STAR AND WAVE

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FIFTY-! ?- Tt YEAR CAPE MAY CITY. N. J, SATURDAY, APRIL II. 1914 THREE CENTS A COPY * *IIM ' ' ■ I ! ! ■ • ' •

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COUNCIL JELD LONG J5ESSI0N LARGE VOLUME OF BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED AT A REGULAR MEETING OX TUESDAY EVEX1XG —EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT. ^ ' On Tuesday evening President Marcy presided over a very busy meeting of i City Conncil, which lasted until mid- ] night. Councilman Baily was the only ] .member absent. Other important en- ] gagements demanded his presence. Af- ; tor reading the minutes of several previous meetings, the various reports were \ read and approved. „ A communication from X. Z. Graves requesting a return of taxes which had r been paid twioc. Action was taken favorable to Mr. Graves. j A claim from E. \V. Llovd for services in 1011 was received and referred to the <■ proper committee. I j Ocean Street proj»crty owners rc- 5 quested Councils to have freight cars ! removed from foot of Oc-ean Street. Mr. 'g Hughes stilted be bud investigated this I matter and that the railroad company, t would euuqilv promptly with this rc- I quest. , Mr. Mecray who was recently ap- ' w pointed as a committee to request better !

coaches on the Cape May trains reported 1 that Atlantic City R. R. hud complied with his request and that a derided improvement had taken place, much to j the gratification of the patrons of that ! road. Council ordered the arches on the ' boanl walk placed in good order and to be lighted from Broadway to Madison Avenue, commencing Easter for the sea W. J. Fcndcrson, representing the j Stockton Land Company, requested the ! removal of the sewer, which now ciosses ' order to make improvements to this val- j liable property. Tlie request was placed in the hands of the projier tomir.ittn'. j In a report from the Engineer of the' Water Works it was stated that Cape May consumed over u luilliou^allon- of ' water daily. Council instructed the Treasurer to' pay the G. A. R. money appropriated for j their use. Mr. William ),. Stevens requested water service oh a meter for the use of the canning house. Favorable action was ' taken. Mr. George Rutherford requested ' i water cuiuictrfKms for his new bungalow. Referred to Water Committee. Application was received from twelve : property owners on Emerald Avenue, ' West Cape May, for eify water service, i Matter referred to property committee 1 to report on the next meeting niglit. ji

Property Committee will usk bids for painting boardwalk arches. City Solicitor Hildrcth was requested to submit a written opinion on the legality of giving money to the Board of Trade ami to the base ball club. City Pavilion Xo. 1 was ordered opened for the season, commencing Saturday. Mrs. Hess was elected as matron of this paviliou and Miss Fisher was eWtcd as ■natron of Pavilion Xo. 3. BUI LD1 XtJ 1 XSPECTOR'S /KEPI )RT. Building Inspector's report tor the term ending March 31st. A. IX. 1914. Tn thp President ad Members of tfrf fjfy Council, of the City of Cape May. Ccntlenien : The undersiged Building Inspector of the City of Cape May, X. J..' respectfully begs leave to submit for the information of your honorable body, the number of buildings permits andpurposes, for which they were issued, for the term ending March 31st, A. D-, 1914, as follows: Permit Xo. 584, to George F. Rutherford for the erection of a bungalow on First Avenue, west of the Cape May Light and Power house. Owner same as above. Permit Xo. 5* I To John W. Mecray and Bro., for alterations and additions to "The Columbia Hotel,'' Ocean Street, sdhth of Washington Street. Owners as above named. Permit Xo. 586. To Wm. F. Cassody for an addition to the Cape May Golf Club House, on Lafayette Street, east of Madison Avenue. Permit Xo. 5S7. To Otis M. Townsend for the ercetion of a new two story cottage on Xew York Avenue, east of Read- , ing Avenue. Owner as above. Permit Xo. 588. To Sherman S. Sharp for the erection of a new tw0 story oottaeg on Xew Jersey Avenue west of ■ * — < (Continued on eighth page.) 1

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN ITEMS OF INTEREST -GATHERED HERE AND THERE FOR YOUR PERUSAL, BY A STAR AND WAVE REPORTER. (S * V Philadelphians who are occupying cottages during Easter are Frank Mende, ' E. Borzell, Mrs. Isaac Remington, Hattie E.- Sexton, Mrs. Laura F. ' Mrs. Isaac Stoddart, C. E. ' Misg Marie I.cjambre was here this ' week arranging to opeu her cottage at early date. -- 1 Mrs. Sallic B. Davis who passed away recently, was an early cottager here. 1 We notice a number of our college ' men and ladies home for Easter. Miss Margaret Xelson, of Chester, is * entertaining a house party at the Wash- ' Street cottage of her mother, Mrs. ' I B. Xelson. ' I John 1". Springer has leased the Vir- ' Hotel for the coming summer. Mrs. Sarah Davis will keep the Stock- ' Villa again this season. <J. S. Magrath, the former oil i tor of * [the Wave, was greeting friends here this a j week. 1 Charlotte Bridonthal, after being in ^

1 | Philadelphia during the winter has i 1 , taken a|iartments at the. Maquire cot- - tage. • j J j Miss Edna Sweeney, of Philadelphia, t j was here on Monday looking to the coin- , plot ion «f her Hughes Street cottage, s Mr. and Mrs. R. Courtlander. of 1'liil- > ailelphia. were visitors inserting the l cottage they purrhased in new Cape • i May . :j BIRTHDAY CAKE. ! ! Mr. and Mrs. John Wilhraham were i j presented with a beautiful birthday i cake baked especially for the occasion - j by Mrs. George Kwing. Mrs. Kwing is ! famous in this baking line and decoraj tions. A beautiful bunch of Easter lilies ■ ; accompanied it. April 4th being the • | birthday. We hope tliev may live to HARBOR NOTES. 0 The fishing boat, Three Friends, will i j fish for maekertl and ship their catches j j from .the Cape May Harbor. Two other! | mackerel siuucks have arrived and start i j The Au Re voir, owned by L. A. Scott, is now being placed in eodition for the j j The Ray E, owned by Entrikcn and Sons, and runs between Cape,May and 1 j WUdwood, has been overhauled and is now waiting for better weather. ' j The Leslie, of Anglesea, was fitted I with a new mast this week at Schel- 1 I "iiu U iks mast cms weeK at Send-

>r | lcngcr's Landing. <1 ' BOARD OF EDUCATION ORGANIZES. Lower Township Board of Education organized on Tueday evening by tlie election of W. K. McPhcrson, of Fishing r- Creek, president, and Charles Baker, of 8 Cold Spring, vice-president. DE RACINE — EKSTROM. e Mrs. Emma Louvse Ekstrom wishes to announce the marriage of her youngest r daughter, Anna Louysc, to Albert De ■ . Racine, of HaadonflCl<trN:-d.,- which took ' place on February 12th, 1D14, and has f '"''i kept secret by the young couple, « until now. 1 o I n DANCING_ Grand Dance Saturday and Monday c evenings, April 11 and 13. Full orches- * i tra Easter* Monday evening. Auditor- 1 ium, Jackson Street. ' i FTVE AND TEN CENT GOODS, r We have just received a new line of 5 spring goods, larger than ever before ' Here you will find: Laces, Collars, Pillow Tope, Ruching, f i Curtain Goods, Aprons, Stamped Goods, r , Embroidery Silk, Ribbons. Lots of new f i Dry Goods. FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE, C Cor. Perry and Washington Street, f Cape Mav. 1 F o 1 Rubber Bands at Star and Wave Sta ' I tionery Department. ^ CENTRAL RESTAURANT OPENED. The Central Restaurant is now open to the public under new management * Excellent service, clean and modern wit }. the choicest of foods, prepared by good $ cooks. Home made pastry. Decatur Street, near Washington.

PERSONAL MENTION , INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING v/F CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Ixtgan Bockius was a recent weekend visitor. Mrs. C. J. McGrath was a recent visitor here. ,• , Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Davis and daughter are spending the Easter seaw ith Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Taylor. Miss Georgie Douglass is improving rapidly after her recent serious fall. | Mrs. Elizabeth Bockius is spending the Easter holidays with her daughter, Mrs. | Ell wood Souder of Wilmington, Del. j Mrs. I.. E- Miller lias returned after a visit to her brother, Dr. Jas. Ware, of Bayonne, N. J. C. J. Mar-hall and family have opened I . their First Avenue cottage for the sum- j season. / L Mrs. Lafayette Miller lias been spending several days in Philadelphia. Chas. Dougherty, of Philadelphia, I i spent some time here this week looking ' after his property. Miss Ruth E. Klcischhaucr will leave U for Philadelphia, where sh»k g ! w ill s|>end a couple of days.

I Miss Irene Bennett is visiting for I J few days in Philadelphia. I Mrs. II. Walker liand has been spend * I ing a few days in Philadelphia. Mr. H. W. Johnson. Jr.. of Haddan _ field, was a week-end visitor in thi B Second Ward. e Miss E. Smith, of German! own hat been visiting Miss Irene Bennett for I Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fleisehhauer anc p son, of Philadelphia, will leave tomorf row for Cape^May where they will spend 1 their Easter holidays with their parents ^ Mr. and Airs. H. J. Fleisehhauer. Col. A. M. Ludlam. of Boston, Mass. ( was in Cape May Thursday attending , to his property interests here. , William J. Kimsey will sjlent Kastel | w-itli Miss Mabel IX Fleisehhauer. | Miss Ruth E. Fleisehhauer entertained ! Mrs. Elsie lfalpin on Thursday. I Mrs. Daniel Foeor entertaiiu'sl her Snn- ( ; day school class yesterday anil was the ■ ] recipient of a beautiful gold lead pencil as a token of their esteem. Claude andRoliert Phillips are home | from school, and enjoying the Easter vacation with their parents, Mr And Mrs. K. Phillips. [ Miss Tryphonc MeKean is in Philadel- : phia for several days and w ill attend tlie wedding of Miss Mary Hewitt in the rapacity of maid of honor. Mrs. Lutlicr C. Ogden entertained for sister. Miss Gregory, Wednesday.

WEST CAPE MAY. Ira Turner spent a week with his . daughter. Mrs. Warren Neil. Rev. J. L. Landis, after a very pleas- ] ' ant visit to Trenton and Oak Lane en- i ; j".vod much his stay last week with Mr. j ; and Mrs. Floyd P. Clark in Pitman. He ; 1 reports it as prosperous and growing i 1 more beautiful and attractive every year I 1 The cottage prayer meeting was held | ' at Claude Eldredge's home on Emerald j i Avenue, and was very interesting. { V\ illard Godfrey is again running the t ■ delivery auto of tlie Cape Mav Grain t - Company,- " _ 1 Wilbert Turner, having sold his house 1 on Sixth Avenue, has moved into Ron- ; J Week's bouse. He intends to build t another bungalow on the Landis tract j c very soon. . f Tlie Freeholders have put a new top ' f dressing of stone on Broadway and gel - f d ting it in good - ahape for the heavy, e travel over it. I B' DAHLIAS. ] S Get your dahlias at E. S. Howell Gar- e dens, Cape May Court House. X". J. I ( , Choice, no two alike. One dollar per j dozen. Dahlia for the millions, "WoodWilson," always in bloom. Twenty cents. 4-11-tf RESTAURANT OPENED. The Central Restaurant is now open the public under new management Excellent service, clean and modern wit ' the choicest of foods, prepared by good cooks. Home made pastry. Decatur Street, near Washington . FARMERS, ATTENTION! I have a few kegs assorted nails from to 20 penny sizes, called Farmers' Am selling the above nails at per 100 lb. keg, while they last. CHAS. A. SWAIN, 305-307 Jackson Street, i

THE PLACE OF I HONEYMOONS \ -BRIGHT AND^ INTERESTING RO- * MAXCE THAT WILL KEEP THE | WITS WORKING ALL THE TIME. : STARTS NEXT WEEK. This Is what the Nashville Tennesaean says of the new serial we have ••cared. "The Place of Honeymoons." if Harold MacGrath: [ Grand opera singers have frequently been utilized as the. heroines of novels. but It Is doubtful whether any buthor has ever conceived of a more delightful character than the one which I Mr. MacGrath presents In this charm- i ' j Ing romance. It Is the fortunes of j ; such a singer, whose name Is plain Irish Nora, that the author invites his , readers to follow. Her abduction at the bands ft a princely suitor who ' i wishes to make her his morganatic | wife; her belief that this abduction has been arranged by Courtlandt, the American hero, who happens to resemble the prince: her summer rest- ■ Ing days at beautiful' Lake Como. | where her train of admirers follow; relations with a delightful old , father who has been a prize fighter, and her mother who Intends to enter the "best circles" and vainly endeav- ' , ora to veneer her honest, likable 1

HAROLD MACGRATH, Author of . "The Place of HoneyInto a society gentleman — these are a few of the things that furnish the Incidents which form the stock of the story. Romance, pure and simple, is the principal motive of the tale, but It Is , which Is clothed in the eleof mystery and which baffles the 1 reader until the author sees fit to ! clear It up near the end. v ( Harold MacGrath has so firmly established himself In the regard of fiction lovers, that it is an accepted fact any story from his pen will be interesting, entertaining and unusual, ' and "The Place of Honeymoons," Is } no exception to this rule. It is Mac- i Grathlan throughout, charming in set- • l ting, cosmopolitan 1n nlr and Ameriin spirit. The author's unusually ' | imagination has been given ' chance to display, itself, and his ' delightful gift of narration makes ev- • paragraph original. "The Place of Honeymoon.-'" will i start on April 18th, in the Cape May < and Wave. i I" ' ========= i - ■ .. ■ ■ ■

NEWS AND ! COMMENT ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEERST. PASSING EVENTS AND OCCURRENCES GLEANED FROM HERE AND THERE — READ THESE ARTICLES ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS. Mayflower Lodge, Independent Order ' of Odd Felloes, of Cape May, will ini- | tiate a class of eight candidates into tlie mysteries of the order this evening ! at their lodge rooms in the Auditorium, I Jackson Street. This is the second class j initiated by Mayflower Lodge this year, j twenty-five new members having been taken into the order. | Perfection is acquired by doing common things uncommonly well. This is a motto of the Star and Wave Commercial Printing deportment. The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will hold a rummage sale April 17-18, 1914, at 405 Washington Street. The Gape May Women's Christian Temperance Union will hold a strawberry festival April 23, 1914. Miss Emily Meerav entertained at tea Tuesday afternoon. _ < Mrs. G. F. Kenton, who^ias been spending the winter in Los Angeles and Pasedena. Southern California, returned 1 recently to her home. 257 Grant Street, '

where she will open- her dress making parlors April 15, and will be glad to receive all her old customers. Mrs. Sheppard Taylor and Mrs. George Ewing spent Friday afternoon at Cape May Point. C. EARLB MILLER RESIGNS. C. Earlc Miller, who has been secretary of the Capo May Real Estate Company since its organization, ten or more years ago, has resigned his position and will enter into the real estate business on his own account. Mr. Miller has been a most efficient man in- his secretaryial •lOsitions and has often worked night and day to keep up with his duties in time of stress. Men of his type are not numerous and they form n larger ilegenerally recognized. Mr. Miller lias won the' good will and hearty esteem of , all who have known him and this in- • eludes a large pcrcentajp- . of our citizens. He baa bain cntincnUj fair and considerate in all of his dealings and his numerous acquaintances and friends will hid him god-siHisl in his new venture and rejoice in the success he is reasonably certain to win. P. O. S. OF A. CHANGE MEETING PLACE Washington Camp. No. 18.1.. Patriotic Order Sons of America of this city have, secured the lodge room in the Auditor-

ium Building, Jackson Street, and in the future will meet at this hall. The night of meeting has also been changed on necouiit of another lodge meeting in the Auditorium on the night formerly used by the P. O. S. of A., and- in the future, starting with April"! 1th. tliey will meet Saturday evening, at eight A debate is being arranged between a team from the local Camp of Patriot! Order Sons of America, and a team from the Wildwood Camp, on the subject. "Revived, that women should be given the right to vote." Wildwood will the affirmative and Cape May the negative. TI~vv1ll1iP~hetrl in um* of— the- j Casino Theatres, about April 23rd. Wildwood team is made up of Lan ning Myers. R. C. Ingersoll nnd E. Yen nev, while Cape May will be represented by Dr. II. R. Mover, Rev. W. E. Lak and Theodore W. Reeves. Mailing tubes, 3 cents per foot. ^ price in large quantities. Star ] and Wave Pub. Company. j — ■ |

I atentplp (girl's (Ortrttr of ' flhtlaiirltJhia. jia. " William Powell Twaddell, Director, s Assisted by Mrs. H. D. Moyer, elocutionist i AT t The First Baptist Church j THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 19I4, AT 8 P. M. Admission, 25 Cents \ Tickits ■ay be sttaiatf Iron ambers si TM Bratbcrbesfi tf ttf Rrtt Baptist Chirct or it tM door ss the lifkt of tta odcrWusul 1

' a THE TEACHER'S INSTITUTE " FINAL SESSION FOR THE YEAH ® HELD AT NORTH WILDWOOD ON 3 FRIDAY THIRD INST.— THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM. r The teachers' institute work In Cape . -May County, during the present school , year, has been conducted upon a differj ent plan and one which has proven ben- , efic'al and satisfactory. The fiPst waa ( a general one, including all of tha , teachers of the county, and was held , at Ocean City in October. During January and February four sectional in- . stitutes were held, one at '■Wildwood, i f°r the teachers of Wildwood; one at Cape May, fat the teachers of Cape May, West Gape May, Lower Township and , Cape May Point; one at Court Housa , for the teachers of Midddle and Dennia Townships, and one at Woodbine, for tha I teachers of Woodbine and Upper TownTlie final one was a general institute • , for all of the teachers of the county, and was held at North Wildwood's new -eljgpl building. Friday, April 3rd. Tha neT building, recently completed, is one of the finest in the county, built upon modern lines, and containing rrrm t, on lines, containing every

R facility and improvement. The North t\ ildwood Board of Education, teachers and people took a great deal of intere est in the event and made teachers and e cor|is of instructors very comfortable. The medical inspector. Dr. Margaret Mace, provided refreshment in the shape of lemonade, which was kept replenished - all day. The ladies of the North Wild- - wood churches, supplied in the basement e of the school, a fine lunch at moderate 1 price which wgs much appreciated by 9 teachers, saving them time and adding i to their comfort. The basement waa 1 nicely decorated with bunting. In the t school rooms tl,ere were exhibits of , school work, which engaged the attent tion of teachers and indicated the cx- . ccllencc of the work wliiclfjs being done * bv the corps of teachers, consisting of i H. C. Soldi, -I,H,,g. principal. Carrie f Powell, Gertrude Brndwhy. Mrs. Annie . Myers, Fanny S. Priiethun, Elsie Col- ■ berg. I The institute lecturers were as foli lows: I)r. Alexander J. Ingles. Rutger'a I College. Mrs. Kate IX Stout,' Trenton ■ Slate Normal School; Miss Lillian M. . Kremcr, Newark State Normal; Miss Edna B. Pratt. State Library CommisIn addition to these were 11. C. . s.-fi lie], ling, principal North Wildwood Miss Elsie Col berg, primarv teacher, North Wildwood. Miss S-i rn V \Tn . a 1 sciem* teacher,

a Cape May High School.. , Mr. Schlichting's pajier was upon t "Modern Methods In the Teaching of . History." given in the grammar depart- , ment, and it was a very able production, . allowing ea refill thought and research. t . Miss Marcy 's subject was "Methods of Teaching Biology," and was treated t with a range and ability which was both entertaining and instructive. It ! *'"• given in the high school department nnd was thoroughly appreciated, i M'S" folbcrg. illustrated with- a class, J sonic methods in primary teaching in B number and reading, which showed in.Igcniiiiy and comprehension of her work. I." r "Iherg is one of the successful ~] primary teachers of the county, which is particularly blessed just now in the j possession of a number of primary teachers of unusual ability and skill. Tlie diction of officers in the departments resulted in the selection of Miss Annie E. Davidson' of Ocean City, as president of the Primary Department; C. Sclilichting, of North Wildwood, president of the Grammar Department, nnd O. W. Reichly, of Ocean City, as president of the High School DepartMiss Elinor Thompson, of this city, w-ho is the very efficient director of music of the Wildwood Gty Schools, contributed a beautiful selection by a chorus of the Wildwood high school students, fifteen in number. Its titls "A Song of Spring." It was enthusiastically applauded for several minutes. Questionnaires were distributed by the County Superintendent for the purpose of obtaining information of the popular sentiment in the county upon question of the establishment of a county vocational school, in accordanoa with the provisions of a recent law and teachers were asked to investigate in ( (km tinned on page five)