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AMUSBHENT Pu - ' "
PUBLISHING Co., of Atlantic City
V.'- VENTNOB, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1923 Two Cents per Copy Vol. 17 No. 31
I The Scribbler
f- _ Makes His Bow
And Say a a Good Word for Pub
lisher* — He Believes That
Book Manufacturers Really
Belong to the Human
Family
» * . ■*'
A VETERAN SCRIBBLER
The stories of Little Red Riding
Hood and the wicked wolf who
personated the grandmother
whom he had consumed, and the
other, fell tale of the wolf and the
lamb, and the Scriptural assump
tion of the general incompati
bility -of wolves and lambs, all
i seem to many excellent minds to
be justified by the relations of
publishers and authors. The vul
pine publisher exists only to fat
ten upon innocent authors. He is
— the dreadful ogre of the fairy
tale, the giant with his resound
ing fee, faw, fum, who smells the
blood of timorous scribblers, and
must have some.
This tradition of Grub Street.
, and of the sorrows of Otway and
Chatterton, and of Goldsmith
himself, reappears in the interest
and surprise expressed recently
because of the dedication of a
work by an English author to his
friend an English publisher.
Whether the friendly dedication
was regarded as a despairing ef
fort of the victim to placate the
dragon, or as a humiliation ex
torted by the tyrant as the con
dition of publication, or whatever
the theory might be, the fact was
thought worthy of notice. But
it was certainly not the first of
' , its kind.
Publishers do really belong to
- the human family, and are en
titled to mercy even in the judg
ment of authors; and the worship
ful company of editors in the
" vulpine train should not be
doomed without opportunity for
a word in mitigation of sentence.
"The publisher doubtless lives by
" „ publishing books, and were there
no authors to write books, there
5, would be no books to publish.
But it is equally true that were
there no publishers to live by
.ji publishing honks, authors could
not live by writing them. The
relation is really one of co-opera
tion. But there is a third ele
ment, a tertium quid, which must
be "considered—the public. It is
for the public that the author
- writes. “When I found,” said
Emerson, “that the young man
' " did not seek an audience, I
. doubted his genius.” But neither
the author nor the publisher can
control the taste of the public,
nor forecast its favor. It was a
'wise and friendly, not a vulpine,
remark which the old publisher
At- made to .the young author who
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Wheel Bat Saves
_t _
An automobile driven by How
. ard L. Porter, of Arkansas and
Pacific Avenues, collided with a
trolley car at Dudley and Atlantic
t,*. Avenues last Saturday night.
The automobile was damaged con
siderably. The front wheel was
entirely demolished and the mud
guard and running board were
badly damaged. The driver
escaped without injury.
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
; 711 Boardwalk—Marine 2126-M
Everythin* in Book*. — Adv.
YELLOW CAB Company. Mar.
. , 6000. Quick, Safe Service—Adv.
"Buy Coal Now" — Riley Bro*.
Mar. 12061 116 N. Brighton. Adv.
JOHN MURTLAND
President Fourth Ward Club
Commodore Kuehnle
Back With Regulars
Overflow Rally at New Fourth
Ward Republican Club Scene
of Harmony — John Murt-‘
land in the Chair
The new Fourth Ward Repub
lican Club met Monday night at
Garibaldi Hall in South Missouri
Avenue under the abte leadership
of John Murtland at a rally that
recalled to old timers the days
of the McKinley campaign. Fully
five hundred voters gathered to
meet the candidates in the live
liest pre-primary meeting of the
night. The strength and solid
ity of the local organization was
pleasantty manifest in the en
thusiasm which greeted the or
ganization candidates. The pop
ularity of the G. O. P. selections
among district men was evident
from the opening.
President Murtland, in open
ing the meeting, stressed the ne
cessity for a strong showing at
the primaries and pointed out
that although the local G. O. P.
ticket was practically without
opposition to the organization
candidates, yet. the strength of
the organization in the coming
spring primaries demanded the
(Continued on Page 2)
Work Begun On Municipal Pier
Under the direction of Con
tractor John E. Kahle, actual
■work on the enlarging of the
Municipal Pier and Casino and
the Fishing Pier began Monday
morning. All material to be used
in the improvement of the piers
is on hand and has been inspected
by Councilman Harry Scull to
make sure that it came up to the
specifications of the contract.
The Casino has proven, during
the past season, to be too small
to provide for the patronage and
workmen are now engaged in
making preparations for connect
ing the two piers with a decking
which will be of sufficient size to
.permit musicians to play there
when the weather is favorable.
Another feature of the Casino
which will greet summer visitors
will be a spacious open air dance
floor.
Better facilities are also to be
provided for next season on the
Municipal Fishing Pier. The pier
will be lengthened by 100 feet
with the “T” at the extreme end
affording accommodations for
more anglers as well as making
provisions for better fishing in the
| deeper water.
PACKARD TAXI SERVICE
Phones: Marine 3n3-31jl4. Adv.
DisposaljPlant Plan
Carried In Council
Fire Hote end Jetty Bid*
-7- Rejected
Providing for the acquisition
of approximately fifteen acres of
ground and the construction of a
sewage disposal plant on Ventnor
Heights Ordinance No. 14 was
passed on first reading by Com
mon Council last Monday night.
The measure sets forth the gen
eral plan for the erection of the
necessary buildings and reser
voirs for the disposal plant, as
well as the boundary of the lands i
to be acquired, the same lying j
between Beach Thoroughfare on
the north and Park Avenue on the
south, and between Third Avenue
on the east and the West Canal,
popularly known as the Ventnor
Canal, on the west.
- Proposals submitted on Sep
tember 10 by four different bid
I ders for the construction of a
stone and brush jetty on the beach
near Washington Avenue were re
jected on motion of Chairman
Scull, of the Beach Park Com- j
mittee, who stated that-the bids!
were deemed much too high. The ;
City Clerk was directed to re
advertise for bids to be received
on October 8.
All bids received by Council two
weeks ago for the furnishing of
2500 feet of fire hose were all re
jected. Proposals will again be
advertised to be 'presented on
October 22. - V ;
| Protesting alleged discrimina
i tion against oil burner stoves of
! the type using a continuous water
flow F. E. Randow, of 11 North
Baltimore Avenue, caused a stir
when a letter written by him was
read before Council. The letter
was received and filed. Council
has never taken action against
the use of such heating apparatus,
although the question of forcing
a meter to be placed in properties
using such types of stoves has
been at times informally dis
cussed.
Secretary Bratton, of the Board
of Trade, in a communication to
Council commended the action of
the city in officially providing for
a municipal entry in the Atlantic
City Pageant.
The Sewer Committee was au
thorized to advertise for bids for
the furnishing of 7800 pounds of
chlorine for use in the septic
tanks at the disposal plant.
Designated quantities are to be
delivered to the city monthly.
Proposals will be received by
Council on October 22.
Council met in executive session
after adjournment and discussed
various matters of a special
nature. Morris Keen, owner of
large tracts of land in the extreme
upper part of the city, discussed
with the solons the advisability of
the city taking over necessary
lands to open and lay out a street
in continuation of Winchester
Avenue from Austin to Jackson
Avenues. Members of Council ex
pressed themselves in opposition
to any project which apparently
would inure chiefly to the benefit
of owners of undeveloped land.
The street .will probably be con
structed by abutting property
owners and dedicated to public
use, and after acceptance of such
street the city .would then-assume
maintenance.
Deliveries at any time desired
daily and this insures Ventnor
householders the best service for
all kinds of sea foods, if orders
are given to the CHELSEA FISH
MARKET, 2707 Atlantic Avenue.
Phones, Bell—Marine 2180 and
2181.—>A4t« _
TAG
Women Voter*’ Guide
WILL YOU VOTE?
General Election, November 6.
If good citizen* want good
government, they mutt vote
and help make good govern
ment.
I* there an American Flag in
your home?
Pleate give one a place there
ditplayed properly 1
Nov. II June 14
Feb. 12 July 4
Feb. 22 Labor Day
May 30
Help make your home in
Ventnor the home of a
properly displayed flag.
Ventnor Women
Issue Voters’ Guide
Proceeds of Musical and Dance
Aid Distribution of Tags to
' Help Cause
-By Ethel Rattay
The Ventnor Women Voters’
League has put in circulation
hundreds of these tags, spreading
the gospel. This novel an
nouncement is the forerunner of
educational courses which these
progressive women will intro7
duce.
Courses in civic study, which
will elucidate the quality and
construction of good government,
are being planned. No woman
need vote as her family does foi
lack of enlightenment which wili
enable her to see both sides ot
the question and then make her
own decision when she has
availed herself of the opportun
ity to understand the issues. An
analysis of the motives of candi
dates — organized activity to
elect the man who will best serve
the office, and various other
phases connected with citizenship
will be featured in the winter
activities.
The old adage that a man must
be twenty-one in order to vote
and a woman must be twenty-one
and intelligent is disturbing the
feminine yoters to the extent
that they are making good.
Nothing will be left undone by
this active band of women to
dispel the mists of ignorance pf
political machinery that will
transport them to the realms of
fuller co-operation with their
fellow workers. The studies will
be conducted along non-partisan
lines, with the thought in mind
that better thinking makes bet
ter parties, and that the modern
woman should bring to the polls
the unbiased untraditional opin
ion which is the right of free
thinking citizens. This activity
of women is strongly advocated
by Secretary Davis, of the De
partment of Labor, who claims
the great need of men’s organi
zation is just such educational
methods if slack methods and
fuller enlightenment is to exist
in government.
The Ventnor Women Voters’
League will give a formal musi
cal and dance at the Hotel Chel
sea, October 19, at which promi
nent artists will appear and the
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Quick Action Saves Burning Cat
Local firemen responded to an
alarm Sunday when an auto
mobile belonging to William
Toms, 129 Sacramento Avenue
caught fire as the result o£ a
short circuit.
The blaze was extinguished
shortly after the arrival of the
company with little damage to the
car. _
Edge Lauds Ventnor
Enjoys Atmosphere
At High School Dedication, the
Popular Senator in Forcible
Addreis, Say* Ventnor I*
“The Great City of Home*”'
At the formal opening and dedi-!
cation of the Atlantic City and ]
Ventnor High School last Satur
day afternoon Ventnorites were
much delighted that the resi
dential resort was represented on
the platform by its most eminent
citizen, United States Senator
Walter E. Edge. The distin
guished guest of the occasion was
surrounded by men famous in al
most every walk of life. The
illustrious statesman’s strong per
sonality stood forth to such a
degree that his remarks sent a
thrill of enthusiasm through the
entire audience. The hushed
! silence invoked by the patriotic
words that fell from his lips
culminated in a burst of applause
at the conclusion of his speech. ;
In a compact and concisely!
worded address the Senator spoke
of the great value of education.
He stressed his deep appreciation
of the liberal attitude assumed by
the local authorities—backed by
the tax payers—which brought
even the higher branches of learn
ing within easy reach of the most
humble. Obedience to the law, a
strict adherence to the constitu
tion of the United States and due
recognition 0f the wonderful ad
vantages of the school systems
' which made the great new edifice
and all it stood for formed the
main text of the Senator’s speech.
But the high light of his effort
for the Ventnor delegation oc
curred when he said in part, “I
consider it a great privilege that
we of Ventnor are allowed to cross
the line and participate and do
our share to aid in the success
of so vast an enterprise as this, j
j I enjoy the atmosphere of Vent- I
; nor and appreciate its many |
beauties and advantages for it is :
the great City of Homes.”
“No Fishing” Sign
Regarded As Joke
The Lower End of the Ventnor
Boardwalk Is a Mass of Filth
and Dirt—Citizens Think
the Police Department Is
Slumbering
On the Boardwalk below Port
land Avenue appears a big red
sign which reads, “No Fishing
Allowed by order of the Police.”
Last Sunday, by actual count,
within sight of this notice forty
six fishermen were casting their
lines merrily oceanward, and this
part of the Boardwalk resembled
a pig-sty; bait, dead fish, weeds,
the remnants of luncheon parties,
not only created stench and filth,
but made it hazardous for the
pedestrians who constantly slip
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Equitable To Entertain
Visiting Bankers At Luncheon
President Harry Bacharach and
the Officers and Directors of the
Equitable Trust Company will
give a series of luncheons this
week to visiting bankers in at
tendance at the American Bank
ers’ Association. The luncheons
will be given in the dining-room of
the new Banking Building at Ark
ansas and Atlantic Avenues.
—NEXT WINTER’S COAL—
Austin Coal Co. Mar. 11.—A*
I!
Photo—A. C. Commercial
Herman Sypherd, of the Uuarantee
Trust Company, is in charge of the
General Convention arrangements for
the American Bankers’ Association,
which is in session here this week.
Bankers’Association
In Brilliant Session
j Optimistic Atmosphere Pervades
Economic Discussions—Pater* '
nalism Scored-Stock Ex*
change Upheld
Par Collection Policy May
it- Divide Bankers
Thousands of America’s fa
mous banking' figures have al
ready arrived in town for the
mid-week sessions of the Ameri
can Bankers’ Association. Under
the hospitable direction of Mr.
Herman Sypherd, general chair
man of the local committee on
entertainment, every avenue of
pleasure has been opened to
make holiday for the distin
guished financial pilots of na
tional prosperity. From the
headquarters, at the Hotel Tray
more, our distinguished visitors
will find a hundred highways
leading to every point of inter
est from the yacht club, to golf,
Boardwalk .diversities, hotels,
theatres and our beautiful suburb ...
of Ventnor to interest, amuse,
and please, amid the serious
work of the busy days of con
structive discussion. -
The keynote of those spokes
men of the national body, whose
utterances have become public
as we go to press, is encourag- '
ingly optimistic, importing a per
manence of general banking
policy for the coming year. The
current condition of strength
notably _ present in the com
mercial and industrial sections
and reflected in the business
prosperity visible in the cities is
conceded by J. H. Puelicher,
president of the national asso
ciation. The absence of run
away elements in the situation of
the commodity markets is noted
as a factor for stability by Mr.
Charles H. Sabin, chairman of
the board of the Guaranty Trust *:
Company of New York.
Seasonal depression in the
farming districts is giving way
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PENNY EARNED”
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