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INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS » Mr. and Mre- S. B. Wilson entertained over Sunday, Miss Emily Bennett, erf Cape May Court HouseMrs. John H. Mecrey entertained a number erf friends at cards on Thureday. jsfteiTioon at her home, 926 Corgie atreet Mr. and Mrs- I- Learning Sheppard returned this week to their home in Cape May after spending the winter In East Aurora, N. Y., as the guests • of Mr- and Mrs. Paul Langdon CoxG- Sailor Simpson, of Mays Landing, was a visitor here on SundayDr. Leslie Bwing, of Berlin, N. J-, spent several days last week with his brother, Alan DeP- Bwang, of this cityArthur Jordan, of Philadelphia, spent the week end in Cape~5fay with friends. Mrs. William Morris Oassedy was hostess at a bridge party at her home, 612 Hughes street, on Monday afternoon. Mrs- Mary H. Thompson and MrsJ. I> Wilson, were Philadelphia visitors this week. Mr. and Mrs- George S- Curtis entertained the Misses Catherine and Virginia Murray, Walter Stevenson and Frank Miller over the week end. Mrs- J- Harry MuHimer, of the Three Arts Club, of Philadelphia, is spending some time in Oape May. Joseph B. Hughes has returned to his home after an extended trip of a * month through the south. B- S- Johnson, of Philadelphia, was a visitor here on Monday. Holla rd F. Rhoads, of Charter, Pa-, accompanied by his daughter, MrsJohn Brown, of Media, Pa., were visitors in Oape May over the week endRalph Spring, manager of the Gas and Electric Co., of Cape May, accompanied by Mrs. Spring, is enjoying a vacation of a few weeks out of town. Miss Helen Moore entertained at cank Thursday evening at her home, 216 Perry streetMr. and Mre. Raymond Vanaman entertained Miss Bessie Hughes, of Germautown, Pa-, over the week end- * Clarence Gallagher and wife are spending a few days in Philadelphia. Prank Bacon and son, with Julius Blake, spent Saturday at Millville. Mr- and Mre- William El well entertained on TXiesday last, the club. Mm. Martha McDade and brother, John McOonnell, of North Hancock street, Philadelphia, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mre Harry Scott, of 1046 Lafayette streets Elwood Albright and lady friend spent Sunday with Mr. and Mre Herbert Towasend, 1022 Lafayette street"4* UNDAUNTED YOUNGSTERS ^ The teachers of Academy School, Cold .Spring, have evidently been doing excellent work this -year, the kind - that excites the interest of pupils. At the time of the big snow storm a month or so ago the bus which trans- - ports the children from points along the road to Fishing Creek, failed to arrive at the rendezvous, but seven children who were pupils of the Academy School were not to be deprived of their day at school for a little thing like that. The total walk from their homes was not les6 than three miles, but they faced wind and snow and oold and reached school on time and enjoyed the day all the more for the hardship involved in getting to the school Hie names of these pupils were Florence Sykes, Marie Matthew, Mildred Matthew, Mary Kimsey. Leon Sayre, Sara Murphy, Mary Lynch. SKIRTS— A SHORT ARTICLE Paris has decreed the short skirt will be worn no longer That is to say, no longer will the short skirt be worn. In other words, the short skirt * while remaining relatively short, will be worn longer, or st least— wellanyway. WHY WE DO NT DANCE "May I have a dance. Miss?" "Yes. Number 16." "Sorry, but Pm not Staying until then." "Neither am L"

j« n i OF HUT > City of Cape May, N. J5 Statement Month of February, 1922 Tuesday, February 7, 1922- Regular meeting, 10 A- M- Directors } present, Messrs. Sheppard and Went- < zeU. Mayor absent, sick. Minutes ( 1 read and approved to dateClerk reported: resolutions an fer- j ry terminal forwarded to Senator W- j H. Bright and Assemblyman Robert J. Kay; cow of appropriation ordin- ] 1 ance 1922 forwarded to Department \ ' of Municipal Accounts. ' Lighting bills resented as approv- " ed for January, 1922. Building inspector paid in 636.00 on ; building permits. Water main to U. S- Naval Air]' 6 Station reported repaired5 Resolution ordering estimate for storm damage presented; note on each '• local bank ordered negotiated for 1 66,000 each. g Bilis ordered paid, $1,064.22- ! '' Tuesday, February 14, 1922- Reg- ' ular meeting, 10 A. M. Directors present, Messrs, Sheppard and Went- " zeH- Mayor absent, rick. Statement for January, 1922, accepted- " Director finance reported: annual ( s&tement filed with Department of J1 Municipal Accounts; proposals ordered advertised for fire hose; proposals e for summer music and garbage re- j s moval; John J- Spencer confirmed a ' member of the fire department; Pro- ^ 0 gressive League requests Washington 1 street hard surfaced; resolution passed protesting increase of rates of electric currentBiHs ordered paid, $2,268.89. ' Tuesday, February 21, 1922- Reg- ' ? ular meeting, 10 A. M- Directors present, Messrs. Sheppard and Wents zelL Mayor absent, sick. Minutes read and approved. Clerk reported: Statement for Jan- " uary, 1922, published; proposals for garbage removal 7 music and fire hose advertised; resolution of protest _ against an increase of rates on electrie current published in Star and Wave- " Solicitor reported: Resolution of ' protest against increase of ratep forwarded to Utility Commission and ree ply received— no increase will be alL lowed until after a hearingPlan for building lines to correspond with lines now existing were ordered prepared and presented. A centrifugal pump ordered purchased [* for salt water use- Protest presented against -the construction of a pro- ^ duce store on Columbia avenue near Howard street j Bills ordered paid, $198-13. ^ Tuesday, February 28, 1922. Regular meeting, 10 A. M. Directors present, Messrs. Melvin, Sheppard and Wentzell. Minutes read and apI proved. Clerk reported: All proposals add vertised. ^ Estimate for repairing storm dama age on beach front ordered received and filed. p Application of Jacob H- Shaw for 0 special police ordered received and n filed- Progressive League requests, e obstruction removed at Jackson and Lafayette streets and suggested flushing hard surfaced streets- Proposals ordered advertised for 2% -ton |S water wagon, 1000 gallons. Proper it ty owners to be notified to trim trees d on streeta- Ordinances ordered prepared covering opening and laying of e sewers, carting sand through streets e and prohibiting the plaar^ of bridge g obstructions in street gutters. r Recess ordered to 11 A. M- ^ Reconvened at 11 A. M. Directors y present, Messrs. Melvin, Sheppard and Weotzell- Bids for garbage removal opened, read and ordered tabulated. Bide for fire hose opened, read and ordered tabulated- Bids for summer music opened, read and or- * dered tabulatedBills ordered paid, $607.11. e Adjourned to 2 P. M. Reconvened at 2 P. M- Directors !j present, Messrs- Melvin, Sheppard and Wentzell. Resolution passed awarding the contract for summer marie to Gustav W. Blenk, for $5,638.00. Adjourned to 4 P- MReconvened at 4 P. M. Directors present, Messrs. Melvin, Sheppard il and WentzellAdjourned to March 1, 1922. (Continued on page four)

SENIOR BENEFIT ! MOVIES; MARY PICK FORD — "LITTLE LORD 1 FAUNTLEROY"— MARCH 22 and ! 23— COX'S THEATRE « 1 The Seniors are working bard and 1 all their energies are bent toward a common goal — Washington- The ' Grammar School has offered to help ' sell tickets, which assistance is ap- 1 predated very much by the Senior ' class. Also very many High School 1 students have been so k^nd as to of- j 1 fer their services in helping the Sen- i 1 iors get to WashingtonAttention is called to a mistake in 1 dates in the previous issue of Oris ' paper. The correct dates are Wed- 1 ' nesday, March 22, and Thursday, j 1 March 23. II ' MARY PICKFORD WOULD LIKE TO GROW UP ! — Mary PSckford, recognized as the | greatest delineator of child life upon 1 the screen declares that she would like to do up her curls and be a . grown-up film lady. ' "Not that I am dissatisfied with my j child roles," said Miss Pickfond, "for I love them dearly, but I feel that as | ' a celluloid kiddie I am somewhat | I bound fiown by limitations. Of , course, there is nothing finer than interpreting child life- It is a field rich . in heart interest and human appeal. ; And at the same time it' is the kind \ of work that is clean and wholesome j ' and satisfying- But all my life I ' wanted to do something equally as good in a grown-up part." Ever since she began her career as an actress, Mary Pickford has been cast as a kiddie or at least as a girl , in her early 'teens. The public has ( oome to regard her as the eternal lits tie girl of the screen, for she never seems to grow a day older despite ( . the fact that she has been appearing in child parts for almost twelve . years. n "If I play these roles well,' jaid , "Little Mary," "it is probably 6e- , cause I never had a childhood of my own. -You might say that I was I grown up at the age of five, for that was when I went on the stage. As f a child actress I appeared in road shows, travelling about the country . almost constantly- I couldn't play . on trains because I had to study, and I couldn't play in hotels or theatres because it made too much noise. So . I take great delight in enjoying my childhood now, in my work before the I camera-" "And in addition to this," she continued, "I dearly love children- They . interest me very much, and of course I study them closely- All their little pranks, ail their antics and the cute things they say. These I try to reflect in my presentation of the little girl character upon the screen. The , fact that I am small also makes it possible for me to portray these parts. I am four feet eleven inches tall with my shoes off, and I weigh one hundred .pounds-" Miss Pickford says that she has alj ways had an ambition to be an emotional actress, only the public is rer luctant to accept her as suchj "Jiow that 1 am a producer as well c an actress," she explained, "I f quite naturally have to take into conj rideration what is good business and . what is not, and for me it is good , business to be a little girl in spite of ambitions. 5 "Some day I hope it will be differ- - ent- I should like very much to try f to contribute something else to the 5 art of the photoplay, even if I oould » do it only once successfully; if I could only convey that simply sincere message of childhood as a gyown-up 5 woman. So Mr. and Mrs. Public and i all the dear little Publics, please - someday let me grow up, just for - once." I, 'Tattle Lord Fauntleroy" is a story r of a Httle girl who can never grow - up- She is not a dwarf, she is not a cripple, she is not an invalid — but still she can never grow up. All her life, most likely, she wall have to re5 main a child- Did you ever stop to 1 think that possibly there plight be justor suggestion of heartache in the e fact that for professional purposes v Mary Pickford must always remain a •little girl? Did it ever occur to you that perhaps the world's foremost s feminine screen player might yearn i to do up her hair and play a grownup part Ml through one picture — a great emotional role? But she doesn't dare because — well, i

if you must know, let me quote the . answ# as Mary Pickford read it j from a review of her latest photoplay, printed in a Chicago daily: "She might be a great emotional actress If the public would let her. But why should we let her? There are doaens and scores of snotionaJ actresses. There is /only one Mary Pickford^ as the numerous imitators who have tried and failed can testify. • "Mary Pickford interprets childhood and giribood- The difference between her acting of a child role -and the playing of a juvenile actress is the difference between a painting and a pored photograph. The humBr ' j and pathos of childhood is felt by the : | actress and portrayed for us by skill|fu! strokes- Then, added to her talj ent, is that charm of personality and [ rare sense of comedy " Surely no one will want to miss the j of seeing "Little Mary" in her i greatest achievement, "little Lord 1 Fauntderoy." See it at Cox's Palace Theatre, March 22 and 23. Help the I Seniors see Washington. The High School orchestra has offered to play , some selections on the evenings of 1 the 22nd and 23rdIt topk 51,000 minutes to make Mary PSckford's 12-reel screen ver- , sion of "little Lord Faunt! eroy." . This is 850 hours, or 85 working days of 10 hours each. At Cox's, March 22 and 23f NOTICE After April 6th Dr. Herbert laimmis will occupy rooms over Knerr's | Dry Goods store, as a dental parlor. 3-18-3 ANOTHER. SHIPMENT OF CARS Focer & Mecray, the Ford dealers, , were busy unloading Ford cars on , Six new cars arrived on ! the P. & R- freight. Don't forget to see "Deacon Dubbs, 1 of Sorghum Center, State of West : Virginny," at the Cold Spring Grange ! Hall, Thursday, March 30. 1922. 1 THE GREATEST NUMBER OF -*•' "'LOCAL WORDS | The county superintendent of ' schools proposed to the principal's ' room of the Erma school a few weeks . ago that he would give a prize to the school in the shape of a dozen books, ' or individual .prizes to two of the pul pils who would gather the largest ' number of words, the names of things J and actions in the neighborhoodPrincipal Hess has just made his re- ' port and gives to Li da Long first place with 932 words and second place to Mildred Matthews, with 732 words. It is understood that all words offer- ! ed should be correofcl" spelled. The ! girls have waived their right to indi- : vidual prices in favor of the school ' as a whole. The Security Trust Company, of Cape May, desires , the services of an intelligent young man of attractive personality. Permanent employment assured, if services . are satisfactory- Apply in own handwriting, giving age and references to Mr. Henry I C. Thompson, manager, Se- , curity Trust Company, Cape May, N. J. 1 ; — — — — — — r COME AND SEE : "DEACON DUBBS" \ The ; Cold Spring Grange J Hall ' Thursday, Mar. 30, 1922 at 8.15 P. M. ' Admission, 35c 1 Reserved Seats, 50c r Children under 10, 20c ; NOTICE ! 1916 Peerless touring car with a 3 truck fcody will be sold April 1st, 1 1922, to the highest bidder for StorJ age- Hickey's Garage, Cape May, 1 In "little Lord Fauntleroy," Mary - Pickford plays a dual role, that of 1 Cedric, and also his mother, Dearest. Senior benefit- Cox's N Theatre, on , March 22 and 28.

COMMUNITY CLIJBMEETING PROGRAM MEETING OF THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CLUB A most interesting program meeting of the Women's Community CHub was held on Thursday afternoon, - March 16th. i A large number of the members i were present The program opened with a piano ■ solo by Miss Helen Porter. It was ■ beautifully rendered and Miss Porter way compelled to give an encore which was also greatly enjoyed. I This was followed by a talk by Dr. Franklin Hughes relative to estab- . lishing a city hospital in Cape May. . This talk was scheduled for the busiI ness meeting on March 2nd, but was . interfered with by illness. . Dr. Hughes spoke of the great need 1 far a public hospital, there bang - none in the county and the nearest ' ones being in Millville and Wildwood. He felt that there could be no better humanitarian spirit shown and •. said that it could be started on a - modest .scale with a few (beds and an ' X-ray apparatus. When a start can 1 be made and a charter incorporated 1 it will be possib!e«to aacure State aid in due time- He spoke of the committee fonmed by the (Progressive League and urged that one of the workers be appointed by the Com- ■ munity Club to 00 -ope rate with them. ' AJt the conclusion of Dr. Hughes' . talk the club had the pleasure of hearing Mre- C- B. Yardlev, of Orange, <N. J. Mrs. Yardley joined the Lorosis Club of New York in 1871 and in 1876 became a member of a worn - 1 1 en's club in Orange- Her member1 1 ship covers a period of fifty years and she wears a badge to that effect. When the clubs became federated she was made the first president- It was ; inspiring to see and feel her belief ■ in club work as a benefit to a community, to the club members as a whole, and to them as individuals, and she had many interesting things to say- She . said her club associations had helped to keep her young because it kept her in -touch with present day methods She felt women oould live 5 a larger life if they could go home 3 invigorated by the contact with others. 3 Women had never associated with * each other as men had and she felt that a Higher Power was pushing the _ women ahead in the work they are to do in the future- " At the close of her talk Mrs- Ham- ' ilton presented Mre- Yardley with a beautiful bouquet of sweet peas in ! behalf of the Copujuinity ClubMiss Enfield Joiner, principal of oral instruction in the New Jersey 2 State School for the deaf at Trenton, " was next on the program. Miss Joiner had with her two children from the school to demonstrate sometiring of the modern methods practiced in giving speech and lip reading to the deaf. One child had just entered the school last September with no speech or communication with people except by natural signs. This child, with others in her class, was taught nouns by objects, by recopying them on picture charts and at the same time learning to give voice to the names of them in speech- The teaching of verbs was taught by action. The teacher's command to hop _ was carried out by the child's hop- , ping, etc This same child now has a vocabulary of one hundrec words. Ail communication with the child was through lip-reading, th^ child learning to recognize the formation of the words from the teacher'6 hpsThe second little girl was a pupil doing 3rd grade work, and had a vocabulary of four hundred words. With her was illustrated a grammatical exercise in verb tensesThis child had intelligent spoken language and recited for the audience, "Baa, baa, Black Sheep," and "Humpty, D&mpty," as well as replying orally to questions asked by Mass Joiner. The telling of time by a cjack diel was also shown. From the 5th or 6th grades the ; deaf pupils are taught by methods similar to hearing pupilsj Miss Joiner's exhibition of work ■ was greatly enjoyed and was a new . phase of teaching not generally understood or appreciated. Miss Sara Askew, of the New Jerf sey State library Commission, was f the next speaker. Miss Askew talk- . ed of the value of education, the 1 great use of good books as a means to the same. 1-

She unged good reading for children in the homes, in the schools, for I comprehension, far growth in intelliJ genre, far inspiration, far good cttI zenshipGive the children books to read to teach them how to get pleasure, to keep them home at nights, end to teach the highest possible motive, "to ✓ * do end to be." She cited e comprehension test held '' recently in two townships; gave three different types of books to the b boys and girls and asked them to tell what one chapter meant Not one in 0 the eighth grade could comprehend s its meaning. In seventh grade books, r three out of fifty enjoyed them and ' e could tellIn the one township farther remov- • ed from the city the government had spent hundreds of dollars in testing ' the soil and trying to give the inhabitants a knowledge of whet would s grow best in that soil, end bad eent five hundred snaps to help in the work. Not one person oould under- ^ stand and the families existed on a bare pittance by raising for the most part, potatoes, the thing least suited to ithe soil. d Miss Askew 's inimitable sense of 8 humor and fund of stories kept her n hearers greatly interested and entern tained8 At the close of the meeting the hospkaliey committee served tea in the gymnasium- A table decorated with e St- Patrick's Day colore was most ate tractive and candies typical of. the day were also served. J; The afternoon was voted a great success. , Cape May County 1 Chamber of Commerce ; will meet at Cape May, i on Thursday evening, - March 23. A good pro- ' gram has been ari ranged. ^ » I a Special music has been written far d the production of "little Lord Faunt0 leroy," by Louis Gofcteehalk. is • • • ; COMMISSIONERS S . ATJJflPE MAY ^ MEMBERS FROM NEW JERSEY 1 AND DELAWARE WILL DISe CUSS THE MERITS OF THE e NEW PROJECT OVER AN ELABORATE FESTIVE BOARD AT THE WINDSOR When Governor Edwards signed the bill authorizing the State Highway I Commission to purchase and operate 5 a ferry between Gaoe.May and Dela- '■ ware it was an important event for 's South Jersey resorts for the reason n that the distance between the great southern cities and the world's most famous summer resorts w-ill be reduced from 200 to 100 miles and open new territory to motorists!r Plans will be discussed for the sue - ;h cessful operation of the new system ls by the new Highway Commissioners 18 of each state. . K A banquet will be tendered to the ie State Highway Commissioners of *> New Jersey and Delaware by the City ie of Cape May, N. J., at the Windsor Hotel, on Saturday evening, March P 18th, at which time matters of great ?' importance will be discussedAbout thirty-five guests have been 1- invited. II ls, CAPE MAY BOY IN LIMELIGHT le The clever shooting of "Gas" Hines and Brunston gave the Engineers and -j Traffic a victory over Commercial Accounting last night at Ctiwalry Hall, .k 34 to 16, the Engineers taking the c_ lead in the Bell Ttelephone League k race. Western Electric defeated Norristown in the second game, 33 to 24. 31 m ■ m "little lord Fauntleroy" is by far the most expensive motion picture 5 that Mary Pickford has ever attempt - y ed- The cost of the settings alone 5 ran into figures that sound much like the statement issued on America's 'e war debt. See it at Cox's Theatre; on ls March 22 and 23. Don't forget to see "Deacon Dubbs, of Sorghum Center, State of West Virganny," at the Cold Spring Grange Hall, Thursday, Mareh^SO, 1922. is Twelve reels of emotional drama, r- pathos and riotious comedy- Mary ie Pickford in "Little Lord Fauntleroy." is Senior benefit at Cox'# Theatre, on March 22 and 23.