forms close promptly at 5 P. M. each Thursday.

• / * ' 1 in ■ ""*-11 a VOL 65 — NO. 38 — CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1920 1 .. A. LEON EWING, MANAGER - ,, I 8MBaMeajgp)gflH-'.j A. LEON EWlHb,

CITIZENS PRESENT PETITION CITY COMMISSIONERS ASKED FOR NEW THEATRE CONSIDER ■FAVORABLY THE PROPOSITION PRESENTED BY MR. J. P. COX. At the regular meeting of the Cape Mey City Comnii&sioners, a petition which ha* bee* in circulation saying that the city fathers consider favorably the proposition of "Cox's Palace "nwafere Co." for the construction of a :.~H theatre to seat 1300 persotff* on t j beach front property, near the t amotion Hall. Hie petition was presented by Mr. j Joseph Hughes and the names of the tax payers and' voters numbering over [ a hundred and fifty, read by the City Clerk. Short but enthusiastic talks on the ' subject .were made by Messrs. John W. Sickles, Jay Mecray Irvin ElW. aicjties, •»»» mcvrejr ** ■ "• — • -

dredge and Dr. F. J. Haerer The ^ Council Chamber was well filled and not one dissenting voice was heard. The proposition as outlined by Mr. Cox was definitely stated and apparently met with the favor of ail of the Commissioners. / The matter was not formerly voted, upon, however, but it is expected to be as soon as the matter is pre- • sented in q formal way which will likely be at the next regular meetin. Those present expressed the view that the city should make certain restrictions which will protect all taxpayers and present tennants of city property, however, it -is -hoped that these will not be so stringent as to keep this much needed addition tc our beach front from becoming » reality.' " FOB SALE For sale in Hughes' tract, Cap< May 18 finest lots at $25. 01 Will di vice Apply J. H. Hughes, Cape May 9 -18-20 185: WANTED Double barrel gun, 12, or 16 guage State condition and price. Address Star and Wave Publishing do. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Rev. Paul Sturtevant Howe Ph. D. Rector SUNDAY SERVICES 8:00 A. M. Holy Communion 10:80 A. M. Seeond aervicea and aar8:16 P. M. Sunday School 4:00 P. M. Eran-aong

MAYOR MELVIN ATTENDS 1 BANQUET IN JERSEY CITY J Past Grand High Priest, Frederick J. Melvin of the Grand Chapter of the State of New Jersey and a member of Adoniram Chapter No. 39 R. A. M. of Cape May City, will attend and represent this Chapter at the cere- 1 monies attendant upon the reception, 1 tendered to Past Grand High Priest, Marcus Higginbotham, upon the 50th anniversary of his election to that exalted position which will be held at the Masonic Temple, Jersey City on Friday evening 17th inst. and extended |o him by the Past Grand j 't High Priests of ~New Jersey. _ ^ ' MILLINERY OPENING I " . 1 On Thursday and Friday, September ■ I 23 and 24, you are cordially invitde ! ! to inspect a luxuriant display/ of the r ! most approved styles for the fall and 1 ' | winter :-o..ron. LOTTIE H1LLMAN. 1 «rry Street. 1 1 Out Tuesdays

| = To The Citizens and Taxpayers of Cape May City

I am a Candidate for the office of Chosen Freeholder full term and I s desire to have your support in th.e 8 coming Primaries and General election. I stand for economy in expenditure of public moneys but would be for improvements that wonld benefit the county without excessive cost and for vrtlich tax payers would get '• value received. If elected it would be my keenest satisfaction to so conduct the duties of my office that I would always retain the confidence of the people whose representative I ^ would be. Very Truly Yours IRVIN H. ELDREDGE.

NEW PALACE TO 0PE| ON OCTOBER FIRST V "• WORK ON COX'S PALACE THEATRE BUILDING NEARING COMPLETION—ENTIRE INTERIOR REMODELED AND MADE INTO MODERN THEATRE WITH FACILITIES FOB STAGING ANY KIND OF PLAY

Persons who, in passing Cox's 1 1 Theatre building on Washing- j ' street are heard to remark on ; j the elaborate improvements which | been effected. j TKA^entire interior has been re-ji framed allowing the construction of j1 an elcptieal shaped ceiling. - This f ' has been plastered In a delicate shade of buff, which gives a most restful ; , and pleasing effect. - An inclined floor of wood has taken j , the place of the old concrete floor. The stage and dressing room accomo- J , ; dations have been greatly increased

. so that any kind of a play or enter- ' tainment can be suitably offered. ! Among the conveniences, ladies and i gentlemen'# retiring rooms- have I bee'ff added. ^ j George 8; Curtis is installing a new steam heating plant which is guaranteed to beat the auditorium to 70 ' degrees in zero weateher. The contractor Mr. Leonard C. Davis promises to have the work finished sufficientlyfto open the doors of hte ! new playBouss to the public on Friday , October 1st and from all appearances I original and artistic ideas shownin ■ j his work at the Congress Hall are to 'be duplicated in giving to Cape May 1 : its newest theatre.

FAIR'S POULTRY SHOW • When it comes to a Poultry, Pig- } eon and Pet Stock Show, the Trenton > Fair, to be held at Trenton, N. 'J., • ii from Sepember 27 Jo October 1. is ,9 always in the fore. Superintendent j I Harvey E. Rogers, who has assumed C soie direction, of this vital department, I ( assures prospective patrons the most; ( complete exhibition of its kind in 'I the efi&rtry. Sd as appeal favorably to exhi-i< Mtous. the premium list has been ' ? g-ettly increased for the 1920 show, 1 1 Thqr Fair Association is a member of' 1 the American Poultry Association, 1 1 which alone seems like a guarantee ' of the excellence of the exhibition to 1 be undertaken. There will be special displays for I cock, hen, cockerej pullet, old pen ' and young pen in standard varieties. 1 The Plymouth Rock Wvandptte, 1 Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, 1 Leghorn, Bantam, will he seen in 1 great numbers in the Poultry Exhi- s f bition. The Pigeon branch of the show, as well as the pet stock display f will be of equal standard. ;; SEEMS TO HAVE MERIT * The proposition alleged to have ^ been made by a prominent theatrical syndicate to erect an amusement place on the city's beach front land is entitled to careful consideration. Business men as a rule are favorable x to it and some of the reasons alleged "j in opposition are of the sort that for many years have been trotted out every time a proposition for something new has been presented. Every) g suggested improvement this year has ' met with the same oopsitionp. ;

UNCLAIMED LETTERS f: List "of unclaimed letters remain- c! ! Cape May P. O. for week ending t( '9-15-20. cl Margaret . c< Campbell, Mrs. Rargaret (2) I George ! P i Crrrie Gifford, Bob vv 1 Gore, Wn. F. j !i Gonzalez, A. F. n McCarthy. V. A. Hile and Folsom , 0 ■ Mrs. J. Mann, Miss Helen McCarlfriWUj -r- - . la Mitzin, Mrs. Millen, H. B. jn Mogle, Frank E. \ 8 rs. F„Walker, Dr. L. J. ! a Wilson, Miss Clare v , Mrs. Virginia v Reef. Mrs. Fred . say advertised. * When calling for theaabove, please c SOL NEEDLES, P. M. C RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS \ f 1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Luker are i I receiving congratulations on the birth i ; of a baby boy, Robert Taylor Luker, I Sunday September 12th. j - IN MEMORIAM ( r In loving meory of our dear mother J ' Priscilla S. Morris, who departed this ( life, September 19, 1919. ' I CHILDREN 5 ' 9-18-20-3141 '

PERSONAL MENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF TUB COMING AMD GOING OF CAP* MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. Mrs. John M. Walton, widow of the late .City Controller of Philadelphia closes he house 'oh Ocean street this ■ week to return to her beautiful . Philadelphia faotne.

1 John Watts Kearney is enjoying a c i late season at this resort Mr. t Kearney's family were early pioneers j r Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Leon God- t - schall, of Philadelphia are spending i ) a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Will- - iam Ewing. . . x s Mrs. Randolp Kock has returned i i to her Philadelphia home after spend- , t ing the summer with her parents Mr. f y and Mrs. Edward Townsend onj, s ^Washington Street i — — - 1 0 THE SEASON OF 192tf 1 y i This resort is closing a most satis-

season. Practically all of its cottages have been rented at ex- 1 cellent prices and the hotels have en- 1 tertained hosts of people. The fine of the people who have constituted the summer population has laso been noticebale. The improvements made since the season of 1919 will aggregate close to $700„000without including the government's] expenditures .of a million or more. Our streets are in the finest , shape and the_ same may be -said of our hotels. Congress Hall's opening ; was the great event of the season and the wonderful improvement in this , , and others of Miss Knight's proper- | ties is to be followedjjy further in- ! novations. The settlement by the 1 government for the lands it has taken ■over and for the hotel Cape May is to be concluded soon, and this will be followed by immediate development in th*. East Cape May tract and the opening for 1921 of the Hotel Cape May/ No resort on the coast has brighter prospects han has ; Cape May. Sometime during the | winter or spring the greatest diri- 1 gible ever built, now in process of ? construction, is to cross the Atlantic from England and land here. The hangar in existence is now being built here for her accomodation. COASTGUARD CONVENTION An unofficial meeting of the Officers in charge of the Coast Guard Stations of the 5th District U. S. Coast Guards was held at thy Hotel Columbia, Cape May, N. J. oh September 9 and 11. The meeting was attended by the Superintendent of the District, John S. Cole, Assistant

BETTER CARE 1 I FORTHEBAttl v.- - -■ * THE CHILD HYGIENE BUKEAW -| > DEMONSTATES BABY KAMF* *8 ' WELL STATION AT CAPE MAY | COUNTY-FAIR. e One of the attractions at-tbe Cap# a May County Fair was the Baby s Keep-Well Station of the New Jersey J 1 Hygiene Bureau. - It was so situated : • that the crowds going and eomtog - $ n l ^ 1 could easily stand and pee the babies

weighed and measured, and it ^ safe to say that the prise pigs and - goats were for the moment at forgotten. A record card was given each * mother giving the facts regarding baby's weight and development, . and the nurse in charge of the work gave whatever advice or help seemed' necessary. One mother was much concerned her baby was "overweight,'' and another was more disturbed be- - cuse her baby was "underweight^. ^ The nurse helped both of them. These baby Keep-WeH StnttaBR. .'v> located in 70 different cities and | towns in New Jersey, all operating , ! under the direction and supervision of Dr. Julius Levy. It is hoped by Fall to have one hundred nurses at work to help keep babies welL Nothing is of greater worth to the i State than physically able mfin i j and women. Work like this, begun in -i ■ babyhood under the direction of pro- v 1 1 fessionally trained people, is inval- 1 •, ■ uable for the future. • / yhe New Jersey Child Hygiene I Bureau has shown many mothers (Tutt j ing these fairs, what this work aims . to do, and mothers now know better . where to write or where to gtr'if they , want to keep" WfcLL BABIES WELL! i ; ' inspector, Randolph Risley. Jr, O. A. Maxon, Chief of Division of Operation, Washington, D. C. David B. I Bowen, assistant Superintendent and " ' all the officers in charge of Stations ' in the 5th District. ^ I *-A bountiful dinner was seived on i the 9th after wheih addresses were' ' ' made by the Rev. Dr..Slawter of the First Baptist Church, Hon. Henry H. C Eldredge, Hon. Harry Bright, SuperB intendent Cole and Inspector Risley. k These meetings are held yearly at X different resorts along the coast to promote good fellowship and to renew old acquaintances among these sturdy - protectors of our coast and shipping, d To many this was their first visit >. to Cape May and they were highly - il pleased with the many advantages i- which this resort possesses, and the s unexcelled entertainment given them if by the management of the Columbia it during their stay.

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State Senator William H. Bright SENATOR BRIGHT, whose candidacy for Congress is receiving enthusiastic support from all sections of the Second Congressional District, is admirably fitted for the position, qualified as he is by his political business experience. He has been active in public affairs for many years, mid has come through with a vast fund of info™»{£nh£ tffJto. with men and peculiar situations. From the time he arrived at his majority the one dominant rl~ vJv CountT Uter he was He became Collector and Treasurer, which office he resigned to fill the important post of Shenff of Cape May County.- Later ne elected by an overwhelming majority to the Senate, which office hestill holds. " | _ In these days of independent thought the vote-getting power of a candidate is an important asset. methods in the Senate have won for him an endunng friendship and support f«*« J«» to the ticket in UmNovember election. This fact, combined with the loyal support of all former Progressives will add thousands of votes the tieket ut tne . holder. This political experience, added to his natural administrative and organizing ability, makes him an efficient and capable office ^ His business interests have grown with the man. In 1882 Bright, established a real estate and »«»««; "S ^ SJSaS oTSE ^^iVn^^r^r^orgLiizers, .fid is one of the Directors of the Marine National Bank of Wildwood, the largest bank in Cape May County. Never too busy with the~ variou. activities, during the war hew«rt^«.fthe War put Cape May County "over the top" in every drive. He wa. particulariy 'nterested in the final eampmgx . tor as his War Workers, utttoiing the KnighU of Columbus, Salvation Army, Y. M. C. A, and otner organisai i»»- wfAmericanism, which is of the one hundred per cent, variety. , ■ _ , , - , 0 , D ■ i , fAiuw«r nf cmm-v eh. but he is also an exponent of a large family and a wholesome • tT' il" »■ .j!!- - .J wta,-„ «iv. i. hi, poUli«l "rt St l^,S^r35?'£l.'S2Sr' VZ2 SIS u Oli-M ,»6 i, , Ma hlhl" ... - — .f th, Tha, ■■ 1 wUk hi, UNh a Win Mh a > — ■ statTsrShK TarsLrscs- w-*. - j— .