✓ FOUR OCEAN CITY SENTINEL OCEAN CITY. N. J„ THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922

Ocean City Sentinel Printed and PobU«b«d Ev.ry Thuradij OCFf.AN CITV PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. fVotin.1 BaiW.nr, 7«4-74« Aaborr Arnrar. Onm Oil. N. J.. Ttbohon. IM-1 . P. J. EVANS. Editor LEWIS I.. nARRETT! V-n.r.1 Basin*. Maw* Thl. CoBfdW rc~r*» tte rlcht to r.j*t »nr ad.ortldor 5 ' - All aammuniealiun. tb thl. poprr wUI br poblllhrd oolr of* tho n«m. of writ*. ^.JrottUloBjoiir miMt bo at thl. oAoa Dot lator than Tuoadar noon. Thl. \ THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922 ROASTING THE. EDITOR A young cub reporter, who .through the influence of a wealthy uncle, hatl l*en appointed to the editorial chair of a village weekly, came to W. T. Stead, the veteran journalist and litterateur for counsel and instruction. It was eminently characteristic of the late Mr. Steed' that even in the rush of directing the fortunes of half a dozen publications, he was never too busy to assist a fellow scribe. The youngest and rawest cub, found in him a ready guide, philosopher, and friend. * Mr. Stead's superlative genius, removed him above the necessity of maintaining an attitude uf professional reserve in lieu of .ability; he was essentially too big for petty jealousy. For the advantage of his young consultant, Mr. Stead embodied the essence of his long journalistic experience, in the following terms. "Make it the rule in your news columns, to tell the public what it wants to know. In the editorial columns, exercise the prerogative to tell the public what .ikahould know, but does not wish to kriuw. If Tor your news, articles you are prais^l, and for your editorials, damned, count yourself ontte road to suecesa. '"Should your jaded nerves demand an editorial vacation, dip your pen in the honey jar." Last week, in view of the Fourth, we desired an editorial holiday, and dipped our pen, if not in the honey jar, then in the nearest substitute available, a jar of brown -molasses. There is infinite satisfaction at times in writing an editorial, with the , firm conviction it will meet with universal agreement and approbation. In certain moods nothing smells so sweetly in the nostrils, as the smoke of battle. The role of-agitator has its fascination, and its value too, be it added. This old world of ours would perish of internal corruption, if it were , , not for the agitators. The stars would rot in their orbits if stationary. ] Better be the world's disturber than the world's undertaker; better worry the world, than bury the world. - , Notwithstanding the most inveterate agitator grows weary occasionally | of his agitating, and enjoys a brief respite, drifting aimlessly along with the tide of public opinion, sunning himself in the sunshine of public.approval, . over something he has written or said. ( We were pursuaded that our editorial last week, written under the cap- —. tion, "Ocean City, Queen of America's Family Resorts", would evoke a mild < applause even from the gods. « We were prepared for some criticism and prates* emanating from another resort, not so well favored and circumstanced; but to be taken to task t severly by a self-avowed "Ocean City Booster of the right sort", hung. . drawn, and quartered upon the rack of adverse criticism, accused of mis- < representing the truth and concealing the truth, "exaggeration and white- , washing," is more than we could have anticipated. Our eptic assuredly did carry out his threat, "to roast the editor". Nor is be over-punctilious in the choice of expletives used. , The first spasm our critic appears to have suffered, gave prematura birth , , to the following tirade. » ,, "You say that Ocean City has not changed any in .character from the traditions of its early founders, and never will. The first statement is a lie, i the second is rot." r Now as a matter of fact we did not make the statement accused of; but in order to prevent the number of liars being multiplied by two, we do so now. c Our critic however proceeds to explain his outburst of indignation. i "Ocean City has grown beyond the old-fashioned family stage. Ten [ thousand people are needed today to fill all hotels and rooming-houses. It has exhausted the supply of families, which came here ten years ago. because 0 It was quiet and cheap, and have been coming ever since. Ocean City needs u today a class of people who are bigger spenders, than the class it has been receiving. The old-fashioned family kind are never very liberal spenders; c and those who are, wilLnot come here unless there is more for their money p than just the beach, fishing, a game of five-hundred in the hotel lobby with a bunch of old maids, and a church social. As for saying Ocean City has h not changed, a certain class of people have recently purchased valuable prop- = erty in the city, who would not have been tolerated two years ago." The writer is welcome to his views. He certainly has no exalted ideas concerning human nature. One wonders if our esteemed friend has heard the couplet; / "Two men looked out through prisotf bars. One saw mud, the other stars." Has he heard the dictum of empirical philosophy, that men see in others what/ they are themselves? In pleading for a gayer and more salacious life, was he pleading, "one for a neighbour, and two for himself?" Man's purview of life is very largely colored by the moral temper of his own soul. Was it gazing into the mirror when he formed his judgements of human nature? For one who has evidently so degrading a conception of human nature, we have nothing but pity, tinetured with contempt. As said in the editorial to which exception hos been taken, the assump- = tion that men and women cannot enjoy themselvp* without descending to the level of the brute, without the forms of entertainment which pander to the ■■ salacious, wallowing in gross sensuality and indecorousness, is a gratuitious II insult to human nature, which rebounds like a boomerang upon the head II of the person who makes It. It may be perfectly true, the ?lass of people who have patronized Ocean II City in the past, are not the greatest spenders. Does our critie imagine II there are no people i>. the city who are not money mad, who will not barter II every sentiment they hold dear, for the sake of the dollar ? Our mrehants appear to have done well in the past, even if their patrons II are as careful about their money, as they are about their morals. We repudiate the assertion that Ocean City has forsaken the principles II of its foundation. Customs and conventions have changed, as fashions in II clothes have changed; the spirit of the community remains essentially the II same as it was fifty years ago. Our critic however has done Ocean City an invaluable service, in pre- 'II renting his objection in the form in the form he has. He has inadvertently I said more than he intended ,and pointed out an imminent danger. Who can tell how many there are sharing his views, who have come within the last year or into the city, determined to tear down the barriers, and throw open wide the gates to the class he appears to have a hankering for, because they are "big spenders". It behooves our leaders therefore to be extremely vigilant, and visit with summary justice any offence against the laws of the city. More tlian once have we, and others, pointed out this danger. More than once have we said Ocean City stands today on the crossroads, and this year will either make or mar the future. The statement in our editorial, which seems to hqve given our critie a second spasm, rousing his ire to explosion point. Is the claim "That Ocean City is modern to the Nth degree." "Modem" lie retorts, "where do you get that stuff? What are the true facts? When Ocean City was a village, with a population of a village, its I] public utilities were built for the needs of a village. Probably, when Its I sewer anil water plants were built, it was never imagined that the city would II grow to the size it has. The city has grown wonderfully, but the water ser- I vice continues to lie of the village kind and size. What encouragement is II there for n company, or a wealthy man to coma in and build a large mansion, hotel, or place of business, when it is a fact well-known to everybody, except to those whom it pays better not to know, that the city would be helpless in the cane of a big fire. Then again do you call the city modem and progressive, when it spends less than a fifth of the money other resorts are spending in ad vertiseinent ? Ocean City has the goods to sell, but has only a small market in Philadelphia." Upon the first objection raised by our critie, our views have been made known. It is also known that the Board of City Commissioners, are engaged in making an investigation through its city engineer. An investigation of the character, conducted along with a hundred other jV

duties appertaining to the office of a city engineer, requires time. In justice to all concerned, the investigation shotnd not be conducted perfunctorily, wr — in haste, and until such time when a report is made all judgement . IiVjjM be suspended. ' Now whether or not it is true, us our critic explicitly states, that Ocean City does not spend a fifth of what other resorts on the coast are spending in advertising, we cannot my. Upon two points however, we are in perfect, agreement with our critic; firstly, that we are impending far too little in advertising; secondly, that we are advertising ^ the wrong place, or rather in a too narrow and circumscribed an area. — 1 n addition we would add a third observation, to the effect that our methods uf raising money Jor advertising is antiquated and unfair. '* With all due deference to the city of Philadelphia, and the people of Philadelphia, and with prufoifmT'gritUtude for their continued patronage anil support, we believe that Ocean City is sufficiently well-known in Philadelphia, to warrant our changing the venue of advertising., New York is _ practically Unexplored territory. Pittsburgh, one of the" wealthiest cities in the country, offers still better prospects. The work of advertising Ocean City in Philadelphia may l>c entrusted for a season to Philadelphians, who know Ocekn City; and a strenuous campaign of publicity might be undetaken in other fields. » Again we agree with our critic that Ocean City is spemling a beggarly • sum annually Tnaipertising, and that because our methods of raising money for the purpose, arc sadly in need of revision. Hitherto much of our advertising has been done by charity. Various r organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, and the Automobile Bridge " Company, have undertaken .voluntarily to devote certain sums of money to the purpose. 1 This has been highly commendable and to be encouraged, nevertheless the method is antiquated and' fortuitious. The city . through its Boanl of Commissioners has apportioned yearly a e certain amount, but it has been far too "inadequate. If there is any virtue or gain in advertising, if there is any advantage s or profit in advertising the city, all people share in the advantage and gain. c Then why should one section of the community, live parasitically upon the generosity and the civic enterprise of another? " If advertising the city brings more customers to John Smith's store, and more roomers to John Brown's house, should they expect the members of the Chamber of Commorec. «r of the Automobile Bridge Cotnpany, to pay for * the advertising? . A system should be formulated and adopted, whereby every housiioldey in the community who has anything to sell to the visitor, w hetherttJj# a bag 5 1 of peanuts or a room, should be assessed so much annually for the advertising 1 of the city. , F " The method is found opperative in other localities, then w hy not in Ocean 1 ; CKy ? A merely nominal sum. whether called a voluntary tax or what we | will.xwoqld secure a regular income for advertising purposes, infinitely in 'excess of -anything spent at the present time, without entailing any great • ' upon any individual. » ' Under some scheme, a commission of advertising could- be appointed, who with a stated and fixed sum at (heir disposal could plan the year's* campaign. 1 This should not prevent priva}* organiiations from doing as heretofore, • nor the city. The combined effdns of all would not amount to extravagance, injudicious overlapping. Our reference to the-tity fathers in the last editorial, does not appear : 1 have kindled our critic's wrath ,as much as it appears to have tickled his sense of humor, or what does duty for a sense of humor. We thought we were very conservative in our observations, and just; but not extravagant in our praise. Our critic thinks otherwise apparently, and refers us to an article which appeared recently in a Fhiiadelphiu paper, carrying the announcement of an organization being formed "way down south", for the purpose of dethroning the city's patcrnul und family administration. Of course we read the article in question, but saw nothing to be alarmed over, and less to feel angry about. Ebullitions of the kind, arise in the best regulated families and communities, and had better l>c left to die of inattention and neglect. It was only another instance of the tail wanting to wag the dog. Nothcould be more desirable, than If the summer residents and property own- j did qualify to vote in the constituency. We would welcome them with open arms. We need their assistance, counsel, and help, to bear the burdens of civic duty. It would be delightful by united efforts they secured for one of their members, a seat upon the of City Commissioners. By the time another election came round, they would learn something of the difficulty of carrying on the administration of a seashore resort, with transient population numbering twenty times over the resident population. Thus our critie "roasted the Editor." Another somewhat more lengthy criticism he offers, bearing nuon the political situation, which, must be reserved for another day. In spite of our critic's "roasttag"; we do not feel overheated. The blowing from the ocean are wonderfully cooling and refreshing. NEWTON CEORCE "Benner Brothers" HOUSE PAINTING AND DECORATING High Grade Work Our Specialty 819 Fourth Street, Ocean City, N.J. — !

DISABLED HEROES : PRAISE OCEAN CITY : FOR ITS HOSPITALITY "OCEAN C ITY AND IT'S UITI- 1 ct ZENS'— BY A. DISABLED ' ;f SOLqjKh ■f Sir. Disabled Soldier, Is the guest i i- i uf the Ocean City Hostess league and • is j former editor of. the "Dispatch" a* in | weekly paper, published hyythc 10th j i United Slates Infantry. He was very j )r | favorably impressed by this city, ami ; -it i he contributes- the following to the r Ocean City press.^* ; |yj After five years of work it is our ; .y | wish to express our feelings and ap- | preciation to the citizens in this city I is for the hospitality und ' co-operation , re with it's wonderful organization. In I ,y the name of the 300.000 disabled vet- > r erans ( I one of them ) have l>een asked , ;s whether or not I am able to express i what we boys feel, towards this city k and organization. ^ Well, it is our opinicr,, that though ' " •e this little city has no Subways, Elcvators, Ferry-Boats, or anything that e would make it look like New York, Philadelphia, Darby, Caffiden or any ,1 1 other big city in the United" States, e still you will agree with me that r there is a whole lot in this little town that some of the big citys have never j. dreamed of. (That don't mean that U | they never will). ^ R First — That there is an organization known to the disabled almost „ from all over the country, as Ocean e j City Hostess league. This organiza- - „ :tion is under the leadership of Mrs. ,, Kenton Warne, President; Miss Anna 'Creth. Vice-President; Mrs. 1. Schumo, I* Vice-President, (2nd); Mrs. E. L. . | Wenrich, Treasurer; Mrs. B, F. Maschal. Assisstant Treasurer; Miss De- , borah Johnson, Secretary; Mrs.- H. , | Crow-ford, Corres. Secretary; Mrs. I. i Ambrose, House Mother, and Misses r I Laura Wenrich ami Helen Newland, J Famous Assistants; &frs. J. S. Dee;han. Music; Mrs. Warren Matlack, t i better known to the boys "as the . j woman of the hour", is representing .''this organization- in Philadelphia, by ^ | sending the boys down. Mr. Luigi _ | Boccell, "Baritone", who don't need no introduction, is with the boys to I amuse and entertain them. t- Second — That the Ocean City .citizens have aiw-ays been engaged in a , most glorious work, and that is supi plying social enjoyments for the men j in uniform, giving them the comforts lof their homes, churches, theatres, weekly entertainments, smokers, min- ' strels, and vaudeville shows, and the ' heat part of it is, that four years after e the WAR is over, this little city is I still with the boys, realizing that the J | war is not over with us boys. It is ; city like Ocean City, that made us " | disabled men change our minds, and * j in stead of saying "Over and Forgotten," will change it to "Over but not Forgotten," and it this city that can e ; say like Mrs. Kenton Warne, President of the Hostess League, "We have " | sent ihem, and now having been fortunate enough to return, but unfortunate to remain disabled, it is our 1 duty to back them in the gapie," and . ; they do! It is the spiirt of self-for-getfulness that yon are giving, to the ; disabled service men of your country, i In learning your PAST as krell as. j your PRESENT, I often think again | and again of tjiese lines of ShakcsI "Nothing in their life j Became them like their leaving it; j Always ready at the call of .

I Instant Hit Em- New CHANDLER SIX ROYAL DISPATCH „ . Looks $3000 — is sets I he Vogue For ffl g" smart car8 * | The Cut-Down Motor and Chassis of this "Wonder" Car, that has created such a furore wherever shown, is now on display in our showroom. - I COME IN— be our invited guezt. We want you ^to tee why we are to enthtuiaAic about this car. EARL L. FARR CO. 2138 Atlantic Avenue Atlantic City, N. J. THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR CO. P F 0 B F CLEVELAND O

turned. 1 Therefore we believe that this little I rily proved tri U- friends, .warm-heart-ed truthfully ti> the boys, and we look i ! upon you as. one of the finest types 1 .lof lailies and gentlemen that we have - ; been privileged to -meet, mid wo are" , partial cnougfi to I relieve that the high - character of the Ocean. City citizens | . reflects , credit on the high standard , maintained not only by us, disabled:] 1 voterarj\ of the world war, but also , ■ by eachjfdmTTi-frery-oiie that believes . t in Humanity — Democracy — Free- 1 ■ I dom ami Liberty. j , 1 " Y es. we arc proud that you are far j i from being selfish; no personal ; i is so' important to the citi- i | I zens in this city, as the interest of the ; ' that have sacrificed. "YOU", men • and women in this LITTLE city have ; always been ready to the call of i • i friendship, unselfishness and that ] ; ' friendly smile. We are proud to Ue- i i with you, to associate with you and"! | i have you for friends! You have al- ; i ■ ways backed us in the game, and you j i I still do. • Your kindness nnd hospital- 1 , i ity shall lie remembered as long as I , ' LIVE: PLEASE DO NOT THINK I

' IT IS POETRY, IT 18 NOT, IT IS ■ PLAIN FACTS." Without the aid of oratory, without : music and the echoes- of thronged. ; .you realized your-duty;' not by - words, but by deeds. Your country ' noeiied your holp and you gave it, to i in the war, ahd .win we did. You - proved to lie 10D per cent American I ( Whirh is murh more than the dollar) I land you arc now finishing the glorious > chapter in the annuls of our history"'which is not only bringing honor to - yourself, hut also to your children and jchildrens' children. r I have ulso something to say about I the Ocean City Publicity. Nothing -'bad about them (they won't publish), • "| and about the hotel-keepers especially i "The Halcyon'' of which Mrs. Francis r j Maxwell is the Prop, and under I the direction of a smiling young lady, " ' - Emily Liggett, known as the s-j manager, plus vaudeville l"j ami — and — , but all that in my • | next article, providing the' press in ' i this city will help me, as they always ■ ! did, which is to be appreciated by ' every good citizen. "Louis a. white.

— - Hotel Comfort and Cafe Cor. Second Street andvBny Avenue OCEAN CITY, N. J. . MRS. M. B. COMFORT, Proprietress Regular Meals ami Light Lunch Served at All Hours Ice Cream nnd Confectionery and a Full Line of Delicatessen j First Class Service OPEN FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER WM. H. VANDERHERCHEN Manufacturer of AWNINGS Tents, Flags, Couch Hammocks, Yacht Awnings, Cushions, Waterproofed Covers 414-16 Callowhill St. Philadelphia A Satisfied Owner j . | Owns a 2 Family Apartment I I TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS are the best kind of Investment properties in Ocean City. Right now there are some exceUent propositions that are offered for sale, uncomparable to anything similar here in price, terms and location. All of them are naw and offered for sale at prices showing very satisfactory returns ! on the money invested. J! TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS, Third and Ocean Avenue, five j| rooms and bath euch floor, size 22 x 3d feet, ten foot wide porch, ! brick foundations, papered throughout and finished inside in j white and mahogany; will rent for $900. Price $6,000. TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS, Frist and Atlantic Avenue, six I rooms and bath each floor.size 24 x 44 feet, lot 46 x 76 feet, | wide porches, brick foundations, room for double garage; rents I for $1,100. Price $7,500. !j TWO FAMILY APARTMENT, Atlantic Avenue, Wtween Moor- ' lyn Terrace and Ninth Street, brick construction throughout, | seven rooms and tile bath each floor, built in tubs, inside entrances to both apartments, large lot The upkeep on this _ I! apartment will be almost notbiofc for several years. Provision / ;! made to install heating plant. Price $13,500. / For further information apply 'Any Realtor in Ocean City AVERY good tire at a very low price. Just another instance of Fisk extra value. As true with the Fisk Premier Tread as with the Fisk Cord — compare with competitive tires and you will find extra size, strength and resiliency in the Fisk. Comparison proves Fisk Quality; it also proves common-sense buying. There's a Fisk Tire of extra value In every she. for car, truck or speed tvagon