Morris Elphman Improves
Morris Elphman, well known
local merchant importer of 4903
Atlantic Ave., who .has been ill for
several weeks, has returned to his
home from the hospital and is
now convalescing rapidly. He de
sires to thank his many friends
for their constant sympathy and
attentions during his illness.
A Correction
In an article appearing in the
last issue of the Ventnor News
referring to the Seaside Trust
Company, it was incorrectly
stated that George E. Morstadt,
assistant cashier of the Chelsea
National Bank, will act as man
ager of the new instituiaoa.
Mr. Morstadt will serve ia the
capacity of secretary and treas
urer of the Seaside Trust Com
pany.
Gty Tennis Courts
Proposed h Condi
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Standard Engineering & Con
struction Co., of Ventnor, for the
laying of a 14-inch cast iron water
main from Cornwall and Win
chester Aves. to Vassar Square
and Ventnor Ave. The approxi
mate cost will be $35,000. Four
bidders submitted proposals for
the pipe line which is to extend
about one mile. The other con
cerns included James Ferry Co.,
Atlantic City; Edward L. Bader
Construction Co., Atlantic City;
John E. Kahle, Ventnor City.
Bids received for the removal
of concrete boulders and old piling
from the beach between Richards
and Fredericksburg Aves. were
considerably in excess of the esti
mated cost. Proposals were sub
mitted by John E. Kahle, $34,980,
and the Standard Engineering &
Construction Co., $38,854. The
bids were referred to the city
engineer for report at the next
meeting.
Store links Draw
Easton Golfers
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scores so that eighty-five took the
low gross, but the course, especi
ally the greens, was in splendid
condition.
Ed. Rush, of the Atlantic City
C. C., took the low net prize for
Class “A” (handicaps up to 13
inclusive), net 75. In Class “B”,
handicaps 14 to 20; Dr. R. J. Held,
of Linwood C. C., with a low gross
of 76, handicap 15, net 81, took
first net prize. In Class “C”,
handicaps 21 to 35, A. E. Booth,
Freshmeadow C. C., with a gross
of 104—handicap 25—net 79 had
a low net. There was a tie for a
low gross between John Scheuer,
of the Linwood C. C., and Charlie
Reckner, of Cedarbrook, both hav
ing 85. On the toss-up, Reckner
took the honor. Since Reckner
was one oi our ioursome, com
posed of George Hoffner, Bill Hip
pie, Reckner and myself, I wit
nessed the remarkable shot he
made on the 12th hole, his second
shot found the pond and lay in
about two inches of water a foot
from the far bank. Reckner de
cided to play it but to do so he
had to stand well ahead of the ball
and face the right. The ball had
to be pitched at a very sharp
angle and an intentional hook
played out of the water. The shot
was played perfectly, the ball
landing on the green and a 5 re
sulted.
Scheuer’s game was very good
and had it not been for sixes on
the last two holes, he would have
easily won the medal.
In looking over the list of play
ers, we see that of the ninety-eight
playing only twenty were from
Atlantic City and the balance from
points as distant as New York
and Pennsylvania, which proves
how popular these tournaments
and course are with outsiders.
The main idea in starting these
winter tournaments has been to
prove that golf here in the winter
time can be played under just as
good conditions as in the middle
South. We have made our bid
more to outsiders than to Atlantic
City people, hence the limited
number of people from this vi
cinity, which idea, I trust, local
people will understand is at the
bottom of my imposing certain
requirements as to entrants to
these tournaments.
Our first winter tournament
was played Christmas, 1921, at
which time we had about fifty en
trants; although February is the
time for qur worst weather here
I decided to risk a tournament on
February 22, 1922. This was a
| great success and weather condi
tions were ideal, many playing in
their shirt sleeves with a tem
perature of 56. The following
Christmas saw an increased entry
list and each tournament since has
bees aware popular than the last.
Wha cae thinks that nearly 100
players played here on February
dSs&h. 192-4. which is considered a
pretty good entry list for a regu
lar three-day invitation tourna
ment. it hardly seems possible.
The field was a very good one,
there being nineteen players with
handicaps of ten or less and ten
with handicaps of six or less in
this tournament.
Open Car Window
Causes Quarrels
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bor insists upon discharging at
him? or may he rightfully sum
mon the conductor or the brake
man and have justice done byj
closing the window? The offend
ing neighbor contends that he re
quires fresh air, and that his rear
ward companion has no right to
compel him to be suffocated in a
noisome atmosphere. Moreover, !
he declares that his neighbor also
has a window, which he can con
trol at pleasure, and that only!
members of the great Hog family
would insist upon managing every
window in the car at their pleas
ure.
Sir Lucius would enjoy the pret
tiness of the quarrel as it thus
stands, and it is certainly not one
of easy adjustment, for it becomes
at once extremely complicated.
There are probably two persons
upon every seat. Now is the ab
solute control of the window neces
sarily vested in the traveller who
sits next to it? and if so, to which
window in the car has his neigh
bor on the outside of the seat a
right? Again, if the outer pas
senger on the seat behind enjoys
the open window in front, and his
fellow in the same seat detests it,
how shall the dissent be com
pounded? If three of the four
declare for the open window, and
the consumptive fourth objects,
ought the majority to rule, or
ought the vigorous inhalers of
oxygen to submit to inconvenience
in order to save the attenuated
neighbor from a fatal whiff? Such
dilemmas arise upon all sides.
Who is the rightful master of the
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More Pleasant?
The Drapery Shop
2632 Atlantic Avenue
G. P. JOHNSTON, Prop.
window?
The passenger who sjts next to
it has an immense advantage of
position, and with a broad back
and obnoxious elbows he can repel
flank attacks and even direct as
saults for some time. The window
itself also is his ally, for if he
wishes it closed it usually sticks
fast, and' if he wishes it open it is
very sure to refuse to come down.
Meanwhile the entire company in
the car take sides. One part of
them declares that life without
fresh air is. disease and speedy
death; the other part affirms that
health and comfort are not to be
ruthlessly sacrificed to abstract
theories; and unless some ardent
friend of fresh air thrusts his arm
through the window and makes
shutting it impossible, the war
sees no immediate end. One in
genious skirmisher, however, sug
gests a clever parry of the pneu
monic blast at the cost of its pro
moter.. Hold a newspaper, he
says, just at the back of the of
fender, against the side of the
open window in front of you, and
the whole condemned blast will
carom against it, and pour dust,
ashes, cinders, smoke and pneu
monia over the culprit himself.
This dexterous expedient he avers
that .he has tried with great suc
cess.
The persuasion that if a man
doesn’t assert himself he will be
“put upon” is the secret of much
of the universal selfishness of
which the car window controversy
is an illustration. The contro
versy cannot be quickly settled by
any means but courtesy. If to a
polite request to. close the -window,
because of the discomfort or even
peril to health which if opened it
will produce, there be no reply but
that you can do what you please
with your own window, or that
the deponent has no intention of
submitting to asphyxia, or that if
you don’t like your seat you can
take another, or, briefly and com
pendiously, that deponent hopes
he knows his own business—if
there be no reply but some form
of this retort, there are but four
courses to pursue: you may submit
quietly, or you may “sarce” back,
or you may resort to the news
paper screen, or you may resolute
ly grapple with the window and
try conclusions of main strength
with the Hottentot in front of you.
The last course a gentleman is re
luctant to undertake, but the
screen has great attractions, and
may soothe a perturbed temper.
Combined with tranquility, it
would seem to be the better
method, except in extreme cases.
If a man is not wholly absorbed
by the conviction that in order to
compel attention and respect from
others he must behave like a bully
or a boor, he may perhaps consider
that such a conviction does not
exhaust human wisdom or the les
sons of experience. Two of the
oldest maxims approved by the
consent of all nations and all ages
are that a soft answer turneth
away wrath, and that he that
■lumbleth himself shall be ex
Smiles
By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER
The last place you would expect to find and
endeavor to create a smile, is at an undertaker’s.
Yet, that is exactly what Mr. A. L. Asher, founder
of the Atlantic City Funeral Chapel, 12 South
Iowa Avenue, is trying to do.
He is the benefactor of mankind who can produce
a smile where there were only tears before.
Suffering makes kinsmen of us all. To relieve
the grief-stricken, to create forgetfulness, to plant
hope in disconsolate hearts, to bring a smile to
quivering lips, is a rare privilege.
All this is achieved by Mr. A. L. Asher, and
repeated every day, over and over again.
Not because he does lighten the burdens of those
bowed down in grief does Mr. Asher deserve the
thanks of mankind, but because he helps them be
.strong to shoulder their burdens.
A funeral service arranged by Mr. Asher is a
service of love, of happy memories.
Call Marine 6610 at any hour day or night
(C) 1928
What a Difference!
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rooms and legislative lobbies and
small wits, it is not unbounded
cheek, but self-respecting cour
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the narrow way, and one, keeping
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stepping aside, said, quickly, “I
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