•w puiimu rwm — w .... - — — ¥-- *■ v— ^ SIX OCEAN CITY SEJS'TINEL, OCEAN CITY, ft. J- THURSDAY. EfKCTMBKK 22, 1921.. — r — CHRISTMAS NUMBER^

READING THE BIBLE' ALOUD Much Truth In Chargo That Beau*. Ful Text la Too Often Interpreted in UmnHlllffan: Manner. It la atraug that f*e reading of th* Bible a!1*::*! in ■ :> acceptable tnanurr cboulil present -apparent I y—atmoM Insuperable difficult I,1.*. remark* a writer In the tMfia Spectator. l;'l» tvrltten Ih the florat English of tint flt»r*t period. It oHirerns wibje.t* of _unlvrmal apff tu, dying Interest. It In* endeared t" • ■ rv IM.-ner by tradition and recoil, i But the evidence (TOTes It I- linn! h> rro.l well. U--11 especially Int. roted In philosophy a/id religion. eapceioi!* trained In Hebrew and (Jrerk Hit niton-, speclalljr anxious to bring tie- truth* of Scripture home :<■ their a trill-. . r.-:.,l It for the timet I :ir« In abominoMe fashion. We cannot' Itiu lt them by auppu-lng their weekly task an ea»y one. We cannot,. on the other band, deny that the Old and New Testaments offer great se«>i>r for line reading. -The ta«k of the curate at lectern Is like the ta«k of the executant, before the plan.,. The .me lot* sreat literature before him; the other great music. The audience a alts for his Inlcrjiretatlon. A a. a rule. mechsuh-al :nd unluterr-rcl manner •rtefl'Wy 1il« htSpfll'e-u.tl-'-'. lie reaila heroic pa —f ye- a* though th.y "'-re ■iall parl«h .ccs, arguments a* cutS8*drlvl snlpfmu of dogmatism, and shrewd proverbs as sacred poetry. BELLS MAKE SPLENDID MUSIC •wet: Sounds Hive Moved Many (treat Writer* to Record Their Tribute of Delight. Tin. lovely carillon. of Ml* In Bel- \ (lan toner* have Inspired many a , poet, many an autli ,,r. Rosettl. Stevlenson. Thackeray, Thomas Hardy, ' Victor Hugo. Longfellow, Macdonuld. ' Henry VanDyke and others bare written of the mu.tc of the carillon. The , 45 hell* In the tower of St. ItomboUl . -'at Mechlin. „r Mnllnrs, which were board by Victor Hug.. In 1 St.",. gave \ birth t.< n poem nhlch tradition ssyn ' he wrote with his ring upon the window pane of a little Inn In the middle > •f the night. The theme la a desirlp- f tlon cf the wonderful carillon music *t Mallnes. Another writer. William Qorhani Rice, who heard the great | [Blaster of I tells, Josef Deoyn. play or the carillon of Sr. Rombold. his giver. ;a splendid description of the effect of this music upon him. He says: "Sometime* In winter, after Idcles have forn-cd. there cornea a thaw, and one by one they tumbledown gently at . .flret, then holder In a ma** they come 1 till, like an avalanche, they craah c down with a mighty mar. All of thla f the mu»ic suggested, it was low. it , waa loud, it was from one bell, it was - from chords of bells. It was majestic. 1 It wa* simple. .And every note seemed t to fall from above, from such heights t that the whole land heard Its beauty." t t Started Musael Industry. " Mussel culture In Franc.— where R * Is carried on more extensively than ' anywhere ei>e. originated *•< far back ' as llSt-V when an Irish ship was wrerked near La Rochelle. One of the rescued sailor*. James Walton, being hard put to It for a lie- j. Ing. rotKVlved the plan of setting net* on I * f"r tin- capture of sea-fowl at ' night, the muddy shore* of the bsy be- , tag frequented by th.-v* birds In large , number*. Ih-fore long he noticed that tuyrla.ls * of young mussels became attached to ., the Makes, and that, being above the level ..f Ihc mud. :keae grew rapidly. T Thereupon lie Interlaced branches of , trees Iwtwccn the atnke*. tha* forming „ a kind of wicker-work, which al«o log-nine coated with mussel*. * Walton's example wa* followed by iotne of the native* of La lbs- hell.-, and an industry was started which ha* now flourished for close d-i <**■ year*. , A Frightful Peril. 0 When the railway was flr-t built In • Germany. It was i-on-ddrrrd a* a *rrl- o on* menace to health. In the archive* ,of the Nuremberg railway, whlth was the flr«t line conitructei In Germany. A ■n protest against railways ha. been [found, drawn up by the royal college Of Bavarian doctor- It d- Inrea: ("Travel In carriage drawn by Incaootlves ought to 1 - forbidden In the In- '' 'erest of public hrallh. The rapid [' movement cannot fall to produce * among the passenger, the mental affec- n Hon known a* delirium furiosnm. Even * If traveler* are willing to Incur the " risk, the government should at least protect the public. A single glance at '' • locomotive passing rnpldlv I. Miffiricnt " aatu-ntly. It l« absolutely n- easary. n :o build a fen. t.01 r.-et high, on each ri M«ta of the railway." Tmirlura fu- " .rlnotitn" bold* posses* Ion of not a few " tattuieblllst* nowaday*. Helpfulness of Criticism. It la natural to resent criticism. W. . dislike aarlhing that shake* our sell complacency or compels us to think Here and their a tnau ha* learned th. " real service of crltlelam and usually " he Is a man who has attaln.il to marl ll: Hum average . ncceaa la life. Wa an " all more or le*. like the proverbial o* ! trich. We like to convince ouraelvet 1 that our faults are really our virtue* 1,1 In that we an- doing good work In tin " world when In truth we are Inggtni fat behlnnd our actual rapacity an. drifting along rnther than really iu 1* tag.— William K. T-.wne, Panama Hats. *' Panama lint* are made from the uo- ' expanded leave* of the ttemleaa screw pine (cnrtudovlca pnlmal"). a natlvs *' Of Central America and Colombia. " After special treatment to remove the soft part of the leaf, the fiber I* soaked n! to render It pliable nad the weaving la done under water. The hats most valuable are mads from Ifpgte leaves, f* Tlio plsnt from which the hats are J" made has been Introduced Into Java, white experiments for Ita Introduction , Into the Philippines hare also been made, as the Filipinos are expert hat makers. B' A

JD SCOUT MOVEMENT WELL UNDER WAY \Vm. J Chadwirk Elected Chairman— H. I). Feyl it Gives Inlerenlinn: Talk n- A meeting of men inter- m l in the ' * high eclvuil a.-emhi) room last Friday night. Tin- piirp..-r - f the meeting ■w «•' f-'"" » c-.o-ii'i!.- ^the Harold P. Feyl. Scout Executive, of !e the Atlantic City scouts, was p-'.--et.l ' j with two merit ba-Ic- ciQt >r Troup No. is. William .1, t'h.i-i.*;iek k with those prr-cnt. yyiUMM-ra.vy.- for a i" teneral meeting to t:ibc\cac- about >'• the thiol week in January. which * tftne 11 stout council will In- organised. ;• Those present at th ting we.v: I, Thoma- Mould. !>.. .1. ■ Tim. oh-, r Hughe*. K. II. Cla-scn, William J. I- Chad wick. William Gibb, Captain » Adolph Ttnvnaend, F. Utoy Howe, Et>- ' gsnc K»«pp ar.1 Harold I'. E.-y; Patrol leader- of Ocean Citv Troujis 1 No. I rn-.i No. 2. attr;, .:.■■! , = ! mini.- U- have >cout tali-, SAmaq sth, which i.- the annivert sary of the scout movement in Anie:"~Tca. Scoutmaster Knapp entertainingly told or the .-cut movement in Eng- " - land and -aid he had met p. . -onally. | Sir Robert Baden I'owell. the originutor of scouting. The scout- of Kng- , land. Ireland and Wale-A-war a blue * uniform and the scut- *f Scotland wear the kilt-. In the International IJcout Jamboree held in LOhdon, American scouts ifpn every first prize with the exception of one. ^ Mr. Feyl pr>-ir,i-e.l hi. support in furthering the -cout movement in H ; Ocean City. GET KNOWLEDGE OF COUNTRY Japanese School Children Go on Outings as Part of Their System^ of Education. In Jnptip. beyond all other lands, the T whole world goes outing. Wherever the traveler wander* be un-vt* crowds of people on the highway*. Frederick writes. These people fall Into F three well marked classes. Everywhere one sees school children on ex.-urslon. may- lie half a dozen with one I" teacher or (here may be hundreds w ith their teachers. They are out to view (i the landscape, to see places fatuous 10 ' the national history, to visit the seen* of old legends, to examine in detail the . "■ various processes of art Industrie*. It di I* considered as Important a pnrf of ni the school i-urriculuui that the children should see things and become acquaint- -- ed win. nature, wjth national history and with practical source* of wealth t as It 1* that they should know arithmetic. grammar or history. They are 1 F out for *n hour, a day. a week, or n , vacation i-crlod. AVhen 1 flr-t visited ! Mlyajimn I met a group of 40 school with two teaclier*, who had already been two Weeks on their' ex- a curalon and had seen many I^terr-tlng S on tlM.Hr way to the exposition tl nt Puknoka. in the southern l«land«. ; n The night before they liad been trar- j f. etlns until after midnight and now * tl had before them a Journey which tl would keep them up until the early 11 hours of the morning; allhough they w were v.. tired that they could hardly c Stand they were full of enthusiastic v. snikHpetioh for yA- expertan.es that P ahead. The Japoncc are very II wi«e In making t !..-«• .-xenralon* an -I Important feature of their whool *y»- t! SIGNS IN EVERYTHING Serbian 8uper*titious to a ' Degree That to Westerners Seems Almost Incomprehensible. " tl The dally life of the sFrhlun Is said ''' be full of superstitlor.. He Is sn- *' perstltlou- shout the manner In whleh 11 he rise# In the morning, shout what « flr-t meets Ida sight, bow be dresses l< and washes and whom he meets— of " what food he em- and tlw time and 1e manner of serving throughout the enday. Attention I* tStO paid to " whether the cork* crow In time, " whetlier >l«g* bark tsuch. If frogx croak or the wind blow-. Again, spenolle- Is taken of the kind of rain that fall- 1 1, nadir, bow stars shine. If ,-t the mo-ui ha* n halo. If It shin.-* al The "Evil Eye" i- alone accountabla n for dire*-.- and death. The Serbian tr believes that for each malady 'that y. flesh Is h, to Ood ha* given a retn- d; edy. lie 1. .-lb-res that for each pain n! I- u healing herb. He Ix-lleves h, wltebrs— beautiful young tual.l.-ns ci who coma forth from the dew and are n nourished In a niysterlous mountain, pi They meet In the lirnnche*. of tree* e. and are most dangerous • nt supper e> g; Lost Honors Magadan Wen. '' An astrologer deprived Buy fal.-lro, " famous Spanish aatronamer. 01 p sharing >-in: honors with Ferdinand in the discovery of the Pa- J"1 df- ' " ' • 1 and strait* of Mngel- " Ian. lb- H.ad Joint cunlra.i with Ma- " c-llnn from n.srle* V Utah , which the two We!- to bate one-tw -t ry-flftb of # the clear profits of the Joiircey n* well as governorship of alt the land* discovered .0, the trip win. the rank of ndelantado*. This wn* t.. [„■ theirs for life nnd then hut, .led down to their !.'! hdr* forever. Befor. the .late of saltIng Falelro had I,.- horoscope ,-**t. V The astrologer *uM thnt this told him the trip would be fatal, and Falriro stayed behind when Magellan nn-.l Ida ships -..lied from Seville, Spain.

■r—:- : - 1 If In the Realm of the Churches

FIRST M. E. t lll RI H Kighlh Si reel and Central Avenue I he llev. John Handle y Kl.-lft-Morpthy? Worship. 2..TH— -Sunday Sch.w-I. • ^ -Met,'- Bible Chi-.. '> J v.-ry Friday evening ".30. Prayer Meeting. l iBST l-KKsllTTEUI AN IHIWH - -M-venlh Street, and AAe-ley Avenue .t 10.40— Marnliur Service. 1; 2.30 — Sunday School, k "I.- Evening Service. .. Pravet Meeting Wedne-lay evening ST. U G CRUNK'S ( HI Rf H 133-1 Asbury Avenue The Rev. Thos. F. Blake. Rcclor M Sunday* at fi, 7. S, !• and ] . 10 ndoek. Week day- .it V.:!0 Service.* Friday and Sunday eve- ' ~ ' 1 FIRST BAPTIST CHI RCH I Tenth Street and We«ley Avenue The Rev. Marplc M. Lewis I Morning Worship, 10.30. Communion, fir-; Sunday of the ' month. Bible School. 2.30. • • Evening service, 7.30. Weekly Prayer Service, Wednesday 1 evening at-7.30. HOLY TRINITY CHCRt H f (Episeopal) North cast corner of Eleventh street ' and Central avenue. f Rgv. Joseph W. Watt*. M. A. Sunday Services 9.30 — Sunday School. 10.46 — Morning prayer and .-ermon. . 7.45 — Evening prayer. Addre**. Holy-Communion Fir-t Sunday of each month and ' -pecial festival Suni)ty at 10.45 A. M. Excellent musje' always at Holy I'NION < H APEL-BY-THB-SEA Street and Asbury Avenue •• PREACHES LAST SERMON HERE [ Chri*tma* Day will mark the closed of the ministry of Rev. I^-w j* in Ocran ! | City. He will preach a Christmas *er- ' mon Sunday moniing at 10:30 and will j delivei hi- last sermon Sumlay eve- t ^ , In this connection lie said from the 1

that should have by all mem.- U • . • left unsaid, he personally regai-n-l it i'S^r wene-u mLo't"'^ I he thi« iii-taoee. Therefore his people could Expert -nothing .Sunday njght, II firtuie. Mi. I*»i- finished leu years' service a- .1 pa -to: of Mi-ioo Clmrches. working in c, -opera flhw with the State Convention for the Uiildi-u; up of small or run down field Oce-in s City has had half of that time. Having been ' built up numerically ami N financially and having lieen placeil in the front line of aggressive churches through her. summer activities 011 the Boardwalk, the Ocean City Church should, under proper leadership -top out into bigger and better thing- without the necessity uf uuy relapse. Mr. I*>«is ha- always believed in a community ministry, interesting himof the whole. The past five years Evangelistic movement-, at which times the Methodist. Presbyterian and ■ pa-tors have worked ide by , side ami preached in tun,-. He intei - , e-ted a numU-r of men in the purchm e of The Ocean City Sentinel with "the intention of promoting tr paper that ."would at all time* fight independent 1 of political affiliations. He wa.- the ! secretary' of tlie corporation, and for '■ a short time manager. While he genuinely regret* leaving ( Ocean City, he nevertheless anticipate* with pleasure the opportunity for a ] service ntfercii nt Mount Holly j and • will carry with him the good • ' wishes of many friends. FINE MUSIC "The Christ, Child," by Fetrie, will ! io- given by an augmented choir, at the First M. E. Church Chri-tmn-night, under the direct mo of Fro- , fessor H. H. iuike. There will be several special number* ulso including solos, duct* and trio*. WILL GIVE FLAY "The Beanvilte Community Tree," 'a Christma* play, will lie given tomor- ; row night by the member* of the First M. E. Sunday School. The play is being coached by Mr*. Eari Sharp ami Mi— Ethel E. !«. Send- those little personals almut your friends. the family yourself to the Sentinel, hut be sure to get them to the office not later than noon.

BEAR USED DIRECT METHODS Pet Grirxly Satisfied Curiosity and Appetite In Eminently Satlefactory Manner. Mr. Km>* A. Mill- tell* 11* a story of bear, whom bo rails Ml- Grisxtv. Medicine How" mountain"1 wa" ten-rd by the men and. therefore. bad a uniformly good disposiThey did not try to leach her trii-k*. but she seemed to pick tbeni tip. one of her fav->rite« being "cartwheeling," This meant Hint she would cttrl her t.o-e behind her toes, have nf the met, ■ ,n her with a little pusli down th.- near the tnUk'nnd ■ then ovecnml over -hexronld roll. This ' -b.- n pi ware.! to -tijoy greatly. Bnt 1 the funny Incident wa* Ihi-; t)ne day | a teamster brought her a bottl* of cmtvnp. "Standing erect." write* Mr. ' Mill*, "she took It deftly In her fore 1 paw*. She wa* greatly Interested In \ It— prolwbty lu the color, in turning , about, she caught sight of a floating ] Inverting the bottle from end to end. ebe tried to make thla out ; j she held It between her eyes anil the she shook It back and forth close to Iter ear. Then going directly a nearby log. .die brought (he botdown upon It and rat-up splashed *11 direction*. Her cariosity *atl«fled, she seemed to enjoy llrklng up the eatrop."— Christian Science MonChildren. Then why not pursue the study of for yourself? The -object* : always before yuo. No b—.k* are needed, fiyvecustty drawing*, no lecture*. neither transparencle* nor llltuYour specimen- an- all about They coma and go at yonr bidThey are nn» to !*• hunted fot of the wlldernrs*. in the do*, ert, nor by tin- kea«hnre. They ulHiund not It! the uuinhablteil or uurlslted Place, but In your very dwelling hoasabout the step* of your door*, tn street of every village. In every green field, ami every crowded thoroughfare. They flourish bravely In storm*. In the du«t of the trainpled highway, where drum* nrr beating and colors flying. In the roar of elties. They love the sounding sea bran,- an d the „lr. uml may always he fotmfi almut the whnrre* un-1 rejoidag before the windows of toy shop*.— John Heal. Precocious Youth. Mary nnd Ruth were discussing plan* for playing house and Mary said, "I'll ho the mother and you be my litgirl.'; •A..." said lluth. "I want to be the vi,." said Mary, "let's play we've got plenty of money, and then we won't need a father."

' ;t "tVimsi"' "iST?''' ' 5iri«UNn!*T«c.n""n " BOTd"' T1IE HO ARM OF COWMISSIONERS OF THE ' . CITY OK OCEAN CITY DO ORDAIN: Vrtlnn I. That Sect i. >n 1 Df sn OrOinanr*.. . e>. tilled. "An Ordinance aulhorllins the la. 1 I i . of^h* CKy of Ocean Cilr, New Jcr- | . Sec. 1 Imcrovcrarni pond. ,A««eeamen! ! r Bond. I. of the City of Ocean City, a rannici- I I i.l corporation of New Jcraer. in the aircre- I . sate |,rinci[.l aum of StI.IC.l* and tu lo 1 known a. "AaMcment Ilond'. Seriee No. I > Two." are hereto authorised puraosnt to the I > vroviaiona of ^an art^c.f the lairi-tature of New I • resuiate the Imanee of la, ml. and otta? <X||. I | saiiona and the Incwrrfiur of ln.lel.tedm .. h, I countj. city, l-.rr.orfr. Mllaur. I.l*,,. toa-nahli, ' or any ■aanlciyoHty t-oirrn~i l„ Intcrove- | and the amendmr'ai. thereof. Raid lend, ahaii • ta- da, "I Sri*etnher irt. ls;t. and ahaii hear : '••*!, Mstolh^o«ju"rdri. £, I , bared fr.cn i to tr. In Sul'vs; said bond, , of 1 ho denomination of each. cacti nx one whereof which shall he nf the f denomination of WtT.JS, and shall mature nn . the 1st day of September. 1S2S. or at an earlier 1 date at the option of the City of Ocean City. ' farted d*y" I*** Tu l| ' --WSUi. rOMLU Hughes Central Pharmacy 8Hv and Wesley Ave. Bureau of Health and Charities CITY HALL T. LEE ADAMS, Health Officer OHkc Heart: 11.00 te 12.00 A. M Phone Ki and a*k for lIvi.Hh Officer during ofiicr liouta. if complaint ia to be nude for any violation ofjjeallli cult, 01 idtlicM I jyonxxio hqx 044- ...

t SHOOTING .MATCH 1 j Mill be Hera Monday on th. Garden* , | | CM.*. II I . v ill tiohl a- trap -Ivoot- t '•'* .... niug. I*t ginning :.t 10 oVIndc, ' . Km "i AVilli.ip- will -ymta.1 Johfj • l(. U'illim.: . u bu-iip' man of ihi- te- j t. -ort, I- actjve in lha civic ami Htliletic j - »f >V " -•« »'"i i Am.'ii.:,nj..'g:.,:r , ... he ....igrtltt,- j " Viee-rammumi. r. Dr. W. F. Ilnine-: | ■" junior vtac-eommantler. Elmer Jack- j | -on IVntl; "Siijutant. Clau'le Nickei'l -hg financial ..ffir.-i. Honey Shattin; ,. war ti-k t.fflcm, Hulings Wallace; emit plnvment nt'iirer. Earl Shutp; athletic f officer. George Tuthill; historian,. "Jack" Jeroee; chaplin. Dr. John II. 1 rm OF OCEAN CITY. N. J. Ceatract Ne. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS I f'r" »iil t-c ^cei'ed hy the Hoard ■ ir,''h ,'^^1^^^''*'"'^' ■^",n ' vi.ieil. 11.1,1 all item* contained therein and , spcvitlcations. shall be sttschidTo 'itlc' bid--Jul r i*i to sare tlIe*Clty*of Ocean 'at ".'"v. . 'j~. . , harmic«s by^rlrtae^of Oe^Empjoic,' UabillI by giving a Surety Company bond or Iisl'uitt [ ^^Thc j*ourc wot It to be completed by April . The liTrd ot Commissioner* nnerte the ririrt^ta.rayscl any or al^ bU. or u, ..... from lt.e City Clerk by depositina Slfl.OV. IIAKKY A MORRIS. City Clark. Dated. December 1-th. 1921. EVERTON A. CORSON. . Director uf Puttie Work,. MM. H.^CObUSBON. Jr . r— t j Willard S. Steelman - Contractor and Builder . JOBBING BOAT WORK 1 1100 Bay Avenue | OCEAN Cin, N. J. I William H. Oldfield Interior Tile Work 912 Central Avenue OCEAN CITY'. N. J. E-timalr* Furnished I'honr, 229-J ■paa^gw—— M— g . 1 '

*lwS»«^.'»'"»^relw^ which'' TOM ta'V A cerfStS rherk4 draw* tu the ..rder ..I Ihe fur Tieu-iaci '■! Ocean City, or cadi, tu ,tha- '

e ThS bidder will .aim j * t J't'to^hlt 'LVTI'lT'."" ' HARRY A MORhla v . lidk »- P. F. ,

!' 1 i Cut Glass Perfumes Stationery Toilet Sets White Ivory Toilet Articles Whitman's Xmas Candy Wahl Fountain Pens Eversharp Pencils j ABBOTT'S PHARMACY jVC- Ninth Street and Asbury Avenue SHOP SHOP EARLY EARLY A GAIN this year we want to live up to out j reputation of being the Gift Store o Ocean City. We have tried hard to make selections in al! | department of merchandise which would be new, practical and reasonable in price — and we feel thai we have been successful. POWELL'S 921 Asbury Ave. "THE STORE OF CHRISTMAS CHEER" II

THE UNIVERSAL CAR Clearance Sale of All Second Hand Cars 1919 Willy* Knight Six, rxrvlirnt condition (7 pasnrngrr) $371 1921 Ford Roadnter, Starter ami Drmountablr*. bought la»t June 325 1920 Ford Touring. Slartrr and DrmounUhlra, New Body 300 1918 Ford Touring, excellent condition 173 I Harlry Davidson Motor Cycle, New Tire*, good condition 73 1 1920 Fo'd Delivery Car, Cuatom Built Body, wonderful rendition. Starter and Drmountahlrw 309 1917 Ford Delivery Truck ISO I hrvolrrt 2' j Ton Truck, good condition . 135 1918 Islington Touring, good condition 100 1918 Ford Coupe, Wire Wheel*, excellent paint 300 v CASH OR TERMS EDWARD G. KURTZ I2th and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, N. J. rtlONE No. 600 ■— (• < I i'i a, rTraMM