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THE WEST .ATLANTIC CITY NEWS Published Tuesday at 12 W. Washington Avenue, Pleasantville, N. J. by Kenneth W. QOLDTH WAITE, Editor and Publisher. BELL PHONE 43 Application made for entering as second-class mail matter at the Pleas antvilie Post Office. TERMS: $1.50 per Annum* in Advance, postage paid anywhere in the United States. ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION. All Communications, whether intended for publication^ or not, must haive name of the writer affixed; otherwise no consideration will be given them. The West Atlantic City News is on sale at the following places: West Atlantic City Casino. Absecon—Ellen E. Showed, at the Postoffice. , * Atlantic City—Shore Fast Waiting Room, 8 So. Virginia Avenue. ^ Pleasantville—P. T. Harris, 3 S. Main St.; H. W. Fenimore, 35 S. Main St.; Ted Merrick, at Electric Station: E. P. Hambleton, 101 N. Main St.; Charles B. King, 421 N. Main St., or at the office, 12 W. Washington Ave. Somers Point—Joseph Green, Higbee Ave and Shore Road; Au B. Lingo, Bhore Road and New Jersey Ave. Linwood—McCartney's Store. j ' ! ., ' NEW JERSEY -A ^ . With it's wide variety of natural beauty, its low but rugged mountains, its rolling mid-country of generous fertility and its splendid sea coastj New Jersey has mani fold attractions for the touring tnotorist. Fine highways abound in New Jersey, one uf the pioneer states of the Union in road building. This, to gether with the varied appeal of the state, makes it an , ideal motoring section.. The man who likes outdoor sports, varying from golf to fishing, will find sections that seem to have been created with him in mind. The vacation seeker will want to visit the famous Jersey shore resorts. The motorist who insists on historical association will find Jersey was the main' battleground of the Revolution. Those' interested in farming can motor through some of the richest farming sections in America. The manufacturer will find several large cities whose prosperity comes fron| this source. ■ In fact, New Jersey is unique among the states in its combination of attractions for the motorist. For those who like to roll up hill and down dale, with glimpses of fertile valleys, wooded summits and sparkling streams, these beauties are found in abundance in the northern part of the state, through Morristown, where General Washington spent a winter hardly less trying than that of \ Valley Forge, fertile Long Valley, and the impressive Water Gap, where the Delaware forces its way through a gigantic notch 1,200 feet deep in the rock of the Kitta tinny Range. i Certainly eastern America can hardly rival New -■Jersey’s coastal roadways, from the Highlands, overlook ing Sandy Hook to the tip of Cape May. Along this splendid stretch of ocean front, with its white beaches and its never ending surf, the traveler can pass delightful hours as such watering places as Seabright, Asbury Park, Spring Lake, Beach Haven, Ocean City, Cape May and of course, that metropolis of the coast, Atlantic City, renown ed the world over for the splendor of its hotels. In sport facilities New Jersey stands in the front rank— there are splendidly equipped country clubs in all parts ' of the state, golfers are especially fortunate in fine links in many places. The trunk line highways north and south are in ex cellent condition, also the cross state roads. There is a choice of routes to reach the north New Jersey coast resorts. Staten Island seems to be an attract ive way for a great many motorists, especially Saturdays and Sundays, when the business traffic is off the streets of New York City, so the municipal ferries can be easily reached. Other routes after crossing the North river via the most convenient ferry to the New Jersey side the run is made to Newark, then through Elizabeth, Rahway, Perth- Amboy, South Amboy, Keyport, Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park, and so on down the coast through Spring Lake, Point Pleasant, to Seaside Park, where con nection can be made for the Atlantic City Boulevard by crossing to Toms River. The Atlantic City Boulevard is now solid concrete all the way from Lakewood; froiri Keyport to Lakewood is also good concrete. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BUYERS OF HOMES The home building move ment has gained such momentum that soon most of the people will be living in their, own homes. - Now only 40 or 45 per cent of the American peoplelivO in homes which they have bought or for which they are paying. In the face of all the talk about the distribution of the American home, v more homes are being built in this country than ever be ■' fore. . .. > A striking feature of this building era is the number of homes being purchased by young married people who ate fcnsibled ..to buy through the OSSy terms offered by . building and loan associations and real estate firms. • Another ^remarkable thing about the new .build ing era is the type of homes that are being built. In com munities like this, homes of the highest type are being built at prices that are astonishingly low. , The old time. house in which the builder had a certain < amount of money to use up, and an indefinite, vague idea of what' tlie house might look like when ■ ' ..... 1- . ■< finished has no place in this modern city of homes. In West Atlantic City the homes may be Seen, in the forms of architects draw ings, before even the found ations are laid. In the old time house, the owner never really knew what it. was going to look like until the last ' wooden shingle tad been nailed in place. Nowadays the terms are so favorable that it is'only failure to investigate that keeps many people from taking advantage Of them. For the young fellow just starting out there is no better way of Saving money than the acquiring of an obligation which .demands the payment, of a certain sum of money each month. The purchase of a home does just this. . Although wages and salaries vary in different portions of the country every man who is making enough on which to get married also is making enough with which to buy a home; : \ ;■ -<Sx$>—_■— BUILDING 6,000 YEARS OLD IN BABYLONIA The oldest building in the world still standing above ground has been found ait Tell El Obeid, Babylonia, four miles from the city of Ur. The building is more than 6,000 year6 old. The front face of the structure, now almost entirely unearthed, was found to be in an excel lent state of preservation with attached half columns of brickwork and remarkable carvings of animals and artificial flowers worked in limestone. A series of terra cotta figures alsq adorn, the wall over the main entrance; It is interesting to' note that these master builders who lived and worked at a time as far removed, from the time pf ancient King Tut* ankh-amen as the present generation is removed from him in known history suc ceeded . in carrying out com struction designs that have survived through cotiiltleSS generations in almost perfect preservation. PEN poms We have Just learned why the American Legion is going to con-i jvene in Paris this summer, 'the doughboys want to find out it Jt’s! (still raining.. Well, If the farmers can borrow' enough seeds from the govfein pient to plant a crop, perhaps Somebody else will loan them enough to harvest it tor us. , A'smart, man Remembers, her birthday-but forgets her age.. -— ■ i ■ An Ohio town tried a "Stay ht Home*’ week.. But we’ll bet the lady who jusl had an operation got around lust the same. .A woman who interviewed Cooi< ldge says she likes the president because he let her do the talking: We’ve .noticed that In several other cares, too. A MAN WHO CAN O. LAWRENCE HAWTHORNE Let me be known as a man who can— As a man who is eager to try! I may not finish what I began, But the spirit of do-it-or-die Will take me far in whatever game I chance to play in pursuit of fame. Let me be ready for any test, . Any problem that duty shall bring. I may not win, though I do my-best, But defeat has a less bitter sting For him who knows that men do succeed Whose hearts are true to a noble creed. Let me be willing to fight my way . To the goal I have chosen to gain. The path ipay prove to be hard each day And my efforts may seem all in vain. But I shall know what it means to feel The ceaseless urge of a great ideal. Let me so live that the world will se3 In the record I’m leaving behind, No sign of fear or despondency, _ But high courage of heart and of mind Consistent with a progressive plan, . Let me be known as a man who cant mt. mwof) am m' CEWLWV People and Events MINOR NEWS NOTES Residential Advance Ventnor Library Investigating Possibilities of Locating It On Ttie New, Pier CITY llALL PROJECT K'.?: ' IS UNCERTAIN The fate of the Ventnor library proposition as sponsored by the Ventnor Chamber of Commerce? and the fafent'Teacher's Association of that resoft is now in the hands of Councilman Wilmer Clymer, who will consider the possibilities of locating such a place on the neW Ve'nthor pier. This structure, now tinder construction at Cam bridge aventie, and the beach, according to Councilman Clymer, will be finished by July 1. Mr. Clymer recently stated that the plans of the pier ft# they are noW and as they were approved by the council, call for no such a place, but that they could be altered if city council saw fit. The Ventnor solons have deferred the matter until a future meeting. Mayor Carlton Adams in an inter view prOunced himself heartily in favor of the movement, stating that he thought the pier, which Will eventually become the community center of Ventnor, was the ideal place for a library, because of its central locality and would be visited by more Ventnor residents than any other place in the city. It has also beeh suggested that a public library be located in the new city hall which is to replace the one now in use at New Haven and Ventnor avenues. This sugges tion has not beeh considered by the Mayor who said that the new hall proposition is at the present so vague that it is not to be thought of by anyone trying to fill immediate needs. The Ventnor school board has on hand over 2,000 books as part of its membership in the county library. These books are now stored in Mays Landing for Want of a place in .Yentnpr whgre they would be accessible to (he general public, POft VEfcTNOft . COMMUNITY CHURCH Ladies’ Aid Society Will Give Play Thursday April 28. A skit entitled, "The Sewing Circle Meets at Mrs. Martin’s” will be given by the Ladles’ Aid Society of the Ventnor community church on Thursday evening, April 28. Members of the cast have been; i holding almost dally practices In the church where the play Is to , be given. i A musical program headed by L. Powell Evans, Kendall Read and Mrs. Lester L. Farrell, is also I planned, Mrs. Earl Brown is coach ing the play and Will direct the whole .program. ’■ Those takfng part are: Mrs. G. L. Gumpfrert, MrS. Philip Thomp son, Miss Bessie Tilton, Mrs. Allen B. Endicott Jr., Mrs. David Winn, Mrs. George Ldlley, Mrs. Cora Spdcht, Mrs. Walter BruggemUn, Mrs. E. G. Yeager. MrS. L. S. Naylor, Mrs. E. R. Brown, and Mrs. W. D. Burch. NEW TYPES OF EASTER r. FLOWERS. (Froip the Philadelphia Inquirer). Dealers report that the tradition al preference for white flowers at Easter is yielding to a growing popularity for more vivid' hues. FlShiing youth is blamed for the revolt. Possibly that is only a su perficial cause. After all, it would not be surprising if human nature today, more than even before, in its proping for aesthetic ideals should be influenced by the mar velous dCvelojunent in colof tech nique which mddern ingenuity has thade' pWftrfe’. The textile arts have treated a panorama ot iri descence pleasing and inspiring to the eye. Those who attended the recent Philadelphia flower show i must have been impressed with the I skill of horticulturists in finding eveti nature itSfelf plastic to the new scheme of harmonies. 1 Perhaps these views' sacrifice some 6f the symbolism that long custom has associated with the ap propriatness of pure white flowers for EaSter. But were symbolism alone the consideration the passion flower might claim a place. Its crown of thorns, leaves, stamens and divided pistil are emblematic of the Crucifixion and its ten petals represent the disciples without Pe ter and Judas. The religious alle gory was irst' discovered by Span ish settlers in America. : But one heed not press any of these considerations too far. The Bermuda lily bursting into incan descent beauty from an unprepos sessing bulb'is typical, though not the sole type, of life reviving in the spring. Any other blossom that awakens an Individual to the spir itual side of life is appropriate to the meaning of the season. tlbey that impulse—quit your foolishness. Stop and Consider that every 90 seconds, even as you read this, someone's house burns. Some day it may be ’' yours. & INSURANCE is the only, safeguard. Get a policy that will protect you. DO IT NOW! t—SEE—. Thompson & Pleasantville Nat’l Bank Bldg. E. West Jersey Ava. sExssEsss VENTNOR CHAMBER ' ;”V pf»06RA*iM£ Will ■ Be Discussed By Joseph tiaffney, City Comptroller. Joseph Gaffney, cfty comptroller of Philadelphia, will be the main speaker on the program of the Ventnor Chamber of Commerce when it goes ott the air over Station WPG, Atlantic City, on April 28. Mr. Gaffney Who makes his home in Ventnof will Speak On the city and Its possibilities. The remainder of ttie program will be rounded out fit local talent. Members of the Chamber have been granted the iise of the High school auditorium for the night. A short business meeting will open the session. WORK ON STONE JETTIES Work on the stone jetties which are being placed along the Ventnor beachfront for further protection i of that resort against marine Btorms, is nearly finished it was an : * FRANKNESS OR BAD TA8TE? By MRS. VIRGINIA LEE. Ope question that stands oiit in the medley confronting us in these modern days is, why are people so frank in their discussion o£ their problems? Is it because the situations are new to this gener ation or are they old questions that Were foflnaiy suppressed because it was not considered good form or taste to mention them? In other words, are we of this generation unifraldly frank Or are we guilty of bad taste in submitting such, questions as that put forth in the letter printed below? Are people generally discussing things that have worried them for generations, but which they never dared mention for fear o£ censure? If so, then it is a good thing. Kept to themselves—sup pressed—these thoughts might poison, but brought out into the open and. frankly discussed possibly, “the common sfense of moat’’ tSS neg gest a solution. . “Dear Mrs. Lee: At 42 I can hardly bring myself W BelSwwa that I am faced with a problem such at this. What am I to do? I have a remarkable husband, Whom I love, and four very fine, intelligent children And yet I find mySSlf growing extremely fond of a very dear young friend of dur whom both iny husband and myself have known and admired for two years. He is a very young man. While he has never declared his feeling for me, it is very evident that it is a great deal more than Just friendliness. Even my huSbSnd notices it and remarks about it pleasantly at times. He often tells me to he nice to the young man and go out with him, but I am hot sure enough of myself to do it, and my husband is so fine abotit it that I would not hurt him for the world. And yet something telta me, Mrs. Lee, that this is the great moment of my life. What shall I do? What shall I do? "AGATHA." I It does give one a thrill, doesn’t it, to find that at 42 one Is still : attractive to young men? And are' you stire that this feelihg of pleas- ■! ure in your own power to attract is not the source of the feeling that is the great moment In your life, rather than any very deep love for ' the young man himself. It would seem to ine that, Quite aside from the loyalty you owe your husband and children, you would make a bad bargain, indeed, in giving them up foi1 a younger man who cannot by’ the very nature of things be the compalnon that your husband is- In another ten years he will till be a young man wanting to do the things that young people do and you Will be a bit weary, perhaps, and yearn : to take Hfe a bit slower. Can you see yourself leaping about, trying to be his pal, when you normally would be interested in your children’s charting ipd hiatings? And can you imagine that he will be satisfied vtith his elderly wife when he might have for mate a younger woman? It would be fair to neither of you to let the warm friendship ripen into ‘ anything more Serious. Would you be willing, too, to start your mar- I fled life all over again—at 42—economizing and bringing up babies? Slnjoy the young man’s friendship with your fine husband, but don’t; spoil all your lives by letting your feelings run away with you, • • ■ A young man signing him ielf "Yours for Neatness," decries the * maiden who dresses charming4y, but whose costume is marred by a bole in her stocking or glove. Don’t I think such carelessness be tokens grave defects of character? I should say that if a girl warf habitually careless about her gloves and stockings she might be set down as lacking in a sense of -what is essential to good taste in dress, : at least. It might easily be, however, that a run or a hole had just appeared In the stocking or glove which seemed “perfectly all right"! when she but it on. Accidents wiii happen in the best regulated ward robes, you know, especially in these days of silk stockings. nounced yesterday. As the result of several late storms lu which the waves dashed against the bulkhead at street ends and in some cases washed up. on the streets, the city council recent ly ordered that all jetties be strengthened and several new ones erected. A bond issue has been offered to cover the cost. Members of the Ladies’ Aid Soci ty of the Ventnor Community church will hold an all-day sewing : session in the primary room of the church beginning at 10.30 this: morning. A luncheon will be served in the church from 12 to 1 o’clock under the direction of Mrs. Earl : Brown, Mrs. Harry Weisgerber and Mrs. c. G. Wrigley. WONDER of Seasons! Birds returning from the Southland : . trees and gardens turning into a paradise of color . . warm sunshine that makes onU happy to five find let Hve. Giad!y do we welcome it! In that same spirit the officers of this Bank wel come you to enjoy the facilities of this institution. They want you to know that they’re at your SOfvice at any time on any financial problem , . . be is Savings . . Loans . . Investments . ; , or; just Friendly Advice! COME AND GET ACQUAINTED OFFICERS PTMldent.John F. Ryon VIce-Pres. .Chaa S. Adams Vice Free.Alvin P. RIsley Cuhler .Oeo. H. Adenis Asst. Cuhler .......Osborne Ware Directors John F. Ryon Chariot S. Adams Oeo. to. Jotters Oeo. W. Leech Lewis B. Ryon Atytn P. RIsley • ■ v - j tt D. Champion James S. Ryon The First National Bank « OF PLEASANTYILLE, N. J. i 1% l a V *■ «"• £1