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Ocean City Sentinel / Mnttd and Pnbliahad Er*rr TVor«la, OCEAN CITY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CD. - tnlM Mtn. 544.T4S Admre Airnur. Ocaaa Our. N. J, Tebphone IM-J P. J. nm Editor LEWIS L. _ BARRETT. C.»r«l Burn... lUun-r A auJaSTtt IhU ^UUwToSi* ov«, tlx un> oj iri-.fr. mu*: u " «ktt o*8" «* ""-A" Tuaatlar iwtor. Till THURSDAY, APRIL 6. 1922 TH E^SENTIN EL OCEAN CITY WM P. GARDINER, He A .bury Arena. >1 < BUSHAV. 1234 AKmrv *«» SOMERS POINT. N. J. LPV..1 A KLIASO.N. Sri Jcrwj Amur and Shoi. Road ATLANTIC CITY TICKET OFFICE. SHORE FAST USE. Virviaia Arena. SWART /. NEWS STAND. A.laat.c Avarur. »«*»<* GrerenM Trwt Bu.ldm. MIAMI, FLA. ' ' L. c. COHEN. H.U_Balldimr M Editorial BI T AT HOME There'* many a capable prancing sleeti. Full of enilurance. spirit ami speed. Champing the bit for a chance to lead. I But he can't wheat he's hitched to the holdbacks. Though many a»i Asinine, braying plug. \ Will work at the breeching, but not at the tug: . No bunion worth while did a man ever lug. ' - With an in merely hitched to the holdback.-. • The thing we need now in the office and mill. In the store, on the farm and on Capitol Hill. f » I* men — mdy men — who will pull with a will: Not awes, hitched just to the holdback.-. Thin little poero, by Ross Ake. is capable of infinite application and 011 amplification. The holdback species are innumerable and of endless variety, 1,1 Haunting every" strata -wf society, and damning with their baneful influence every scheme of human en. leaver. B| In all ages, and among all peoples, savage and civilited, the holdbacks pi have been the greatest hinderance to progress and development Now, of all the species, however, the most inconsistent, to .use a polite th and mild terra, are those men and women (for there must be female* of the fil species, or the progeny would apt be so numerous), who are forever venting ap their spleen against the town fr city in which they live and make a living, branding it a* retrograde and antiquated, and denouncing its leaders for ^ their lade of initiative, enterprise and foresight; but who patronize with w) their trade, cities and towns distance or mail order houses in. This Ls the day of the slogan. Better be dead than out of fashion, and the fashion of the hour is to boast a slogan. Our papers, public institutions >'r ami highways are 'plastered with slogans, some wise some otherwise, the ^ product!- genius or insanity. / 1 bore is a slogan, however, which should he hung up in every home. BU\ AT HOME! PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY AND HOME COM- dr. MERCE! BUY' AT HOME! If charity should begin at home, a thousand '* times more should fair play begin at home. Our merchant* ask not for htt charity; they ask only for a square deal and common justice. Buy at home! ^ Obviously there are two sides to this as there are to every question, and this week we should discuss the subject from the view point of the merchant: i in the next issue we will endeavor to discuss the matter from the view point of the customer. au OA rite it down as a basic law of soda! economics, that our city will grow" *° and expand only to the extent that we keep our money circulating within j Th Abe 'boundaries of our dty. The more we spend in our city, the more will . there be in our banks; the more money ^ere is in our hanks, the more Th is there available for investment. Bankers and banking institution* are ever seeking good jgvestraents, . . ( for the funds at their command; and the very best investment* from a banker's view point are those made for the exclusive purpose of developing new hi; industries, and opening new avenues of business in the town in which they pol are located and are vitally interested. -■* Banks are prepared to finance any and every legitimate project for the ' betterment of a community, be it the building of a small cottage, or the ^ establishment of a large department store, with proper security, providing »n they have the FUNDS AVAILABLE. Ca Never win they have the funds available, unless we furnish them through T® the cash registers of our merchants. ! Again, he it known, that a municipality can develop and extend the ^ number and quality of its public utilities; better streets, a more efficient j** system of artificial lighting, schools, libraries and. places of social entertainment and recreation, only so far a* its revenue through taxation permits. pUj Increase the number and size of our stores, and places of business, and "hi logically we increase our assessable property and revenue. ^rz The persons who therefore, carry their money to other centers! are 1 pcacticiJIy committing economic suicide; in common parlance, cutting off !?" their noses to spite their faces. poi They rob the community in which they lire, and in which they own mo property, the means whereby it might expand and develope. and in de- •> reloping, incidentally increase the valuation of their own "holdings. = The number of large cities scattered over the land, which owe their prosperity, their splendor and the number of their public utilities very largely to the lack of civic pride, foresight, in the people inhabiting smalle. Inwrj adjacent, would compile a large gazetteer. How much of their wealth and progress <loes Phila.ielphia and* Atlantic City owe to the people of Ocean City, and similar towns around* We War these cities no ill win, but frankly, apart from the loss they would sustain In patronage and revenue, would they shed a tear if Ocean City weir tomorrow wiped out of existence" Certain individual.- in those cities are obviously interested in us upon terms of dose friendship, and for divers other r&sons; but collectively, as an unity, each of the cities named iz interested in uz only in zo far as we This may sound very cynical, brutal and harsh, and contrary to what we uaual'j *,v in public meetings and banquets. Nevertheless, it is true; the VeeT.m s f inpetilior. in modern business does not permit the waste of . ti.m .... Nor uoe- this assertion savor of -elfixhnes- "and mean »«■:-« •; »« may. and should distribute «w largest, as widely as possible, but J i)pt at the expense of self-impoverishment and personal injury. —Self-preservation, the first and basic law of nature, is diametrically apposed' to suicidieal altruism. We a IV frequently reminded that our merchants lack the enterprise of the merchant- of larger cities, and our stores compare unfavorably with those of large; places. Btrt doe: sot tiw ««d create the supply: What inducement do we

./O^jvc °ur merchants to enlarge their undertaking:- and stock, and build mori firetentiou* establishment*, while we carry oui patronage elsewhere ? I the people of Ocean City entered into u conspiracy of home trading, pledge themselves t.. patronize first, tne merchant* of our own vicinity, they woulby reason of sheer necessity, compel them to build op their businesaes cqua to those of other places, they appear to lave {ot wisely, but too well. No person can presume to say that t^ken in" general, the pfices charge, for yariou- curamoditite* here compare unfavorably with prices elsewhere ^ . True we do not have the frequent sales ami bargain counters whicl bgure so prominently in the business of larger places. The reason is not fai to seek. Bargain counter-, and widely advertised sales, at big reductions, are I-, --pile ofcly in place- which have a large transeient population. The old . jidagr, "Iiargan - goon- are dear, good-." cannot he oisputed. Bargain counten, an- of nece-sitj -locked with bargain good-; ihat is to say. gSod* manufactured specifically for bargain counters. It may surprise many to learn there are hundreds of firms which manufacture exclusive!, for spire, and bargain counters, inferior commodities cunningly fashioned to pas* for standard article.-. In trade such articles are kn-wn a, seconds and thirds: which only ui» 'expert can distinguish. Lonnioi -es-c should convince u- zMt a :-«al merchant couhtyand imariably one-. •• ! a standard arid wtf!-atte^teil Article, as cheaply as the merchant • .i larger city: ;n fact chopper. because his overhead expenses Inasmuch a- his patioi.age o'lm^ almost exclusive! from the people wr." live 1 . the con n unity, no h-ca^Wichant could afford to pass off second* ' 1 ■ roust deal Jifb Ihfem so thai they will come again, or enter • into negotiations w ith the bankr^ttcy court. We repeat the slogan : "Buy at Home." In the interests of your town, buy M home. In your ow n interest, buy at 'home.

OCEAN CITY FISHING CLUB BENEFIT PLAY Maugham Comedy at L.vric : — World Famous Actors 1 Play Stellar Parts — Brilliant Casts — Mrs. Leslie Carter, John Drew ' 1 A brilliantly conceived and executed f comedy, entitled "The CiMe," from a versatile pen of W: Somerset .a Maugham, i* running the gauntlet of." large aulience- at the Lyric Theatre, ii Broad ami Cherry street,. Philadelf, The theme of the play is as old a* ° -hum an race. The Eternal Triangle Cl figures in two generations sepe rated <■'• apart by thirty year* of experience. c; The theme is moreover, one Which society with its elastic cmle of morals. 11 is compelled to accept and tolerate. * pretending with cleverly affectec * indignation to severely cnmlemn. Love laughs at locksmiths, and pas- y sion scorns convention. . L'-ndemealh u the thjn veneer of culture and refine- H ment. slumbers the untamable savage of primitive instincts and passions. Elopements and divorce provide the dramatic situations: memory the tears. is an old story — The Circle: deftlyhandled and cleverly diologued as it is p, by Mr. Maugham, however, it comes' m with a novelty of treatment as factnat-1 \| ing as rare. ; „ Of cheap cynicism there is not a \\ trace; no unctuous moralizing. The author views the world, men and ef women, a* they are with frank mag- ' u, nanimity. never forgetting; n, rherr is something bad in the best j, Fhere is something good in the worst ty of uz.. • w Thirty year* ago. Lady Catherine ,.h molted with the handsome young Lord Porteus. For their folly, they paid a rtigh price; he the ruination of his o( political future, she the ruin of her M -■•cial career. ™ they lived for many jn years a declas- existence hi Italy.! Heturaing eventually to England, they . 're received as the guests of Lady ^ 'atherine - son, a /rising member of Parliament. ^ dog* their step*. Lady Hatherine faces the ordeal of finding cj, wr son's wife about to reduplicate the ^ •raged y of her own life. ! A light plot, but one vibrating the iri raising heart of tragedy. The moral, so "Whatsoever a man soweth. that also 'ball he reap," burns into heart and main. c, Leslie Carter as Lady Cathe- tb ■ine i* a brilliant performer. In all pe he wide range of characters she has th »rtrayed, in node ha* she giver, a g., nore dramatic presentation. gr Drew- as Lord Porteus is im-

pressive. The veteran actor in the role "t- * «*••>" •' -illu-ionetl man, suffering with brave in-oucianee the afterf math of /oily. :- a masterpiece of -tagecraft. The Ocean City Fishing Club, through its entertainment committee, ! has made arrangement.- for benefit , performance- of "The Circle." to ho ' given at the Lyric Theatre, on Mon1 ''ay and Tuesday evenings. April l(Wi and 1 1th. Apart from the pleasure of witnessing the world-famous. Mrs. Leslie Carter ami John Drew, at their best, the performances should assume the form of.a reunion of the members in anticipation of the -ummer'* vacation .and sport. A finer opportunity to' , "Swap, fi.-h yarns." could not be imagined. In (addition the profits of the perwhich with the hearty cooperation the members should be considerable, will be devoted towards the dub of its old Pier Certificate indebtedness. ! Ticket- are being mailed to all; members at the following prices: $2.20 and $1.(15, inclusive of If each individual member make the event the occasion for a family party, the hopes of the entertainment committee, ami its chairman. k. Gilm-re. will be fully realized. FOREVER" A delicate touch of symbolism apin the picture "Forever," Paraj mount's screen version of George Du Maurfer's famous novel "Peter Ibbetson." in which El*ie Flfrgusofi and 1 Reid are co-stars. The symbolism of "Forever" which , to the Strand Theatre next Sat- | urday night, enters the picture in a , manner fretMentiy used in literature, j but seldom In a motion picture pro- , The scenic atmosphere of , picture was made to correspond ( with the live* of the characters and moods. Garden in Full Bloom | The Pasquier garden is a vital part , the production, as it was of the Du . Maurier story. In the scenes where , the children Go go and Mimiii are first i introduced, the Pasquier ganien ap- I pears Uooming with tender early i plants Jhd fruit blossoms. It is the , beginning, before grief and unpleas- t antness have entered their young ( 5 The old house is half hidden by or wistaria, geraniums are' in the window boxes and beds about the door. Purple and white c irises and Hlae bushes heavy with bios- : c aoms are everywhere. Apple Blowout* Vanish The season* progress with the story. a go and Mimsi grow into adolesence: lilac and wistaria blossom* disapand full bloom rose* are seen in yard. The apple blossom* are y and the old tree covered with , t green leaves, it is summer. t Another change. Go go has iiecome | T

"'MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING BOOM n-d Ocean City Establishes I'nique Record in Building Ur —Growing by Leaps and Bounds The phenomenal progress Ocean "" City has ma>le within the last few ■d- year- may he faintly gleaned from some interesting statistics given under lU. the authority of the Building Inspector Herbert C. Smith. We sad- here and there at different period*, a building in course of erection; nevertheless it Is utterly impossible to realize the extent of the he development which lias taken place, es In brief. Ocean City has established u record for building equaled by few ,le municipalities. It must also be remembered that Ocean City is a sea- ' * <hore resort, anil not an industrial Pr center which through the intlut of a lirge number of workmen, experience n, ; an occasional building boom. Durjpg the year 1920, new buildings _ j were erected by permit to the value of ' Ie ; JTsO.OOO In the year 1921. the valur ation of new- buildings leaped to a million and a half.- which was a nextraDuring the month of January of the . present year, permits were granted to the sum of $:l00.000. February folU*| lowed w ith an additional $218,000. ^ The first two months of the year are generally considered .lead in building operations, jet Ocean City increased to the amount of over half a million. • This month building permits have ^ reached the. grand total nf a clear half { a million, making for the first quarter ' of the year, a .total of over one million ; dollars. Statistics are eiequent. in previous 0 j year* the office of a building inspector ^ for the city, was comparatively speak-' ing. a sinecure. A few hour* in the _ evening from 6 to R o'clock, were alt ^ that the inspector was required to be e at his office. At the present time s Mr. Smith finds . jt necessary to be there during the entire day until late in the evening. |(i There it futher to be added to the _ 1 above figures, the erertion of 50 more f houses in progress, and a large apartment hotel on the Boardwalk, for p which no permits have lieen granted. -The moral to this is obvious. If we are to continOe developing, and desire ' ^ that building operations should eon- ' tinue without cessation, it is absolutely necessary that we should advertise ' as widely a- possible the virtues anqj ' . desirable features of Ocean City as ai' vacation resort. We venture to predict thpt Ocean , . City is merely at the beginning of a ^ 4 new era of unparralleled expansion ; . anil prosperity. Peter Ibbetson and has begun to taste . 1 the bitterness of life. Mimsi is no j the wi<le-eyed child, but a , 1 grown woman, in society as Mary, , ■ Dutches of Tower*. The plant life of { ■ the Pasquier garden mirrors the , J transition. Frost has touched the ap- , pie tree and the rose*. 1 Tragedy Enters Two Lives t Another and the last change in thff" - lives of Go go and Mimsi and in the ' garden. Tragedy has come into the f > story. Peter has slain his blackguard ' uncle. The life of Mimsi with her duke f '■ is a thing of hoigor. The garden is , ■ now. The trees and bushes are „ ' naked, the grass dead. Snow flurries a > and the three* rock in cold wind. r • tl was necessary to replace all of the e ' growing things for each change of L j r° ! Rev. Lynn Bowman, pastor of one H , of the largest and most influential ] ^ churches of the Methodist denonima- 1 tion in Philadelphia, and a property ^ owner in Ocean City, was in town for ' few days looking after his interests. J SEND THEM IN Send those little personals about friends, the family yourself : the Sentinel, but be sure to get them to the office not later than I noon. •d

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CHURCHJIRECTORY FIRST M. E. CHURCH ,n ' Eighth Street and Central ATrnue c. The Rev. John Handley 10.30 — Morning Worship. 2.30— Sunday School. c 2.30 — Men'.- Bible Class. ^ 7.30 — Evening Service. Every Friday evening 7.30,. Prayer Meeting. - W FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHl'RCH j. Seventh Street and Wesley Avenue ul . The Rev. Chas. F. N. Yoegclin, Pastor. * i * J 10.30 — Morning Service. ! 2.80 — Sunday School . Women's Bible fs i Class. Men's Bible Class. ,f i Christian Endeavor. 7.45 — Evening Service. , at 7.30. At these meetings a* well as at the Sunilay service the pastor will ' speak on topics under the general subm jtfl. "In the Shadow of the Cross." A )( cordial welcome to all. 1 I- _ UNION CHAPEL-BY-THE SEA g Fiflv-fimt Street and Azbury Avenue d ; PRESBYTERIAN NOTES t a _ _ ' ! i Choir to Perform Stainer's 1 * Crucifixion on Good Friday — Holy Week Special 1 , Services During Holy week, special services f . »'» be held nightly at the First Pres- p byterian Church. Thursday evening ? . 'be ordinance of the Hiily Communion li will lie ohserved. Friday's evening's service will lie a * r of sucre.1 song, when the choir '' will render Dr. Stainer's immortal " ; "latorio-feuntata, entitled "The Cru- r citixioit. " Dr. Staiher's work lends itself to dramatic presentation, and is suffi- ° _ ciently intricate to try the musicai abilities of the most highly trained in chorus. U 'j The story of :!ie Cross is (.<.1-1 with • I frank simplicity of motif; the pathos « I I and the horror of the tragic event (I vibrates through every cadence. STATE ROAD BOND ISSUE Information of paramount import- u 1 ance to the citizens of the State of ' Jersey, and in particular to automobilists and other* interested in mo- ; transportation, has been received of the formation of a new organiza- p tion for the purpose of promoting mo- ° tor legislation in the State. Thirteen bodies have entered into ^ the compact under the title, "Legislative Advisory Committee." ol Their objective is set forth as al "To work for the approval by the nl people on referedum of the $40,000.Stale Road Bond Issue, and the A study of the State Motor Vehicle I-aw Vi and Traffic Act for the purpose of 81 recommending to the Legislature any M change* thought necessary to make fr j the law more workable." .The organizations represented at ! the first meeting, held at the New th I Jersey Automobile and Motor Club'0" Thursday night, were as follows: Motor Truck Club, of New Jersey; NewAutomobile ami Motor Club, Cl Chamber of Commerce; New- ch ark Expressmen '■ Association; New ,,i Jersey State Lumbermen's Associa- on tion; New- Jersey Industrial Traffic cii League; Elizabeth Transportation

ST. ^AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH 1335 Anbury Avenue The Rev. Thou. F. Blake. Rerlor Masses Sundays at 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 oclock. Week days at 7.30 Services Friday and An day eve. ings at 7.45. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH r Tenth Street and Wesley Avenue Morning Worship, 10.30. Communion, first Sunday of (he month. Bible School, 22)0. Evening, service, 7.30. Weekly Prayer Service, Wednesday evening at 7.30. HOLY TRINITY CHURt II (Episcopal) North east comer of Eleventh street . and Central avenue. I Rev. Joseph W. Watts, M. A. Sunday Services 9.30 — Sunday School. 10.45—' Morning prayer and sermon. 7.46— Evening prayer. Address. Holy Communion First Sunday of each month and special festival Sunday at 10.45 A. M. Iciub. Craoford Businessmen's Assnj riation; Newark Traffic Club; Traffic | Club of New Jersey : New Jerae , jtion and the Jersey City Chamber of , Joseph H. Wood, of Newark, wu- ; chosen chairman" and Alfred D." Wa; , (Secretary of the Motor Truck Clui . of New Jersey, secretary. The chief work of the organization the next few month* will lie a. (durational campaign in favor of the road bond issue. The que tion will come up on referendum at the Stale election in November, anil i; will have to be approves! by the peopl to he effective. The new organization . wHI meet on the last Thursday in each i month. A membership drive is under I consideration. We are ail without doubt in favor of good roads. The introduction of new legislation which may tend' to increase and facilitate miior transportation will also indirect': benefit all. Bat whether the present, with "V country is the unsettled condition it is. ' present is an opportune time to float a bond i*sue, is a question itpor which there are very divided opinionENGAGEMENT Miscellaneous Showers Announcement was made recently ot the engagement of Miss Margaret Price, of Ocean City, to £eorgc W. formerly employed at the First National Bank, and now located West Virginia. The event was made the iwrasion a miscellaneous' shower, fto m the bride elect's numerous friefids. when she received many wiluaWe gift- "f rut plais and handworked' line :. Those present incluiMd; Mr*. Rose Mr*. Ida Dixdn, Mrs. Ilattie ,Mr». Bee ha Krau--. Mr-. Risely. Mrs Ella E ciingham. Florence Gilbert. Mrs. bin Jef Mrs. Hannah Vanaman, Mi--Edna Lake ami Mi.. E. Price. The pleasant owning was spent at hiyne of Mr.; lo-ji Price. Ocean av mur. We are informed that Ralph L. of this city, has recently purchase"! the Hotel Chalfonte. situated on Sixth street. The hotel decuples of 4he most pleasing sites in the immediately faring the Camp Grounds.

A Satisfied Owner Owns a 2. Family Apartment ™^AM,'LKAPASrME5rs *" °« >-« •' properties in Ocean City. Right now there are some excellent I propositions that are offered for sale, uncomparable to anything similar here in price, terms and location. All of them are new and offered for sale at prices showing very satisfactory- returns on the money invested. TWO FAMILY APART JffcNTS, Third and Ocean Avenue, five rooms and bath each floor, size 22 x 34 feet, ten foot wide porch, , brick foundations, papered throughout and finished inside in white and mahogany; will rent for $900. Price $£.000. ™F^Ii.TvAPAKRIME?iTS'o?ril,t aml AU«^ Avenue, six room. , and hath each floor^ize 24 x 44 fret, lot 46 x 76 feet. f*-$ UM terSo" room for double P»"ge; rents TWO FAMILY APARTMENT, AUantic Avenue, between MoorJf'nth Street, brick construction throughout, seven rooms and tile bath each floor, built in tub*, inzide entrances to both apartments, large lot. The upkeep on this aputment will be almost nothing for several years. Provision made to install heating plant. Price $13,500. For further information apply Any Realtor in Ocean City