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"THE LITTLE ^HOP ^ 427 Washington Street A. B. VAN DERVOORT OPEN ALL THE YEAR We hare a full line of Stamped Goods, Columbia Yarns, Raffia, And all materials to be found io an up -to-date Art Shop. 1M0RE WEEKS AND THEN . ..-••• • <■' "v Christmas | Q Buy of Cape May Merchants and watch this town grow. The metropolitan cities are now large enough. ADVERTISERS IK THE STAR AND WAVE ARE RELIABLE Paige Automobiles Are in a distinctive class. They are popular because of their fine ap-

pearance, modern equipment, simplicity of opeiation, low cost of upkeep, and the running expense is trifling. A more suitable Xmas gift is not listed. For detailed Information or Demonstration see DAVID KONOWITCH 408-10 Washington St.. Cape May | HOLIDAY GOODS We have a full line of Holiday Goods, such as Toys, Christmas Tree Ornaments, Slippers, Handkerchiefs, Ties, Fancy Writing Paper, Dolls, Silverware, Fountain Pens, Manicure Sets, Glove Boxes, Cologne, Fancy Chinaware, Lamps, Shaving Sets, Etc. OUR PRICES ARE LOW OUR PRE-INVENTORY'SALE Opens December 20th and closes the night of the 24th at 7 o'clock. During fcht> e days we have our BARGAIN COUNTER, where gaods are sold at 50 cents on the dollar— just half of the original cost. All Dry Goods and Notions at 10% off — nothing off on Holiday Goods. 5% on all other goods, excepting Coa). Don't forget the days— 20 to 24th of Dec Many avail * themselves of these Bargain Days. And it has been our ' custom for ten years. REUBEN T. JOHNSON, i Ermn, N. J. !

Notice la hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the stockholders' of the -Merchant. National Bank, Cape Mar. N. 3.. wUl be held at tbe banking house. corner Washington and Decatur Streets, on Tuesday, January 11th. 1914, between the boure of 11 a m.. and 12 M. The purpose of the meeting is the election of director* to serve for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other business ss may properly come before the meeting, listed December llth. 1916. j K. J. JKRHK1.I.. Cashier. Sit— 12-lg-«t mnmi lum mxrmxcr ootr** duteict or m*w join. In the matter of 1 Lawrence H. Dennleton | In Bankruptcy A Bankrupt. J notice of Mooting on XHaohargo. — Notice is herby given that Lawrence H. DennlBton of Wild Wood. N. J., has Died his petition, dated the eighth day of March. 1915. praying for a discharge from all his debts In bankruptcy, and that all creditors and other persona Interested are ordered to attend the hearing of said petition before said court at Trenton on the seventh day of February., 1916, at the hour of ten-thirty in the f'orenoon, and then and there show , cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. C L. COLE. Referee In Bankruptcy. Dated December 14. 1915. 822 — 12-18-lt - ] *o m public. I take this way of Informing the general public that I have severed my connections with the Cape May Herml-1, i ' as editor and manager, and have with- j J drawn my name from same, and will not be responsible for any bills or Indebtedness. against the Herald Publishing Company, after December 15. 1915. I I want to thank each and every in- i dividual w$o havj_ r. me. their sup- j port, during my short term with the . Herald. I expect to remain In Cape May. Yours very truly. Adver. C. w. ELROD. JESSE L. LAB XT PRESENTS MAX PIOMAX XX "WHAT'S WTO IAXBP Max Flgman • and • Lollia Robertson. - former stars in "The Man on the Box." the excellent Lasky production, will I be seen In the same company's produc- , tlon of "What's His Name?" which is made from McCutcheon's novel. Mr. Flgman In "What's His Name?' portrays the role of a soda clerk and Miss Robertson Is seen as a chorus girl risen i _ to fame and forgetting her husband, - — The story is one of the most fascinating remances McCutcheon has ever turned our and is said to be more fetch- C ing than ever. "Brewster's Millions." by the same author. "What's His ^ N'smeV Is booked for appearance at the _ Perry- Street Theatre <.n • Wedned0a>\ ANNUAL MEETING OF STATE FED- C " ERATION OF DISTRICT BOARDS _ OF EDUCATION. - B

•On Saturday, the ' 27th. the annual m meeting if the State Federation of District Boards of Education of New Jersey ■ will be held at the State House. Trenton, at 10.30 a. m. It would seem -uperflu- ■ oils to say that this body ha- for its I principal aim the good of the school system of our State for its name so implies. The meeting has many important matters to discims. some of which have received the attention of the several committees during the slimmer and reports of these committees will be received at this meeting. These reports will have to do with subjects of such importance to the schools of our State as the ''Tenure • j "f .Service" of teachers. The law at i present on our statute books docs not ! work out ar it was intended to in prsc- - j ticallv every ease where it has been put | to the- test. The committee in charge of 1 1 bis subject have collected much data reI j jrardimLtlie actual working, out of the k j 'aw. a™ this, together with such other! | matters as members may bring up, j will be the business of the meeting. ' | | Every Board of Education in the State j lis urged to see that their icpresentative j lis. present to bring properly before the j j the viewpoint of Boards of Education. |i ► jO-opcration is the big thing to-dav and:1 r i in no department of the public work ilf- | it 'needed -more than itf our school-. j. I j — , FARM DEMONSTRATION NOTES. j ! DEMONSTRATIONS I* HOME MIX- ; ING FERTILIZER. The offlc, p> Farm Demonstnftion V jvuin- lo the high cost of potash Ifutl,Jmocfc potash.- '■ " •j Only about 1 ju-r cent, will be used ! in ready mixed fertilizers this coming j ! i acid and lime we can liberate some of ; the potash- that is In oun soil? bu; in a , 'state that the plants cannot get It. j j Approximately one-half the bulk of i ready mixed fertilizers Is "make | weight" or "lilies" and contains no ; i plant food. -i This is of course of no value to the „ j crops, yet the farmer has to pay freight „ j and cartage on this filler and Is getting c nothing In-return. One of the objects of these home mix- J Ing Demonstrations is to show that the j same plant food can be gotten In a Home Mixed Fertilizer for considerable * less money and do away with paying p and handling of the "filler" aa 0 used in "Factory Mixed Fertilizer." R The high grade raw materials can be

purchased Iron, your agent Just 'the • same a* ready mixed goods. i' Tn order to ehow that better results s can be obtained by Using home mixed r fertilisers we win arrange with several ■ farmers to take about l»« pounds of . the Home Mixed Fertiliser and try it : plot of ground in comparison with Fac- ! tory Mixed Fertilizer costing the seme money and poeeibly more. We cannot afford to pay freight, cartage on end handle two pounds of material for every pound of plant food. . GEORGE B. THRABHER, County 8upL of Farm Demonstration. CM!iCH DIRECTORY FRIST BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor, William Dyre McCurdy. Preaching on Sunday at 10.30 and in the evening at 7.30; Sunday school at 3 p. m.; Wednesday evening Prayer Meeting at 7.30; Men's Union Meeting Saturday evening at 7.30. FIRST M. E. CHURCH Rev. H. S. Relyea, Pastor. Preaching Sunday 10.30 a. m.. 7.30 r m;. Sunday School 2.30 p. m.; San day Praise Service, 9 A m. and ! p .m Glass Meetings on Thursday and Fri- ] ,dav evenings at 7.46 p. m. Prayer j Wednesday evening 7.45 p. m FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday services 10.30 a m. and 7.80 p. m.; Sunday school, 3.00 p. m. Mid- , week, Wednesday 7 JO p. m.; Y. P. a C. i E., Fridays, 7.30 p. m., Junior Endeavor ' 4 00 p. m. ] HOURS OF DIVINE SERVICE. At the Church of Our Lady, Star of 1 he Sea: * Masses— Sundays at 7 and 9 o'clock , A. M. Week days at 7.80 A. M. i Sunday School at 2.30 P. M. Evening devotions, Sundays aad Fri- ) days, at 7-30. CITY DIRECTORY I Mayor, William L. Stevens. Alderman, Harry. Hebenthal . 1 Recorder and Superintendent of Watvr Works, Thos. W. Millet, Jan. 1, 1916 c Walter J. Fenderson. Jr., January 1, 1918. Alien Wales, Jan. 1, 1918. Treasurer, Stephen B. Wilson, Jan. 1. . 1918. Solicitor, J. M. E. Hildreth, Jan " 1. 1916. Inspector, Jos. H. Elweli, Jan

a! 1, 1916. s. Engineer of Water Works, Frank C. B. •v '■peace. „ City Engineer, L. E. Miller, Jr., Jan. 1, 1916. . ts Chief of Police — George C. Baldwin. b- Board of Education: — s. Luther Ogden March, 1918 t. E. J. Jen-ell March. 1918 e. Samuel R. Stites Marci, 1918 Wra. Porter Marcli. 1917 ts John Hewitt March, 1917 it 0 COUNTY DIRECTORY. ;o Justice of Supreme Court, Charles C. •e Black, Dem., 1922 .i Circuit Judge, Howard Carrow. Dem., 1921. ,l Uw Judge, Henry H. Eldredge, Dem., :- April 1, 191G. ,t Prosecutor of Pleas, vacant. Sheriff, Coleman F. Corson, Dem., 1917. Coroners — Wm. H. Thompson, Rep., e Lower Township, Nov. 1915; Mark r Lake, Rep., Ocean City, Nov., 1916; } | B. C.. Ingersoll, Wildwood. ''County Clerk, A. Carlton Hildreth, Rep., Jan.. 1920. p Surrogate, Edward L. Rice, Dem., Nov. e 1917. ,. State Senator. Harry Wheaton, ' Dem.. I 1916. " I Assemblyman, Lewis T. Stevens, 1916. bj County Collector, Joseph L Scull. Ren. rl County Board of Elections— n. S . J- Dougherty. Alfred land, Walter Rut.ii i erford, C. M. Uvstcott. iT.rms of Court — Second Tuesday • . j April, September nn'd December | SECRET SOCIETIES. I Chpe Island Lodge No. 36, F. and A 1 ' M. — Communications second and fourth . j I ue-days of est'li n-.o-'li at lodge room . | Wn-'iington and Franklin streets I Ad,.,,', am Cliapter. No. 39, Roval ,-j \---li Masons— Convocations third MonI day ,,f ,:-'h month at lodge room. Wash ; I 'listen and '-'ranklin streets. ; Movflow'T Lodge. No. 258. IndeI jH ioh nt Order of Odd Fellows— Meet s ; jeach Friday at Auditorium, Jackson I Cape May Encampment, No. 68, I. O. '» F.. m ets the second and fourth Thursdays „{ each month at the Audi-< OgaliaMa Tribe. No. .157, Imnrpvedof Red Men. Meets each TuesColumbia laidge. No. 23, Independent i Cr.hr of Mechanics— Meet s each Mon- , evening at the Auditorium. Patriotic ^ons of America — Meets 1 each Tuesday evening at the Rutherford 1 on Decatur street. - 1 Cope May Lodge No. 21, A. O. U. W., , meets first and third Thursdays of each month at Rutherford Building, 312 De- 1 catur street. e .•Cnpe May Council, No. 1091, Royal , Arcanum — Meets first and third Thurs- ( of each month at Auditorium. Cape May Conclave. No. 188, Improv- ( ed Order of Heptasophs — Meets at t Building, 312 Decatur atreet. i on second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Qape May Camp, No. 8772, Modem '

; aar'Sr'.ir! ; "?■ i ° * .<>* 1 C*£ Sming Oemnefl, Jr. 0. U. A. M. No. Meeta in Hall at Gold Spring , every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. s-5^1?. U*7 Fin Def*rta>ent —ets en - first Monday evening in cash month at of Washington and Franklin Friendship Council . No. 27, D. of A.— . Meet* on Tuesday afternoon of end week at 2J0 in Jr. O. U. A. M. H.n The John Mecray Poat, No. 40, a A • — Meets the first Saturday afternoon of each month at 2j00 p. m, at Franklin street school building. -Advertise your waata In tha Cnpe May Star and Wava If yon are In need of anything In the way of glfta for Christmas, Garrison the Jeweler and Optometrist, has ! <h*m- 797— 12-11-St I Gorski'e winter samples for men's suits are worthy of your inspection. • I 1 NO TRESPASSING SIGNS now on sale at the Star and Wave Office, at 60 rente per dozen. I Daniel Miller of West Oape May, has accepted the agency for Overland cars, and will be pleased to explain the details of the oar and rive demonstration* to interested parties. A caterpillar will eat twice i.a own , weight in leaves very 24 hours. A rood grade of paper can now be commercially made from the hop refuse of breweries which has heretofore thrown away. Uncle Sam made 12.500.400 last year from the sale of wood from the Government foreats. Since the outbreak of the war 30,000 settlers from the United States have entered Canada. Two per cent, of metallic sodium' will harden lead so that it will ring when struck. A novelty in dabbing brushes Is one which the bristles are so arranged that they may be pushed forward by means of Plugs as they wear down, and thus the life of the brush is Increased' considerably. A Swiss aviator rose to the height or 19,600 feet, overtopping the best prelous ascent.The United States produces SO per cent, of the oil of the world. The "trench knife" Is a new weapon I of warfare, with a blade of about 15 Inches. ' It la.uUed for fighting in" the : trenches where there is no room to swing- a sword or bayonet. In this country electricity is a 63.000.000,000 Industry. The street lighting bills of the city of New York for 19HT will be 6400.000 " *■'* "•-*« W1M ue siuu.uuu "• less than for 1914. A goodly portion L-

of the saving is said to have been-rfT " 3 fected by the use of nitrogen-filled* tungsten lamps iri place of the arc I '• Upward, of . 300 children are being ( York and about 7500 others Injured. London has 1500 churches. In time los: and medical attention, the wage-earners of this country have 1 8 an annua! rick bill of 6080.000, 000. 1 8 While much has been done to Improve ' 7 the condition of the employed by. far- ' 7 tory inspection, yet the statement is made authoritatively that the real so- ] ' lutlon of the public health problem lies 3 in' the improvem.nl of the home. t , The t^ta! value of tires used in 1915 in the United states. Including solid . tires for trucks, tires for 'buses and - taxicabs. amounts therefore, to 6250.000. 000 -,u round numbers . To* this sum '• should be added about 200.000 .motor- £ cycle tires, w.uth from 65 to 610 each. , To find a .; iiMer under the finger nail ' is oft. n diffh-u •. l!y Placing the fleshy I ^ I pocket flash 'Z- | J] . ever, the e; in---r ■ .to-vje. plainly .-een | (| 000,000. r 'a'iww G"rtvan c. „*d , f '' SHE MADE A GOOD HC3CABD. I SALIENT STATEMENTS ON PUBLIC ^ QUESTIONS. j is Tlie keen solicitude of tlfe Department |nt of i omincr.-e for the Wflfare and pros-'"1 ]'"rity of workmen in foreign countries ' fv is plainly shown h. a -tatcmcnt i^ued ' , S. |, t. inber 22 in wliieh tip- Department j annnunces that it "ha- iindertaken to as- 1 sist in haviht' order- pl»c.-.l " with Swiss j niniiiifactprers of Ciiri-t nia- toys. I f | ,ia this'adinissii'ii w.re not made on the -!u | — tionary of the Department it would i fi scarcely lie credited. There arc several |i millions of men and women in Die c, States who would be glad to tc make a living in the manufacture of- bl toys. This administration not only opened our markets wide to foreign man- pt ufacturera but now goes to considerable 411 trouble to aid those foreign producer* to ui get orders in this country. Hie Ameri- g, producer finds bit own government pt competition against him and In ffivor f° of the foreigner. If the American people wast a plain eaae of treason to Ameri-

L filaiina. isuulies a eoaxtltutlohzl l-v-vt-m ment Hall's Catarrh Core Is taken tn9 teraally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces cf the system, there- ■ by fleet rnylng the foundation of the dls- * nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative pew- _ ers that they offer One Hundred Dollara* , for any case that it falls to cure. Send "ddr-easF. J^CHENKY** CO., Toledo. Ohio. , Bold hr all Druggists, 9#e. k Tako Hat"* rmmllr PUls for cooetlpaMaw. can industry they have h here-proven by official confessioa. Bryan got 81500 for a peace Ulk at Boston. It's a mighty smart man who e can capitalize his opposition to his own ° president in this way. it "Publicity," said a speaker at the la' s vestment Bankers' Association meeting In Denver, "is truth well told." Tha Wilson administration started out with n "pitiless publicity" as its motto. But 0 if the pitiless truth should,' bo well told, how would the administration standi Regardless of R* motto, the idniinlil 1 1 s tion's practice has been oae of coa- ^ science! ess concealment — regarding Mex- ° wo, regarding foreign relations generally, regarding the state of the treasury, regarding Ks legislative prograate. Tha day for concealment, however, had passed. The country is no longer hypno1 tised. It is no longer deceived. Hie „ Republican preos is becoming vocal, not - only "in spots" but everywhere. 9tand- " ing by a President who docs not stand _ by us is no longer a taking card.' 1APTX9I CHliaCX , Pastor McCurdy announcces a Big . Sing for the evening ■ service at the First Baptist Church on Sunday night. I Everybody bring your copy of the , "Billy Sunday" hymn book. Austin Hughes will sing several . selections. , The Choir will sing. The whole con- ! gregatlon will alng. The sermon will . be short so that there will be plenty of , time to sing. 8erviee begins at 7.80. At the morning service Mr. McCurdy will continue the discussion of tha , "Church as a Field of Service." considering the business affairs of the church and the relation of the church to the " . community. , METHODIST EPISCOPAL OXUBOX Morning service 10.30, sermon by the . pastor, Bcrtrand P. Judd. subject *!'Ths , White Stone." Evening, services 7.30. Song service. Sermon by pastor, subject. "Tlic He-, Uclous Experience of a Business Man." Sunday School. 2.30 p. m.

- Gummed Labels in fancy cut out desifjps, or colors at very low prices. A postal will bring full information. SWr ami Wave Publishing Company, Cape ilay, N. J. CHARLES MACE. Claries Mace, aged 71 yearn, died at his residence on Wednesday, the 15th. The funeral will occur on Sunday at the Hotel Royal. Anglesey, and Interment will be made at Cape May Court House. under the direction of Thompson, undertaker. Mr. establishes the first hotel In Anelesea, ,N. JMAY WOMEN CHARITABLE . The ladies of Cnpe May recently shipped to the Maternity Relief Ass.,supplies to be used in the war zones. garments were made by the sym | of u very practical nature.1 Vile folletter of thanks was received ! of this wm. iallon. ' : We are In receipt or your letter of containing twenty beautifully mud. it ai t-rnlly kits. Allow me p. tluiitk > -.u i heartily for the splendid n«*h fcm-.- vo-j ''''V'SL;;: MRP. REED A MORG'iN. Red Crofs Idvision .Clialrnmn. Per.* H.-B. X. This work will be renewed again In NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN receive the proper balance of food to sufficiently nourish both body and during the growing period when nature's demands are greater than in mature life. This is shown in so many pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds, and lack of ambition. For all such children we say with unmistakable earnestness: Tbey need 'a Emulsion, and need It now. It in concentrated form -the very elements to enrich their blood. It changes weakness to strength ; it —*v~ them sturdy and strong. No alcohol, scon A Bowse. Koooicld. W. J.