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PERSONAL JENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND 1 * GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS « AND RESIDENTS. Mias Mary Halphin, accompanied ' by her nephew, William G. Hill, * have returned to Cape May after * ^ spending a most delightful season at ' West Palm Beach, Fla. Howard Richardson, a student of { Lafayette College, spent a few days f here with Ws parents. Mrs- Julia Glnder, accompanied by c Mia- John T. Hewitt, of this city, ^ were visitors in Philadelphia on -j Thursday. f Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stevens with f their eon, Chester, spent Sunday here j n with relatives. t Benjamin ■ F. Johnson, who has I n k . been spending the winter In Philadel- h phia, was a visitor in Cape May this g week. b -weea.

John Hand, of Davenport, Iowa, spent Sunday in. Cape May with Mrand Mrs. Harry Jackson, of 1010 WaAington street Lather C. Ogden attended a convention of the Pennsylvania Lumberman's Association, at Philadelphia, on Thursday and Friday of this week. Lawrence Eldredge, of Barton, Pa., enjoyed several days this week with bis parents at their home on Corgie , street Dr. H. H- Brown, of Philadelphia, ' spent Wednesday in Cape May, over- I seeing the remodeling of his Colum- < faia avenue property Dr. Brown and < family will make Cape May. their , permanent borne after March first •Mm. Jesse Edmunds is the guert « of her sister, Mrs. Meredith Schei- j lenger, of Royersford, Pa., for a fort- ' ■at"* ' William N. Weaver, of Philadel- ' phia, madf^a business trip to Cape 1 May this ***. Mr. and Mas- Harry Brown entertained aC cards on Wednesday ingJames E. Taylor and Leonard b Davis spent Wednesday in Philadelphia. F Mrs- Joseph Campbell, of Ambler, b Pa., is enjoying sorfle time with relatives herea Miss Tillie Hughes has returned to 'her home after spending several days in Philadelphia. iMr. and Mm. Fred Case and fam V V fly have moved to Philadelphia where they will spend the balance of the winter.

Mrs. John T- Hewitt entertained the members of her club on Friday afternoonCHANCES FOR GIRLS TO MARRY ' According to the laat census report \ uranarried men exceed unmarried ( women in this country by 3,500,000. . The figures are >n each case for 15 | years and upwards, so that many of ( these ladies and gentlemen can j scarcely be ceiled eligible to the mat nnnomal altar at present, but it is certain that girls in this oountry have a much bettor chance to marry* than was or mmonly supposed lite census calls "single" those - who have never married and does not \ include the widowed or divorced. t There are nearly 4,000,000 widows in , this country, but not beif so many f wadowers, which is rather remarkable t whan we consider that men are in v -ratfc a great majority. There are t half a million of both sexes that have s been divorced and not remarried, but j no rtartrtira are given of those who r have taken a second chance. On the . rtdt these figures are cheering be- t cause they indicate that there is no . SST ' j One reason why there are so many t single young men and women is I doubtless because they marry later in b life than formerly Young women in o increasing numbers are engaging in a gainful, occupations and are in not so t great a hurry as formerly to settle s down. c It seems tree that the natural in- t creaee of population is slowing down - but there is no present prospect that the ratio ot increase wiS become to small as to be alarming. Doubt- \ lacs returning .prosperity will increase S .. "■"'■•to a

BIRTHDAY PARTY MRS. L. E. McGOWAN ENTERTAINS By inviting a small party of her i friends to her home, 638 Washing* ton street, to spend a social hour on Tuesday afternoon, January 3 1st. After they arrived it was made ; that it was her birthday and - after congratulations the converse- ' tion assumed the hum of a motor car 1 going about forty 'miles an hour and instead of one hour it nan two and ' then some with a finale of a luncheon * of cakes, ice cream, candies and cof- ' '« | Some, who had a good memory on 1 dates, presented her with potted c plants and flowers, notably Mrs. ' Lyle, a beautiful fern- MrsRandolph Koch, primroses in * full flower. Miss McGinty, who could v not be present, sent a very attrac- * tavely hand-made 1922 article of * 'neckwear. The effectiveness of this ^ handiwork was the prevalence of b mingled with red white and 1 blue, which ci-eated a lot of merriI <1

mentAs to the number of birthdays of 5 the hostess, naturally this was not discussed, so it would become a matter of publicity. - From what I could gather, however, I was reminded of my school days and the latter pages of the arithmetic then in use- There were ' problems for the hig boys' and girls 1 as we termed them, and to the young- ! er set seemed awful hard to solve. The one I refer to was like this: • square of a number multiplied ' by four phis four, equalled the amount or age." What was the amount i or age? So as near as I could gath- ' er from the iconvecsation, this correctly solved would give the number . of birthdays Mrs. McCowan had enjoyed. Of course I am not at liberty to give answer to the above problem. ' If anxious to know, work it out- But, be that as it may, all present felt ' that, 1 "As old as I am . 1 And as old as you are, ' You're not as old as I am, As old as y6u are." ! And with a wish for many more s birthdays her friends' departed. [ Those present were Mrs. Woodruff 1 Mrs. Sidney Goff, Mrs. Gil- ' Hughes, Mrs. William Hickey, ' Mrs. Thomas Johnson, Mrs. Alice ' Ramlolph Koch, Mrs. Thomas Lyle f ami Mrs. Alexander Lyle. HOLDS TEN OFFICES [ Porter is Chosen President a of Cape May Education Board f - c William Porter, city clerk, was ^

I elected president of the Board of Ed- , ucation on Wednesday afternoon. Everett J. Jerrell, cashier of the Merchants National Bank, was elected vice president. Porter holds ten offices, among which are city recorder, secretary of Cape May County Mosquito Commission, superintendent of Cape May Water Works, president Gape May Board of Health. Jerrejj is also secretary' of the Trade and superintendent ofnhe Sunday School of the First Church FORD'S THREAT TO "GET REVENGE" The Senate having voted* to seat Newberry, Fbrd wall now hare the opportunity to make good his threat go into -the states and work venganc'e upon the Senators (who dared to vote in favor of his opponent in the Michigan election- The campaign waged against his successful rival by the great automobile manufacturer and richest man in the country if not the world has never let up for a minute and it is by no means an impossible assumption that his very threats— they can be called little else lined up "on the side of Newberry, who are not accustomed to having a dictator peremptorily order them about. Wilson's desire to have in the Senate was not shared a sufficient number of the citizens of Michigan to accomplish that fact ami the country' at large has at no time indicated that it would like to the manufacturer leave his well conducted busfitess to take up the task of statesmanship at Washington. Hartford - (Conn.) ' Cou rantDon 't miss American Legion and of Foreign Wars Concert, evening, February 6, 1922, at the liberty Theatre.

The two plays given at the High , School lart Friday eventr^ by the I Dramatic Olub were a great success, i . both from a dramatic standpoint and , . from a financial oneThe first of these plays, "The Loan ' of a lover," was a cbaimir* love;, story, the scene of which was laid in j , Margaret Griffith, as Ger , trude* took her part' to perfection: ; both her channing voice and her , , clever acting won the applause of all. , the story follows: Gertrude is quite diconsolat e he- 1 [ oause Peter Spyk (Harold Hanri),!t whom she loves, does not reciprocate 1 1 her affection. But when her very at - , tractive Mistress Ernestine (Rosalie c decides to lend her one ofja her numerous lovers, she became.- j [ quite overwhelmed with attentions j a ft takes much intriguing and many L IflpeAtlCanvw nn tk„ — -f .1 I the pant of the others

f to make Peter realize that he has 4 teved Gertrude from the firstS but' . when he does "nothing can change him." While William Lynne, a.handsome Captain Amersfort ' suc- ] ceeds in making the capricious Er- ; e n«*ine confess that she prefers him B to all her other lovers. John Donley s as Gertrude's elderly ami slightly in-j . toxicated suitor created great amuse- i ment by his decidedly awkward pro- ■ . posals- Edward Griffith took the i P®11 the gardener. A feature of; . this play was a Dutch dance in cos- j C tume- which was ftacefully execute. I . by Edith WiUhank, Elizabeth Lywne, . Harriet Mecray, Marion Dilks, Annar bel Etvirg ami Bcntl.c Eldredge. During the intermirsion several se- . lections were given by the High . School orchestra. This is an in nova - tion of this year, ami it is to be will continue as successfully as it has begun, for an orchestra is certainly an adjunct to every up-to-date School. .The second play, "Ici on Parier Francaise," was exceptionally presented and kept the audience in a Bale of laughter from start to finish. Mary Isabel Bosserman, as Anna . the much put -upon maid of all wurk, was the hit of the evening. J was a revelation to many that the seemingly dignified Mary Isabel J could be so funny. Charles Sand- , gran, who very cleverly acted the | part of Mr. Spriggens, decided to \ turn his home into a boarding house, ! ami hoped that by advertising that , is spoken here, he could proa distinguished class of guests. unfortunately his French (which 1

d be painfully looks up in a little book n. "French Before Breakfast") is unirle toHigible to all, and through his de- i t. caption he pot himself ami the rest m of the cast into serious complicai- tions. LuciHe Souder, as his nagging ' .y ami discontented wife, took her part ' tf [well, ami James Oarelcante as a : i_ dashing young Frenchman, and the ' ardent suitor of pretty Angelina! ,e (Martha Teal) proved himself an ac- '! ,t tor of distinetion. Morris Cherry as!1 st the quarrelsome ami jealous Major I < Rattan, put much vigor into his act- ' ' ing and caused much excitement ami ' trepidation among ev-ervone but his ' .tesj&n young wife, Julia, which part ' I Ws taken by Kathryn Stevens. | it Albout one hundred and twenty-five i e doHars w-as realized from the even- -l it in^s entertainment, which sum will \ be used to purchase a much needed < <1 Vjctrola for the High School. t n J00 much credit cannot be given to v n M**i Ipene Maginms, teacher of r y Engiish, and the director of the plays. T It was only through her untiring ef- e « fort and enthusiasm that the affair a w®s suth a distinct success- ^ ' " ' L T * HIGH SCHOOL NOTES t From the issue of report cards f From January, 1922, has beeff com b e piled the following list of distingu- " j ished sUk lento, those who have a d s composite average of 90 or (more in j, t all subjects: o Seniors — James Cava! canto, Eva ^ 0 Hoffman, Harriet Mecray. b U Juniors— Henrietta Ballenger, El- b e eanor Bosserman, Sara Lummis, Wil- > L liarn Lynne, Francis Stevens. p Sophomores— Isabelle Bosserman, u Horace Church, Dorothy Hand. Weavd er Howard, Bernard McCormick. y ;, Freshmen — Ear] Bailey, Oscar BwI, ing, Marie Gosling, Elizabeth Lyime, p Clara Piereon, Irwin Cramer.

NEW JERSEY AS AN AGRICUL- ! TURAL STATE By the term agri cu lturer we peas ' tilling the soil. Tilliage applies to ! all cultivated crops including tree and • bush fruits. We have special or dis1 onctire names for various states or grouja nf states. Thus we have the 1 grain belt, the cotton belt, the tobac1 ■ oo belt, the pastoral belt, etc- In 1 each of these belts the principal money crop supplies the distinctive name. Jersey well deserves the distinctive aame of the Garden State. In some of the so-called garden crops jshe leads- Every vegetable, fruitrend berry that can be grown (in the mid temperate zone flourishes here. Pro ] duction statistics do not give a fair 'return of the amount of yield of the • produced and sold- Thousands j ami thousands of boxes, crates, ham- | pers and bushels of vegetables, fruits ami berries are sold at the farms and | nearby cities and resorts that are • | nearoy crties and that

"s j never reported or tabulated in her lS j statistical reports. New, Jgjsey has !t a great variety of soils. The rugged p lands of the southern part, the level central, sandy area and the loamy southern end of the state gives a great diversity of soils that enables n the farmers of the state to produce > . practically every kind of grain, fruit "land vegetable- Here the aromatic ' 1 strawberry and the sour cranberry grow within talking distance of epch e other but never challenge >aehrtSmere F : merit. The luscious peach blushes crimson in the sight of the astring1 ent persimmon with no thought of ri- '• valry. The strawberry delights the palate of "the Mayday tourist at 40c per box ami the cranberry puts zest ■ into the gastronomic pleasure of ; 1 Thanksgiving and Christmas festivi- i ties. Here the king of fruits, the ap- i ! pie. beginning with the yellow trans- i 5 parent and golden delicious in May i and ending vvfth Sta\-man Winesap, !i ! Winter, Ganana, Jonathan an<l Rome I Beauty, tempt the eye, tickle the' pal- 1 ate ami deflate the purse of the myriads of strangers within our borders. ' 1 Here the grape attaSns a spicy per- j fection not excelled in any quarter of ( ! the globe- The New Jersey farmer j can produce a vintage equal to the , finest Fmech and Italian wines. Our , grapes produce more juice per ton £ than anywhere else ami if nature is t allowed to take Rs course will pro- ' 'luce wine equal to the good old wane made for the wedding feast more than two thousand years ago by the from Nazareth- \ Is there a slate anywhere that can e produce sweet potatoes equal to Jer- < E toy Sweets ?" They have been tiie

standard of perfection in every marfor a century ami will continue . to be to the end of time- Tomatoes grown on the sunny soils of South , Jersey bring fancy prices and are J eaten in soups, sauces ami catsup from pole to pole in every quarter of , ■ the globe. , Did you ever go into a South Jer- • sey watermelon field in the cool of ; | the morning and pick a good, ripe • |One from the vine, burst it open across your knee, pull the core out of the middle and fill that waiting void in your face? Did you? Did it anything to be desired? We read in the Songs of Solomon about the grape and the pomegranate. Poor old fellow. If he artild have ' walked down into a South Jersey cantaloupe field and picked a Mon- 1 treal Nutmeg or a Hackensack, he j would have razed his temple, moved j it over here where Captain Kddd pas- ' ted his palmiest days. Did you ev- j er compare a South Jersey muskmelon with one of those pithy Rockyfords from Arizona or California. The difference is as between the nectar of the gods and a frozen turnip. Many persons in the west and north j think of New Jersey as a State with j nothing but cranberry bogs, gand dunes, mosquitoes and chiggers- They have another think coming. Newhas a population almost equal to California, nearly a million mere than Georgia, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, or TennesseeBesides the millions that come to our unmatched seashore resorts every to renew their youth and wash the footprints of time from careworn physiognomies. AN ADOPTED SON.

ENDOflSE FERRY PROPttSAL B At the annual meeting of the board of trade Wednesday the fola lowing officers were re-eiected: o President, ex-Senator Lewis T. d Stevens; vice president, Samuel H. h Moore; secretary, Everett J. JerreD, r and treasurer, Stephen B. Wilson. e _ The board of trade endorsed the recently proposed New Jersey-Deia-D ^re ferry- at Oape May Point, the . hill for which was presented to the New Jersey Senate by Senator Wil- - lia,n H- Bright, of Cape May county. „ It was pointed oat by members of the R board of trade that by landii* at ] Cape May Point it would be possible . to make a trip every hour, but if the . ferry lands in Oape May harbor it r will be possible to make only one trip ; every five hours- The landing at k Oape May Point has also been en- . dorsed by the Progressive League, , Chamber of Commerce and other j business organizations.

I OBITUARY j , WILLIAM LESLIE CONGER 1 William l^slie Conger, age 23 s years, died at the home of his grand- ; parents, at Rutledge, Pa , Sunday, I January 22, 1922. Funeral services . will be held Thursday, February 2, , 1922, at 1 o'clock, at St. James' t Church, Kensington. . Mr. Conger was connected with the i Wawa Dairy here last summerMRS. IDA WILSON ; — ( - Mrs- Ida Wilson, aged 45 years, i wtife of Samuel Wilson, of Cold Spring, died at her home on Jenu- ( ary 31, after a lingering illness. Fun- 1 era! sen-ices were held at the Old i Church, Friday, February 3rd. I at 2 o'clock, Rev. C. 0- Bosserman 1 , ' officiating. < i ' — -MRS. ANNA HAND 1 I 1 Mrs. Anna Hand, widow, of the'late 1 Ellis Hand, of West Cape May, died Saturday, January 28th, after a f illness. Funeral sen-ices ® were held at the home of Mr. ami 0 Harry Holmes, 411 Broadway, 1 Wfednesday, at 1.30 P. M. Inter 1 ment at Cold Spring Cemetery f POTATOES FROM ALASKA r Former sheriff John W. Reeves, of ^ Cape May. on Saturday recedv 1 ed a basket of potatoes from his son, b Chester Reeves, who Is station- h

le ed in Alaska, within 300 miles of the r- Arctic Oirele. A note attached to ie the basket stated the potatoes were is 'lug from the captain's garden in Oc■h tober. Despite the fact they had -e come more than 5000 miles they ip were in good condition. >f Ca;»tain Reeves was one of the heroes at the siege of Peking during r. the Boxer uprising. He at that time ,f was a member of the Marine Corps, w .and helpe<l rescue the missionaries njwho were shut in the Methodist mis,f ' aion house in Peking. d — it MRS. SHIVERS BREAKS ANKLE ^ " Mrs. Sumner Shivers hail the irase fortune to fall, on Tuesday, breake'ing her ankle ami receiving other injuries. J — e| DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS d CAKE CONTEST •- ( A unique celebration of Lincoln's -j birthday has been planned by the |- local Tent of Daughters of Veterans. It will be in the form of a cake con- ( test tor which the Tent will offer 3 prizes. This contest will not be an exclusive affair — others than mem- >• bers will "have just as fair a deal as ' h the members. The only requirement 1 Ij : is to enter a cake between 10 a. m. ' I and 4 p. mi Promptly at 4. p. m. the judges, I I' Messrs. Kokes, Hotze ami Ewing will I i- decide upon the prize winners after < ; which all the cakes, also candy, ice < B cream and hot chocolate will be on 1 sale. > ' This contest- should be a source of 1 interest and pleasure to all as well r as a means of aiding a purely pot riot - y ic orgarazajdon- ^ i Don't miss American Legion and ( Veterans of Foreign Wars Concert, . Monday evening, February' 6, 1922, at the liberty Theatre. <

H, S. GIRLS VINN EASILY e COURT HOUSE H. S- GIRLS . DR. I- FEATED BY SCORE OP S* TO 21 CAPE MAY GIRLS EASILY OUTr. PLAYED OPPONENTS I, The Cape May High Sdwoi girU met the. Oape May Oourt Boor Hi^h \ e School girLs in a game ot >»■»-» baR f in the High School gymnaeiom on e Friday, January 27- Our gtrie, by e their superior technique, arid speed • aasfily outplayed their opponent*. The game proved vary ioteraatiqg e from start to fl.rejfc and was charact teristic of excrtleot floorwork. 8 The line up: 8 Court House H. 8. t Lee, f ; Hawk, t; Barron, c; SmMi* j sc; Bishop, g; ScuM, . t Cape May H. Si Reeves, t ; J. Dougiaae, t; e} , Stevens, oe; Homan, Johnston^, r Substitutions — Oourt House, Erricr son for Hawk, Harris for Smith. •Field Goals — Reeves, 11; Dougtaas. rreia ooais— Reeves, 11; Dougtaas,

7; Lee, 5; Hawk, 3. ' ; ' Overhead Goals — Douglass. " 1 Foul Goals— Douglass, Lee, Hawk, Referees — -Epps, Wa Id wood; Genung, Oape May. 3 Timekeeper— Cavakante, of Oape ■ Hay. , length of quarters — 6 minutes, s m » ■ , ; WAYSIDE JOTTINGS The water main damaged by the storm on Saturday last has been repaired. The street force wvll soon be engaged in putting everything in order now that funds wnll be at com- , mand for the work. The busiest man in town is the city solicitor and auditor, who also fills the position of comptroller (or at least does the work usually done such an officer). New laws come thick ami fast and centralization is the order of the day at Trenton, entailing many and multiplied reports with corrections which delay local Home rule is no longer a public rightEulogiums of commendation, expressions of praise are in order. The small offerings given in this paper "Panadoxial Finance" appear to bearing fruit. The first step has taken- Discounts are no longer allowed on payment of taxes due in the City of Oape May. That that it will not be necessary 11 to bonow the amount represented in and pay interest on it business-like proceedure is certainly very commendable. The wedge entered. Drive it home.

0 CITY AFFAIRS The appropriation ordi nance for d 1922 was passed at the regular meety ing of the commissioners on Tuesday, January 31st- The boilers at the e water works were, reported inspected j and in good ■ condition. Communicae tions from the Board of Trade were i, read and acknowledged. Resolution s passed endorsing the steamboat land- - ing as the proper place for the proposed ferry terminal. The annual debt statement reported filed with ? city clerk and commissioner of municipal accounts of N. J. HARD STORM SWEEPS COAST The .-Aorm which swept the Jersey coast on Saturday last was the wildest known in twenty years, but th^ <lamage done to Cape May was slight . in comparison with that of nearby re- | sorts- South Oape May was com- ' pletely surrounded by water, but no damage reported. 1 i The <motion picture of the port of . New Y'ork which was to have been i shown in Rutherford Hall, on Jamt- : 10th, and was postponed, will be . shown on February 7th, at 8 P. M. The importance of the film me.itioned can be appreciated from ti-e • fact that it was shown before the > combined Senate and House of Assembly at the opening on Tuesday, 10th. Invitations are extended to ell women's organizations and clubs of the city. DRINK SCHELLENGER'S , MILK 100 per cent pure. Recommended by physicians for and economy. Price 13 cents per quart.