat. Bays County Farm Demonstrator Thomas. But Tom Ludlam belle es the dlfierence U because thi-e a no one paying a good admiauon to alt oo the sideline* to watch you plow and sow.

A USE O’ CHEER

merging on libel. bom an Atlantic County paper: A bride seat for the planters,- to repair a crack ia the newly tinted wall to her be—a. and the plasterer found

W. L. GEORGE AND HIS WIFE Across the Breakfast Table

One dairyman waa ao stingy that be tooled bis cows by feeding 'em They gave wood alcohol.

If r— would nave friends, be one. While leering the church. Bobby's mother waa crtt'^Mag the sermon. Bobby finally turned and said: "Gee. mocL what do yon expoet for a

running a party

M*. OBOEOE: B., UU. tt ■ I-*

Party.

MM GEORGE: Tee. you may have tbourht «- *

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MR. GEORGE (amiable) - But I niavod bridge good party to ask ten people to play bridge, one

ean t play. on. man I

i people to play brides, t J -*a on playing the piano, end

on pLrinn the violin m the reonl*. Is o' 1 ' tabla of bridge downstairs, while' two pcopls »“ iurf themselves whl 1 - the root of ua listen. Baa**”* if ***

SUL 1 "? ? “"iP 1 •“ •" ^

Mil.,, w.Tit. tli. UUM wrinkl. 1b ji.j, . — . ....

b«t to 1^. I. Iron .. I, jou’, u- MI1 4H r~

.i—.— _ MR. GEORGE: That's got nothing to da with the f nnite M 1 **

B,eer ,or you lf rou« played and Fdtet onC That*

k the »l* bt

1 ^ —king x !

- - tl*r bridge

your aocisl ideas are — eti> — if they

would conceal what they know they nam ^* r of People and play bridge . rt If you* would be more popular. number you like and don't cUv bn*,. P

you like

MR. OEOBOB:

Life would be one grand sweet cased In plaster of parts,

song, says Assemblyman Stevens. If It MRS. GEORGE; Then they're kent la the was ai ear- to earn money, aa It It to telllgence—Impossible to ivaeh ft k BR. GEORGE: | think tbM. inform.] p.rtlw wVmV Th. Wk, to mSTl, ,tol toto, '"Vm , , Is to begin spanking him for selfish- case there we—'* ' y0U .** k 0^7 of

oeaa at the age of three don’t want to

oplt P lsj In • If thri