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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1924
Three Cents per Copy Vol. 18 No. 7
lhe Bathing Suit
And The Camera
Betray All Of Us
Minerva Casts Aside Some of Her
Modesty and Shatters Conven
tionalities When She Goes to
Splash in the Surf
By a Veteran Scribbler
Herodotus pauses in his ab
sorbing story of Gyge and Can
daules’ wife to observe that a
woman lays aside her modesty
with her raiment.
Considering the limited oppor
tunity that so prim and scholarly
an old gentleman could have en
joyed for experiences in this di
rection, the remark does credit
to Herodotus’ perspicacity.
What may have been a truth
as to modesty in the loose and
luxurious days of the ancient
Greek may be a slander in this
precise and moral time; but that
manners are closely allied to gar
ments is a fact that holds good
even with moderns.
It is not a truth flattering to
fin de siecle refinement—this
mean dependence of our aesthetic
personality upon such an artificial
adjunct as trousers and petti
coats; and it is a truth whose un
welcome obtrusiveness might
have been materially softened, or
even entirely prevented but for
two distinctly modern contriv
ances.
The bathing suit and the cam
era—these are the twin betray
ers of our innate‘savagery.
The crude, inchoate device of
flimsy flannel first pressed the
button that run up the curtain
on our real carelessness; the ko
dak did the rest.
Students of human nature have
sought in vain for an explanation
of the utter rout of supposedly
ingrained sentiment and conven
tionalities that attends the don
ning of a bathing suit.
Under the magic touch of the
man with the gelatine film, seem
.ingly inherent manners turn out
to be mere evanescent affecta
tions.
The haughty dowager, the ex
quisite maid, the formal-minded
matron, the pompous buck, the
pretty dandy, don with their un
constricting gar of both flan
nels, a devil-may-care disregard
for the modes and conventions of
fashions that remind one strongly
of the wise man’s comment on
the close relation between wo
manly pudicy and its outer guard.
Complexion isn’t the only thing
that the sea water washes off.
That delicate veneer, dainty and
rare as the vernis Martin, the
work, as one fancies, of at least
three generations of complete
gentility, the exclusive heritage
(C!/infirmart nn PnrtP.
“Rom Light” Scare b Ventnor
Mysterious lights, flashing off
the coast of Ventnor Monday
night, brought out the coast
guards stationed at Longport on
a midnight search for rum smug
glers.
Ventnor residents who noticed
the signals telephoned the guards
who scoured the coast from Long
port to Atlantic City, but were
unable to find any trace of liquor
smugglers.
Today’s Editorials Page 9
CHAIR PARKING
A NEW BATHING BEACH
PROGRESS
TURNING BARBERS’ TALK
TO GOOD PURPOSE
THE VALUE OF COURTESY
GEORGE WINGATE
Chairman of the streets committee of
Ventnor City Council who started action
against speeding trucks and automobiles
in Ventnor on the grounds that they
are detrimental to the city's streets.
Ventnor Police
To Halt Speeders
Council Acts Against Motorists
To Preserve Streets
War on speeding trucks and
automobiles was declared by the
Ventnor police department follow
ing a resblution passed by council
on Monday evening, calling for the
enforcement of the speed limit of
twenty miles an hour for pas
senger cars and twelve miles per
hour for trucks.
The resolution was presented on
the grounds that the speeding of
heavy trucks is highly detrimental
to the streets of the city. George
Wingate, chairman of the streets
committee, who formally offered
t.he resolution, said that it would
be necessary to pave and re
inforce a street with Midvale steel
in order that it might successfully
withstand the heavy pounding of
the ponderous trucks and large
sightseeing cars that almost daily
travel over the Ventnor streets.
Previously, it has been the
custom of the police department
to fix a courtesy speed limit, al
though the state motor vehicle act
stipulates twelve miles per hour
as the legal speed limit within a
city.
Chief Frings, of the police de
partment, is fully in accord with
the new resolution.
“We have been given orders to
strictly enforce the speed laws in
Ventnor,” said the Ventnor chief
of police, “and arrests will be
made when they are violated.”
Ventnor Council Acts
To Keep Streets Clean
That the careless tossing of
newspapers and sweeping of other
refuse into Ventnor and Atlantic
Avenues detracts greatly from the
appearance of Ventnor City’s
principal thoroughfares was the
fact called to the attention of
council last Monday night by
George Wingate, chairman of the
street committee.
In line with Mr. Wingate’s sug
gestion, a resolution was adopted
for the purchase of refuse recep
tacles to be placed along the beach
as well as the streets. ’
VENTNOR TRUST COMPANY
4% On Time Deposits
Safe Deposit Boxes —Adv.
Greetersfof America
Entertained Here
130 Delegates Visit Resort After
Holding Convention in Wash
ington, D. C.
With less than eight hours
notice, visiting delegates and their
lady friends attending the Annual
Convention of the Greeters of
America in Washington descended
on Atlantic City on Monday eve
ning and found New Jersey Char
ter 43 and the hospitality of At
lantic City Hotels fully equal to
the occasion of welcoming their
brother clerks from behind the
desks of hotels from all parts of
the country.
Greeters C. A. Keene and Sec
retary Harry Morris met the in
coming train at Philadelphia,
while President W. T. Lawless,
former Presidents Dan McLaugh
(Continued on page 2)
Girl Auto Yictim
To Prosecute Driver
mis* neien Liavis win be con
fined to Hospital Six Weeks
Due to Injuries
That action will be taken
against Theodore Chacones, 22,
of Washington, D. C., who last
week ran down Miss Helen Davis,
19, of 6411 Ventnor Ave., seri
ously injuring her and her two
companions, was stated by her
brother, Abraham Davis, home to
see his injured sister.
He said further that they al
ready had a lawyer on the case
and had started proceedings to
prosecute. Besides facing the
charges of the Davis family, Cha
cones will have to answer to the
State for not stopping after he
had hit another car at the same
time he struck Miss Davis and her
companions.
According to hospital reports,
Miss Davis will be compelled to
spend at least the next six weeks
upon her back. Her condition,
though not dangerous, is sti'l
very serious and painful because
of a broken pelvis and internal
injuries. To date, the shock of
the accident has been such that
it has not been possible to put
on a plaster cast.
Had it not been for the way
that Miss Davis wore her hair on
the night of the accident, it is
quite probable that she would
not have survived the mishap.
As it was she received a terrific
blow upon the back of the head,
where a heavy knot of her lux
uriant rad hair protected .her head.
Union Terminal Plan Boosted
The Atlantic City Realty Board,
encouraged by the success of con
vention hall boosters, will renew
their efforts soon to have a Union
Terminal constructed at the re
sort.
Plans with definite recommenda
tions will be drawn up at a meet
ing of the board of directors this
week. The realtors are expected
to back the Bader idea for a sta
tion on a site near the electric
plant at Missouri Ave.
Receive Fire Hydrant Bids
Bids for work in exchanging all
fire hydrants and equipment
valves to the national standard
tread system to be installed in
Ventnor in the near future, were
received by council on Monday
night.
Yentnor Council Praises
Work of Fire-Fighters
Ventnor City Council, as a body,
paid tribute to the efficient work of
the city’s fire department and vol
unteer firemen in extinguishing the
recent $10,000 dollar blaze along the
Thoroughfare, by passing a resolu
tion commending the men for their
services.
$10,000 Fire Loss
On Water Front
Mayor Marston Starts Move for
Purchase of Fire Boat to
Protect Property
Fire caused by the explosion
of the gasoline tank aboard the
cruiser “Janet” early last Wed
nesday night at the boathouse of j
John C. Lawrence, summer resi
dent of Ventnor, 54 Avenue V,
Ventnor Heights, resulted in dam
age estimated at $10,000, and
providing one of the most excit
ing hours experienced in the re-;
sort, and heaps of discussion on
the subject of adding a fireboat
to the city’s fire-fighting appa
| The fire broke out while Ed
ward Scholes, 21, of 2 S. Union
Ave., Margate, was working on
his motorboat. Although the
force of the explosion blew off
the entire bow of the craft,
Scholes was aided in escaping
from the boat, which was soon a
floating mass of flames, by John
E. Johnson, 101 Eighth Ave., whc
took the youth to his home where
he was treated for burns by Dr.
Thomas Youngman.
Drifting out into the Thorough
fare, the burning boat left the
boat slip which immediately burst
into flame when soaked with gas
oline, and menaced a line of boa;
houses on the opposite shore.
' While awaiting the arrival of
, the Ventnor City fire department,
[ Enoch S. Turner, city treasurer
' and experienced boatman, put
out in his cruiser “Althea” and
( succeeded in placing a line on the
■ furiously blazing cruiser, which
was towed to shallow water,
where it burned to the edge.
Under the direction of Fire
Chief Maurice Y. Royal, one line
| of hose was placed upon the city
treasurer's boat and played upon
I the blazing craft while three
other streams of water were sent
against the burning boathouse.
, (Continued on Page 30)
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Tcmuur umager
Dies Suddenly
Wealthy St. Louis Business Man
Was Summer Resident Here
For Many Years
Stricken shortly after eating
his noonday luncheon, Harry E.
Sternberg, 59, wealthy St. Louis
| business man, succumbed sudden
ly to a heart attack Monday after
noon at his residence, 21 S.
Marion Ave., Ventnor, where he
had been summering with his
family.
Mr. Sternberg, according to his
physician, had been apparently in
good health and had gone in the
surf in the morning. He died
shortly before medical assistance
reached him. The body was
shipped to St. Louis yesterday
for burial.
The St. Louis man had been a
summer resident of Ventnor for
many years with his wife, son and
daughter and several grand
children.
Former Mayor Riddle Sees
Republicans Solid For Edge
Defends U. S. Senator’s Neutrality Stand in Recent Municipal
Election—Looks for Perfect Harmony Within G. O. P.
Ranks Before September Primaries
Former Mayor William Riddle,
a capitalist actively connected
with some of the largest financial
institutions of Atlantic County,
and a life-long Republican, yes
terday stated to a Ventnor News
representative that he strongly
approved Senator Walter E.
Edge’s action in preserving abso
lute neutrality during the recent
municipal election, and expressed
the firm conviction that long be
fore the primaries next Septem
ber, the entire Republican organ
ization will be working in har
mony and of one accord in the:r
endeavor to effect the nomination
of our local United States Sen
ator.
“I believe beyond a doubt,”
said Mr. Riddle, “that this lack
of harmony and apparent rup
ture in the local Republican or
ganization is all newspaper talk.
I could not well conceive how a
man occupying the exalted posi
tion of a United States Senator
could possibly take part in a local
election which precipitated a
quarrel of factions in his own
party.
“A United States Senator rep
resents not only the immediate
} community in which he lives, bui
| the entire State interests, am
I under no circumstances can be
! little himself by expressing opin
ions either pro or con in what wa;
after all, only a ‘family quarrel
in the Republican organization oi
Atlantic City. He had to bear
in mind, in the first place, that
ALL the parties concerned were
Republicans and the fact that
they differed on municipal ques
tions in no way impaired their
loyalty or adherence to the Re
publican party as far as State or
national questions were con
cerned.
“Under these circumstances, it
would not only have been tact
less, but absurd, to side with
either faction, and for this rea
son every fair-minded citizen
must realize that the stand that
Senator Edge took was dighified
and in harmony with what one
| might expect from a representa
j tive elected to the highest office
within the gift of the people of
the State.
“I am of the personal opinion
that the reports that have been
floating around are very much ex
aggerated and that when the
proper time comes, the entire Re
publican organization will be re
united and work in unity and
harmony not only to obtain the
nomination of our present United
States Senator, but also to see
that he is elected; for, after all
it is a presidential year, and we
have the Democrats who will un
doubtedly come through with ful
| force, and it behooves us to leave
■ i no loop-holes open which migh
send Atlantic County, which al
i ways has been known as a strong
, hold of Republicanism, on the
j other side of the fence.”
Ventnor Taxes Near
The Half Way Mark
Collector Scull Reports Office
Has Taken in $312,873
Up To July 1
James G. Scull, Tax Collector
of Ventnor City, reports that
$312,873 is the amount of the
taxes collected in the resort up
to July 1 of this year. This sum
represents 47.1 per cent, of the '
total tax to be collected.
The remainder to be collected
is $657,164, which is due by the
end of this year. In 1923 $248,
382 was the amount collected by
July 1 or 43.8 per cent, of the
total to be collected — showing
that Ventnor is rising in wealth
and property rather rapidly.
The discount given taxpayers
for early payment this year
amounts to $1,503.25 compared
to $1,382.44 of 1923.
Beach Plan Progresses
Despite the opposition offered
recently by a real estate operator,
Ventnor City council passed sec
ond reading on an ordinance call
in for the purchase of a new
beach site at Lafayette Avenue.
The city solons also paved the
way for the building of new septic
tanks by passing on final reading
an ordinance providing for the
vacating of several street ends
and alleys in the northwest section
of Ventnor.
Deliveries at any time desired
j daily and this insures Ventnor
I householders the best service for
I all kinds of sea foods, if orders
are given to the CHELSEA FISH
1 MARKET, 2707 Atlantic Avenue.
I Phones, Bell—Marine 2180 and
| 2181.—Adv.
New Trolley Service
Started To Margate
Shore Line Inaugurates 20-Min
ute Continuous Service; Mar
gate Residents Pleased
The new trolley service from
Virginia Ave. and the Boardwalk
to Cedar Grove Ave., Margate
City, was inaugurated last Friday
by the Shore Fast Line.
Residents of Atlantic City,
Ventnor and the lower part of
Margate, as well as visitors, will
be greatly benefited by the new
schedule, which affords quick
service to these points, without
the necessity of changing cars, as
heretofore.
The cars leave Virginia Ave.
at three o’clock and every twenty
minutes thereafter. The schedule
will be continued through the
months of July and August.
Contractor Objects
lo Upening Uf street;
The plan of Ventnor City’
rulers to open up two small street
in the upper part of the city nea
the Thoroughfare met with oppo
silion when Morris Keen, a con
tractor representing Calendar <!
Keen, protested the action fron
the floor of council on Monda’
night.
Keen claimed that the assess
ments for costs of opening th
| streets had not been pro-ratei
1 equitably and council ordered thi
ordinance tabled for further con
i sideration before it was brough
; up for last reading.
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