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A. LBON L°\ \ MANAGER CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1922 FIV1E CENTO A COPY - " == ~ 1 — — I SUBSCRIPTION li ka pro wia PER

PERSONAL JEN.^N INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. Mrs- George R. Mackenzie is leaving the Gralynn Hotel, Miami, Fla., for Cuba, where she will remain for a while, returning home to Philadelphia early in April. Mrs. Charles Chase, of Oaklyn, N. J-, accompanied by her two daughters, Masses Mildred and Ruth, spent Sunday in Cape May with Mrs- A. : S. Bush. Vfw T T I - , - , , Mrs. was hostess

■ft a card party at her home, 1007 Michigan avenue, on Monday evening. Mrs. Charles DeTurk is spending ' some time with relatives in Egg Harbor, N. J. Laaming Townsend, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday here with his parents, i Mr. and Mrs. Edward Townsend- i Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Robbins, of Pitman, N. J., with their son. Jack, I are enjoying some time in Gape May 1 with Mr. and Mrs- Rickson Robbins t aft 442 West Perry street 1 Mrs. Harry Brown entertained at i cards on Monday evening. 5 Mr. and Mrs. R. M- Warren have i left Cape Slay after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cham- i bets. t Mrs- Sherman Sharp has returned

to her home after spending several days in Carlisle, Pa., jfoere she attended a dance given by the Phi Kappa Fraternity, at Dickinson College. Mr. and Mrs- James NioOll entertained over the week end, Mr. ami Mrs- Hariey Clark, of Clayton, N. J.; Mr. ami Mrs. Spice r Harris and daughter, Dorothy. Miss Emily Harris and Miss Ruth Harris, of Philadelphia Mr- and Mrs. Thomas l». Spencer, of Germantow-n, are guerts of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Hand, over the week end. Jaoob Plasky, of Camden, made a business trip to Cape May on Tuesday. Mrs. Lewis Knerr, of Flemington, N. J., spent several days in Cape May this week as the guest of Mrs. - Mary A- Knerr. Miss Bertha B1 dredge, daughter of 1 Mr. and Mrs- S. F. EWredgf, of this city, is spending some time with ' friends in Philadelphia. Miss Ann Smith is entertaining Mrs. S- G. Pitt, of Merchantville, N. ' J-, for a week. jl * ' — - -*-^~

Mr- and Mrs- William H. McCreary, j of Aadmore. Pa., were visitors here j last week. Mr- and Mrs. Charles Ooverdaie, of j Eldora. enjoyed several days in Cape May this week, with Miss Mattie Weeks. Mrs. H. Stiles and son spent several days in Oamder.. Mrs. Gys Relf was a visitor in Philadelphia on Thursday. Mrs. Elizabeth Entriken ami graiid- ■ son, Chester Stevens, of Philadelphia, are guests of Mrs. John Van- ' zant, for a few days. Mrs. J. Tenenbaum is spemhng several days in Philadelphia with her ' mother, Mrs- R. Marder. i Mr- and Mrs. Edgar Richardson, of • Aitoono, were viators in Cape May j this week. James Kirk, of Philadelphia, spent < Wednesday of this week in Cape 1 May. . Charles E. Miller, of Port Jeffer- a son, Long Island, N. Y-, is the guest I of his niece, Mrs. William Hunter, at the Baptist padsonageRev. Wlilliam Hunter, of the Bap-' tist Church, was one of the speakerat the Conference on Evangelism ' held at the Baptist Church at Cape 1 May Court House, on Washington'? 3 Birthday. <

MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION The adjourned meeting of the Cape May County Mosquito Extermination i Commission was held 23rd inst. at die \ city ball, Gape May, N. J., at 2 P. M. The contract to furnish piling for the work at South Gape May was ■warded to Mr- Lafferty, of Cape May Court House, and to furnish a t Ford trade chassis with appurten- ! ances to Poeer ft Mecray. Members present: Messrs, Porter, Sheppard, Way and Townsend. Absentees: Messrs. Latimer and Taylor- t The secretary, chief inspector and c assistant inspector were appointed to \ represent the commission at the State t Convention at Atlantic City on March i 1st, 2nd and 3rd, at Ghalfonte Hotel, t

, FERRY RILL PUSSES SENATE ) SENATOR BRIGHTS BILL PASSES 1 3 SENATE- WILL GO TO ASSEMBLY SOON WHERE NO OPPOSITION IS EXPECTED > On Tuesday the Senate passed finr ally without much discussion Senator ■ Blight's bill giving the State High- ° way Commission authority to operate , . the proposed ferry across the Dela- o ■ ware Bay, connecting the good roads t of Delaware and New Jersey, and ■ making a direct auto route from , southern points to the seashore re- n

s sorts of the State. A similar bill J was passed by the legislature last . year but was found to be faulty in ' f the opinion of Attorney General Mc- [ - Cran and this new measure was ( , This bill has the strong support of ' , all the South Jeraev resorts, as it opens up the way from the soufh. 4 When the Cape May-Lewes ferry 4 , a reality, automobilists en ^ route ftom the south will save over hundred miles by crossing the ° Delaware Bay. At the present time v it is necessary to cross into this by the Wilmington-I'ennsgrove * or else go into Philadelphia. This new mute will save the tour- a 1st coming to Cape May, in the neigh- 5 borhood of ten hours and thus

d make the week end trip availahle to tl those only having two or three days- j > The proposed landing place is Capeli May Point. The steamer Republic I- which operated between here and Philadelphia, landed at the Point for - years without mishap. .I W. NEW THEATRE FOR CAPE MAY '• HINT'S THEATRES. INC, PUR5 CHASE RIPARIAN RIGHTS IN FRONT OF LAFAYETTE HOTEL. 1 WILL ERECT AN UP-TO-DATE THEATRE . With the advent of the summer . season of 1922, Cape May will be the possessor of a new amusement house ' which will surpass anything hereto - : fore erected here. The site will be i the riparian rights in front of the Lafayette Hotel. This is considered ; the heart of the town and therefore . the most valuable location along the | beach front.

The building will be constructed in e | such a way as to have several stores ' in the front- It is the ainCoT the ; f (Company to have everything coms plbte by the middle of June- < e The building when completed will I be very artistic in its design and one 1 - of the beauty marks along our walk. 1 The Hunts' Theatre Company is ' l well known here, as they already op- ' eratc two theatres. Cox's City > - Pier Theatre ami the New Palace - ■ have been in their circuit for the past 1 - two years or more. * The plans for the new building are : in the hands of the architect and are i ■ expected to be put out for bids in 1 die near future. The building will " ' extend back possibly to the low wafer ' ' spark this season, but will be built in ■ ' such a way that it can be added to ■ : each year as the demand increases j 1 ; for more amusements. The company « expect in -time to make it an amuse- : ' ■ ment pier, of which any resort can | £ : justly proud. i' ;t FIRE AT ERMA c . T3arly Friday morning fire broke j p i °<* br the home of Bishop Hawn, at v , Erma, which resulted in the complete a i fooB of the house. The fire is report- c ed to have started fnom the chimney, b — ■— b ■ ■ — I

UNCLAIMED MAIL last of unclaimed 'letters remain- 1 in Cape May Post Office for week ending February 23, 1922. < DriskeU, Mrs. Martha i Law, Mrs. May < Sandabol, Hinosensia i In calling for the above please say advertised. - c SOL NEEDLES, P. M. i SUPT. SMITH HOME 1 Charles Smith, superintendent of the City Fishing Pier, returned home last Saturday, after spending the c winter in* Philadelphia. Mr. Smith expects to have the fishing pier all in first class condition by the time j the fish arrive. z

COLONIAL DANCE WEURTTEIM OF COMMUNITY CLUB TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY. HALL BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED On Tuesday evening, February 21, Colonial dance was held in Convention Hall, and much credit is due the hospitality committee, the program . committee and the deoo ration commit- . foe for the great success of the af-| &ir. The hall was a beautiful sight . decorated profusely with flags of all , nations and rarlarwic nf ^i..u - ., ,i ! pink and

blue, the club colors, and the national colors of red, white and blue At either end of the dancing space were the judges' stands, attractively decorated with boughs of pine and draped with bunting. The guests were received b> "the officers of the club as a reception committee. The dance opened with a grand march at nine o'clock, and a number of very attractive Colonial costumes were worn. Ronald Quidort and John Henna masters of ceremonies. For the best costumes the judges awarded the honors to Mrs! John J. Spencer for the lady's, and to Harry for the men's. Next followed ppnprfll fnr a followed general dancing

s a time,e Then Miss Mildred McCann gave a ;c delightful Egyptian dance. She was d ver> attractively costumed ami the r dance was beautifully given an.l well displayed Miss McCann 's talent She responded to an encore by repeating a part of the dance Ye Olde Time Minuet was next introduced. It was danced by four f couples — Miss Ida Edmunds, Miss ' Harriet Mecray, Miss Marian Hughes and Mrs. William Gassed y representing the gentlemen, and Miss Rebecca ! '• Reeves, Miss Rosalie Wentzell, Miss . S Elizabeth Eldreilge and Mias Agnes ; Bennett were the ladies. The flower- , 1 ed chintz bouffant dresses of the ladies and the brocaded coats and „ satin knickerbockers of the gentier men, all topped by the white Colon- „ 5 ial wigs were most attractive and be- » coming and the dainty minuet was charmingly done. f s Another general dance followed, , t ending up with a Paul Jones, which i always seems to afford much amuse- , ; The next number was a dance by | Miss Genung, instructor of physical i ^•cuuiiK, instructor oi physical

i training in the city schools. Miss - Genung completely captivated the » audience in her interpretation of • "Wind and Waves," and was a vision of beauty in her execution of it. So I great was the applause that Miss . Genung responded with another dance . entitled "To a Wild Rose " This was s quite as beautifully done as the pre . one, and the audience felt that • a rare treat had been theirs to en- ■ joy. We hope the town may be fortune enough to enjoy more of Miss Genung's beautiful dancing Next followed a competition dance i ( for the prize offered by die club for i , the best .lancers. Tho.se who compel- i ed -were Miss Maginnis and Mr. Al- i fred Stevens. Miss Jean Walters and ; Mr. James Hand, and Miss^elen ; Smith and Mr. Harry Mecray. The . : | dancing of all was excellent an.l : evoked much applause. The honors I of die contest went to Miss Watte. s !t jam! Mr. Hand. After the decision i was made Mr. Hand and Mass Wblgave a little further exhibition f ,of their rythmic work e Hien came the awarding of the « prizes. Mrs. Hamilton, the president. r with a few words of appreciation and commendation in behalf of rhe club presented boxes of candy to the -costumed couple and to th^two , dancers. nest dancers.

Hiis ended the program of the evening and the remainder of the time . given over to general dancing. Refreshments in the form of lemonade and crullers were served by the chairman of The ways and means >ommi«W. Mt*. Ernest Lloyd, in the rear of die /hall. q The nexU regular meeting of the club, which will be the monthly busimeeting, will be held on Thursday, March 2nd, at 3-30 P. M., in the School. E- R. Brunyate, superintendent of schools, will address the club briefly "Educational Needs in Cape May." The banks are now doing almost much advertising as the «*garette . manufacturers.

19 REGULATE I JUS LINES I HEADS OF COUNTY MUNICIl PARITIES MEET AT CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE AND CONFER ON AUTO BUS LINES PLYING BETWEEN THE RESORTS \ For the purpose of reaching some , «®ree«nent for regulating the opera- ; tion of auto bus Hnes running be- j .tween the seashore resorts and thru I the countryside, the mayors of the in- ( to rested cities and towns met with . foe Cape" May County . Chamber of , and representatives of . commerce

Rowds of Trade at Cape May Court t Houee, Tuesday afternoon. ^ Because of foe regular commission- ( .. er meeting falling on foe same hour ' ^ Mayor Smith, of Wildwood, was un■Sle to attend but the interests of | p fo®* city were cared for by F. Foster Gbslin, president of the Wildwood ' Board of Trade- ( j After debating the question pro , r arMl eon it was decided that all the s municipalities will a<lopt similar or- 1 dinances regulating the licensing and S t running of the auto bus lines and £ that the cities will co-operate to produce the most efficient service possible not only Suriflfe the summer but ° during the winter months as well. C This action will in no way affect I the running of cars by individuals! rae running of by

providing they do not "cut in" on ' regularly posted routes. Last year some of the smaller bus lines and in- ^ dividual drivers had the habit of cutI ting in just ahead of the bus line ^ with state.1 time for leaving a certain ' " point am] thus, getting the major ' Part of the passengers who, in many cases, had gathered a? a result of ' the advertising of the line running on r schedule. Fanner State Senator Lewis T. Stevens, -solicitor for Cape May, -was appointed chairman of the committee 1 to draft the ordinances with instructions to report at the next meeting. This action is the beginning of beft- C ter things. Better things not only veiling public but for the ' and smalt. campaign for action on the bus " line question was begun soon after foe close of last season and there ' has been no let up. The County - Chamber recognized the practicability „ • of seme such action. The idea was ^ 1 submitted to Luther C- Ogden, pre&i- g dent of the Chamber, and later to the t, sessions of that body at Ocean City 1 1 by tie Mayor of Ocean City, Joseph Champion. ,. 1

s Messrs. Plasky and Grassi, owners e of the Reliance (foe green line) f Transportation Company, were pres- 1 i ent it the meeting oh Tuesday and ! ' laid -heir plans for the coming sum- ' s mer jefore foe meeting- Their plans ; - as presented are good. They have j - prom sed to run on regular schedules ' and also during the winter months on , t a redjeed schedule and have signified ; - a willingness to post a forfeit bond ) - for the fulfillment of that promise. I • Whether foe bond is aocepted or , not the ordinance will carry a penalty" - for non-compliance. If the Reliance i ■ Company lives up to their promises • they vvil be able to give foe resorts j • worth while service. Their care : I ire new and modern and comfortable ! i ind their experience of last year will i ' enable them to give a more evenly 1 , I >a lanced service with less loss to : themselves than a new line could give ( : .unless operated by men of wide ex- 1 ■peaenee. L There will be no legislation to ham- j . per or emberuss the individual own- 1 ( ami drivers who will have e<iual|( chance u> make good and to make j , CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ' The Cape May County Chamber of met at the High School 1 v^.uucice met at me nign .sonooi

building, Cape May Court House on I Thurs<lay evening, February 23, and ' several matters of business were tak en care of * John Rockwell, of the Seabrook I1 " Farms, was the principal speaker of ; the evening and addressed the asseni- ! ' s blage in able manner. j' ? COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL I RECEIVES ANOTHER PRIZE jl - In addition to two first prizes re-l' ceived by the Cape May County Vo-1 1 cationa: School students, duijng Ag- ' 1 l! ri cultural Week, in January, at * Trenton, the fourth grand chvmpion j award was made to them arfi foe < ' trophy is a Truog Soil Acidity Test-! I ! er, which will be used in connexion ' I with the work of foe school t

DAVIS A TAYLOR I BOY LAFAYETTE - EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO f BE MADE FOB COMING SEAt SON. ENTIRE EXTERIOR WILL 1 BE OF STUCCO The Lafayette Hotel, formerly owned by the late Colonel John Tracy, 1 has been purchased by Leonard H. 1 Davis and Logan B. Taylor. ' The new owners, after making ex- 1 alterations, will operate the 1 About 120,000 will be spent v opening this coming season on T "solium ura unrang season on

improvements to the property in- " eluding remodeling the exterior of foe building, eleeftric lighting thruwit, new baths, hot and cold running water in ell sleeping rooms, new kitchen equipment, interior decorations to lobby, grille, etc., and ttnprovements to elevator service. • A definite plan is being prepared for the future arrangement of this which when eventually completed will include a new wing with large salt water swimming pool on the ground floor. This pool will be so const rooted that a false floor can be easily thrown over same and ' converted into a large auditorium for \ convention use- | (Messrs- Davis and Taylor are de- , termined to make foe Lafayette one ' . — ...... w iiwnc uie uaiayecie one

1 1 of the most attractive and papular e r [ hotels of the coast resorts. Mr. Davis is authority for the state- 1 ment that a Hotelnien's Association ® will be organized in Gape May to be identified with foe State association ' for the purpose of keeping in touch s with all up-to-date hotel methods of management and service. a ! » 9 MEETING AT CITY HALL; T COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO GOV- tl ERN THEMSELVES ACCORD- ci ING TO STAND TAKEN BY THE LARGER MUNICIPALITIES RECARDING THE DAYLIGHT SAV- j ING TIME The commissioners' regular weekly 10 meeting was held in foe city hall on 31 at 10 o'clock. Messrs. and Wentzell were in at- tr temlance- Mr- Melvin was absent due to his illness- w J A communication was read relative

ito the changing of the tame for days light saving. Both Mr. Sheppard and ) | Mr. Wentzell agreed that if the larg ' I er cities ami the railroads adopted j ^ j the new- time it would only confuse 1 " , things if Cape May didn't co-operate j 15 1 and on motion of Mr. Wentzell it e ] was adopted that Cape May would govern herself according to the time 1 1 set by the larger municipalities, j Alexander C- Lyle was in attend- ' ance regarding the erection of a store at 709 Columbia avenue on the prop- ' r.j crty which he ami Walter P. Taylor ' ' | have recently purchased. It appear 1 ! ed that the commissioners have had ' " | several complaints from the cottagers ' 1 (living nearby They claim k will cut ' •foff their view and their air. They ' ■ also object to it as they fear it will ' ' necessitate having a delivery wagon ) or car in front of the store the larg- '! ' er part of the time, which will be- H ; come an eyesoreMr. Lyle then presented his side of f jfoe story. He slated that they had ' ■no intentions of tunning a milk house or store of such character that would " draw flies. He further stated that 1 I they expected to extend the store out a ! beyond the line of foe other houses, c 'but he explained that it would not ' jcut off their view or their air and % said, furthermore, that they expect erect a building which would be a [ i w sum, n uujMuug wn«cn woumi De ,

i credit to that section. The building,! I j when completed, will extend very i near the fence line and foe commis- | sioners suggested to Mr. Lyle that he : compromise with them and reduce foe : ■ I size of the extension in the front to < one- half foe contemplated size, which • would be equal to about 6 feet, but i , Mr. Lyle stated that it would be im- i , ' possible as the material had already 1 I been purchased and the f ramework i was already up. The matter was « j dropped at this point as there is i : nothing in the building code to sped- I i fy how- far a person can extend their I to the street. < Mr. Wentzell then moved that the i city engineer be instructed to pre- c pare a 'chart of the .streets of Cape s May and make a .stated building line 1 jto govern all building operations. o

0. C. LEAGUE : wa VISIT HEBE ) WILL BE OVER 164 STRONG BY SPECIAL TRAIN ON PENN8Y* WILL PARADE ON ARRIVAL OF TRAIN Friday, Febmary 24fo wifl be a gola night for foe Gape May Plroffressive League as it will be Ocean Csty night — and Ocean City is coming too — obouft 160 Strong, by ig—^wf train on foe Penney. The train is scheduled fo arrive abort 8-10. The members of foe Gape May Leagn* n — " ' J-eaguo

l§ will meet the train in a body and f both organizations Will parade, led by appropriate music. The route of R foe parade will be up Jackson street ^ to Perry street, down Perry street t» s Wafoington, dowm Washington to Ocean, down Ocenn street to club rooms. i Dr. J. Thornly Hughes, president s ^ ^ Ocean City League informed President Davis that tliey were comi ing for a good time and they were j going to let foe city know they were I herer H is especially requested that mer- ! foa^ts fly their flags along the routa . of the parade to sort of liven thing* qp. Gape May visited Ocean (Sty early , summer, just after they organized and received a royal welcome.

An elaborate entertainment is being prepared and every effort will be forth to make it an evening long to be remembered. After the enterlight refreshments will be served. Captain J. J. Hutson, of the Coast Guard Cutter Kickapoo, which is stationed indefinitely in the Cape May Harbor, will be one of the -principal speakers of the evening. Captain Hutson has but recently been detailed here but since his arrival his boat has been of valuable assistance to several vessels in distressKickapoo was one of the boats stood by when the Northern Pacific burned off Cape May. A PROTEST The following letter has been sent Mr. Walter Taylor and Mr. Alexander Lyle: At a recent meeting of the executive board of the Women's Community Club it was brought out that you were remodeling the dwelling house. No. 709 Columbia avenue, and that . the building as remodeled will extend

1 to foe sidewalk, a point far in ad- . vance of foe building line mutually I [accepted and established by foe other a property owners on that avenue- The ; | board was also informed that foe t portion of the building extending to I the sidewalk would be used by you as , a store for the sale of butter, eggs, chickens, produce and general merchandise. The advancement of the genuine . interests of our resort being one of . the primary purposes of our Com munity Club, we feel .that we would I remiss did we not enter a formal , Protest against the invasion of a residential district by a business of foe character you contemplate conduct ing. ! Other than the fact that foe busi- ' ness itself cannot but be highly objectionable to even-one in that locality foe precedent which you seek to [establish must inevitably work serious injury to our cottage colony. May we not ask that you recon sider jour decision in foe matter and, actuated by a proper pride that puts aside personal profit at the price of civic welfare, refrain from doing that which cannot but be productive of a considerable public injury. EXECUTIVE BOARD.

CITY AFFAIRS ;l The Mayor, Hon. F. J. Melvin, sur- • prised the officials at the city hall by ; appearing without notice on Wednes . day last at 10-30 A. M. After foe i officials had recovered their equilibri- : um they properly expresred their ■ congratulations on his recovery'- His ■ walked to the office and, after : remaining about half an hour, walk ed home. Hie delightful spring morning of Thursday, the office was again graced by his presence. It is hoped that he will now be able to come every day and the call of busiand duty be satisfied. His Hgnhas been confined to the house on account of sickness for some weeks. whole community is glad to hear of foe Mayor's recovery.