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CAPS I AY STAR AND f AYR Ocean YA'a*e established itfS Star of the C.pe mkliWja Merjed in Star and Wane 1907 It ■ ftret cletr Thoradajr Evening. I titled each week on Friday evening. Out of ton circulation. Saturday moral np Mtcrtpln Wet. Osp MMr i Tor h Uiw I Thlt taper b entered at the poet oBce as second class postal matter. ^ I ADVERTISING RATES-^Forthe convenience of these dealriai to send adyertisemeats by man. Cash te accompany the order. « lasal adecttiac t ents. 6c. per Dae Erst insertion: fc. per line each additional insertion, nonpareil Single insertions, as cents per Inch. Transient Adeertiimi. 15 cents per inch each insertion. , Advertising running for 13 Insertions cr over, or ft. aera'T^ so^dies w^oera^.^cems per inctu ■ natation: 90 cents three insertions. Thirteen times nr mere, three cents per line. I ClstaWed advertising, one cent per word each in- ' anion. : AD resolutions of condolence from lodges, churches Or other organizations, associations or Individuals. 1 Offered for publication, either in weekly or daily OtBtfonr. will be charged for at the rate of one dollar ' f or any resolution occupying three Inches of apace or 1 additional c*ntl per line In addition for each •TAR AND WAVE PUBLISHING CO. j 3IB and 317 Washington Street Aaron W. Hand/General Manager ' TELEPHONES^ 1 effvw. } Mnm sm Oak, It Mil t - lUldM.li. 171 i ■Mauri l«e lardNt Ntat 102 1 ADWtfSS GAPf RAY SIAJt AM) ffAVE 1 I " — a SOME SCHOOL COMMENT d SOME SCHOOL COMMENT

Information for Pareats of Papils and Other* gy H. B. Moyer, Supervising; Principal The School Board ana the teachers of the public schools are making every ( effort possible to increase the efficiency i and improve the standard In our schools, and to secure good attendance and earnest, persistent work on the part of pupils. To this end the Board has decided that after a four month's trial any pupil, who is unable or unwilling to keep up with his rises, may be transferred to a lower grade, where he or abe will be better able to do work and make progress. It is no kindness to a child to keep him in a grade where the work is too difficult after be has made' an honest effort. It greatly Impedes the progress and impairs the efficiency of work in classes If these include pupils who are unable to keep up with the majority. It has been necessary, in order to ' bring the schools up to grade, to in- 1 crease the amount and difficulty of the ' Work in nearly every grade of the school This m#y be discouraging, for 1 the time, to some students, but it will ' eventually prove a benefit to them. 1 It is not pleasant for people of this ' city to be told, but it is a fact, thst pf c the pupils now attending our Hiyh School, those are beat prepared and do t the beat work who come from aur- c rounding districts. This should not be i •o. The boys and girls of Cape May ' p City have as much native ability as J c any others, and can accomplish as ; much with the same effort, but, as a | rule. They do not make the effort and I s take the interest requisite for good j a school work. t One great disadvantage onder which 1 1 our school labors is the irregular atten- I dance. Last year the total of days | e absent amounted to over 12.000 rinln absent

the High School alone there were over I 1800 daye of absence, an averase of ' about 17 days, or; near I v one school j month for each pupils. These absences I meant a loss of ov$r $1000 to this I school district Three-fourths of these j absences were unnecessary, and rttrc- 1 tenths of them could have beenjavoided I had the parents insisted on regular at tendance. Hunting, fishing, boating, skating and trips to Philadelphia and elsewhere are a few of the unnecessary causes for absence. During the Founders' Week celebration in Philadelphia recently, we had a total of about 78 days of absence in Ihe High School alone, or an average of one day , for each pupil. > Another reason for poor work and ■ failure on the pari of many of our | pupils is lack of home study. In the j primary grades little borne study is I demanded. In the grammar grades the 1 average pupil should spend from one , to two hours in home study, depending , upon the grade and the ability of the , pupil. In the High School nothing , less, than two hours daily, in some 1 cases as much as three hours, will be 4 necessary for the aucce«afnl com pie- < tion of the work. The High School is not a kindergarten ; the state demand# j a high grade of work from an approved I High Schoql, but not more than any f healthy, ambitious student can accom- < pliBb This required study will not t hurt any healthy child who does not } have any other occupation or diversion t to take up bis^time, and who goes to had at the proper time. But too many I of our boys and girls spend their even- f ings attending card parties, moving t picture shows and various other social v and entertaining functions, when they i: should be at home with books. If a s streets or loafing in cigar stores and pool rooms, failure in hii school work t is inevitable, and no blame can be at- b tached to the school and the teachers. F If giria spend their evenings in/ so- £ ci «tr tall tan ortakren. and thee try to g - v. - ■

\ J J study until one or two a. m.. their J health cannot be expected 'to pt*nd the strain. The schools are dismissed at 8 zD* p. m.. and most of the teachers in the upper grades stay till 4 p. m„ or even later, when necessary, to work with pupils who are failim, and to give help to those who wish it Pupils should not usually be detained later than this- From 845i. m. to 4 p. ml is a long stretch. Both pupils and teachers need rest relaxatinn.recreation and exercise, which should be f taken in the open air, and before snnb set. Pupils cannot study to advantage : from 4 to 6 p. m., as they are men1 tally exhausted, and need to rest and - renew their mintal energy by ph-aical , exercise. After supper they are ngain . in condition to do mental -work, and > they should spend nearly all their . evenings^r. preparing lessons. Spell- , ing, grammar, b>story. geography, . physiology and any other exercise involving memory largely can profitably studied at home. There is a misapprehension on the part of some parents in regard to this home study. Tney think the torchere ffre asking parents to do at home work which should have been done at school. should instruct pupils what do at home Hod how to do it. They ask parents only to see that pupils have brought borne their books, that they atay at borne during evenings ' preceding school days, and that they ' spend a reasonable amount of time in doing the work mapped out and as - doing the out

signed at school. If parents will insist ■d 'on these throe things there will seldom be any complaint that pupils do not s] nuke proper progress in school. _ j In raary school districts of this state ,f it ia almost unheard of to have any y J social affaire or entertainments tor y school children any evening except r j Friday and Saturdays. If this custom e could generally be adopted here it ^ would be a great help to our schools. g Teachers alone, no matter how good, I cannot make our schools good unless t they have sympathy and cooperation on e the part of the community and especB ially of the parents. The purpose of a this article ia to call attention to the 5 needs of the schools ' id to solicit the , support and encouragment of all who ^ wish to see the schools improve. t If parents would viait'our schools . oftener they would know at first hsnd , more of the actual conditions, tbey , would see just what their children are doing, and in case of friction from any , cause^they would be in a much better position to understand and remove the , cause of trouble. In the past year. , when parents have come to the school angry with teachers, thev have usually left feelingjsatiafied that the school has been doing its full duty by the child, who has in some way or other been at fault. The following statement appeared in the editorial columns of a recent issue of "The Christian Work and Evangel- 1 iat, " one of the oldest and most im- ' j portent religious publications in the I country : ( ADDED YEARS TO HIS LIFE. 1 "The Christian Work and Evangelist seldom speaks of a curative or remedial 1 I agent, and for* the reason that many of . j the so-called remedies and preventaj tives are not what they profess to be. 1 j "There is one of the^agencies, how- ' I that we can recommend!' rem our rt | own experience, and that is the almost

r universally used remedy for pulmonary f | complaints— Scott's Emulsion of Cod 1 j Liver Oil. • s "While it is a pretty well established I j fact that no known remedy, will "cure ? ; cases of very lone standing, where the - | lungs have Deen largely or almost comI I pletely destroyed, yet where there is | life there ia hope, and Scott's Emulsion . | has wrought many wonderful results. ' "r. La Salle A. Manvard, the well ' known assistant editor of this paper, ■ had his life prolonged several yeais ■ by its use. and there ia every reason to ' believe that if he had known of it in time and used it earl tar be would have ' entirely recovered. I "Moreover, two brothers of the I writer have experienced wonderful benefit'from its use, and where nothelse seemed to reach their case. On this account, and because v*e have 1 thus become personally acquainted 1 with its effect as a remedy for pulmonary diseased, we can'confidently recommend it to our readers as one of the few of the so-called proprietary medicines that will accomplish all that professes. No Imitations of this excellent medicine are its equal, and therefore, none should be substituted for it". | There is said to be 5,000,000 consumptives in this country alone. If Emulsion added three years to the life of one-half of them it would equal to saving the lives of 125.000 60 years of age. What a splendid record ! And simply it gives strength and flesh so that the work of the germ is retarded at all stages of the disease and. often stopped entirely when taken the beginning of the disease Emulsion builds flesh and strength faster than anything else. Health and muscle are developed by 1 the judicious exercise afforded by the 1 alley a. Ooogrees Alleys. 85 , street, are the most modern f*1 hrot equipped. Try an even- , ing at the ancient and ever enjoyable ■ tf ,

| WEST CAPE MAY * Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bate and little s», of Philadelphia, have been visit- , ing Mr. Bate's sister, Mrs. Grcrge s Cu minings. r Mrs. Jane Corson returned to her home in Camden Wednesday after an j extended visit with Dr. and Mrs. 8. E. Ewing. . . Leonard Detwilet, who is employed in Philadelphia, spent several days [ here wf£h his family. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E'dredge and , son Leone, were recent visitors in . Philadelphia and MiUvilie. | Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett were among the Philadelphia shoppers Tuesday. Horace Church was an over Sunday visitor with hie wife and mother. He la employed by the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad in Camden. Miss Georgie Landis has be ;n spending several days with relatives inYhiladelphia. ' The Harrison cottage, corner Broadway and Emerald avneue.< is being improved by the additioon of a new roof. Mr. Haley, of Camden, has pur chased the cottage of Isaac Parson, on Pearl street. He and his wife are now moving in their household goods and preparing to oocupy it Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Say re was a Philadelphia visitor last Friday. e

Miss Irene Matthews was given a ' surprise party Tuesday evening at the ® home of her parents, Mr. arid Mrs. ' William Matthews. The young people , present were Rosa Wellman, Florence ' * See. Vera Homan, Irene Matthews. | y Albert Bennett, Orion Reeves, Aubrey J T Hewitt, Herbert Pettit, Floyd Hughes, j Robert Blattner. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Homan are the | proud parents of their first boy. A DANGEROUS OPERATION 8 is the removal of the appendix by a a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. King's . New Life Pills is ever subjected to tins . frightful ordeal. They work so quietly you don't feel them. They cure constipatioo, headache, biliousness and ma- > laria. 25c at All Druggists. dec ' There is nothing finer in sport than the bracing ton pins and this will be s i dandy time to get the habit The I glaw of health waits upoo such exer- , ciee and dyspepsia and kindred ills vanish. The Congress Alleys, 81 Perry street are as good as the ; best. - tf | ERMA I Rev E. Sbeppard is repo tec} to be 1 slightly improved. I Mrs. A. Swain entertained a company. of friends last week. < Mr. Nolan and family have moved 1 into the house vacated by John Brown. Sunday excursions to Cape May j Heights are weekly occurrences. Several of our young folks attend, d a>arty at West Cape May re entl. . I report having a good time. Mrs. G. W. McNeill and children: spent Thursday last with Mrs. Enoch Miller. Miss May McNeill spent Thursday | night last at her uncle's Geo r ,\.c- J Nelll. Miss OMve Douglass st.cn: 1 hursday ! ■ night at the home of her uncle. Mr. Schellenger. ' Sorry to hear at th s writing rhii

t Long is home on the sick lint. 1* R. T. Johnson has silled some fine 1 porkers this week. Miss Lillie McNeill waa visiting j Court House friends last Friday and s Saturday. While there she attended a » birthday party. Mrs. Mattie Swain gave a dinner to s a few of ber friends on Thursday last. 1 Those present were Mrs. Annie Lake. Mrs. Annie Piatt, Mrs. Annie Hawn, 1 Mrs. Amy Lyle, Mrs. Lizzie Hand, , Mrs. Mary Johnson and Mrs. Mattie 1 Swain. ■AKIEDFOt DEATH , "Three years ago 1 was marked for death. A grave yard cough was tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed i to help me, and hope had fled, when I m* husband got Dr. King's New Discovery." saya Mrs. A. O. Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first dose helped me and improvement kept on until I had gained 58 pounds in weight and, my I health was fully restored." Thirf medicine holds the world's healing record for coughs and colds and lung and throat diseses. It prevents pneumonia. Sold onder guarantee by All Druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. dec "The Grand" Motion Picture Theatre) is the popular place of resort in the ! evenings. The pictures displayed are ! the latest and most interesting obtainable. This is the only show of the j kind now running in this city. tf COLD SPRING. Rehearsing for Christmas is in order. A meeting of the Lower Township Alumni Association was held at the ! home of Mrs. J. P. Mackiraic, Sat- 1 urday. Mr. Penny packer, of the Graves , farm, has returned to his former home. ! J. McPhersoo visited friends in i Pennsylvania, during the past week. Mr. and Mrs Sbeppard Taylor, ac- • companied by their daughter, Mrs. 1 spent Saturday and Sunday ' with Eldore friends. Mrs. DeWitt Eldredge, of Norfolk, visited ber aunt. Miss Llda EI- j dredge, last week. s<xswfoi "

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a Mr. and Mrs. James T. Hoffman are I le 1 spending the winter in Philadelphia. | 1 1 Mrs. Clara Snyder, nee Rutherford, I le is spending a few weeks with her sis- 1 * ter, Mrs. Hawke. in Vineland. i. Mrs. H. Smith and A. McKean dined y { with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Matthews, 1, | Wednesday. Edward Crease, of 04'pe May, is e searching through adjacent woodlands for pine piling to be used for the proposed newff Harbor. The Chambers' sale was well at8 tended. Fair prices were received. ® Miss Lillian Hoffman is recovering ! from her re-:ent illness. A number of the youug people at- ■ tended a party at Cape May Tuesday evening. , Rev. and Mrs Lowden and Mra. i McCoy dined recently with Mr. and : Mra. W. L. Cummings at West Cape , May. A, gasoline stove belong.ng to Mrs. E. Learning came near exploding on a ' cold morning. Mr. Learning ! being near at hand rendered timely j assistance, and succeeded in quenching the flames, before much damage had < been done. I Mrs. E. Schqilenger, of Cape May City, spent a couple of days wi th her aiater. Mrs. Mary R.-Soffe. We Sell YTrfol j on the positive guarantee that if it does not give satI isfaction we will return the

I entire amount of money paid v us for it. We ask all those who are d run-down, nervous, debilia tated, aged or weak, and every person suffering from ° stubborn colds, hanging-on coughs, bronchitis or incipi1. ent consumption to try Vinol ^ with this understanding. For sale at MECRAY'S PHARMACY I WASHINQ MACHINES ON FREE TRIAL " Let this washer do your work— save * your hand ■•, time and temper. A new | inveution. All you have to do is to 3 put clothes in tub and move the handle f of this pneumatic clothes washer up 8 and down— the machine does Jthe rest " in half the time. In order to introduce 3 this new invention in 500 families we " are going to distribute these machines I at cost^price on trial. If it isn't aatia- ' factory we will take it back and no charge. The regular price is $4.00. We .want you to show it to your neigh5 j bore and to send ue a testimonial after 8 ! using. If you take advantage of this ; off'-r NOW you need send us only $2.00 - 1 in one-cent stamps or money together : j with the name of this newspaper. We will express .this newly patented . machine, which does th&Avork easier j and better than the $°.00 machines. A j j child can wash the most delicate I I fabrics— towels. handkerchiefs abd napkins, without wear or tear, in half 1 I the time of old-fashioned methods. ! ] The proof is free. Write at once to | - 1 Pierce-Baker Co. . 654 IWashington ' street. Buffalo, N. Y. li 1 . j Wall Paper. Wall Paper. I I A new and fine assortment of wall paper is now being offered by Eldredge . Johnson, 318 Washington street." Whatever you need in this line can be supplied. tf OABTOHZA. laalb

e | ^=!=Ha' t Society Shoes! women who "'goes out" we've choice Mens Crawford Shoes of Patent Kid and Colt Skin, smart lasta, mii- » Womansl r I.aFrance Shoes of Patent Kid in lace or Bntton sty lea Narrow or Brosd toes, French op Cuban heels. $3.00 $8.50 and $4.00 S. R. GIDDING The SHoe Man THe Home of Good Goods. 419 Washington St. Cepc May

CISTKAS BULLETIN Vol. 3. Erma, N. J.. December 12. 1908 No. I. » _ ... THe 1 argest Assortment of Christi mas Gifts At The Cheapest Prices ; Can Be Found At R. T. Johnson's Store.

Buy your Hams, Lard and Fork of ' REUBEN T. JOHNSON. He has : I forty corn fed hogs of Jiis own raising. I and kills ever}' week. All his jiork ia| salted and cured in therold-fashionea j : ■ way. No pressed lard sold there, j : | Home made scrapple. Don't send your money for the necee- ' sary things of life out of the county, j c

f : It is the nome merchant that pays the j taxes and helps support your schools , | and good roads If in need of strictly 1 ' pure groceries buy of Reuben T. John1 ) Bon. You will get good goods at the right price. I The largest assortment of shoes far j Men, Boys. Girls and Children . can be found at

REUBEN T. JORNSON ERMA, N. J.