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personal jention . INTERESTING PERSONAL. PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS [ AND RESIDENTS. Master Friend D. Hunter, a student at Tilton Seminary, Tilton, New < Hampshire, is spending the Christmas, holidays with, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter, at the Baptist parsonage. Mr- and Mrs. Jerre Churoh. are rej - ceiving congratulations upon the birth of a son, Gerald Church, born ' December 17ti£l921. / Mrs- Mary Miller, after a visit of , two weeks with relatives in Philadelphia and Bayonne, N. J-, has returned to her home, 64 Hughes street. J? May on Saturday for Philadelphia, , i' May on Saturday for Philadelphia, \ where she will remain sometime. Mr. and Mrs- Harry L. Parkinson! f add family, of 29 Perry street, have , returned to Philadelphia for the h'oli- , ' day season. , Gregory Ogden, son of Mr. and Mrs. , W Luther C. Ogden, who is attending, school at Exeter, Mass., is enjoying the Christmas holidays with his par-_ eats, Mrs. T. Lee Lemmon was a Philk- ' delphia visitor this weekMrs. Robert Hewitt and her little daughter,, Jean, are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackie son- . I Edward Ashburn, student of- Pen n [' State College, will spend the Christl • mas vacation with his parents, Dr. ' t and Mrs. L- C. Ashburn. j" Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Claghorn, of ' Philadelphia, are guests " of Mrs- - Claghorn's parents, Mr. ami Mrs- J., _L- Kehr, for some timeMr. and Mrs. James L. Bir. of > New Albany, Ind.. arc receiving yon- ' ^retaliations upBn the birth of a ' : daughter, born Saturday, December J 17th', 1921- Mrs. Bjr was. before her marriage. Miss— Wla Harker, of this/ [ *■ a , Miss Katherine Eldredge, who is ^ attending school at New Brunswick,). N. J., is enjoying the holidays with ( her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. | J. Eldredge ' * >,* L r Mrs- Allyn T. Sayre has left Cape f • May for Chester, Pa., where she will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoi- , !; lard F. Rihoad.i. v ' Virgil Mare.v, of Philadelphia. J. spent a few days in Cape May this ^ week. Mrs. William H. Thompson and v Mrs. Gys .Reif, accompanied -by her j. son, Virgil, spent several days in n Philadelphia last week. j (• Malcolm Orr. student of Carnegie j C Tech., will spend his Chrijrtmas vaca- , t; . tion-in Cape May. 1.4 Mr. and Mrs- Edward Town send, - . who have been spending . several 1 months in Philadelphia! have return- ii ed to Cape May for the balance of C i the winter. , - jo ' Russgl Rpbinson, of Philadelphia, I was- a recent visitor in Cape May. ' ^ Mr. andJtfrs. "Joseph Roth, with ^ their sonr"Ceorge, spent sometime. in Philadelphia this week. p|

George Stevens, Leland Sharp, Harry Tenenbaum and T. . Millet Hand, students of Dickinson LawSchool , are spending their 'Xmas-tfa-tgitton with their parents in Cape * | A- B. Little, Jr., ma<Ie a "business trip to Philadelphia on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Konowitch have returned to their home after spending several days in Philadelphia. Lawrence Eldredge is. enjoying a few days visit With his parents,' Mr. and Mrs. Irvin H, Eldredge- - Mrs? -Termelia Entrilcen, after spending a niontli in Cape May, has ! f returned^to- her Home in Philadel-. phia. j Miss Helen Gibson, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs- William Gibsbn, has t left the State Normal School in ' Newprk. N. J., where she is a stu- j dent, to spend her Xmas vacation I - with her parent*. "" i Samuel Terry, of Philadelphia, was . a week end visitor at' the Devon Ho- i fci- . L . Raymond "Briant and Lawrence . Brinnt, students of Lafayette College i are home for two weeks to spend the j ■ holidays with their parents.

commissioners 1 HOLDJEETINI v. j progressive , l e' a g lr e pr d| se.vts requisition for ai ^ propriatio.n of $10,006 fo city advertising: mayo arsent on account of il j. ness w 1 t- At the regular meeting of the Cr r. Commissioners, Messrs. Sheppa: j. | ami Wentzell being present, the Ma | or being absent on account of sic! k ness. • The Progressive League pr ie Rented a requisition for the appropri; t, | toin of $10,000 for city advertisir and the bids for gaibiige- I emov. if were read anil ordered "received ar i- i tabulated." The solicitor • was h f. | structed t» correspond with certai ,s! oWners of -sidewalks which need ri I pairs'. " ' - Transfers were '-ordered on appri J priations of 1921 under restflutioi j unpaid taxes for 1912 and preceltin n years were Ordered, cancelled'; tb e American Legion req'uestml the us . ;of the Convention Hall for baskc | ball; clerk reported that city water i, ) had been analized by State Board of' j. Health and found good; correction of » sidewalk line at Reading Station referred to the solicitor; bills for close of year 192J .ordered paid. ANNUAL MEETING OF COUNTY 2 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE A ; BIG SUCCESS The largest and most successful i meeting of the County Board of Ag- ; 'ii iculture in recent "years was held in ] • Hie Court House on Decembef 17.1 phe'vibject of the meeting was pri- j ' i manly to review the things accom- . • plished by the Farm Bureau Federa- i ■ition, but educational and entertain- i jing features also played a leading) • part. Exhibits, too. were present and! the quality of the products that I , shown in the Horticultural So- 1 . ciety -at Atlantic City could he seen- j The following exhibits and their own- i ers are given: j Red Skin, Peach Blow, Superba | and Spalding Rose potatoes, grown j j by Ralph Schellenger, Green Creek;; Paragon apples, grown by A. C. Hil- ( j dreth, Rio Grande; Winesap apples, | grown by Milton Godfrey, Tuckahoe;! | Carrots, grown by E. E. Madara, ! Palermo, , Johnsorr County; white' icorn, grown b\*" W. S- Thompson, j : Goshen, and pigeon peas, mammoth ' yellow soybeans and Brabham cow- j" pens, grown by Charles E. Rice.i' In the morning session, reports/ were given by B. Tronnem, Court i as delegate jo farmers' com- 1 1 mittee meetings Trenton; A. B / | Faure, Bellcplnin, as chairman of the j ' I .May County Poultry Associa- c | tjon, and the Cj^pty Agricultural c I Agent, representing wxrenslon work 1 in Cape May county, i In view of the good work 'lone arid <- interest displayetl -in the! ' Board of Agriculture, the old p ! officers were re-elected as follows: President, Joseph Camp; vice pres- f iilent, W. Thompson; si2cretary, ' 'Ralph Sohellengcr; treasprer,. J. R. s * t To_represent tlte Board of Agri- ' culture at State Agricultural Week, 1 < unure or ouiie Agricultural weeK,

'• Trenton (January 10 to 13, inclusA ive), Mr. William H. Powell, of * Swainton, was chosen. for a two-year " period, Mr. Joseph .H. Cohen, Woode bine, being the hojd-over delegate I for this year; s *Dr. Frank App's and Mr. Charles E. Gunnel's talks were very fine on h the subject of Farm Organizatiori, r and all who heard them felt that - their $3.00 membership dues in the County Board of Agriculture was well a placed and was "Working every minute .. for the farmer and agricultural development in generalr Dr. Florence Powdermaker and Mr. i; j Irvin Owen gave talk» along the . i lin.es of ektension work that showe<l " j that the people all over, the State, as 'well as in" Cape May county .were _ [taking such a hpld on community j work -in the home and on the fgrm j that in the . near future great Strides jiri developeing country life will be , 1 ( evident to the least observing* mind, j The entertainment at the meeting 1 j was of the highest quality and was" ' recognized as such by the encores ■ called for after each number in the ! singing program.. Single and-tteublc ' ' .1 mixcl quartettes were given between ' speeofies* and all agreed that the entire program was the best ever giv-

en at a county board quoting- The! f sopranos were Mrs. J. A. Stackiv house and Mrs. Beatrice Shields; al-' e tos ,were Mrs. William Han<l and j Mrs. Haynes; tenors were Dr. Wil- i liani G. Hand and Mr. Clement FosY teiv and basses were Harry McPher- - son and .William Powell." X - ■

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"^TORIES OF SERVICE j A couple of men met in the shoe- .. j shining place at" the South Station . ii recently" "and the. talk scon turned on '. high prices. . , ' . "I don't1 mind pkying a high price ' . for a service that is worth a high ] . j price." .said one, "but I don't know | . j of •anything that makes me so mad! jias to be compel'ed to pay five cents jlfrir laundering a collar." , t j "I used to feel pretty much the ^ . | .same way about it," answered the ( i other, "until oH1 'day when I happen- , , jed to he talking on this, same sub- J :joct in this very place. , "When cur shoes had been shined j , l We not - n!y .p od ten cents for jach . . ' shk.e, bm each of 'us gave a nickle . , a tip to the boys"As we stepped outside both of us ; ; thought of the same thing -at the same time, and we couldn't help but ' , i laugh. Here we had befen kicking ;] iaboJK paying five cents for the ser-,| i vice a public laundy renders in -lauiv- " .dering a collar, and the very next j moment had paid 15 cents for a shine ' without giving the matter apy/'T thought at all. ^ j "Wei took a few moments to anal ^ j the two kinds of serviec. We „ our own shoes to this place, j The laundry sends an auto truck to j homes fol" our collars. A couple ^ of hundred dollars represents the total value of tlie equipment of this P shoe-shining place. More than $2Q0,represents the investment of a 1 like the one in Winchester I ipatronize"It took this boy who has to'de-' pend on tips for the greater part of ' his wages about thresi minutes to! shine .my . shoes. The laundry calls j for the collar, washes it, starches it, j irons it, wraps it pp carefulfy and g, then delivers it back to my home — t ah operation ini-phing several hours jv; of -time — anci chnree^ me nnlv nnp. fc-r» jf — charges .one- j

lr third of what I willingly pay for a j. shine " . >e The • other man held up his hand "That argument licks me," he said, ■g "Here's wbere I quit kicking against ,n paying five cents for laundering a [f, collar! I suppose I ought ' to be it thankful ; that the price isn't any ie higher." ^ H ' ;e 1922 DIRECTORY The Star and Wave. Telephone and r. Business Directory Calendar will go e to press in a few weeks. Those wish.d ,ing "advertising space, see A. L. s Ewing. Keystone 'phohc, office, 90; e residence, 378-A. , ' - >" - ' * 11 MONEY TO LOAN s Sums of $500 and $1,000 to loan e on first bond and mortgage. '• J. H. HUGHES ? ■ 410 Washington Street s" 12- 17-3 1 • s — » », e Did. you lihare in'the "distribution of e the Christmhs furid of the Security n. Trust Compariy,. Cape May? You - have -an opporuriity now to join for i - the coming year.

with the il churches The services at the Raptist Church on Sunday wjll be of a special character. The pastor will preach serjmons in accord with a proper ob- ■ servance of the day. The choir will j i sing special " Christmas numbersi Master Friend Hunter, son of the] j pastor, known in New England as : "The Boy Violinist," will render sei lection.y' at both services. '! PRESBYTERIAN Sunday, 18th inst, the choir sang . "Praise Ye The Father," by Gounod, j for t he-looming anthem, and in the I 'evening, Miss Nelson sang "The! Shadowy of the Evening H6ur," and': .the choir gave "O, Jesus, Thy Sweet ' i Memory," by Grimms- Sunday next being Christmas, special music is be- j i ing prepared. Miss Porter will pre- 1 (sent for the morning "service, pre- ! I lude, "Christmas," by Foote- Offer- 1< tory, "Pastorale," by Barmotine, and < postlude, Alleluia," fby I/iret. The 1 choir will sing anthems: "A Thous- 1 and Years Have Come and Gone," by i ) Bennett, anil "O'er the World in Sil- 1 ence Sleeping," by Harris- The ev- I ening will be taken up with the ren-,c . dition of the cantata, "The Herald of if . Peaqer"-J)y Galbraith. Miss Porter t will play, prelude, "March for a r 'Church Festival," by Best; offertory, t "A Bright Siar Shining,"/ by.s Matthews; postlude,- "Carillon," by • u Rouher. The cantata is arranged so t that the congregation may_ partici-|t pate by 'joining in Christmas hymns |

interspersed throughout the program- , Leaflets will be in all the seats for convenience in following the succes- j , sive numbers. . FIRST BAPTIST William Hunter, Pastor ' Special Christmas Services | .10.30 A. >1.— Odorning irorship; i tppic, "The Temple of Sorig."_ choir will render the following: I "Slumbering in a Lowly Manger," ! - | oiuiooenng in a lowij Manger,

" rind "There's a Song in the | a Afr," Wilson, and will be assisted by j Friend D. Hunter, violinist. 1 3 00 P. M — Church School- for Bi- 1 '• ble study.1 7.30 P. M. — Evening worship. Ser- . a man topic, "A Supernatural Portent " i e Musical numbers: anthems, "A Song , y that will Ring," Wilson, and -'.'The , King Comes," Post; vocal solo, "O, Holy Night," Mys. John Hewitt; , violin solo, "Selected," Friend Davis ; Hunter. _ • i ^ Th% Week' j 3 ■ 7.30 Wednesday evening — Social - service for prpis^arfd prayer. Topi^ ( » "The Last Great Prayer-meeting." , ' CHURCH OF THE ADVENT r Rev. Paul Sturtevant Howe, Ph.D. ; Rector r SUNDAY SERVICES 800 A. Sft — Holy Communion.. *j 10:36 A. M. Second services and sermon. 3:45 P. M. Sunday School. _ f . 4:00. P. M. Evensong. '^1-* .' s METrtt)DIRT CHURCH j Sunday,- December 25th * v i The Yuletiile atmosphere will per- „ • mejite alnthe services on the Sabbath i 10.30,-A. M — Christmas sermon by y

Pastoy Hillman\ The hymns ' and music will be in harmony with the sertdon. ^ . , §T00 P. M.— Sunday Softool. j | 7.45 P. M.— The Suntoy School will : have charge and present a veryi unique Christmas program which will | •include exercises byythe Primary andi Interme<liate Departments. ^ The offering/ received at this ser- 1 vice will go toward' the "Near East j Relief Fund " j There are over 400,- j 1 000 destitute / children in the Near! (East territory.v. It is hoped that we shall be able to semi a generous of- i fering to these people. CAPEMAm C01I NEWS ! The County Court resumed its ses- ' sion on Tuesday last, when some minor cases were disposed of- ) Nearly all of Tuesday was taken J • by a case front Wildwood, where i three colored men were charged with (the theft of two .bags of coal from"! 'the Austin Coal Co., the value of the , coal being about $1.75 for the-^two I . ■ . I, Much testimony was heard uponi both sides. r It sqpms a pity that the law reto the powers of magistrates ,could not be changed, so as to give jour local courtss^he power to settle! these Shiall cases, so as not to per-i' niit thehi to be sent up to the conn- / ty court where the cost increases to 1 I such an extent 'tlrat the burden falls U upon the taxpayer, and as -a result,;*' I are increased iA oyder to meet - .the expenses of the courti- . HIC cA|#cit..ca ui me TOuri- |

is J The County Court at its session on's i- j Wednes<lay took up the criminal i'n r cases. f !-: The first case caUed was that of I | Jacob Colemaji an« William Ware, 1 (for assault and battery, growing out , of the fact over the^owner of a dog- 7 . It seemed, according to the evidence f before the jury,/ that a dog owned by , A Jacob Coleman ran away some days ti 'previous ami found its way into the f< . .home .of Willjam Ware. Mr. Colo :g • man, passing by Mr. Ware's resi- o j man, . resi-

(dence, saw the dog tied to a tree in ; ' tlie side yard and went iff to' claini ■'•the dog, and it was wlille talking | about the do*' that words were spok- . '[en npoit both sides which, finally re- 1 suited in Coleman being chargcii with/assault and battery. The jury, af- ' iter hearing tlid evidence of both! • sides, found Coleman guilty « as' ! charged. ■ The second cfise was where a .bi» ■ cycle had been* stolen, alleged by a ; Mr- Trusty, of West Cape May. The jury after hearing albAhe evidence, brohght in a diarge ofguilty. Mr. Tngersoll, of- Oceanview, Was tried for desertion of his wife and 5-' year old childrand when the evidence was presented it was charged that after' Mr. Ingersdll deserted his wife) and chilil that he Went to the State of Florida that he passed himself off as. a single man, and' then and there he was- married to a second wife without being first divorced from his first wife. The two wives of Inger- : soli were in court and gave testimony against their husband. The 1 found him guilty otj'desertion without leaving the jury box and im- : mediately J.ndge Eldredge gave, him maximum sentence, which was 3 years.

high school weekly news DRAMATIC CLUB TO GIVE TWO PLAYS THE LAST WEEK IN ' ® JANUARY. , CHRISTMAS CAROLING TO BE A SPECIAL FEATURE THLS YEAR The preparations for the grade entertainment are progressing nicely. Tbe entertainment is to be given by the lower grades of the public schools. It promises to be the most pleasing event of the Christmas season, and hopes to command a large house. It will be given in the High School Auditorium. Carols are being rehearsed each «s • j morning for the- purpose of prepar- . ,:1 ing for the carolling around the community Christmas tree, at 880, and in the streets^ of Cape May on Christmas morn. Mrs. Schaub was absent several days from the High School on account of sickness. The High School pins have been , favorably received. They have creatd ed much interest New orders are e being turned, in by those who wish to .avail themselves of the honor of j wearing the . High School pin. The ' II (design* is very attractive and they y | come in either gold or plated style. II I r The Dramatic Clulj has decided on ii ; two plays to be given sometime during the last week in January, 1922. . j They are entitled ■"Id on Parle Fran- • t cais" (French is Spoken Here), And . ( "The Loan of a Lover." • rj Each of these plays is about one 6 hour in length. This double bill " v (should prove very attractive as they j are of a widely varying t.vpe of j play,*— one being of a musical nature, land the other a strictly farcial drama. rThey have been selected not only to 'entertain, but to give an opportunity . to pupils who possess musical abilttjw to receive training in this field, fas weil afto those of dramatic abil- v |ity to display their talents in the :j latter field. The proceeds from the . : plays, will be used to purchase a j : phonograph for the High School- ! There is no question s to the'nped of A phonograph as At present the High ' School must borrow very, frequently that of the grades. 'Detailed an- ' nouftcements .concerning these plays .will be made later. ^ . *• MRS HELE\ BENNETT I Mrs. Helen Bennett, widow of the ■ ' .late Neapolian Bennett, died at her home, 915_Corgie street, op Sunday. IRth. after a lingering illFuneral services took place at the house on "Wednesday, December 21st,' at 2 o'clock Interment at Cold (Spring Cemetery. The deceased is ' i survived by three children, Mi-s. Env Hand, -Edward Benqett and La- . : Bennett. ' The Manager of "THE LIBERTY has made arrangements. . i the production of the Pioducer, H. '-Woods', big . melodrama' senna-.' tion, "THE SIGN ON THE DOOIL," ; One 'day only. - In securing this great hit,, he has brought to the City - of Cape May one of the greatest

n plays of its type that has been preli jsented in the I'nited States in. years. . 1 '' ?!A play that, has created a sensation - ,all over the country, "THE. SIGN ON - THE DOOR" is a great st$ge play ' r| which' deals wjth a big subject in a ■ 'big" way. "THE GARRTCK PLAYi ERS" i are planning -"to give V^pe > 1 May folks gae unusual presentation, •- of thij*" N^at drama, by Channing. • Pollock, at the Liberty Theatre, very . i soon. Watch for other announce- : ments in this paper next week. , CAPE MAY. POINT ... The CApe May Point Social. 'Club, - • form'eHy the Lgdies' Auxiliary; are ' giving a big Xmas dance, Friday. !• the 23rd, at 8-3 P. M. Admission, .25 cents. Briant's 'Orchestra will i 'furnish the jnusic. Mr. L ~Jitnero has left for .Phila , del phia to "spend the holidays with " his sisters.". - - - , Mrs. M. r Kleburg is. leaving for Pliiladelphijp within a few days for. several weeks- ■ : . ■ Mr. G. Alnerzy is leaving for Ids in Ph/tadelphia for the holidays. Good shoes at money saving prices. Frymire's Removal Sale. . See last page.