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CAPE. MAY STAR AND W AV! Ocean "Wave Established . J|JJ Star of the Cape Established }»«« Marred In Star and Wave 1»#' ALBERT R- HAND. General Mana*er Forms close Thursday evenln** Out ,f>,ovn circulation delivered Saturdays. FUBSCRIIWION PRICE, *l-t» PER TEAR IN ADVANCE. This paper Is entered' at the postoffice as eecond-class postal matter. WAR AND WAVE PUBLISHING CO. Slf. and il" Washington 8treet. IMPORTANT LECTURE At the regular meeting of the Home and School Aasociation, of this city., to be held at the High School Building Thursday everting. December^JTth, Dr. Alexander Johnson. Direct# of Extension of tlie Training School aUVineland, N. J., will deliver a lecture upon "The Mother State and her Weakest .Children." This lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon pictures. The importance of the subject may be gleaned from the following brief extracts from an official to the Commissioner of Charities and Correction: In New Jersey the present gumber of .Feeble-minded and epileptic cases properly cared for is 086. Number in other institutions, such as jails, reformatories, almshouses, 708. Number of cases on record not included in the above 4208. Investigations made in several localities show that the number of feebleminded unprovided for, is very much larger than the above figures indicate. "At least two-thirds of the feebleminded have inherited their feeblemindedness." (Goddard). "The average number of children born in a family is 4; whereas in these de- ' generate families ^e find an average of 7 J each and if the still born children are included the disproportion is still more stirking as the average number of children in each family is brought up to 8.4" (Tcedgold). "Sixty -two per cent of all cases committed to our Inebriate Home# are either insane or mentally defective" (Dr. ■ Bra ntwaite- England). "Of 300 prostitutes, fifty-one per cent were feeble-minded. All doubtful cases i were recorded as normal. • • • "Not more than six of the entire number seemed to have really good minds." (Fernald, Report of the Massachusetts Commission). THE "NATIVES" ARE ENTERPRISING

The "natives" everywhere are com pell- i ed to stand for a good deal of criticism i and a great many gibes and taunts, i both good-natured and ill-natured. i Whether it is true everywhere or not. ■ it is a fact that at Cape May that a i very substantial percentage of all build- i ing improvements have been made by "natives." If we includc'tindcr this dea- < ,jgnation oy epithet, men who have spent f summers here from ten to fifty years « and are as keenly interested ' in and as ; proud of Cape May as the most d« - j t voted of its inhabitants, the percentage ! i will mount very much higher and in- j e elude very nearly all the improvements s made. The Pittsburg inundation left us very little but a lot of debt, a menacing ( political oiganization and the improve- t ments made by the classes of people f which we have designated. Mr. Graves f belongs to one of these classes and has i J given the city its greatest impetus in j v rational improvement. He had vision of , what is needed and bis friends and j t friends of Cape May, will hope that he^k may be able atill further to give it i e tangible shape. This tale may be used , r very well to point a moral to- the effect ;1 that it is never either wise or advisable ' to sacrifice the interests of those who t have been for years deeply interested. I in Cfcpe May for the benefit of transient ' speculators or speculators of any kind, a It T* no part of the city's duty to supply capital for the development of private t flM Reward* $1M 1 ■Me to ours In all la etmxM. and that la 1 Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cars la the only , ■Mtdvs oar* now known to tha medical MMMa Catarrh batng a oonatltuttonal Ataaaaa. raauiraa a constitutional treataaafesLsw^giupha ■ ar.d sracma aurfacee of the system. thereby ihotl aj lat'llss foundfcttoa of the die- 1 ■ natureln SMnc NatSfcTbe proprietors . for sny case ^gaLU^fsIla to euro. Bond Iddreee' F. J . CHKKEY M OO., Toledo, Ohio. ' . etLagawafli. -

- .enterprise and when' promoters herali j ' their appearance by immediately en | deavoring to draw upon the city treaa S ury or to form a political organlzatioi 7 to eontroi the city'a affairs, it should in * dicate their character sufficiently to pu »• everybody on guard. R The steadfast people who stay wit! Cape May through thick and thin ar '■ entitled to eoneiderati6n and ever; ~ species of favoritism practised by the city for the benefit of the promoters and speculators is paid for in large e measure by ,the steadfast ones, whom Cape May cannot afford to sacrifice in g this way any more.. These remarks r. should be heeded and thought over at i- this present time more than ugual, for I. we may be on the verge of receiving a «• new set of promoters for the East ( *]»' I- -Mar tract with the usual ambition to annex the city treasury. y 0 OUR REPRESENTATIVE e CITY GOVERNMENT The people of this city are to be congratulated upon the possession of a f thoroughly representative city government, and upon ita continuance after the reorganization of Council on January s l8t We are convinced and we believe everybody who is conversant with the course of events, will agree with us, that the . present and coming city council will deal with all Cape May interests fairly and t, justly, and if there is anything more required as a basis for good government, . we do not knuw what it is. No man . wants less and none can very well ask for more. In addition to this, everybody a will agree that our executive officers - ars as thoroughly reliable as can be obf tained. With this kind of a city govi ernment the citizens of this city have 1 the very best foundation for business ( activity and for the building up of the t the city's prosperity and prestige. JERSEY JUSTICE Charles Frazier, accused of murder, was arraigned before the court on Tuesday morning. His attorney announced ■ that he .had no wish to contend and • spoke a brief enlogium of his client. The ■ court delivered a sentence of not more ' than 30 years in State prison nor less ' that 12, and the whole proceedings had '• no! taken over five minutes. - SPANISH IN THE SCHOOLS. 1 A few years ago, even college teachr

ing of Spanish was almost completely ■ neglected. The pendulum has already i swung far in the other direction, and . large number of colleges definitely require the subject in freshman work in , various branches. Most encouraging of all, however, is the awakening of interest in secondary schools. According to a report of the bureau of education, no less than 785 high schools are now teaching Spanish, ami offer additional courses in Portuguese. This is in market! contrast t» the state of affairs so late as 1010. when but ninety-three of our 15,01*1 ] Secondary institutions reported such instruction. Naturally, a large number of the schools are on the border — ninety- 1 eight in Texas and one hundred and forty-eight in California: but there are ' forty-four "m Massachusetts, forty-one I New York, twenty-nine in Pennsvlvania and twenty-three in Illinois. , It may be presumed that many of | these are technical and commercial ( high schools, supplying firms inter- . jested in South America; but there , must, nevertheless, be an appreciable ~ literary interest ill the language. As our business connections with the southern republics grow, the day 1 approaches when Spanish will be studied only lees than French and German. — Trenton State Gazette. Since we. have an object lesson before of the effects of German "Kultur," it seems to be dawning upon a number of people that German is not the foreign which" should be taught in our high school#- French . or Spanish or French and Spanish wpuld be much ipore useful and practical. The future development of this country will, probably, depend largely upon association ana business with the other nations of the American continent, and French and Spanish are the languages most used in ail of these. Our iaftk&das art | inhabited by people to whom French

; W.W.W. Rings are a mark of Distinction J.S. GARRISON ! Jeweler Optician 305 WASHINGTON ST. AGENT FOR ^ REPAIRING OF VICTOR WATCHES AND TALKING JEWELRY MACHINE CO. A SPECIALTY Buy your Christmas gifts now In r Cape May. . ■

I IFE INSURANCE is playing an important part in human affairs to-day. As a medium for saving money and an investment furnishing protection to the family it stands alone. Millions have found life insurance ini dispensable in the hour of trouble. I < . (f^6) ®te|^rutieniial ^ FORREST F. DRYDEN, Presides!

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

I " RATES 25 words I tin . 25c I 25 " 3 tints . 50c

PHONEfaYOUR WANTS. NO ADVERTISING LESS THAA 25.

FOR SALE. « 1 ■ FOR SALE — For sale very cheap, a 5passenger Buick, 4 cylinder touring " car in first class condition, Apply to f \V. L. Ewing, Jr., Cape May, N. J. , 988-1 l-28-6t FOR SALE— Nice geese, at 25c a pound. Apply to I. F. King, Cdld Spring, N. J. 1034-12-12-14 It FOR SALE ' INCUBATOR— 127 egg cypress incuI bator — will sacrifice to quick buyer. ApI ply to oJseph Baldwin, 410 Bank street, . Cape May. 1036-tf. ' FOR SALE ' Rather than move the stable which is ' being washed out by thsy ocean, on the Blackburne property. Cape May Point. I will refuse no reasonable cash offer For further information comipunieate with John Blackburne, 503 Merchants and Mariners Bide.. Philadelphia. Pa. 1035-lt Mariners Bldg., Pa. 1035-lt

FOR RENT ' FOR RENT — Fine cottage on Queen ' street, completely furnished, very t comfortable, Apply to Mrs. E. Carter f McKnight, 749 Washington Street, ("ape May. 946-tf. | NURSE— White woman wishes ^.m'Tne- j ' mint cases. Best of reference, Mrs. i Broadbent, Brainard avenue near Pearl, I Cape May Point. N. J. 1037-12-12 It

MONEY - WILL LOAN MONEY ON B FIRST MORTGAGE 0 For Sale Cheap— Property near Beach, on Howard street. A six sere farm property with fine dwelling, on Main Road. Maryland Casualty Co. -will go on your bond for small premium, t G. BOLTON ELPREDGE, Merchants National Bank Bldg. POULTRY ' FOR SALjjr— White Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching, one dollar per set- ' ting of fifteen. After September 1st, stock for sale. H. C. Rerson, corner ' Washington and Union streets. 10-o-y 1 NOTICE If in need of any nursery stock of any description call on Joseph E. Brown. Practical fruit grower, 'Green Creek, 1 N. J. 951-ll-14-3mo.

NOTICE On the afternoon and evening of Be- - comber the tenth. Cold Spring Grange 1 No. 132 will hold a Fair and Oyster ^ Supper in the Grange Hall. Supper 25c. r Ice cream and cake will be on sale. e 992-1 l-28-2t. NOTICE | On December 7tb, 1914, Cold Spring Grange No. 132 will hold their annual ' election of officers. All members are 1 requested to be present. 993-1 l-28-2t

and Spanish are familiar, but German , is not. The United States military and naval academies, in recognition at these conditions have both Spanish and French « , in their list of subjects but no German. German is in our high schools to so I large an extent because of the organized , effort of Germans to impose their lan- , guage and thought upon Ameriea and ail the rest of the world. f Send your engraved plate to the Star and Wave Stationery Department now if you need calling cards before, Christmas. If you have no plate we will engrave one up-to-the-minute in style. APPLE GROWERS SHOULD ADVERTISE IN CITY PAPERS In the current '"issue of Farm and > Firseside, the national farm paper pobliahed at Springfield, Ohio, Herbert r Quick, editor of that publication, writi ing about the apple market, says that r people who are seeking to economize in r war time should have their attention i directed to the apple as a cheap and - wholesome substitute for things which - have gone up in price. He continues: i "The organized apple growers should r make an advertising campaign In the 1 city papers. Teach the people the value i of applet as a food. ■ "An apple a day keeps. the doctor i away,' it is said, and there is no doubt

i that this king of all- fruits has great I dietary value. "Co-operative buying clubs should b" i encouraged to buy nnd store apples . while they are cheap." I WHY MEN SWEAR. Georgia Wood Pangbom, "writing a I story in the December Roman's Home Companion, says of one of her characters: "He's a man, and can't cry, so he has to say Damn." Buy. your Christmas gifts now in Cape May. Now IS THE TIME TO.BUY Christmas Presents FURS ARE VALUED GIFTS Just received a full line of i LADIES' COATS intheUi- : est styles. 0**«-fourth off en » all TRIMMED HATS. MRS. E. TURNER ► WuUnjton Street

1 1 wood L. Chambers Jera E. Chambers Chambers Bros. DEALERS IN Fresh Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crab Meat. 322 MANSION STREET < - t CAPE MAY, N. J. Auto Delivery r Keystone Phone 228D Bell Phone 17W H. C. BOHM 232 JACKSON STREET FOR FRESH FISH Taken from his own fish pound daily ALL OTHER SF A FOODS IN SEASON

Both Phones Prompt Deliveries W. H. AUSTIN CO. COAL, LIME, CEMENT Building Materials Deliver anywhere in Cape May County. Write or phone for prices. BOTH 'PHONES W. S. SHAW & SON Dealers in BRICK, LIMB AND CEMENT. GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Kyystone Telephone 30 A 523 ELMIRA STREET . ' Advertise Your Christmas Goods j La the Star and Wave---IT PAYS '