B*»Ci«? OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. THURSDAY. JUNE 28. 1923 . — -.. — ■ — — si liWT i R ■ . n « r»t /<i i - T> I Harlin '.Vhitrnmn nn.1 zi:,...

• J Ocean City Sentinel I Frlnwd »od FubUahnl Y.viy Tliur«tay P OCEAN CITY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. ■ \ SwdMl BalMia*. Ut-Ut Aabsrr Amm, Or..., Cttr. N. J.. T.Wpbap, U»p. J. IVANS. Kd.io. [ _ Y " LEWIS L. BAEBE1T. Cugll BaMMM M. ■««' j Thi. C<w.r «*• rl«kl » «•*« "* •d"r,"'n* , All isuwkaUui 10 tbla putr will bo puWitbtd onl» m 'M ™ " _ «r~— bo .1 lb!, offioo «n Uior it»a Taootey mod ! "job Wk p^nrptlr *>DO by upwimnd bMJ. — THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1923 !( Ifflpffif '' " ,< EMond at (bo Pool Olive, at Oeoan City, S. J., a. »*ond [1"" »>•" manor. A ROMANCE OF CIVIC ENTERPRISE Great enterprises originate in small beginnings. The Hotel Flau- , ders is unquestionably the greatest undertaking to which Ocean City , has committed itself. It was launched entirely upon faith and in the , most unpretentious manner imaginable. We recall the night and circumstances. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce had been in progress, various matters of local in- j , terest coming under discussion, and the hour was growing late. , Whereupon the prospect of building a first class ocean front ho- i I U1 c.me under consideration. Several members spoke, all without , ' exception emphasizing the need of such an establishment. A com- i I mittee was duly named to further enquire into the matter i The Ocean Front Hotel became a nine-day topic of street corner gludp. and more than one was heard to predict, "We've been talking , i hotel for twenty years and nothing has come of it. Neither will this , j talk come to anything." ' It has since become very evident however, that the "prophets of gloom" had underestimated the extent of the developing of civic en- ^ , terprise and pride, the spirit of adventure, that had (taken pt*«e-ift_ the I people of the city in the meantime. Ocean City was passing through the lavail of a hew binh. it had . f entered upon the era of "big things." It bad experienced the thrill of conquest, and was in a propitious mood to entertain seriously and favorably. the building of a million dollar hotel as a community en- f terprise. Tire million dollars have increased into a million and a half. The | dream is rapidly materializing in a handsome structure— en iroperish- e able monument to the truth of the French adage, "To will is to be c able." One million two hundred thousand dollars have been subscribed towards the undertaking. Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars j mors Is needed to complete the- work, for the securing of which the t fiwwi an.neinl campaign was launched last week. In all reason the I campaign should close this week. t The latter assertion is made advisedly and upon sound arguments. I There are between four and five thousand householders, who have to v aWre or less degree already nrofited from the Flanders project. 5 — How often have we heard the word "boom,"' used during the past 1 year— building "boom," end a "boom" in increased property values. In contradistinction we have frequently contended there is no boom— « nor has there been a boom. What has assumed the aspect of a boom, Ka. been no other than a natural growth and this period of PHE- i A NOMENAL GROWTH MAY BE DATED FROM THE LAUNCHING r 0F\ THE FLANDERS HOTEL MOVEMENT. The ocean front hotel furnished the necessary impetus. Prior to the launching of the hotel campaign, Ocean City had practically exhaused all the inducements it could offer to outside capital, > and seemed destined to pursue the even tenor of its growth, adding a i . cottage here, and a bungalow there. • i The hotel campaign however, brought the resort into greater ' prominence than ever, and within the field of vision of those who 1 have capital to invest. ' In the reflected glory of the prospective hotel, the beach and the 1 bay, and numerous other recreational facilities the city had long pos- < tossed, assumed greater value if properly capitalized, to the extent that property values were greatly increased. In the increase, property i j. owners have all In varying degrees profited. 1 * Bearing all this in mind there are two facts which we would em- 1 phaaize, in juxtaposition. Firstly, there are between four and five thousand property owners who, to the extent of their holdings are in- i teres ted in the city. Secondly, of these thousands, just nine hundred | have subscribed to the hotel project There are therefore over three I thousand property owners who have thus far made no attempt to dis- t charge their obligations, and support the very project, which has in- ■ creased the value of their holdings from at least thirty to a hundred per cent, on a very conservative bails of computation. By every law , of social ethhics, and the common principles of a square deal, every j property owner is morally obligated to assume some measure of re- i •possibility in the closing campaign. Finally if nine hundred persons , t . have subscribed } 1.200,000, it should be a comparatively trifling matter for the remaining 3000 to subscribe the meagre amount of $350,000 , required to complete the work. ; ,

Now a word to our summer residents. It is granted that the:' permanent residents of the city cannot do without the summer resi- | dent and visitor; nor can the summer visitors do without the perm- . anent residents. As permanent residents that is our task in life and duty — to j watch over your interests Mr. Visitor, to anticipate your wants, and make all the provision we can for your entertainment and comfort, tghile enjoying your summer vacation. 'While you during the winter months are enjoying the conveniences and luxuries of city life, we remain at the post, scheming and 1 devising ways and means for providing you frith greater pleasure, when next you return to our shores. You have repeatedly expressed yourself in unmistakeable language, how you would have us, to use your own words "run the retort." You have requested us for your sake, and for the sake of your children, to maintain the high reputation of "Atasrica's greatest family-Te»1u-t," and as far as humanely possible vre-have endeavored to do so. ^ New fully foar-fifths of the properties in Ocean City, are owned by summer residents and visitors. Four-fifths of the property is own- I by oat -of -town people. The hotel project which leas than a year ago we launched, has in111— sail the value of your property enormously. In your absence we c*. jahnr and taS for your comfort and ease by the seashore. F* Ace wp IM— stating the case too strongly, by saying you owe us j ■— — — 0*1 iinMilai slim in- return ? Take a slip of paper and pencil | ^Ld Acs— oaS Mm facta, and you will toevitably come to the conclusHi Mm koesd intoto^s have not faded in their duty. A like response ; MMbMl from Mm Mends of Ocean City, whose coming and going , lnidiMln with the most pleasant season of the year, will ; H^Kr«Mk, secure the $860,000. I^HpMmi— created a fictitious character whom he named "Fearfiidsl lease was a typical pessimist, and was nevsr so '

i happy us when predicting failure. More than one Fearful Isaac has j prophesied failure for the Hotel Flanders. The same species prognosticateil rein and defeat Tor the automobile bridge project. To their niter discomfiture however, the bridge enterprise proved , a most highly lucrative investment; and wefrnny he certain that the | Hotel Flanders, will in due season prove equally as profitable. 350,000 is the goal. A Jong pull and a strong pull, and a pull to- i ' 'getliei, will land us on the side of victory. i

GOOD ENGLISH An interesting announeenietii wns made by Prof. O. W. Reichly. ' at the commencement exercises held at the Fir ^^tethodist Episcopal - 1 Church. By virtue of hi- position as Principal of the High School. Prof. ' Reichl.v presided over the meeting. Immediately following the pre- 1 -entutiou of the diplomas, the chnlrmnn informed thje audience, that I three pupils had qualified, ami wcOe entitled to prizes donated by the 1 Club, as those among the students wlio during the yearjf shown the greatest advancement and proficiency in the knowledge (and the use of the /English language. The ladies of 'the Research Club nre to l-e highly commended. , ' I KvideMiy .tl**y" have taken cognisance of the fact, that the misuse of te English language, is the banc of the age. In their efforts therefore ! to stimulate among the students of our school, a deeped regard for; the language which seems destined to become the universal speech of. 'the human race, and as deep a hatred for its abuse and prostitution.,' I the Research Club liar, laid the city under a debt of gratitude. ^ I In his prefatory remarks, Prof. Reichly paid high tribute to the ( 1 ladies of the club, and very convincingly emphasized the need of payding closer attention to the training of the children in the use of good j _ ' English. '! Incidentally the Professor related a variant of the old story of j [the man who claimed some proficiency in the use of four languages. , (Asked by a friend, who apparently was ignorant of his linguistic pow-1. jers, what the four languages were, the man replied; "baseball, pro- | I fanity, Americanese, and a smntteringMof English," ( Since when has America developed a dialect? Half a century ago , .American writers were famed the world over for their purity of Ian- , | guage and diction. Strong Saxon words which in England had unaccountably fallen into dosuitude anil the idomatic forms of phrasing i i preseriptively Saxon, which add charm to the works of Charles Dick- j ens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Meredith, Thomfls Hardy, j : and Robert Louis Stevenson, were preserved in nil their pristine lienuty j in the writings of American authors of half a century past. Despite the weird, horrifying and gruesome themes in which the genius of Edgar Allen Poe revelled, lie was a master in the use of ' the English language; notwithstanding the nebulous philosophy of Waldo Emerson, he was. a purist among purists, who paid as ' close attention to the traditional forms of good English diction as did Walter Pater. Whitman wrote with rare imaginative justice, the i writings of John Burroughs, teem with chaste imagery, notwithstanding that he occasionally lapses into the vernacular of the untutored. tutorea.

Hiss Marie Correlli is credited by some authorities with having . originated the present vogue in writing. Striving for purely sensational effects, mixed ami intermixed methaphors, verbal monstrosity, perversions and inversions, and nil I of freak diction, are considered perfectly legitimate. Be sensational, gramalLally if you can — but be sensational, seems to lie the Alpha and Omega of their literary, or non-literary creed. It is said of a popular humorist of a past generation, that he , hopeless illiterate. He could not construct a simple sentence rori reetlv, or -pel' the simplest of worde accurately. Notwithstanding he conceived an ambition to become a writer and submitted a manuscript a publisher. The latter gentleman leaped immediately the con | , elusion, that the writer's faulty diction and spelling was a style lie' had affected, as a new spice to his humor. The essay was published, , and an ability to outrage every law and canon of belles lettres, be- . the ear-mark of genius. Pocket editions of the writer have multiplied prodigiously, in n ■ multiplicity of forms, until, according t£ a critic in the pages of the Bookman recently, the writers of good Saxon English in America, may . be counted on the lingers of two hands. . That America has developed a dialect preseriptively its own, is made evident in almost every speech ilelivered. Slang words and I (.phrases have crept into the currency of polite speech. And what ap- ! upon the surface impossible has through investigation been found ■ that a purer quality of English is spoken and written in strictly . rural districts, than in the city. I The indifferent are invariably urged to greater effort. In support ' of some movements or enterprise, with the injunction, "we must put ' acrosst." A task which entails no great expenditure of energy in ■ accomplishment, is one in which ''there is nothing to it," or it is A lady presumed to lie a leader of society, was heard to lament 1 ! during tlx- recent coal shortage, that she "had not a drop of coal in Lin." "Pdp" covers the entire gamut of potential power, from phy-ifal animal spirits to Divine Inspiration. There are "peppy" base- • ball players, and "peppy" preachers. Consequently the lecturer, writer j or preacher, w ho does not interlard his utterances very liberally with slang, is branded a "highbrow.** ) j The public press reflects consciously or unconsciously the tenor I [of the age with regards to language. It is the age of Tft-bitism, and , the popuar writer is he who writes a number of "snappy" items, upon a host of irrevelaid .subjects, which impose no mental exertion upon . the reader. I ' Our hope for a reform is centered obviously in our schools. One , : ol the leading educators of the country quite recently deplored the I fact, that the curricula of the schools hare become so extensive and • complicated, that it is utterly impossible to devote the time which r - should be devoted, to the cultivation of good English. • | The editor at a daily newspaper published in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania, conceived the idea in an altrustie mood, of employing a number of graduates during the summer months on the I i staff. • ' The experiment was tried last year; but it will not be repeated. ■Out of 42 applicants, only two could be found capable of preparing - 1 a story with sufficient respect for the rudimentary laws of syntax, • | to be printable. They were not lacking imagination; they were capable of origfcjnal thought; but they were hopelessly ndrift when attempting to ex1 press their thoughts, or even what they saw or heard, in tolerably - 1 readable English. ; i How far this is true the country over cannot lie determined. In t every locality, however, there is vast unlimited room for ImpBPreme^it, 1 and the ladies of the Keseajrtl TfubT established a valuable precedent when this year, they presetted the three etudents of the local schools - who had shown the greatest proficiency, in the use' of good English, j with as many substantial prizes. •t

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMON SENSE A I'un.-iilerahle excitement prevail* throughout the city over the ;af, the authorities in prohibiting l-at hers in scanty attire and I wet garments, from promenading upon the Boardwalk. Protests arc H, ' heard . .. every hand, and cryptic allusions to "Blue Laws," "fanatics." and what not are current conversation. Among those who have protested against the action of the police, is William A. Welsh, a Philadelphia busincls ma., and n cottager. . i; It i- stated that Mrs. Wells and her grandchild were proceeding (lf along the walk, the little one, n victim of Infantile paralysis, ruling ^ ja tricycle, when they were stopped by an officer. Reports of other ju| j jnsm**S"ure circulated, of a little toddling of six years in bathing i ' suit sent off the 'Walk, and of n lady wheeling one infant in n coaster, I w, ( while another came" trailing along behind on a kiddy kar. at The above instances may be absolutely authentic and not in thejai ' remotest degree exaggerated. Notwithstanding they do not furnish I"1 I sufficient ernson for the display of righteous indignation manifested J ^ i in some quarter'-, nor for the assumption that the city has l-ccome ^ j fanatic hopelessly, ami doomed to financial ruin nnd bankruptcy. af | Sifted down the situation resolves itself into another case of an | office, being orer zealous in carrying out his instructions, of interpret- ! ing his orders loo literally nnd thereby going to extremes never inj tended by those who issue.) the orders. i j Incidents of the kind nre by no means infrequent in any city, and I I under eVery form of administration. \ The victims nre of course within their perfect right in protesting, i nnd bringing their complaints to the notice of Mayor Champion. But 'jitNiardly comes within the bounds of fair play to castigate and flay jthe May»r, for indiscretions committed by an individual of the police I All required is the infusion of a little common sense and human ' sentiment in the enforcement of the law. j Mayor Champion is amply justified in taking the action he has in rj prohibiting half nude men and women from promenading to and fro ' on the Boardwalk. 'i- No objection can lie made to a bather crossing the 'Walk to n| '! hath house, or to a store for a Imx of candy, or n sandwich; but In- | oessniit perambulating up nnd down. In almost hath room attire. Is I >i degrading to the city. Nudity may hare its. charms, but not for ex- 1 ■jhihition on the Boardwalk, before unwilling spectators. | ■I Some restrictions should also lie enforced, concerning bicycle and! f j tricycle riding on the Boardwalk, or the thing may develop into n pos-| - ( ilive nuisance and a peril to pedestrians. ,'i I.ast season we saw a mid.lie-aged lady of generous proportions J '{hurled down in her length, by an urchin of about nine years old riding! !n tricycle. » i As far as dogs are concerned, the restrictions might lie enforced , f i evcn more rigidly. Last Saturday and Sunday, by the time evening | fjhad come, the Boardwalk in places was disgusting with the filth of « j dogs, trodden under foot by little children and ladies. | Back we revert therefore to our original statement: law enforce- 1 » meat plus common sense and good judgement. Mayor Champion did | . perfectly right in putting into force the law, and any mistakes made^ . by an official can be adjusted easily. / THE CITY HALL ( Including the Clock) It is a thing to admire; an architects brown study in the concrete, j I It is typical of the city in all it's charm ofrrieanlincss— I With needful embellishment it is replete; It Is four square with banks of lawn surrounded— ■ s It's stature, not imposing, speaks of artistry — It's monument to soldiers is a thing of loveliness, e It's lamps, grape clustered and most fair and neat — It's Annon oft for Liberty hare pounded — c i And on it's steps have orators made history, t i Above It's alcove! doors. Old Glory's brightness Reflects a glare that citizens may ree o| The city cloik (our only depicable public cheat)I, If it were ever right, we w^uld not be astounded? - Who would not blush or pale to find his watch agree? It's Fame peculiar must be resounded, -v. ; B (Even if this isn't poetry.) —AUSTIN BARRY.

J. F. GIRLS' GIVE FINE DANCE , I Whitcnmp nnd Miss Anna, Price Won Prize for Spot 1 Dance , The A. J. F. Girls' CluRT con- , sliding -of "live wires" every one,, of them, staged n remarkably successful, dnhre at the Casino Club upon a recent Friday. Despite the inclement weather,! with rain pouring in torrents, 150 persons were present,! and enjoyed themselves to fullest | measure. The dampness of the evening ; utterly unable to dampen the. enthusiasm of the A. J. F.'s, nor. of the dancers who attended, j

and Anna ,j Price were successful in winniri ' | the prize for the spot dance, a ver_ ' | fine Ihix of candy. 1 1 The mcmliors of the A. J. p ■ | Club are: Miss Edith Jeffries' ! president; Miss Catherine Cordon! ' j secretary; Miss Catherine Ward ".treasurer, and the Misses pearj » ; Stretch, Flossie Tlrnir, Elsie CImm . : wood, Mary Carolhers, Mary p,ij. Jet.*'. Juiia Peliggi, Evelyn llnlcroft i | Kxclvn Smith. j Our Health Colun»|i^ ;,! "Dear Doctor: I have long 0(I health. Are eight hour" sleep ej J J.J. 1 r Answer: "I wouldn't cull eight I hours a long day."

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'THE CHALLENGE OF g : THE greater: REV. I : CHAS. F. H.VOECELIN | it SUMMER QUARTETTE BEGINS ■ WITH SPECIAL PROGRAM I ." OF CLASSIC MUSIC "The Challenge of the Greater," ;H is the topic chosen by the Rev. H ,l Charles F. N. Voegelin, pastor of H 'n the First Presbyterian Church, for H ■n his discourse next Sunday mont-'H f- ing. ,r These nre days of high ambitions i H and expirations. The nge insists H 1 that everything shall be done upon H a hugh scale. We speak in world H ir terms. „i Nevertheless, as Dr. Voegelin H will emphasize, there are still H " greater achievements and higher H >n ideals challenging the best in us H that receive scant attention. £ ,c At the evening service, "Facing ■ ^ a 'World Crisiti," is the selected to- j H pic. There are many problems ,■ facing the world; it therefore willjH "h be interesting to learn from Dr..H Voegelin his conception of what I a{ constitutes the real crisis facing. ■ . humanity. The summer quartette logins | H ^ duty on the coming Sunday. A;l most excellent array of vocal tal-jB ,1. ent has been engaged, who will ■ weekly present programs of sac- ■ red music, culled from the master- ■ *' works of al lages anil nations. Three of the singers are well I 1- known to locnl congregations, whnil during the last season won forjH ! . themselves the highest tributes of ■ praise. in William Shough and family, of ■ t, Alloway, were among recent visi- B Jt tors to this resort. U Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Williams, of ■ h* Philadelphia, are guests nt the ■ Darlington Hotel.

mmim ©cean (Litg's Cburcbes First M. E. Church Rot Presbyterian Church Eighth Si— l OM A«nur. ^ J"1 lh.IUv.DcMi,. Hud",. Th. tUr. Ch~ F. N. V»g,l.n. Pastor. ■ Sunday services, 10:30 a. m. and .n.„0 *» * - **'""• i «» " id—k pew »-U«. W«t- ft* "*t:„ I nesday, 7:30 p. m. Mary" of Be* up Bible CUm for Women 2:30 *ir Evening Worship ':R0 Bfl Wc.lnes.lay— Communicants' class . Monday— Visiting Indies' Aux Holy Trinity Protestant iliary at the Casino on the Episcopal church „,rr^r;:s. * g Northeast Corner of Eleventh nnj prayer, Wednes Street and Central Avekra* ~ ~ days 7:30 p. m. H The Rev. Joseph W. Watts, A. M., A Homelike Church, with a «""" 5 Rector. disl welcome. Sunday Services ~ BJ] H 9:30 a. m. — Sunday School. _ . ■ 10:46— Church service. First Baptist Church 7:45 p. m.— Vespers and ad- Tenth Street and Wenley Avenne. 'Iress- „ , The Rev. Milton George Buck, ■ Holy Communion first Sunday Pastor. ■ of each mon<i\il0.45 a. m. Saints' r«»dial I T'"Chn^-I& J ' "!/ Preaching services, 10:30 a. mgr, and 7:30 p. m. Bible School, 12 mM| . Praynr service Wednesday reNL «RSrr7:80. • » Christian Endeavor, Sunday 6:30 St. Augustine's Church p mAsbery Ave, near Fourteenth St. (j The Rev. Thos. F. Blake, Rector UN10N CHAPEL BY THE SEA Mass et 10 o'clock, followed by -5,h and Asbury Ave. | BenedieUon. Every Sabbath During \ Mass Sunday at 10 o'clock, fol- the Summer lowed by Benediction. Bible School 10.00 A. M. Mass Sundays at St Joseph's Preaching Service 1100 A. M Church, Somers Point, at 8 o'clock. Evening Prayers 7.00 I i —