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PATSY'S BATH SPONGE gi 80 et Patey hated baths. Not that he j* didn't like water, for he never was i* happier than when wading brooks g: and Splashing in puddles; and u when he went Iwatmg it took the P whole family and all *the boat's w crew to keep him from going over- « board. But hatha were different — P — at least they were different before Aunt Ruth came. n "Patsy?" she said one morning g at bathtime, "I went to the -Gulf 1> of Mexico once, and I saw sponges si growing. Sponges grow in sea gar- » dens. Did you know that t " Patsy was interested at once. He ' ] loved tlie outdoors and growing s! things, anil had a garden of his k own. But gardens in the Gulf of b Mexico were something new. He o forgot to hate his bath. 1 '( "Look here, Patsy," Aunt Ruth n went op. "while-you have your o bath with this- fine, new sponge I've brought you. suppose I tell E you how sponges grow. It's a won- (1 derful story. I just wish I could a show you a sponge garden. But f first, shake the sponge. It's new, * you know, and there's no telling L what you iilay find in it." r Patsy spread the bath towel on 1 the floor and shook the sponge vig- v orously* Sure enough, out tu®- H bled half a dozen little sea shells, -t "Palaces." Aunt Ruth said they 5 were, "palaces of some of the ' sponge's near ndghbore in the R Gulfxif Mexico." Palaces in a bath sponge! No « wonder Patsy was interested. ' "Though sponges grow in gar- ^ ♦'dens, Patsy, fhey are not plants." s Aunt Ruth continued. "They are animals — * — " "Ho! like snails and toads," in- 1 terrupted Patsv. "I've^een them 1 in gardens." "No,, they are not a bit like f snails or toads," Aunt Ruth an- ' swered. "They are just like themselves. and nothing else. People 1 used to think they were plants; and when a wise man long ago dis- * covered that a sponge, like this one' ' of yours, was mado-by a whole set- ■ Dement of little animals, no one be- - lieved him at first. And that was ' not surprising ; for sponges, in 1 their -sea gardens, look as if they - jgrew from roots fastened to sea 1 bottoms and are often bright with I color. "But, Patsy, this sponge, of yours is composed of only the skeletons of the little sponge animals! who lived and worked and died to- ] gethcr long ago. When alive, j sponges are a jellylike substance, j • covered over with a thin skin, and j these rough skeletons are out of | sight — just as your bones are hid- K den, Patsy. — |, "Often 1 found living sponges. . ( tossed up by the waves, on Florida j, beaches; and feter I saw them j , brought up from sea l>ottoms by the sponge gatherers, who collect | and prepare them for the market.1 "When alive. they are bright ! enough to be beautiful sea plants — | scarlet and yellow and shining i , black. But since they cannot live j( out of the water, the soft sponge! animals soon lose their bright col-! ore, die and decay, leaving the tough, fibrous skeletons which we i call sponges." Patsv squeezed his spnnge-skel-etonfwith new understanding. "It is well for the sponge animals." Aunt Ruth went on. "that their skeletons are so coarse and tough, or thev would l>e eajen. for the^ea is full of hungry mouths. "You see that your sponge is full of holes, big and little. When the sponge animals were alive, the small holes were like little pores or mouths, drinkiig in the sea water, which was carried through queer little stomachs. The mouths were small that they might strain ont any harmful substances and carry through the sponges only that which thev needed to feed upon and to build with.' After circulating through all parts of the sponges, leaving air. food and lime for making skeletons, the water passed out through the larger pores and back into the sea. "You can tell how many animals lived together and made your bath s|k>nge. Patsy. In* counting the large holes in the sponge. Each large hole, with the small holes surrounding it. belonged to one * sponge animal." .Patsy counted, and found that thirteen animals had once lived together in his sponge, making it a little sponge town. "How do sponges l»egin, Aunt Ruth?" he asked. "There are two ways that I know of." said Aunt Rutli. "They oome from eggs that develop- into tiny, floating baby sponges. These soon attach themselves to objects in the sea or to the sea bottom and

grow fast. Sponges and crabs seem to have a queer liking for IB each other, and crabs may often P" be seen with sponge families grow- w on their backs. And sponge (' gardens are also started by cutting " live sponges and planting the pieces on hard sea bottoms, to which they readily attach them- ** selves, and there they thrive as w plants in a garden. ^ "Your bath sponge is but one of *' many kinds of sponges. I have 9 gathered sponges' that were shaped 0 like pretty vases, sometimes with sea-plants attached, as if the mermaids might have filled Die j strange vases with- sea flowers. 'Neptune's vases,' sponges of this, f are called. Neptune, yob Patsy, was thought ages ago' to-be king of the sea. There are J others that grow in bunches, like. ^ fingers, 'and are called 'deed men's fingers' by people who liW (c the seashore. "Tfag framework or skeletons of J are very different in the t kinds of sponges. Some soft as silk, wile others are of J filler of varying toughness. And t are even beautiful with shin- r ing, glassy-looking fibers. The ar- c rangement erf the little points and r making up these skeletons is very wonderful, with starry span- j gles and eurious figures more beau- a •tiful than I can describe. I'll tell * what we'll do. Patsy, we'll J look at some of them through a ; good microscope. Patsy was by this time handling his sponge with real delight. Never had a hath been such fun. he came out, bright and sinning, he said: "Aunt Rntli. you know aliout * things. My tadpoles have lost their tails. I wish you'd tell me what became of 'em." ] "Oh. tadpoles are just as inter- j esting as sponges, <cvery bit" Annt . Ruth answered with enthusiasm, j "Well have the story about them at the next bath." And. they did, and many other stories at -mnnv Other baths, so that • bathtime has become a Joy to Patsy. Moreover, Patsy is learning to keep his eyes open, and is discovering that the world is full of wonderful things. And these wonderful things nre_for ■ every other -wideawake l»y and i girl, too, who learns as Patsy did to look for them .-'-Mrs. A. S. Hardy, in The Continent. Freckle-Face j Sun and Wind Bring out Ugly Spots — to Remove Easily ! " Here's a chance, Miss Freckle-face, to ' "try a remedy for freckles with the guar- | antee of a reliable dealer that it will not 1 1 cost you a penny unless it removes the '! freckles; while if 'it does give you a ! j clear complexion the expense is trifling. | Simply get an ounce of othine — Jbu- ' i strength — from Jhs. Mccray or any ' druggist and a few applications should ' show you how easy it is to rid yourself * { of the homely freckles and get a beau- ' I tiful complexion. Rarely it more than f|onc ounce needed for the worst case. ! Be sure to ask the druggist for the " j double strength othine as this is the j i prescription sold under guarantee of ! | money back if it fails to remove ! freckles. . HAl3REAL3AM ] 5 "FARM DEMONSTRATION NOTES." "PLANT DISEASES." , Dr. Mel. T. Cook, Plant Pathologist r at the Xew Jersey Experiment Station, , spent a day last week in this county P with the writer, calling attention to se- , vernl plant diseases and emphasizing t preventative measures far as possible, j. In addition to the disease of the pof tato known as the "Black Leg" which j was briefly discussed in an article written two weeks ago, another bad disease e is working and in certain fields willp materially • lessen the yield. r This disease, according to Dr. Mel. T. r Cook, is "Scurf," also known as "Little Potato," "Rosetti," "Aerial Potato," and by other names. 1 The disease may be detected by a twisted and curled condition of the ^ leaves combined with the formation of ! small irregular shaped potatoes upon the stocks above the ground, also cluste ere of small potatoes tight to the main root. The diseased tubers shojv white- spots covered with fungus growth and when held in storage these spots turn black, holding and carrying the disease over it from season to season. It is doubtful whether this disease can I he absolutely eradicated by treatment v with formalin, but can probably be O much reduced. ^ Corrosive Sublimate (poison) Is a II much better disinfectant, but corrodes be

There U also considerable scab showing up on certain fields and varieties of _ potatoes, which cases the infection spread either by cutting the seed (not disinfecting seed or knife) or else in barnyard manure coming from cattle fed on diseased tubers. Tl We cannot be too careful another year selection of seed for planting, and if we will purchase "Certified" ~*d, which been inspected two or three times °' for many of the potatoes diseases, we ^ will materially increase our percentage ® of clean potatoes at digging time. ^ GEORGE B. THRASHER. -Vl / County Farm Demonstrator. a / ' „ ti BOWDERJN SHOES tl \ 7 AS WELL AS GUNS tl Fatt-Eta to he Added to Equipment of t: ^Hospital Corps at Fort Wayne 0 Uc5er the above 1 oading the' Dertoit Free. Pre.*, among other, things says: ^ShaL thedrv is that soldiers whose' feet p art: in good condition- can^walk further ri 9hd faster than soldiers who have . £orns~£5d bunions incased in rawhide. The Government's foot powder order is regarded as the last word in the scfentific outfitting of the defenders of the flag." The English, French and Allied constantly make use of Allen's Foot-Ease. It takes the friction from the shoe and rests the feet. This foot powder, shaken hito the shoes of soldiers. has long been in use in the Gerarmy, and Uncle Samti adoption of this form of treating and easing the ® feet, emphasizes the testimony of the - millions of 'people the world over, who I are shaking Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder, into their shoes, and using it in the foot bath, as the only practical and lasting treatment for easand absolutely preventing sore feet Children Cry ! for fletcher's < C ASXO R I A THE PROGRAM IS WORTH \ THE MONEY v ' We ' are to have a- -Chautauqua c here, and we want it to lie a success every way. The management is doing everything possible to J ■ make it OUR Chautauqua. That ] 1 means it is "up to us" to make it I a success. One of the things the manage- J ; inept, is urging is that we study the , ' program and then talk it to every- , ' body, laying emphasis on the fact 1 • that the program is worth the money. Those who are behind this , • great movement here are not ask- i 'jing for support "lieeause it is a 1 good thing for the town" — al- ! though it certainly is; they are not • asking for any -charity of whatso- , ever kind. The argument is all 1 one way on the question of what a community should do for itself in . the way of supporting a Chautau* ■ qua for the good of Die comiuuni- ( - ty. But, after all, the fact re- ' mains that our people are being of- I > fered big value for every cent they , . spend for tickets. The program is ( t worth far more than the price. < s Doc. Dernburg has gone back. So has 1 Doc. Bryan in the estimation of his compatriots. ' It may be taken for granted that • Huerta celebrates Flag Day in a general ■ ' but unostentatious manner at home • on Long Island. With all due respect to a neighbor e | Uncle Sam begins to feel like advising e i Gen. t'arrfinza to hire a hall, f ... e Reports that Villa cannot read or write art- not upheld K the manner in v hich he seems to be informed of what ! is going on and the promptness in which I lie expresses himself. A woman is always looking on the bright sides of tilings, especially mirrors. Tlie nation is fortunate that can limit it" active hostilities to a local war of words, t • . . '• In the present^ of sq much distiny cuished of the June commencement the •" "essay" has not had a fair chance. g ... It is difficult just now to product any '* Jcind of a diplomatic note which may k not spoil the, harmony. d CATI0BBBO6.1M Mart* 8tre*. Casta. N.J. 10 WentzeiiW, at Pejry street, win gtr» >1 you bids on furniture, carpet and flttln«a Tor yoor entire house and put 1» l\ LUMBER AND Mill Work • GEO. OGDEN & SON e* "

j LEGAL ADVERTISING PETITION May 4, 1816. the President and Members of the Coujfiil^of the C5ty of Gape May: Gentlemen: — We, the undersigned property owners, owning property on Lafayette street bethe Atlantic (Sty Railroad and St. John's street in the City of Cape May, do hereby -respectfully petition honorable body to forthwith lay sewer upon Lafayette street in the territory aforesaid, and we would furimpress, upon you the fact that Board of Health . has at -various times, endeavored through your own order, to have this small piece of sewer laid to relieve the unsanitary conditions prevailing wiftin the above named terHloir. I » (R| : And your petitioners wiH ever pray, etc. — JOSEPH EL WELL, 627 'Lafayette street. P. F. MATTHEWS, 632 Lafayette street. -M'M. M. ALLEN, G2o" Lafayette street. A. T. HAYNE8, 631 to 630 Lafayette street •-* OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY PUBLIC "NOTICE Whereas the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Cape May, has by resolution, acquired as a part of the County Road System, the following described roads, to wit: Tlie road beginning at Schellenger's corner at Green Creek, and extending to its intersection with Fourth Avenue at West Oape May. in Lower Township, as tlie First and Second Section of tlie Bayshore Road; also T'-- *oad beginning at Townsend's corner at Dennisville. and extending to its intersection with Washington Avenue at Woodbine, in tlie Township of known as the Dennisville-Wood-Road; and Whereas, the said Board, by resolution, has straightened, widened and changed the location of portions of said road, and vacated certain portions thereof that became unnecessary for" public use hv reason of such straightening. , widening and changing the location of j same. n« -liown by a map or man= therel 1 of duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the Count v of Cape May; and Whereas, the said Board deems it advisable to improve sa't road by constructing tli" same of gravel in such manner that the same shall, at all seasons of the year, be firm, smooth and convenient for travel: and Whereas, the said Board has author- - i>b- plans and specifications ' for such improvements to be made copies ! of which will be filed in the office of the ■ Clerk of the County of Oape May at five days prior to the date of the . public" hearing hereinafter named: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Chosen Freehaldere of the ' Countv of Oape Mav will meet in the COURT HOUSE at CAPE MAY COURT noUS,... New .Terse v. on i TUESDTY. THE SIXTH DAY OF , .JULY, 1915. at twelve o'clock noon, for the- purpose of giving a public hearin- unon such proposed improvement of said road, at ; which hea'ring any and all persons may | appear and present, either orally or in writing, their objections to the said im- ! provement. By order of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the Countv of Cspe May. r FRAXK W FmVT.Krc Clerk Dated -Tune 16th. 1915, at Sea Isle Citv. ' Xew Jersey. 6-19-2t : Meadow View farm Vegetables and Produce ERMA, N. J. e Keystone Phone 24X

A. H. FAULKNER = Contractor ; ' and Builder Keystone fhos e ]',m 620 Hughes Street Cape May, N.J. , : PRIZES S FOR ^ I Best Crops : Prizes will be awarded to any farmer in Cape May County showing the best ^ crop from one-lialf bushel of oats, corn or wheat grown in this county, as fol- - 1ST PRIZE, OATS $10.00 . 2XD PRIZE, OATS .-. 5.00 3RD PRIZE) OATS 2.50 1ST PRIZE. WHEAT, 5.00 2XD PRIZE. WHEAT 2.50 1ST PRIZE, CORN 6.00 , 2ND PRIZE. CORN 2^0 ^ Products to be exhibited at Court House at the meeting of the County Board of Agriculture, first Friday and Saturday in November. JOSEPfJ, CAMP, -r — Pierces- P. O. ^ I President County Board of Agriculture-

i vm HORSES f FOR SALE I . Conatudy «o hud all Mat. at haaw ftaa Ik* heapest to the beat, may time or land. Jak will what you want and I will send it on 10 dayatrial aad will tako it away if not •atnfactorv. Ytn |illinjj « take m chance a* die animal Must Suit Yen. Remember that Ike guarantee it foe*l fn Hum Covafufiat Aucben as well as at private sales. Meat of Cape May County horses oome from Woodbine, on account of square dealings. y* MAX POTASHNICK Woodbine, N. J. Jx s

SPECIAL FOR SPRING at Laventhol's ; A very nice line of silk Crepe de Chine waists and vary latest style in skirts. REASONABLE PRICES. 319 WASHINGTON STREET 1 Store open Daily I WHEN FURNISHING A SUMMER HOME f whether it be a cozy bungalow or a magnificent mansion, it is of fii-t importance to secure the aid of a reliable dealer. Your comfort and i", pleasure depend on your selection not for a day only as with many purchases, but for years to come, and a large percentage of the cost % ' can be saved by the advice and assistance of an experienced dealer. WENTZELL'S, 33 Perry Street. Refrigerators of tried and proven quality. New'importation of t mattings. New Linoleums, Crex Grass Rugs. Everything in house , c furnishings. Come in and see. t ■ ■

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MILLER COTTAGE 234 PERRY STREET Now open, excellent table, comfortable rooms, good service, convenient location Keystone Phone 58-8. H. H. McPHERSON. THE SANRITA MRS. GEORGE A. COOPER Lafayette Street p.... Cape May, New Jersey THE HARRISON -S ' ^ MRS. C. D. HARRISON Cor. Perry and South Lafayette Streets, Capa May, N. J. HOTEL DEVON J. L. KEHR, Proprietor 1 Sooth Lafayette Street Cape May. New Jersey Bellemere Cottage 4 MRS. E. SMITH a 109-11 Perry Street, Cape May, N. J