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volume 66 — NUMBEI -» CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY SATUEDAY, MARCH 26, 1921 SEES^'aS' rea na » A. LEON EWING, MANAGER - r ' 4.

CO. CHAMBER ' j OF COMMERCE Cin MAT KXOK SCHOOL SCEHX Or KOBTOK MAKES A OOOD EEPOK. ok marwAi impkovemektb. A Splendid audience repreeentlnn every section of the county greeted President Ogden wherffche called the , March meeting oC. the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce to order In - the High School building at Cape May , on .Tuewlay evening. March 22nd. The flfst part of the .meeting was as , usual devoted to the regular business of the organization and proved to be a most Interesting session. Lewis T. Stevens, of the Legislative 1 Committee, reported that In an effort , to aaslst In the securing of legislation In Delaware for the providing of wharf facilities thers for the ferry line to op- . crate between Lewes and Cape Slay, delegations representing Cape Slay and , Wlldwood Including himself and the president, had twice vlaltad the capital of Delaware before both houses, and that on Monday, Delaware completed | the necessary legislation for her part , In the project. '• A resolution was then presented urging the New Jersey. State Highway Commission to use all possible sp>ed In I getting this boat line Into active opera- • tlon. yhlch resolution was unanimously ■ adopted. l Gilbert C. Hughes outlined some schem^es^that^were similar committee representing the Hoard of Freelfclders. This contemplates the erection of large and attractive. signs calllng-atten- '• tlon to the Cape Ma;' County resorts to be dnfcted at prominent plnces wlitre they would attract most attention rrom the motoring public and also similar though somewhat smaller signs at the four entrances into Cape May County. He nlso presented an edition of the. Blue Book. Just off the press, and car- i rylng a full page advertisement of Cape May County resorts. Probably no report for a long • time ! that^has^been made to the Chamber^ has that of Charles A. Norton, chairman of, ' the committee on Public Improvements. ] Mr. Norton outlined certain lines of i work and desired to know whether the Chamber would approve them beforo proceeding to put them Into effect. ; The first suggestion was that an ef. fort should be made to Induce the Coun- I a authorities to have the work that ill : ually done In the fall, of scraping tip 1 and cleaning up the shoulders of the , roads, done In June or July, that Hiey might be In best order during th#timo they. are most travelled by visitors. , Then It was suggested that Willi the • expenditure of small amount of money J In the way of planting some shrubbery and grading of a walk or drive around I the pond at the County Farm, that i might easily lie made a beautiful and attractive spot. Idea of getting* all the owners' of prop- , erty abutting on our main thoroughfares Interested In a general movement ( just as beautiful jtnd attractive as pos- ! slblc. by removing from open vie* many of the dtlapldlated farm Imple- 1 ments now so- often left right along the . road, by cleaning up the wind-blows ' fences and generally unkempt condl- , -tlons that are so often to>be seen. < It Is proprort-d thht the main seashore ( ron/1 should be the first work to be undertaken and that this should he dlvld- < oil "Into districts in charge of the members of the committee and that they < should enlist the cooperation of as many as can be Interested In this movement ( and district meetings he held to bring the matter to the attention of all the ( people. It was proposed -that the Chamber should underwrite -a fund or |r.00 ( , If a similar amount could ■ be secured from the advertising fupd of the coun- < ty. for the purpose of offering prizes' for the best Improvements, furnishing < - free seeds nnd securing and selling at , wholesale to those who would set them < fronts' If these properties. ! As Mr. Norton deslred-to knpw whethcr on not such a, scheme would meet ' .with approval and support, president . Ogden asked for on expression of opln- 1 lon./atid the response that came with , great enthusiasm from all directions. 1 and from men representing all portions . <>f tlie^ county.^ coulil leave no doubt In' Inrlty of the plans proposed. " P0!"1 I This should lie a great constructive i work nnd it Is hoped tlint the spirit of this meeting will he general throughout | the districts named. Following the business meeting n I ' demonstration of the tso'rk done in the apeclnl departments of our 'Ittgh school I was given. It was planned to have these ilem- , onstratlons participated In by scholars from Court House. Wlldwood nnd Cape May. ' hut owing to --.the1 prevalence of sickness. Wlldwood and Court ! House could not take part and a somewhat abridged demonstration was then by the pupils of Cape May. .The demon- , strntlons Included the wflrk In Commercial. voice culture, physical" train- , lng and science and closed with a dem- , onstratlon of the domestic, science department as evlifrnced by a "feed" pre- - pared by the pupils in that department and served by them. The demonstrations served tlie pur- . pose of bringing to the nttcntlon of -many who seldom .If ever visit the schools, the grent chances nnd advance that has been made In school work since their, childhood. , April 21st Is the date set for the next meeting to be held nt Ocean City In toe Mtutre Pavlllon..at which time there will be n visiting delegation from, 'Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce. There will be some./entures thnt-no mnn Interested trnvSga to "iyf> w SPRING MILLINERY Clever copies of the best study and efforts of the foremost Fifth Avenue 'makers and faris designers. Seldom has such a display ever been assem- 1 bled in any one shop. Unusual in originality in colors, shapes and trimmings in clever conceptions. Unusual too in the extremely modest prices. Ghildren's hats $1.75. -up in smart styles. Out Tuesdays. Open evenings during the Spring Season. LOTTIE R.' HILLMAN, 209 Perry Street Cape May, New Jersey

PERSONAL MENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mecray hav'e returned to their home pn Stockton Avenue after spending -a week with thei| daughter, Mrs. Frank. -Williams, at Elizabeth, N. J. Miss Agnes Neville, of Philadel- . phia, spent a few days in Cape May this week. Mr. and Mrs. Trafford Alpass, of N. J., were visitors in town over the week end. Mrs. Mary A. Knerr has as her guest for a few days, Miss Cora Cor- I son, of Dpnnisville, N. J. * Mrs. J. |{21der, of Philadelphia, is renovating her cottage at corner of and Beach Avenue Vbich was recently mowl from South Cape May. " Jr' Thomas Thomas, of ^Philadelphia, spent the week end with his mothej. j at her home 9n Grant Street. Warren^ Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arnold, was Vin Cape May oyer the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Ash Plerson and daughter, of Philadelphia, wi I spend vie Easter holidays in Cape May. Mrs. R. M. Williams, 216 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, spent a few days in Cape May last week. Mr. and-Mrs^tobert Grier, of Philadelphia, haYe opened their Washington Street cottage and will remain in i£ape May ovrv the Easter holidays. ' (Among the "out of town" visitors seen at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday were Mrs. John Young, of LoMiss R. Kohlheyer and Miss 11. 1 Remingtoii, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Frank Mende, of Philadelphia

has opened her cottage on First Ave- j nue, where she will speed a few j weeks. . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woolson and family- have returned to Cape May Point after spending the winter in Florida. 1 ' Jacob Suare and Miss Knop will enjoy the Easter season here. ' Roy Thomas has leased 821 Washington Street for the season. - Mr. and Mrs. William Clausen i were visitors here this week, i • J. V. Clark has returned to Cape May after a pleasant winter in Flor. , Ida. ' NOVEL SHOW FOR G. A. R. HOVEL SHOW WILL BE PBEBENTED OK AJPBXL 5tb AND OTH-PKO-OXAU IK FULL WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER I The Detail having In charge, the eorii- ,' lng show on April 5th and 6th. wish it , to be made known to the public, that the program does not consist of the or- 1 sdlnarv fife and drum music that Is most , generally heard, but is high-class and There ar» selections from operas. It : I .tonnnt fall to please the' people as this Is something entirely different frojji 1 what they -have heard. Major Hender- | shott and Ills son have been before the public nnd have the experience of -thirty ! " years, not .only before the American , public hut abroad In different >c6uni They are first class people and lop I liners in the entertainment they offer. I 1 No one will he disappointed after hear- , , lng their songs niul readings. The program for the evening will he published in full In the Star and Wave. . I'KTA I L. PACTS The Hurley Store. Camden. N. J.. Is i ■ the one desirable place that supplies everything .10 furnish a home from ' cellar to roof. i 25,000 customers Is ao Indication of . how the Hurley plan has pleased the I people, covering a period of 30 years. i , Mr. Frank Holllna of 914 Corgie WBeet. Is, the loc/il representative of ; this institution. , 3t-23-21 M » » 1 GIRLS WANTED— Columbia Laun- j dry. . , . ,

i listen"mkkx| 8 Mother Briggs will repeat her experience § § in the Poultry Business, § < 8 APRIL 1ST, 1921, AT 8 § COLD SPRING GRANGE HALL g § At P^ M. A full evening of mirth and g ; humor. Come out and forget your trou- 8 ; § Tickets, Adults 35 cents— Children 20 eents'g , : 5 MUSIC, ETC. EXTRA. g ttfiyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfi ■XHXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXHXBX x r x I Public Gas Meeting x i )j( WILL BE HELD AT - High School Building - X Monday Evening, March 28, 1921, at 8.09 p.m. ™ i >£ To discuss the proposed increase of, 5 ? H gas rates by the* Cape May Illuminat- r h ■ )s( liig Company. , j ■ All gas consumers are requested to be x-/" ■, J . yX present to decide upon a course of act )X i ■ ion before the State Board of Public ■ . & futility Commissioners. )S( 1 ■ FREDERICK J. MELVIN, Mayor H ' & GEORGE P. WENTZELL, ^ ■ WILUAM R. SHBPPARD, I, ' • ' Commissioners. « H LEWIS T. STEVENS, President Board of Trade. ■ i X BXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXBXBX B

H. S. PLAY «€ SUCCESS SPECTATORS DELIGHTED WITH AMATEUR RECONSTRUCTION OF PAST IRON PIER SUCCESSES—COSTUMING EFFECTIVE. The operetta, "All At Sea," presented last Thursday and Friday evej nings by the High School Athletic Association was a pronounced ajiccess as a play, and according to the ti'eas-s-.rer, as- a financial undertaking. Cox's Palace Theatre was packed to the doors1 both' nights by an enthusiastic and vociferously applauding audince. i The plot was rather loosely constructed from "Pinafore," "The Mikado," and from snatches of clever operettas that delighted playgoers on the Iron Pier a generation ago. The vagueness of the plot was qpved by the cleverness of some members. The music and dancing was good, and the dialogues of the cast indicated a rather careful training. The scenery and costuqjes,- which were procured at con- • sidetable axpense, were very effective. - ThCscurtain lifted on a mob of very salty old tars, who nautically hitched their trousers, and sang very lustily about the ocean. And it might be remark'ed right here that all the chorwere lusty, which is a fine thing for the chorus to be. You see what they wore doing? The "Pinafore" had weighed anchor, and were in hot (?) peursuit of the Pirates of Penzance, wherever that is. Unaware of imminent trouble, the , First Lord of the A'dmiralty and a bunch of highbrows were also on board for a little pleasure cruise-, They were very much disgruntled at of the proximity of pirates, and when tht pirates swarmed over the side and took possession of the boat' including the police force, the guests, who considered the entire pro- , ceeding wretchedly bad form, were quite upset. After the equally miserable failure, of the police, and the Lord Chancellors prohibitory injunetion, ^final resort was made to - the fairy queen, who solved ell difficulties in a manner satisfactory tp every one but the audiencb, who preferreB the show to last' longer. Becauec of course,, after all the problems* are solved, the, show must end. 1

The Japanese scenes were clever, but no more so than the police par- 1 ade. The acme of costuming and ef- ' feet was reached in the pirate scene. ' -Emotion, was at high pitch, and it is reported that here were a number of • faintings" at thq ferocious aspect and [ demeanor of the marauders. The girls were charming, the boys were clever, and there were very few breaks to mar the smooth continuity . o# the performance. Everybody did . so well, it would hardly "be fair to . award special mention to the stars. , You all know who they Were anyhow. The Cast . Captain Corcoran — Harry Lemmon i Sir Joseph Porter Foster Eldredge . Ralph Rackstraw — _John Hall ; "Dick Deadeye .- Morris Cherry Midshipmite Charles Swain . Pirate King Albert Johnson - Frederick Edwin Ashburne . Police Sergeant Cliftoti Stevens i Strephon — — George Meyer s Grosvenor Oscar Springer r Lord Chancellor Harold Hand > Mikadoo — : Steve Gidding - Pooh^ah -Charles Sandgrpn . Koko Oscar Tenenbaum I Josephine ' — Margaret Griffith . Buttercup Kathryn Stevens . Patience Rosalie Wentzell Mable Agnes Bennett • Phyllis J Marion Hughes . | Fairy Queen : Sara Lummis • Fairy Dance Mildred McCann . Yum -Yum Ira Van Zandt . Peep Bo Ruth Hines • Pitti-S.ing Laura Church The Chorus ' PIRATES- Dudley Briant, Clarence ' Mclntire, Calvin Spencer. Curtis^ Har- ' ris,- James Cavalcante/JSoi Needlesr ■ Edgar McPherson, Howard Truelana : and John Donley. 1 POLICE — James Owens, Frank 1 Moore, Wililam Moore^-Harry Wil- •, liams, Ottier Howard, Fraiik Wil- ; liams. Cornelius Palmer, Weaver • Howard.' [ FAIRIES j Margaret Douglass, Mildred Sher- ' tenlieb, Isabel Bosserman, Leah Ew- , ing, Clara Morton, Rose Fay, Martha [ Teal, Ester Eldredge, Elizabeth El- , well, FAncis Stevens, Hqlen Gibson, Ruth Wicks. ! SISTERS, COUSINS AND AUNTS ■ — Jthea Needles, Mary Homan, Mar- ■ garet Griffith, Harriet Mecray, Anna I Stetzer, Rebecca Reeves, Ida Edr munds, Anne Johnson, Edith Wilti bank, Katherine Eldredge, Jean Douglass. Irma Gosling, £lsie Hein, Cath-

; erine Ewing, ' Elizabeth Stevens. CREW — Lindel Ashburne, Horace - Church, Kennard Brown„ Aaron Hand, ■ Virgil Marcy, John Chambers, Wil- ■ liam Lynne. '

CO. ESCAPES LARGE LOSS **X SODOINO OODKTm **T TO Ftr* okz ovkB — umoLTxia. BOIWXLL OK OVAU 1X9 DOBS GOOD WOU-TBZCX B1U XO. U1 LAID OTXX FOB KXZT BBSBZOK. I , V , " TlH' Assembly bill No. - 451, which . - would have caused a loss of between 130.000 and 140.000 to Cape May Coun- ' ty was defeated for the present sesalon of the legislature by being ' laid over until the next session and the appolaf'^ [ ment of a commlttfe from State ediAa- , tlonal organizations for the considers- I ■ tion of the Question .Involved, has been ; provided for. a report to be made at the ' The bill provided for the distribution of all State school moneys' by the ap1 portlonment of 1600 to each "pernios . nent teacher" and "the distribution OP,what remains upon the basis of attendr ! ance. The purpose is to permit nine or ten tax-dodging countlas to continue ' their systematic dodeinlr apd at the. ■ same time obtain n maximum of State - school money In the annual distrlbu- ' tlon. If the bill ever becomes a law It , will cost Cape May County 140,000 or 1 upward each year. . Assemblyman' Bos- . well has done yeomanry service In opposing it and hindering Its success this l. year ahd since the opportunity Is now ofien to obtain some actual statistical Information to show clearly fhe amount i of tax dodging of the cbuntles which . are urging this kind of legislation. It . , ' Is reasonably certain, given the proper I kind of representation ht Trenton, that r ' this law nor no similar law will ever I be passed. The. humbug of the clnlm mnde by the tax dodging counties that ' 1 -because of their low notal of taxable ; values they ore to be regarded as poor counties nnd therefore entitled to alms * I nt the hands of tli'e so-called rich counties whose taxables are at a higher fig- . ure. Is seen by the moat superficial Inthe special leg.hdntlon. for there i fit. represented 111 Assembly . Bill No. - 451, have beMi so unscrupulous In deceiving propaganda, that It has been a I matter of wonderment to all observers. When we tell you that, Camden. M.'d- . diesex, Burlington and' Cumberland r Njoslng as "poor" counties and that Cape Mhy and Atlantic are nmont tho.se 1 which have been designated as "flan" countiea you will understand how amazing and absurd are the claims of • the counties which have been exerting . themselves, for over fifty years to pay a minimum of taxes to the state and to - grab off a maximum of *11 State apportionments of money, by some hook or crook. In any one" of the alleged "poor" counties a single town. If not -a single fhctoryl Is worth the entire amount for which the entire county is assessed. Since', there arc big efforts being made to have the State tstue bonds for large amounts In order lo se- ■ cure money for road building, the Question Is a big one and seems to call for a state taxing system which will as- , . sess all property of the stat; upon the same level' regardless of county^llnes. distribution of state moneys of any kind upon nny othef basis than that of the ra tables. Is manifestly unjust.

1 """"Ibuild I"r NOW I and enjoy it | A lady phoned us the ot)ifer day. JSC". "I've been waiting four' years to put hardwood flodts in my living room and dining room," she said. "I've saved a little money by' waiting and pe rhaps if I wait another four years I may save a fewdoljprs more, but I'm tired of the inconvenience. I want those floors while I'm alive. Send some one up to tell me what they'll cost." -• -v_ . _ |8t That expresses our feeling exactly. ' gs» YV-h.\» wait to save five dollars on a repairing or -remodeling j"ob, when you can have the work done now and get the pleasure ahdeomfort from it during all the intervening time. * . Building matci iaUpricgg^we- greatly reduced. # jg£ You can 'build ^garage or barn, lay hardwoodjfloors, roof your house, replace cracked Vails with Beaver Board — a coat greatly below that of six months ago. JSC Prices maj^go slightly lower. It's doubtful. Building material manufacturers, caught with* big ^ stocks/ cleaned them out almost at cost.. When demand increases they will again ask a fair profit and their quotations will probably be higher. " ■ ' Ak But at any rate, are you going to let five dollars, or ten dollars, or twenty dollars, keep you from .O having that new garage, those new floors, or those needed Beaver Board rooms ? « W It's worth that much to build them now and en joy them. . >C * If you'll phone or call on us, you'll find us ready with prices and materials that are rffeht. -Don't J3f . •' delay. Build it now. : ' - - " ^ fi I T. S. OOSLIN LIMBER COMPANY | lg - ' SUCCEEDING ,'~S X/' I I > J. H. COOMBS LUMBER COMPANY § jQ SUPERIOR ^ERVICE JN HOME BUILDING ' 1.8 WILDWOOD v. NEW JERSEY g . O * . v