Cape May Daily Herald, 12 July 1907 IIIF issue link — Page 1

Cape May Daily Herald

VOL. I. NO. y.

CAPEMAY, N. J.. FRIDAY JULY u , 1907.

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The Only Daily Morning Newspaper Published at Cape May.

ACTIVITY IN YACHTING Prepara ions Bciof Made For

Contests

LIST OF BOATS A La'fle Nu i>b*-r A’f In 'Hr Wilr.s al SchelCngr. s ly Evmls Transpmng

DINNER TO MR. SHIELDS

Some Assessed SIO; Others Qet Fiee Invitation

CrlrbratlDg bla mum I rum Europe, cumplloirout; diauer will be leodered I'eter Sbletde. praeldeDI o! Ibe Cepe M»y Reel Eatwte Compauj. el ibe l^efeyette Hotel, tomorrow evening. The '.urllellooe leeurt 10 eome wer* for I'0.00 per plete, while otbere rveeired luvltMlooe lo eUelr without cost to them. A general Invitation bae bean rent pro in lec lonely to the public lo el tel reception efler the dinner.

THE STRAND AND BATHING

A CITY OF TENTS

It le eleo intei <->pa Mey^ bet

*u»lT j« ennual elect on of the dab w T ba held to mor ow nig'il anj or the fi.it lima in tne hitlory of tba clnb there w ; ll be coneideraule compat'tijD in tba tight to.- ofBcea Tbe Fleet Cepldln bee ennounceti tbe following Hat of boata which arc in j cobimieaioo for tbu aeeeoo, moat of . which are owned hr Ph.ladelpliianc: QiTord Wileoj'a Mona, th ee borae power; Qbrir Ga'lagber'a Denniaon. two bona f.ower8c lx; Auam Saefke'a Tbe Chariea 8 pear, six bone power globe; Dr. Waller R. Starr'a Co’a, two engi lev. ti-ee and one naif bone power ear i, Benton S. Bnnn'a Calbertne tec borae power globe; Howard Kelly'a Irene; tea bone power Racine; K. G tJ-rcoetta Arena , fourteen bone power Clubman; Stilwtll Hand'* Bono, three and one half bone power Howe; George D McC.ea'y. Jr.'a itiom' five hone power Palmer; A B MiMe J » Annetle. fon'teen bone power Pa : .i|!pa; M Ilf A MiUer’a Skedoo, eleven hone powe.- William Cbew'a Pjdiua, ten bone power Palmer; Horace Hepburn'* Klaie. »e»en bone power Elite; Pete - bnieldv' Idaho, thirty-five bone powtr tula boat a month ago in a rare fiom Kew York to Be -moda. a diitance ol AjO miee. vat defeated by atventeen mum lev by tbe Craig, a New York boat; Edwin K. Cook'a Derfiy, *ev*u bone power Acbo vapor; Jodaon Ben oett'a Cape May, two engine*, -eo bone power eacb. Cap.ain MiUa' Madd'oe, r* oo.ae power glo-ie; Hi rj HaxrJbunt'a Florence, three borae power Palmer; Captain Lou'i J. Deacon's Joaepblne, five bone power Koval; B. L Gibbons' Bess, six borae power globe; J. A. Coburn'* Daphne, two and one hone power Kadne, Richard Roas Milier'* Ro*a. nine borae power Hetuoger; Jones Wlater's Sabina. four hone power Mannce Heigbla and J. Spicer Leamiog'a Tammy, five borae power Palmer.

Yellow Peril Birred

One of tbe ’epreventalivea of tbe Oe- | Irstial Kingdom wo’ked into tbe golf boose tbe other morning and demanded tbe use of tbe tennis court, tbe atewardeea pol'tely, bot firmly made him acquainted with the- fact only regular mom her* or tbelr ronnaJly Introduced gueata were perJ to come within tbe sacred preTbe Cbl oaman wbo waa attired tu the latest fashion of tbe American tabus. argued that Le waa a man of standing in his own noontry and waa quite able to pay bit own way Nevertheless however, he was «o plainly told that be waa person ua non rota that it soon became clear even to

I* Aaia.ic qndenlandlng.

Tbe incident waa quite amuOing. The hinaman waa disposed to aland on bat be bel evrd to be hia treaty nghta, and bli pigeon English coupled with bis pompons self importance added to tbe amusement of Ibe aitaatioa.

Whil b Going On Among Our Fur Bathers-Little Tote Enjoy Tlianselves—Personal Mention

The Village VagaDond The Drury Stock Company last evening presented •' Tba Village Vagabond'' 10 a wall filled bouse. This drama la ibe aee be that has been oreaeotrd by tbv my since its opening on Monday ig and they seem to be growing more popular every evening. Between tbe acta apecialtiaa were introduced by Baby Madeline. John Rice and Mlm NelL A matinae will be given on Saturday afternoon to which yon should bring youf

child eo.

Visited Hammer Erbwol Mortis Pei. of Philadelphia spent yesterday rlailiog the »uturner school. He aa devoted a great deal of time to the indy of educational problems from a sociological standpoi-it. Hia In ureal In tba Agriculture! School wae with that ppern.oat. Aa a city man be see* ’he neceaeiiy of a rrtoru of many to UK land. He waa vary much pleased with the work go ng on In the school The WfirSTn’ Howe Economic, waa particularly pleating as be Is seeking Information along

Basket Ball To Day The Cape May five will journey to Wildwood lo eight to ^lay tbe Wildwood Pier team. GoWoiai boys ire well rep.esented snd should mike tbe borne team btuUe. Boat will lea ye Handing at fi 30 sharp.

Gy pay Encampment Lawn Feta and Gypsy Encampment for tbe benefit of tbs Church of tbe Advent, to be held on tbe Stockton lawn, Tuesday July Ifitb, from 4 to 10 p. m Come and have yonr for told, ur take an antomoblle rtd«. ri cam and cake on sale. Light freabments sold.

Btg Hackle berry Crop la Sight HuckUtwrries haw now bra on to ripen and a few hove already been gathered.

Bervfes. at thg J'lm* *1. E. Church m tsizM-szrguZTia.'z m- and T.4» p msay. 41I-4M

m. Lawks Mtwaaav Is fswat ml IwsITk

tu wunu

Yesterday was a most magnificent ty, and many lair bathers took ad-, vantage of Old Ocean's embrace, by s her pu-e and sparkling water. expression

day tbe etrand increaaet in popnlation of tbe little lotewbo gather ■here to spend an boor or eo of deiigbt-

lul pleasure.

notice a great many snnbnroed inns and faces which lend to tbe beaur of oar fair sex. Our strand is frequented with some .wuedesa dogs which may becroea, and would say a word lo the chargee of little ones to be careful as to bow they 'et them plaVwUb them. re several large boles filled with water around .he iron posts of tbe pier. It affords g-eat pleasure for little cnee, but al tbe same time tbe amall ch'ldren abou'd not be left alone, as they are quite deep. noticed Mi. Caspar 8 Khaak, of Har-isburg, ."a., wbo baa been the guestofherau.it, Mrs. B. 6. Kuokel, Ocean street, for tbe post two week* Mrs. Sbsak enjoys fis dug and sailing au expert swimme*. Katie Hargadeo is dally seen taking a d>p In the aurf, and la considered one of tbe best bathers tn Cape

Mayor Reybarn to be Here Mayor Jobt Edgar P-Thorn, of Philadelphia, will be a guest over tomorrow and Sunday of Col. and Mrs. J. W. Moor- ' it tbs'r cottage on Mngbes street Mayor Hey burn h.i visited at ute Moorhead eo.tage in other seasons. Previous leea years ago. M-yor Bey burn owned a Cape Mayootiagf. and Us lather, la's Wm. S. Beyboro, also passed many seasons here. Mayor Hsybara has legions of friends at Cape May. os bs Is known to neatly every aa well as visitor.

Crabbing Party A merry throng of crabbers from Si Cope May trGd tbelr lack today oat s iccess. Tbersaresapbtblucsas crabs, but they remained unseen. party was very downcast, bat stack u ‘ motto, "try again.” The Misses i Malts Mends. Anna Gross. Edna Mr

ponios, toss owd Mhor Itfa the names of those . Should be indorssd wHh the

iddrsss of tba

Beautiful Women Sit and View tbe Surf

THE BATHING SEASON

This Popular aad Healtbiul Diverslon Luam All Day Tbe usual bathing season Is now lo force and the tbosaaoda of people who daUr disport In the edge of the old ocean are thoroughly enjoying tbe moat healthful

r at Cape

Excitement In Local Hotel Wbea a crowd of Italian laborer* com* struggling into ooe of oor local houls last Saturday, with bag and

..anted. John produced a railroad ticket and asked what Uma Urn trala loft. After some trouble and exektemeat, tbe fellows hastled oat and pat oc 'tba right track to tbe depot. A small boy was tbs of Hall, sending them to the hotel, ask ad where tba depot was. saying Charles A- 8wain, 005-7 Joe

'rite Duly juryman. William Archer, tbe English critic, was advocating spelling reform a tvs dinner In New York. 1 believe." be Mid. "that reformed 'sj.riling would be unanimously adopted If tbe public would but weigh «be matter with an open, unprejudiced He paused and amUed. “But no." be Mid. "The public's at tltude Is such that it brings vividly bone an episode that I once board related In London by Justice Darling. "Tbe justice as tbe trial of a certain aae waa about to begin stapled and

■Id suddenly:

- ‘But there are only eleven jurymen In tbe box. Where la tbe twelfth T" "The foreman rooe and held op bfo band with a soothing gesture ■Ifo aD right your honor,' be sold respectfully. Tbe twelfth Juryman had W go away on buslnesa, bat be has left his verdict wjrh me.'” The Ubiquitous Self Seeker. Bernard K. Green, tbe well knows oosultlng engineer of Washington, ■id tbe other day In a dlscuastoo of the new Pennsylvania eapltoL which be helped to build: The trouble with every question la that self seeking eoi Into It Were there no self seek tbe world would be a very Utopia. I as It hT- He smiled. "Why.

tbe watrr has rises.

The faablonabU bathing

May is from steven to ooe o'oloea, but there Is s disposition cn ths pwn of a aamberof visitors to gst away from that and It Is no uncommon I blog to find bothers on the sdgt ot ths sort from soriy

morning nn J! dork.

ft I* besoming popular for women lo take soriy morning belba. and ths hosiness men wbo ride to lbs city every day and return enjoy their sarf bath* after tbelr arrival at tbs shore on ths eveolug

Summer Visitors in Plenty About tbe Resort

GOSSIP OF LOBBIES

Whg! ig Going on In (he Gotta gr Colony-Many Interesting Chatterings

A Tragic Story.

Tbe Glomale dl Sicilia. In speaking of tbe memoirs of th- brigand. Git- - se] pe Balomone. soya: "In tbe Introdue0o.i the bri --.id speaks of tbe tragedy of Ills llfu u.i the result of fbe hatred for blui of tbe mayor of 1:. native town. Knlom-jue wok nrv*-»;.-J .'or aiding In the robbery of s fisherman and. altbocgb abeolo'ely Innocent, was sentenced through tbe Influence of tbe mayor to ten years’ Imprisonment. T am not learned and am no writer.’ be says, ‘and must force myself to write. Tbe reader must overlook my errors of literature when be remembers tbe hatred which Inspires me.’ He tells of bis years of torture tn tbe prisons of Fooontbrmn. Ancona and Benlgallla and of his hope that some day bis Innocence would be made known. But |be full term of ten years bad elapsed when be was released, and be hastened to embrace Ida mother, wbo believed In bis Innocence. When be reached bis borne be found the candles burning near tbe body of his mother, wbu had died tbe night before. Then.' be says. ■J vowed vengeance, and at tbe first opportunity I killed tbe mayor.' bines then tbe police bare been trailing him, and be knows that finally he will be captured. Hia closing words are to tbe Jury which will be called upon to decide bis fate, to whom be says: Bemember what drove me to crime—8.860 eight* and aa many days of agony! Ten times tbe trees blossomed, ten times tbe harvest time came, and I. an honest man. In fetters r " A Marina Monster of 1800. "When I mw oor latest leviathan warship, tbs Indomltabls. Isuncbsd at Glasgow tbs other day," writes a earraapoartent. "I could not help wondering wbst oor forefathers of a century ago would have thought of her In 1800 s loading naval authority wrote: Tbe stss of our ships seems now to hare reached Its ultimatum. Tbs French Indeed have Utterly built a ship of most extraordinary aise. 17? feet ksFl, 66 feet 9 Inches by tbe beam, tonnage about 2350 toes But she Is pronounced to be entirely unfit for oarrico.' And yet this marine monster of 1800, whose else mode her so m. wieldly that -she bath never been out of hartor, was bot a third as long as our latest cruiser, little more than twothirds tbe width and a sixth of tbe tonnage. In fact, she was relatively 00 small that she might easily, one would think.,have been carried eo tbs Indomitable's deck. Although a fifty forest had provided her timbers

oog tbe prominent Rich mood people lo Cape May are Pro' Walter Blair. Mrs. and Miss Ellen Blair, wbo are at tbs Lafayette oog tbe Baltimore Inn's gaWu ere Mrs Christopher Tompkins tod ton*. W D Thoms*. Miss Mary Thoms*, snd Master Carrie Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Georgs J. Frsedley and Master George of Richmond have joined Miss Madgs F reed ley la spending some ms with bar brother at hi* collage. Mia* Edith Richardson wM leave Cape May for a short while to visit Mis* Lillian Riley In Mains. Mr. Moolgornery Hewitt, a clever Pt-Ua ilphla athlete, 1* • pending hi* vacation at Booth Cape May Mr. Hswlu was the bast all-rooad athlete having re re!eed blabe-l honors at the Pbl'adelphls Central Monoal Training School. Mr. and Mn. P. A. Lyoch of Washing in are *gsin on the bocks for tbe so m mer at the Block toe. Mr. Lynch Is Ibe proml I—nrUteri Pre— mac at tba capital, and s great lover of dear old Capa May. The M rises Smith of New York have chosen Cape May as tbelr terminal for tbe ter. They bare toured tbe seashore s and found non* eo enjoyable a* the Cape. They are accompanied by Mrs G. H. Smith. Mrs. E. W. Pax on snd family of Phils delpbin ore sojourning for the summer at Stockton. Mis* Cjlna Paxoo. wbo 1* an athletic girt, ho* Just reeslved bar new tuneb, and handle* It Ilka a play toy. Mrvand Mrs. C delightful somme

and It hi

to build bar, her total coat waa lens than one-tenth that of her successor of today.’'—Westminster Gaxotte Flowers That Fight. Many plants and flowers ora provided with devices that protect them from undesirable Insects and other enemies The cactus and other prickly I-Luta find tbelr spikes an admirable protection.' while several plants exude • sticky liquid which entangles insects endeavoring to climb up tbe stem. As Insects are useful to many flowers In conveying tbe pollen from tbe male to

attract those Insects which are eapable of performing 'he sorvloe and .to dude those whic h would be of so to tbe flower. Several pcle flow for Instance, which attract moths bate a fragrant odor only In tba et tag when tbe moths will be abroad and be attracted thereby. In tbe day tbe

Bowen cioae and thereby avoid the no- ;

Bee of undesirable Insects abroad at me. Certain plants of tba danclass actually have bodyguards of ants which repel tbe attacks at destructive beetles, tbe ants being re-

*f a definite purpose and not sa night “ be imagined, a freak locomotlv* l to pull Itself apart. This type

PERSONAL MELANGE

Miss B. Cawley, a well known young lady of Cape May. baa gone lo On trail*. Pa., foe a taw week*, during which time she will attend the wedding of her stater She will spend the remainder of the aaaaoi sre. Dr. Charloa Wood Faaaatt. managing editor of tba Medical Herald, of 8k Joseph. Mo., la a Stockton Hotel guest Albert GsakUl. of Trentoo, State For—tar of New Jar—y, la a guest et tba YlrHe will addren tba Somn—r School at lUO today. . Horatio Galas is visiting at tbe eottegs of bar daughter, Mrs. Theodore W, Milter, at Corgie street and Mat

Patronise tbe man who advertises emember that this man is taking all this trouble to present hia goods lo yon He givas you apodal prices and brings tba goods virtually to roordoor through tba newspaper in order to Mve you tbe Inoonvemeoee of looking In all lbs stores for what you wank He la a benefit to tba community for without him tbe newspapers conld not run and in buying horn him you are doing a good thing for tba town yon live in. Buy of tbe advertisers. They are tba up-to-dste

Mr Abrams, of tbe Eastern Tel*, phone Company, reports splsndid results in the sol id ting for new teiepbones in Ospe May, and more than one hundred new connections have been made within tbe last two weeks.

J in Us 1 • of tbe liberyon ths port of tbe company to-

arsh.’Sti.w ESiZZl 'J’SL , SLS;-»KiV

In tba bonding o heart of China a a council of forty Tote alumni boa t

Autos to hire by b<

DEVOTED YALE MEN Wo.lf of Graiuates to Advance Tbelr Interests That tbe secretary of war should rop tbe reins at Washington and a-el a thousand tulles to spend three of bis precious days and nights at an alumni gathering was not considered uni by tbe members of Tate’s W—tern Alumni association, whoa* meeting si Cincinnati was engi neared by William II. Taft. "78, a abort time says Ibe New York Tribune. Tbe time, money and attention which this occasion called for do not represent wentletb part of that which tbe secretary of war devotes eacb year to J Interenta of bli alma mater Evary meeting of lb» Yale corporation this ! year, except tbe ooe when be was nb- J at from tbe country, has taken the ay cabinet official from Washington New UaVrn. and be bus dropped affaire of state on a dozen occasions to travel to New York city for a gather tag of tbe Yale clnb or to other towns r so Important meeting of alumni

was being held

Mr. Taft is wont to can this large proportionate outlay of bis time and jy well worth while and to scout i tbe remark that It Is at all unusual. To ■ove bis Orel a—ertlon ba always tells story To prove his second be cite* u- large part which Yale plays In tbe fe of Its graduates generally. Tbe ! story Is laid In tbe Philippi nee years at a moment when the big ro- i organizer says be came as near to be tag discouraged as be ever could be A cable message from bis class. Id nunion at New Haven, was laid on the | stack of papers that Uttered hia desk. “Good boy. BUI; we're with you." waa tbe tenor of tbe message, and Mr Taft aaya Its effect waa worth ail tbe time that any man can give tn a life me to his alumni Interests. What the secretary of war says of tbe part which Tate plays In the life “l graduates generally Is largely borne out by recent statements by An Phelps Stokee. Jr., secretary of 1 tbe university White It baa bean of course. Impossible to determine exactly . lust what amount-of energy and effort I one of Yale's 18.000 alumni de i to Yale's Interests. It Is possible [ roughly to classify a largs Dumber of graduate types, tbe unusually high percentage of whose activities along these raises the average far above the minimum mao, whose active Interest Is confined to a few graduate dinners year, periodical response to appeal* for alumni funds and a trip to a class reunion at New Ha vet. every three or

five yean. -

Claae secret arte* rank high on the Hot of the graduate* who give a goodly part of tbelr time and activities to tbe tatereots of Tate and Its alumni. Many a claae secretary has been found wbo is devoting .every hour of bis leisure the burden of constant compilation and chronicling of the history of some 200 men. scattered to tbs suds of tbe earth, involve. Evary ooe of thaas men is called upon at regular Interval* to compile and publish a book containing the history and status of each man In las* up to data. Each to always subject to a call by any member of bis for tba latest and moat detailed Information regarding another member or group of members. It is not unusual claas secretary to receive a deI for a complete list of tba claas.

THE HOTEL ARRIVALS Tbos< Who are Registered al The Oid Resort PEOPLE OF NOTE Nanwh Men booed ,.| TKote Who Come and Go From Our HoleL

8t. Joseph. Mo—Tba* V Philadelphia--Martin D J«vw Yort -Wm F Bcbn Baltimore-Wm A Borl Mi- Mary Bo.ten

Wilmington - Mr* F Udia Chichester, M u ter S I tent ood. Philadelphia—Wm Esther L Lewis. Mi— k'nson

Revoons, O—Ml- Prdlow. Ed

B Pedlow

Jeoklntown—t- E Robert* sod w Baltimore—F A Browo Philadelphia—K M Wood Mercfcsniville-Mra John B M< Gettysburg—H W McKoigbl

Baltimore—Mr*

Philadelphia —Mrs Wm Hyodman. ev M J Hyodman. E B deigler, Otto J Schwann Atlantic City— Mi— Margm-et Slu--

geon

New York-Mrs J Henry Mason. W Creighton

Philadelphia—George Havre Roberta Pittsburg—Wm H Keecb. Trenton—Albert Gaskell Vaitey Forge —Ti nd le

Philadelphia—W W Miller and fam ily, Thresa Stein, Frederick Leonard and wif* New Haven—R 8 VauName

ogie" annotation, for sending out wedding announcements In tote woik tbe secretary la not un aided. A large proportion of bis cte— s willingly assume a share of tbe burden of writing to tbelr parOcula: Intimates and thus keeping tbe secretary accurately Informed. Thu*, weekof tiro* and attention are devoted by many Yale alumni to claas record work Tba claas agents of tbe alumni fund bar* an almost equal amount of con slant sad preaalng labors to taka op tbelr leisure time. Tbaos men aae tu It that each member of tbe claas Is In touch with tba work of ratting funds Ly tbe general body of tba alum it the support of tbe university and that eacb Is solicited In a timely and tactful way to make his Individual cootri button. To this wort many of tba da— agsulk devote weeks of the time of tbelr office clerical fores ami T more of tbelr own. Aa officer* rommltteeuien of tbs organisation of tbe alumni fund a score of men

Philadelphia— Charles E Carpenter Mrs T Tangnan. Mrs T Franalin

' TO ELECT OKUCEK8 Cape May Yacht Clnb Mewling to be Held Tuesday Evening Tbe Cope May Yacht Club tonight bare spirited contest tor the election of la officers for tbe preasot Hammer, sod to office to b* filled there are two or

arty and willingly,

i voluntary agt

J100,000 from about 1.600 graduates at the university. In tbe hundred or more alumni oaeodattooa throughout tbe laud tneq ef this type ore also aafr-

1 his organisation has beco: oent factor la th* social lit* I recaptions Riven on' Saturday afternoons ■gely attended bv th* vlallor* tad t somewhat from tbe popularity which was formerly attained by tbe Bel afternoon* at tba golf clnb boa—.

■t desirable part of tbe to

Also In different aectkma

v^Now la the ume to buy your

Obarias T. Campbell.

Baal Eatate'and ln*nranee.

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