A F0TJB OCEAN CITY SENTINEL, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1922. — — — — -r bv'UK

Ocean City Sentinel Printed and Publlebed Every Thnrednr OCEAN CITY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. Sentinel Buildin*. AAarr Arenue. Oeean Cltr. N. J- Televhone ttt-J P. J. "fcvANS. Editor LEWIS L. BARRETT. General Bueine.. lUnager t'heneer of edvertulM^ew muet be at thii o«ce not later than Tueidar neon. NOVEMBER 2, 1922 Entered at the Poet OIBee at Ocean City. N. J., ae aecond elaaa mail" matter THE DANGEROUS AGE Last week our thoughts were centered aroung the "Adolsecent City," and its powers and perils. The two perils to which we devoted our attention were. Intellectual Arrogance and Factionism, or, as it has also been termed, a perversion of the gang instinct A quotation from an older and a higher" authority, it will H- re- . called, formed the premeses of our argument. Among other things, the writer, — who by the same token, was one of the ablest publicists of hi* day, — claimed that a city is no other than the individual, multiplied by the number of its population; that every city possesses an individuality, n character and attributes of temperment, peculiarly its own. Furthermore, the writer states, "A city passes through the same stages of development and growth, as those of a human being, and in much the same fashion — infancy, childhood, adolescency, full maturity, and yes, sensecency. As in the case of the individual, so with a city, its maturity will be largely determined by the way it passes through the critical period of adolescency, with its peculiar powers and perils." We concluded also that Ocean City is passing through this critical period, and came to the conclusion upon the authority of our public leaders, who inform" us that Ocean City is no longer a village, on the one hand, and on the other that we are on the eve of greater developments, than ever experienced. Adolescent .therefore. The adolescent age is frequently, and rightly, spoken of as the dangerous age. All ages are dangerous probably in varying degrees, and each particular period of life has its own peculiar perils. Nevertheless, by, reason of the fact, that during adolescency the boy or maiden become conscious for the first time, of strange emotions, thoughts and passions stirring within, which they can neith« control nor understand; and also by reason of the fact that the mistakes committed during rite period of adolescency', react more harmfully, than those committed at any later period, upon the future life of the individual, this particular period is significantly designated as the Dangerous Age. The adolescent period is Ae "Wild Oats" period; the period when, the boy in particular, is supposed to sow his wild oats. The influx of strange conflicting emotions, giving meaning A things he had perhaps heard of before, but hail not understood, create a spirit of rebellion against the restrictions and the res taints, A which he had hitherto submitted wiAout a proAsL Conscious of new powers and impulses, he is hurled forward A test them, A experiment with them. In consequence, all that stand in the way, old traditions and teachings, every sentiment he had been hiAerA Aught A revere and respect, are trampled ruthlessly underfoot. The boy and maiden find i^ becoming increasingly easier, A compromise wiA honor A "his or her personal advanAge. TruA is sacrificed A expediency, in order A gratify their desires. Practices which j hitherto he or she had been Aught A regard as highly reprehensible, assume a very innocent, and in fact a very venal color, if Aey bring grist A Ae mill, and the seed of wild oats, are scattered broadcast in A receptive and fruitful soil, covering all' relations of life. Now strange A say, "wild oaA" sowing, has its apologists and advocated. Sowing wild oat* is declared by these apologists, A be a very vital and a very essential part of every boy and girl's education. Perhaps, but Ae apologisA appear A have left nature, Ae most important facAr in the equation, out of their calculations. They cppear to have forgotten that naAre abhors wasA, and whatever is sown shall be reaped.. Sow wild oats and wild oats are reaped, that and nothing else. It is a dangerous theory A entertain much less teach. A popular novelist, who advocated Ae wild oats theory In one of his works, lived A see his daughAr die in a brothel, •nd bis son committed for life A a penitentiary. It requires no great exercise of Ae imagination, A discover that an adolescent city, faces this peril just as truly, as Ae adolescent boy. A period of unprecedented growA and expansion, creaAs in the body social and politic, a consciousness of new powers and impulses. The city enjoys a taste of delights and pleasures, impossible A a villagtv Visions of rapidly accumulated fortunes, loom large before the mental eye of the people. Their cupidity is stimulated; for a aenson Aey become inAxicated, with a sense of their growing importance. A feeling of resentment and rebellion is aroused against traditions and practices which keep in check and- under restraint, the lust for greater power and wealth. The traditions are branded as obsolete, out-of-date, and highly impractical. Principles and practices which were once regarded as the chief glory of Ae comumnity, which principles and practices, they know in their heart of hearts, A have made tlie city, arc discounted, because Aey hinder the gratification of Aeir desires. Honor is compromised for profit, and truA bartered for gain.1 "Cities and boys in Ae adolescent sAge kick against Ae reins and the curb, which in later years they may live A love. Cities should remember however, that naAre has not one law for Ae individual, and another for society. Sow wild oats and wild oats will be reaped, eivieaUy, and nationally as well as individually; wiA tli is significant difference that while it is possible A reclaim the individual it is practically impossible to reclaim a city. There are cities not a hundred miles distant form our own, which aio today reaping a heavy and undesirable harvest of wild oats, sown In the days of adolescency, whose leaders have been heard A declare, ttny would pay any price A return A the civic and social conditions prevailing, before they started upon their wild oat* career. Their leaders were tempted to forsake the path of civic righAusncss, lured on by the get- rich-quick mirage. Fortunes have been made A such places it is true; but invariably by others who came in when Ac bdrriers were lowered, leaving .the former wiA noAing but vain n-greta after their folly. Probably one of the most sagacious remarks, ever heard from the B s of Bernard Shaw, was his reply A a question from a native of Ii dia, who had come to London as Ae representative of an Indian h' use of commerce. "What in your judgment Mr. Shaw," enquired Ae Indian, "was Ac cause of the war?" | "Wild oats, sir" replied Mr. Shaw," and do not imagine they glow all in Germany.", Another peril facing Ae adolescent city, as it does the adolescent pouA^s that of posing. The adolescent boy is an inveAraA poseur. Dreaming dreams he never dreamed before, conjured up by Ae awakening of dormant forces and impulses, of which he had no suspicion, he lives in a world of make-believe, of which he is more than half afraid. It is by attitudinising, he imagines he is able A impress others, j y it;

that he is no longer a bop. Simultaneously he Is vaguely conscious I that the.grouth of the mind in him. has not kept pace with the growth |l ~ of body, consequently lie becomes Intensely -secretive, superlatively i sensitive to opposition, and resents criticism, with all the indignation anil hatred of .his naAre. We have all passed that way. The peril of such an attitude. if allowed to dcvclope. is that , the poseur is a hypocrite, .-ecretiveness deveiopes into suspicion, super»r. sensitiveness A opposition may grow into domineering arrogance, i : ' while resentment A criticism, doses fast the door, -against one of the most iruitful agencies of education. What is true of the adolescent boy, is true in this respect of the — adolescent city. It is frankly ruinous for any city A pretend A be I -what it is not; to pose and attitudinize A the extent, that it becomes self-deluded, a/id self-blinded, to Ae evils within destroying like a., cancer the very vitals of Ae bpdy politic. There is such a tiling as "l lieing goodj that our none.- .work their way ouLsiile of our clothes, ■ and stay there. A curious world .this, in which most of the round 11 holes are stuffed wiA square pegs, and vice tw-ista. r" To correct evils, ami remedy mistakes, we must first of all learn ' ^ to recognize the exisAnce of evils and mistakes. The worfti is not ** deceived by our affections ami posing — at least not long. For a pass- r ing moment it may be. If a stranger v.aiked down the street tomorrow, i. ^ clad in full evening dress, a silk hat on his head, patent leather slipper,, I l'' on his feet, and a gold mounted cane ih his hand, we might wonder PS what great man he is. A second more would bring saner thoughts . J however. We should come to the conclusion, that the man is not great. If he had brains he would' not be wearing a silk hat, to make people believe he had. The truly wise man, does not need A be always ap- t pearing A look wise, in order that people might Aink he is wise. The i' ** truly superior man. needs not to be affecting an attitude of supercD- i ' ! ious pity towards oAer men, A impress them of his superiority: he is . ' 'S not superior in fact, but an unsufferable snob, more to be pities) than rS blamed. He cannot help it. for it is his only means of pursuading I others he is somebody. v To an equal defri-ee is this true of a city or community, if a city - < 'C I would have the larger world accept it upon its own recommendation. 0 iti must live up A the terms of that recommendation; and to that end iq should never resent, but welcome real constructive criticism, as an j ^ effective corrective agency, and a stimulus to progress of inestimnble , le , value. *' An individual or city not amendable to criticism, has invariably i something A conceal. The businesses which pay have nothing .A con- 1 ceal, Aey throw wide open Aeir doors; inviting inspection and inves- , tigation. They court and appreclaA criticism: for through the kind r' offices of the friendly critic, they frequently discover unsuspected , 1 leakages, and causes of failure. Through the kind offices of the friendly critic moreover, many an individual, and corporation, have discovered sources of unsuspected power and success, lying wiAin themselves. The man or the city which is forever anticipating adverse criticism and supersentive A opposition, has in either case all the time occupied with no margin for advancement. Furthermore it breeds suspicion. Every man is regarded as a possible enemy, protagonist '* and rival, te.the end thit many a promising community has stagnated " h o pe 1 e s&I > vbeca u se its^ublic leaders, supersensitively conscious of their digiiHiXanJ^pSFucularly of Ae insecurity of Ae foundation upon K' which Aeirfffgnity stands, are up to the neck employed waAhing each other. 1 Adolescency most certainly has its perils. OAer phases and dangers deserve attention, of which more anon. To be forewarned is A be forearmed. Even if Ae verdict returned should be "not guilty," we might profit by examining ourselves, how successfully are we ' avoiding Ae perils of adolescency. h

' DUCK THAT DOES NOT QUACK * Ocean Cit ypromises A become ;t famous for an industry of an unique character, and its name ,1 familiar A all hunters and sportsmen the country over. Situated in the vicinity of Thirty '• First Street ,on Asbury Avenue, ;t there is a decoy duck manufactury. At Ae present time of a simple ,1 and most unostentatious exterior, e scarcely known even A the neighbor* ,the plant seems destined to n become in a very flourishing ins dustry. I, Harry Shrouds, the proprietor, - is an artist of Ae first water in I t the craft, and his productions are : pronounced A tie real works of . '• art. i >' Mr. Shrouds takes a piece of cedar measuring six by nine a inches, which in a very short timei he carves in A a very deceptive' facsimile of a wild duck. " Mr.. Shroud's decov ducks even:' go so far as A sport a very respec- 1 table tail, and A make them light s and convenient A carry and handle r are hollowed out in Ac middle of the body. "' Two dazzling, "vamping" eyes f|

I by taxidermists, and feaAcrs ree alistically painted, make the decoy i sufficiently true to nature, to dee ceive a patriarchal drake of wide - nnd long experience. Mr. Shroud's decoy ducks, are . travelling the length and breadth , of the country, carrying Ae name . of Ocean City with Aem .orders f coming in from states far west, and high north. At the present time Mr. Shrouds i lias sufficient orders on hand, to - ocrupy all his time for the next 'M two years, and as the demand in- , crease.-, he will lie compelled to i out, and employ more duck r 1 — 1 Violin Instruction >1 Br Mr. Kobinaon B. A. I AuortaU Mrnbrr Kot.I Atutevr London and Mmnrhntrr. KasUnd Winter etui now onrtDlns. PopUi rlrlted i II Orton Art.. Orran Citr Phono 1W-W j THE CATERSON * Cor. of 5th and Atlantic Ave. j Nicely furnished rooms. Good Table. Open all year.

; CAPE MAY COUNTY ! CHAMBER of COMMERCE h 1 Endorses the * $40,000,000 Bond Issue For completion of the New p Jersey State Highway n System in five years ' Vote YES for the Good Roads Bond Issue on TUESDAY, NOV. 7th i cape may county ! 5 chamber of commerce , ji

MASqUADERS are are entertained si vanfossen home MERRY PARTY, FEATURING i GAMES AND DANCING HALLOWE'EN FAVORS | A merry band of masqucradey. ' were royally entertained on M/tx 1 •day evening, at the home of MisMildred Van Fossen. 214 West . Avenue. Apparently the guests came . from ail parts of the known world. ; There were saow babies present | .from the heart of the Artie reg- . and a shirk's Wife from the- . , . distant Arabian desert. Bathing beauties displayed their fascinating charms, and played I havoc with the heart of every poor j male w ho chanced to be present. Apparently tod. there was some- - thing spooky about the party, for it transpires that one old lady, had ~ i""me back from the shades, and appeared in the costume fashion- 1 able, in the year of the RevolutionI ary War. Th" guests without exception ' were all beautifully and pictures- : quely robed, making the affair one of the most spectacular seen in • ; ' vicinity. , Miss Mildred Van Fossen proved a charimr.g and competent hostess, the young lady, with the assistance of her esteemed parents. Mr. and Mrs) Van Fossen. sparing effort or expense, in providing

for the comfort ant) entertainment A of their guest-. ' ' ' The hound had been beautifully, " ' and lavishly decorated for the oc- v ;a*ion, in typically Hallowe'en The evening was spent with games and dancing, until the hour for unmasking arrived. Then to p the dining-room, where the tables I groaned under load* of good things, guaranteed to tempt live' most fastidious palate. Hallowe'en ■ favours featured. - yTbe company departed .declaring /the eVcping trad been one of the - , most enjoyable they had ever , • spent. The guests present were: [ t At.' Baker, Jack Barrett an.i Dan- - iel Head ley of rieasantville; Mar „ faWt M-m.-rief. George l'embroke. ( Edna Collin.-. Miss l.ucy ' Smith. Miss Anna Sutton, Miss Krilma Gifford, Miss Margaret C. - Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. George a ; Pembroke, together with the young hostess Miss Mildred Van Fossen', and her parents, Mr. and Mr.-. Van Ko.-.-en. . I \Y /ll-L GIVE large family W home rent Ircc for the | winter for the board of one person. Apply 1 620 Wesley ve.,1"^1"' . — ■ USED miTOPlOBILES ? of the better kind ' ran be bought in safety at i, C. H. K. MOTOR CO. 1 I 2722 Atlantir Ave. . Phone 517-W y-TVtlantic City.: , OLDSMOBILK SUSTRIBUTORS

To the Voters ot Cape May County Knowing that my friend GEORGE A. REDDING is the Republican Nominee for SHERIFF of Cape May XountvUt the approaching election of November 7th and > dosiring'that the electorate may have the knowledge necessary to a wise selection at that time. I am writing thi.persona! appeal for their support. MR. REDDING has been a resident of Cape May County .for 21 years and during that time has been quite active in various affairs; he was one of the Volunteers that helped save 21 men form the --NORA" in 1900. was Chief of Police of North Wildw-od for 3 Years, organized an.L is Chief of the North Wildwood Fire Company, is Treasurer of the Angiesca Association ; A Charter member of the Wildwood Athletic Association and an admirer of good, clean sports, is a member of nearly all the fraternal organizations of Five Mile Beach. President of the Ottcns Harbor Fish Company and the largest shipper of food fish in South Jersey, and a Stockholder in the Marine National Bank of Wildwood, and of the Cape May CountyTitle & Trust Company; he was appointed by the Honorable Charles C. Black. Assooiate Justice of the Supreme Court, together with SenaAr W. H. Bright nnd the late Stihvoll S. Town send. Commissioners of Adjustment for the collection of delinquent taxes and' assessments and was instrumental in collecting 362,000.00 for the City of North Wildwood; he has been City Clerk of North Wildwood since 1910 and as such I have had numerous oppoir tunities to observe his courtesy and ubilities and I am lonfident that if elected Sheriff, the duties of the office will lie conducted in accordance with the law- and with fidelity and courtesy A the taxpayers. Very truly yours, HENRY H. OTTENS Largest Individual Property Owner In Cape May County. Paid far b, Ilrory H. Olltnt. Wild«*cd. N. J. Vote "YES" on the HIGHWAY BOND BILL An get for the construction, IT means Good Roads and Bridges without /r increased taxation. It means a complete State Highway System — one of the finest in the U. S. — by 1927. | It means enormous savings in 1 Road Maintenance. It means better and cheaper RcTtlCtTlbBT j operation for all motor ./ j . vehicles. the date p , . " .. . TUESDAY Endorsed and approved by the foremost Commercial, Agricul- JNIOV. tural and Civic Associations in m the State. ' 1 th Fate "YES" on the HIGHWAY BOND BILL j Thi* advertisement paid for by Good Rotd* Association of New Jersey

All business transacted through this office is in accordance with the following slogan "Thi* office doc* and maintains strictly a brokerage bus mess and is in no way interested in personal speculation." ResultsA sale completed on the above principal profits both Seller and Buyer Writc for listings and maks your headquarters with V Clayton Haines Brick— REALTOR 411 EIGHTH ST. OCEAN CITY N J. Ewing T. Corson REALTOR 7B7- ASBURV AVE OCEAN CITV. N.J. — ) , MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE N\> waiting for two weeks to know if you can get it; we can tell at once. Bargains in Bay and Ocean front properties. Choice cottages for sale. Also lots for investment and for improvement— the choice of Ocean Citv. Apply A , J. M. CHESTER & CO. Ocean City, N. 1. ■ — — n Educator Shoes FOR CHILDREN Room for the Five Toes Boot Shop 813 ASBURY AVENUE ■ — HUR-EY-JONES CO. HURLEY-JONES CO. WALTER R, CMATTIN A SON, MORS. | 1116 ASBURY AVE. ; IPt RENDERING A REAL SERVICE The First National Bank is rendering its cuRAmers j£ a real service. Many have found it a valuable factor in transacting | I b,...,,;. , | | We invite your Checking Account. First National Bank ! OCEAN CITY. N-.f. j reduces prices # Announcing the lowest prices in the history of the Ford Motor Co. Touring (regular) . . . $298.00 Runabout (regular) . . . 269.00 Sedan 595.00 Coupe 530-00 Chassis (regular) .... 235.00 Truck (regular) 380.00 Tractor . . . . . . 395.00 f.o.b. Detroit Good Deliveries Time Payments | ' Edward G. Kurtz Authorized Ford Sales and Servijj J 908 Asbury Avenue Ocean City New Jersey i Phone 600 DEMONSTBATION ■ , SENTINEL ADS ARE MONEY SAVERS