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' CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1922

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INTERESTING PERSONAL PARA1 GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ' Hai ry Marshall and sister. Miss Florence Marshall, of Philadelphia, spent a week- with Mrs. L. C. BlakeMrs. Ruth Horner, of Millville, is the guest df Mrs. Jules Blake over the week end. ' Mrs- Daniel Stevens, df Philadelphia, is this week visiting her^aunts, r \ Mrs- Smith and Mrs. VanZantA | Jdr. and Mrs. William J. Kinsey | gave a delightful birthday- party in J honor of Her little I daughter, Ellen I this week- ** & Mrs. Learning Shfeppard entertain ed the Bridge Club on Monday afternoon at her home cm Jackson street. Tom Sweet, of East Aurora, was a » week end guest of Miss Mary ESheppard at her home on Jackson street- \ \ Earl Marks, a prominent banker of I *' East Aurora, N. Y-, and Jimmy RobF 1 erts of Buffalo, motored iiito Cape i/ May on' Wednesday, guests oKMrs.j Learning Sheppard on Jackson str<?«L leaving on Friday for an extended trip through Netf York state. Howard Goff, wife and son, of Musketfan, Mich-, are visitng Mr. and Mrs. | I /I M. S- Smith, 921 Washington street. P *^r- Alfred Evans, wife and daiighI. ter and Adelia Bush, motored to Oak- , .lyn, N. J., Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. , *>• Charles Chase " Mr- and Mrs- Benjamin Orr, of t West Philadelphia, Mr. and .Mrs. Wm- I f Swigler and Miss H. M. Swigler, of S' East Lansdowne, Pa., were the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. James KI 1 White of Cape May PointThe Misses, Helen Caldwell, .Elizat ' beth England, Sadie Simpson and Elizabeth Gilroy, of Narberth, Penqa., . ' were the guests of Miss Marian . Humes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. FW. B. Humes, of Narberth, at their ? . • cottage cn Perry- street. < r "Harry S- Mecray, accompanied by 1 f his "mother, Mrs. Mae Smith, left , Cape May on Monday for an extend- ' dtl motor trip to the Pocono moun- i tains and other points of interest, Mrs- Annie Fenner is spending a few weeks heiie renewing old acquain- ' v tances Mrs- H. Yoxall Smythe will enter- ' „ tain at cards today in honor of Miss> Jennie Poynter, of Philadelphia, whoj; is her guest for a weekMrs- Frank Williams and son, of Elizabeth, N. J., arrived in Cape May on Friday last, where they will re-| main for a monthV Mrs- Frank Cowry And daughter Etta, arrived in Cape May this week' and'will remain for the balance of the - season. • Mlss'Evelyn Johnson, of Wynne- 1 | field, is spending the balance of the' season at the "Columbia " j - cape may county's assembly candidate j Heeding a'unaniroous call from all ( t factions of the Republicans in Cape ( j May to be a candidate for Assembly T * in the coming primaries, former Senator Lewis T. Stevens has agreed, to i, be the candidate under such condif - v tions- ' He has served the county in 1 • the Legislature, and while there was an active worker for any interest which seemed to be for the good of the county. Only two or three times heretofore have exsSenators consented to go I back to the Assemblyr Senator Stevens has always been H i '^active in civic matters, whether in or out of thfc -Legislature. He is prominent in the proceedings of the Coup-, ty Chamber'of Commerce, president of the Cape May City Board of Trade, and always a booster for the I county's successTo him belongs the credit of giving to Cape May County the excellent paved roads which have been conj / structed under the State Highway W system. Senator Stevens had repealed the Fielder Bill, which did not give a mile of road to our county, and he placed in the Edge law the routes Nos. 14 and 15 under whioh our coun- *' *> ty finally Ret about thirty miles , J of State road. Mr. Stevens will be-'the only county candidate from Cape May City, as i "candidates for the other six county Ljfc offices have been announced from Ocean City, Sea Iale City, Avalon, ^ North Wildwood, Wildwood, Dennis I' ' Township, Middle Township and LowI .

MONEY FOR -ELAWARE RIVER The liAre^ allotments of river and , harbor funds by the Federal govern- , mentment have recently been made i public- 33,125,000 is to be spent on the Delaware river from Trenton to . . the Sea. In addition to this, $2,500,- - > 000 will be spent on the Delaware in 1 the Inland waterway sytem to the Chesapeake bay. New York Harbor receives- $2,355,3 000. Cape May harbor gets $50,000. ' The total apportionment is $42,000,- ' 000 of which $7,000,000 is being held ( ' in reserve for future expenditures- ( no more toll . ; in c.jicounty; 1 state assumption of ocean city-somers point bridge {' marks passing of the last ' privately owned bridge or road. L I • An elaborate celebration marked the ' I assumption of the Ocean City-Somers 1 Point toll bridge by State authorities ' ^ last Tuesday- State and county offi".cials took part in the ceremonies ' I I which marked the passing of the last •.toll bridge op road in Cape May coun- / ty, and the only ojie that has been in ' ' fhecounty for years.- 1 TbK bi-monthly meeting of the ' " Board \>t Freeholders was shortened 1 • so as to. allow the representatives to I • attend thh celebration. ' The briage, which was privately j J " owned, wis Void to the State Highway : • Commission \ for over a quarter of a million dollars. . ! ' f . \ — victory for, [1 local bowlers 1 cape may wins fifth game ) • of series by margin of 48 1 pins — robinhold-.high man- j Winning the first and third games 1 oL*hY match, Cape May defeated the < ' Sea Isle City Bowling-Club last Tues- - da^ evenipg at the Congress Alleys. 1 ■ teams were close throughout, ' - Cape AJay's fjnal advantage being 48 pins, however, due to a decisive vie- < i tory in the first game. f Robenhold, Cape May, hung up the i high score of the match, when he : .knocked over 196 pins in the last ' '■game. Fehrle, Captain of the Sea • •ilsle team was second with 189. Interest in the games reached its 1 f pitch at this, the fifth game in the •' . series- An enthusiastic crowd of on- < " 1 loqkers gathered around the tourna- 1 I ment alleys, and applaudihj the strikes 1 r and spares of the local team- The 1 1 j series now stands, Sca^lsle City 3, : j Cape May 2. Cape /May will play at : I Sea Isle Citynext Tuesday night. -I Results /oDlhe^match by games: i ! Cape May 730, Sea Isle 694; second ' game, Cape May 715, Sea Isle 732; last game, Cape May 812, Sea Isle , 1 "783- Total, Cape May 2257. Sea Isle | : I City 2209- — !l i miss ruth montague to sing : (J at congress hall i Miss Ruth Montague, winner of the , , Stokowski prize and leading" soloist at . the First Unitarian Church of Phila- . , delphia, will sing at the Sunday eveni ing concert at the Congress Hall on I August 20th. r BIG SHIPMENT OF FORD CARS , Two carloads of Ford Sedans, Tour- ^ j ing Cars and Coupelets have been received by Focer & Mecray, the local t Ford Dealers tips week. The demand r is getting greater every day, and the new Model Sedan, Touring Cars and Coupelets are as fine as the Ford t Motor Company can turn out. [ AROUND TOWN Music at the Churches has been of a high grade this summtr. The Mixt ed Quartette at the Methocfist church has rendered solos, duets and quar- j tettes on a plane ranking with any ^ { choir. At#the Presbyterian church, I 3 Miss Haven of Philadelphia, sang on 3 Sunday, Aug- 13th, "Far from my ^ Heavenly Home" by Tours, "I do not Ask.'^by Spross, and "Abide With.' g Me," by Scott. At the Convention . Hall for the - Communitj*" Sing the ' .. lady gave "Fear not O Israel" by a Buck, and "Break of Day" by Sand- 1 y erson. Miss Helen Porter, accompan- j n ied. The music at the Baptist church i was attractive and in keeping with a sacretWnd solemn services. Advertiaa in th« Star and Wave and i ' watch reauHa-

coastguards : in maneuvers >■ . . •_ CUTTERS AND NEARLY | ' 1,000 GOBS WITH US FOR TWO WEEKS SIGNAL AND RANGE PRACTICE, BATTLE MANEUVERS AND FLEET DRILL. I Eight Coast Guard Cutters, with | their gallant commanders and crews,!' are stationed in Cape May harbor, ' where they will remain until the 25th j 4 of August, or later, and go through ' f all the naval drills necessary to the | ' i efficiency of the Coast Guard ser- j1 vice — The cutters that are here are: i f the Vioksburg, Yamacraw, Seneca, 1 , Modoc, Tampa, Manning, Seminole, . ^ \ ami that well known craft who spent c ' ! so much time in local waters last . winter, the Kickapoo. ? The harbor, with the eight naval) boats lying: at anchor, beside the re£- ' , -ular fleet of commercial and pleas- 1 i vessels, looks like old times, and 1 . the officers and sailors promenading v the streets brings "back the memories - , of days when 5,obO sailors made ( their home with us j Beside the long and short range * drills, battle drills and signal prac- • tice, the sailors will participate in • , competitive infantry drills, battalion ' j drill, swimming races, and base ball , games- The maneuvers are not to be 1 all work and no play, because no dull ' . : are wanted in the Coast Guard ' , Service. * 1 ; Shooting matches will take place at > j a selected spot several miles off « i shore, and for this, medals will be ( t j-awarded by Congress. C A. McAUis- 1 - j ter, former engineer in chief of the 1 1 j Guards, and now retired, has himself;.' offered a prize for the motorboat i race. Last Thursday, the fleet was re \ viewed by Assistant Secretary of ( I Treasury Edward Clifford, under 1 whose ^jurisdiction the Coast Guar.! I - liKfln time of peace. In time of t it automatically becomes a part t of the navy, under the existing laws, j With Secretary Clifford was W. E. J , Reynolds, of Washington, D- C-, com- 1 , mandaiit of tbe Coast Guard. \ I On Friday, the Coast guards will > . drill. The parade will commence at ( Schellengeris Landing, at 3 p- m., will t , pas along .and through the principal ] , streets of the town, and past the re- j ; viewing stand, erected in front of the s i Convention Hall, where they were re- f viewed by officers of the fleet, and f i the Commissioners of Cape May. 1 Last Thursday, officers of the fleet i enjoyed a banquet at the Congress , One of the features of this af- ! i , fair was the attendance of a thirty j • piece band. :1 , For information with regard to the 1 1 : fleet during the rest of their stay here, call Information Desk, Congress : Hall- | A Fine Bunch ; The splendid record that the Coast ! I Guard Service holds is easily understood, after seeing the men that make I up the squadron here. Reports have 'been»coming from all shies about the ' splendid appearance and character of both officers and men stationed hereCape May welcomes the Coast Guard i Squadron, and hopes that their sum- : mer maneuvers may be an annual - event at our harbor. 1 WIDOW SACRIFICES LIFE TO SAVE PRIEST IN FILM The sacrifice of a gray-haired widow, who gives her life to save that of a priest, provides one of the big draI matic- moments in that stirring pro- , duction, "The Rosary," which will be } presented at the City Pier Theatre, j Friday .August 25th- ! The mob has gathered iii' front of the church to lynch Kenwood Wright, ^ho has caused the dynamiting of the cannery, principal industry of the litP tie fishing village. Wright has taken refuge inside- Father Brian Kelly 3 pleads with the crowd not to commit ; bloodshed- The widow, Kathleen Wil . ! ton, who had been praying, steps' out beside Father Kelly. She sees a halfwitted character of the' village aim . his pistol at (Father Kelly. Flinging ^ herself in front of l^m, she receives ^ the fatal bullet "intended for the ^ priest. B | . With a smile on her face she speaks her dying words, "FatheV, at last I .have learned to kiss the cross.'1 Wright . makes his getaway via a 3 rear window-, but as Father Kelly ^ had said, "God works in a mysterious way His/wonders to perform," j and the fugitive drives to his death j ( when he attempts to cross a weakened bridge over a swollen stream.

costume boll september 1st: t PARISH FUND BENEFIT AT LAF- * AYETVE WILL BE THE SOCIAL ] EVENT OF SEASON. I All Cape May is excited with the j announcement that on Friday evening, | .September the first, a large fancy I 'dress ball will be held in the ball room " jof the Lafayette Hotel for the benefit of the Pariah Fund of the Church of Advent. It seeps no one ever had Ithe initiative to go ahead and start something like thjs but this year thru . the efforts of Mrs. Charles- C. Norris, I ; Cape May will have its first large charity ball. Mrs. George K- Crozer, Joseph R- Rollins, Mrs. Haryfson K. Caner and Pansy Scott are ' V-.-isting Mrs. Morrifc and an interesting program for the evening is being arraiwpd. Prizes will be given for s the llfce cleverest costumes which f will 5r selected by Mrs- Robert Large, h ; Mr- George Crozer, Jr. and Mr. Lang- e don Lea, who will act as judges. j The ball will open at nine o'clock h with a grand march led by ""Mr- and 0 Mrs- Joseph R- Rollins. Mrs. Rollins was the popular Pauline Avry, \of * Philadelphia- > '■ During the evening a dancing com- 1 ' petition drill will be held with Miss l° Alva Sergent, Thomas Hart, Alger- 1 •" non Clapp and C. A. Heckshcr Weth- ,*■ erill as judges- The main event and'8 , surprise of the" evening will be a cab- p" aret show which is being arranged b- ,s those three well known "Why Not" ; stars, fttes/ Harrison K. Caner, s : | Mrs. Jo.^jh R- Rollins and Deborah n ' ; Sea! A novel entertainment is prom- ; j feed and while most of the stunts are 8 a closely guarded secret there is a 'well founded rumor that "Ernie" I Coleman, leading lady of "Why Not, II ■ .1922" will be with us. Also the 1 Quaker Maid Chorus from "The Mar- J riage Tax"— -will anyone ever forget | . them? Deborah Seal will do a Hun- 1 gajiap dance in costume and Mrs- L. | > Hammond, who led the "Ladies j Paris" jn "The Marriage Tax," !' will sing and a great many other: well known "Why Notters" and Savoy j' , Co. stars will contribute theit.® talent to the evening's entertainment C will be erected in the ball room r and Mrs Wlilliam Galey, Mrs. Harri- f : K. Caner, Jr., Mrs. C- A. Heck- -A scher Wetherill, Mrs. William Long V ; streth. Mrs- McClure Fahnestock and s Edward JennAgs, of Pittsburgh, t - ate- anii ng those Wio have already t- . made reservation. Admission tags $ Tmay be procured from the Hotels or, » any member of the committee. The " •following prominent women will act jas patronesses: Mrs Harry Clifton Adams. Mrs; Wm. Wallace Atterbuty. 1 Mrs. John C. Bell, Jr. i Mrs. James Balfour /\ J Mrs. D. Knickerbocker %oyd- ^ Mrs. Wm. McK- Bray- - 1 Mrs. Walter C. Burt, i. Mrs. BainL ; ! Sirs. Algernon Roberts Clapp. : / Mrs. Eckley B- Cox, 3rd- ■ AffSr-iTustavous Wvnne Cook. ( I Ur,b orter F, Cope- ' Mrs. Wilson MoCredy1 Mrs. Whiter CoxMrs- K. C. Carrington. ' Mrs- Arthur CalahanMrs. Charles N- Davis. Mrs. Leonard H- Davis Mrs Sussex Delaware Davis ■ Mrs. Leonard Eyster. Mrs. M. Stevenson Easby. Mrs- McClure Fahnestock. • 1 , Mrs- Alexander M. Fox. Jr- ] Mrs Wm. Heulings. Mrs. Paul Sturtevant Howef Mrs. Thomas Hart. < Mrs Earnest Howard Hunter- » . Mrs. George JonesMrs. Edward Jennings. , Miss Anna Collings Knight r Mrs. John Large. Mrs. H. Robert M- Landis. | -Mrs. Langdon Lea. Mrs. Frederick H- Lee, fr. Mrs. Norman- McMullen. i Miss Letitia McKim. . Mrs. Upton Moorhead1 Mrs- George Lewis Mayer. . Miss Virginia Morris. Mrs. Joshua Ash Pearson. , Mrs- Frank Pearson. [ Mrs. Theodore C. Pomeroy Mrs- Wm. Piatt Pepper- . i Mrs. Alfred Putnamr Mrs. Wm. PhillerMrsr^aul deHoff Reed. ' Mrs. Albert E- Roussel. i Mrs. Fred Stovell. Mrs- Alexander Scott. • Miss Hannah Scott. t

LEONARD-TENDLER PICTURES Tbe much talked about boxing contest between Benny Leopard, lightweight champion of the world, and "Lou" Tendler, his' nearest rival, that took .place in Jersey City last month, will.be shown on the screen" at the Theatre, Sunday, August 27. this contest Leonard received the newspaper decision over Tendler, but the pictures clearly depict that Tendler gaye,jiim some argument. to build on racecourse that lumberman and builders are interested in the erection of 200 bungalows on property soon to be auctioned. Rumors from authoritative sources say that a local syndicate has been formed and will buy up a considers- ■ portion of the race course property to be sold at auction on ' Labor | Day, and will begin erection of 200 ' in the fall, to be ready for j next spring. The tract to be sold consists of befour and five hundred building I and the impending sale is creat-l ing a great deal of interest here- The opening of the tract is a needed thing j sincg there is never enough houses in j Cape May to take care of the demand, | 1 and of late, the demand for small jbungalow-s, renting /at a reasonable 1 summer price, has been great. ! The tract is good high land, and is •sure of eventual, an<l probably immediate development. It is said that ; 'lots' will be sold at a low figure and at easy termsmonumentIfund hits $2,000 (additional collections are i listed this week and to- ' TAL AMOUNT IS $360-00— i' Additional collections amounting to ,;$360, gathered in by the Monument the past week, have raised the total collections for the to approximately $2,000. The Monument Fund Ball, Friday night, "will probably raise this amount con- j siderably, and with the Bridge Party that the Committee is planning fori the near future, raise the total to $2500. • Additional donors, exclusive of last i week's list, appear in another column ELECTION ITEMS Registration and Election Days: 1st Registration Day. Sept. 12th, 1922, 1 p m- to 9 p. m. Also first day. 2nd Registration Day: Sept- 26th, 1§22, 7 .a. m. to 9 p. m. Also, primary day. 3rd Registration Day. Oct- 17th, 1922, 1 p. m to 9 p. m. | General Election Day. , > Tuesday, Nov- 7th. 6 a. m. to ♦ p. Boards of Registry and Election fol^ Cape May City, N. J. 1st District — Floyd C-JIughes, Har- j old Hand, Rodney Hand and Wm- A. i Schellenger. 2nd District — Sidney R- Goff, R. 1 Clifton Ware. Geo. Hickey, Dr. W. H. Lummis3rd District— S. levin Stevens. Walter P- Hughes, Albert Little, Jr-, and John Shields. 4th District— Howard F. Otter, Schellenger, Zachary Taylor and D- W. Rodan; Mrs. Calvin SatterfieldMrs. J- Hutchinson Scott. Jr. Miss Elizabeth N. Tucker Mrs. Charles A Service. Mrs. C- A. Heckschcr Wetherill. Mrs. Robert Martin Williams. Mrs- Barclay Warburton, Jr. Mrs. Witney WrightMrs. Chas- A. Wesley. Mrs. Frank WyantsMrs. Thompson Westcott. Mrs. Wm- Welsh. Subscribe for the Star and Wave. ■ OlHiaCILUC IWt — —

city paving to ; c0sts56,000 a LOWEST BID FOR STREET BUILD ING SUBMITTED BY THE MERe CER CONSTRUCTION CO. OF t TRENTON, fL-L The loweftibid fti/the building of the city streets as called for by specifications recently published was $56,309.15, and.' was submitted by the Mercer .Construction Co., of Trenton, ' An ordinance providing for bond ■ issue to pay for the cost of the work j has passed its first and second readj ing. and comes up for final action in U two weeks Work on the streets will , be gtarted as soon a's possibleOther City Affairs 3 At the regular meeting of the Comt tnisioners held Tuesday 15th, inst.: - Fishing Pier reported receipts paid to - j the City for last two weeks, $79.03. , r I Engineer stated, one jetty on beach ) front completed- Lighting bills prerjsented and approved for streets durJing July. Solicitor reports that all - property owners on streets proposed t to be paved had been notified to have - 1 all water, sewer and gas connections' e attended to and the list has been filed C jwith the Clerk. Dept. of Public Safe- * I ty returned for -police and life guards . as efficient and Attending to business1 j The depgftment of finance presented i , the statement of the engineer of the water works from Aug. 12th, inst-: s 9,7145,350 gallons ipumped during the - week- Fire alarm inspected. DeI j partment of Streets reported progI I ress. (Bids for street paving were opened and ordered received and tabulated. The financial statement necessary for issuing bonds for street paving was adopted- Ordinance also passed first and second reading and F ordered to third reading on Aug.y2ST 1922 at 9 a- m. Certified chicks ordered returned to bidders whp applied j for them- Bills as sworn were ordered paid,- ; u. s. awards prize to city ' FEDERAL HORTICULTURIST AD;j MITS THAT IN THE MATTER r) OF HYDRANGEA CULTURE, 3 CAPE MAY HAS INTERNATIONAL SUPREMACY. A short time ago, we promised ou. readers information on hydrangea culture. The Statchas information only on a special hydrangea; the following letter has been received from the i, United States Department of Agrit culture: Editor Star aiji Wave, Cape May. New Jersey, i. Dear Sir: In response to your letter of July V 31 I would say that we unfortunately } ! lftve no publication on the hydrangea. This plant does seem to do espec- >. ially well along the seaeoast and no- ' where that 1 have seen it excels the results obtained in Cape May- I take t it that with you it requires no very _ special or unusual culture and the re- •- | suits are certainly wonderful under l. your conditions- | If there is any special information t. ' concerning the hydrangea with which 1. we can s&pply you we shall be glau to do our best for you. I- Very truly yours, ,1 F- L. MUiLFORD, Horticulturist.' r, So we have it on high authority r that Cape May hydrangeas are so : good they need no petting and pam- - pering. j TWINS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY Mrs- R. H. Williamson, of 829 Kear- ^ neyavenue. entertained in honor of her twin daughters last Thursday evening, from eight until ten. It was _ , the 11th anniversary of the twins. Many novel games were played, the winners Vf which received attractive Subscribe for the Star and Wave.

Eyes examined by improved method- Headaches relieved bv properly fitted glassee. We grind our own lenses to fit the eye. L. C. Ashburn, Optical Specialist 324 Washington Street CAPE MAT, N. J.