Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-07-23

it discontinued. Mr.. Sweet said, in
answer to a question as to the requests
of several other Disbursements PROPOSE
tions that the band play in front of
their establishments, that he was from
the first not opposed and said he
thought it a good thing. Rev. Ed
wards, at this point, said the idea was
being lost sight of and again asked for
a decision on the question. Mrs Tul-
lidge said she has been coming here for
over fifteen years and had witnessed
some shocking scenes. In speaking of
the various games to be stopped on
Sunday she was in favor of the move
ment, but said the Commissioners must
give the people something to take their
place, and also spoke of the immoral
dancing on the beach. Rev. Fisher
suggested that police patrol the beach
during the bathing hours and regulate
these conditions. Mr.. Sweet asked
who said it was immoral to dance on
the beach. MI. Ryan stated he had
heard of the conditions there and he
felt the people in general would be
better satisfied if the old conditions
were resumed.
Rev. Bailey said he was not opposed
to dancing in proper clothing but cited
U. S. government regulations on that
question, which specifies that there
shall be five inches existing at all times
between partners, and asked if any one
present would like to have their daugh-
tiers dance in bathing costume with
men similarly clothed, and that the
city government should give heed to
the sentiment of the DISCRIMINATING
element. Rev. Keiter said he had seer
this immoral dancing and wanted
action taken. Rev. Fisher finished the
interview with a few remarks and ask
ed for action. The Commissioners said
they would decide the matter later on.
A complaint. was made that horses run
loose and destroy gardens located on
Oak avenu west of Park, and also
knock children down and do other
damage. The Mayor suggested placing
an officer in that locality and impound-
ing these horses, with a fine on the
owners. Statement was made that
Schellenger avenue, at Holly Beach
avenue, has not enough gravel to sus-
tain the Restricting and it was suggest
ed to remove about four inches and fill
in with the excess stone from the other
streets which are being torn up. A bad
manhole was reported at Bennett and
Holly Beach avenues which Mr.. Hendee
will attend to. The party, who is ope-
rating a bath house at Andrew avenue
and the boardwalk, claims that his
business has been injured by the guards
ordering people from the surf at that
point. He has not made enough to pay
his taxes and will be closed up he says.
1t vas testified that the place was safe
and the guards will be instructed not
to again interfere. AT this point the
matter of the dancing on the beach was
taken up and the band master will be
instructed not to play dance music on
the beach Sundays. A letter was re-
ceived in reference to a suit entered
against the city by an attorney repre-
senting a boy who fell from the board
walk last week, and in reply Solicitor
Hand stated the city was under no legal
obligation as concerns the accident.
The clerk was instructed TO commune
aofn with tho DY1hlin TTfiIifu ffoNo nc
sion looking to the abatement of the
smoke nuisance on Holly Beach ave-
nue.. The business license question will
be taken up in the early spring Of next
year and will be made to read that a
license will be granted for six days in a
week, thus observing the seventh. If
the Commissioners take this action the
result will be to close business places
on the boardwalk ON Sunday.
Dr.. E. Kilbourne Tullidge, surgeon
captain in the Austrian army, has re-
turned to this country to raise funds
for hospital work abroad. He is now
in Wildwood with his mother and next
Sunday evening at 8.45 at Al Whites
theatre he will give a war talk and
show pictures of the horrible wal as he
witnessed on the battlefield. The doc
tor was abroad several months tend
ing the wounded and dying and him.
self was injured on the battlefield. AID
mission 25 and 90 cents.
Misses Gertrude NJ. Haas and L.
Locke and w. Gafnsy, of Severn Hall,
and Wilson H. Shive, Jr., of the Nor
mandie, form a jolly party of Philadel-
phians who are on a vacation trip to
this resort.
The attention of the visitor has been
called from time to time to the various