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ASBURY PARK.

AsBrRY PARK, n, j.. April l5.-Prom-
enades on The boardwalk tonight and
throngs In the hotels signalled the OPEN
ing of the spring season In Asbury Park
On Monday The Easter entertainments will
begin in the boardwalk Casino with the
first concerts by the Prince lima quartet.
Attractive musical programmes have
been arranged for the Easter Sunday
services In all the churches. The annual
Easter promenade will as usual be held
on Sunday afternoon on the boardwalk
and there will be a further display of
gowns and millinery at the sacred con-
,eI; In Tho Casino ~ the evening.
The Easter entertainment will reach IA
climax in a ball in the Casino on the
Monday night following, For this event
preparations are being made TO entertain
a large number of visitors.
Announcement was mnde to-day that
the New York Warehousemen's Associa-
ton will hold It's annual three day sum.
mer meeting In the New Monterey Hotel
here July ~. Reservations have been
made for l25 delegates.
Elvin c. Bustis OF the Asbury Park
Fishing Club has been elected president
Of the Association Of Surf Angling Clubs
Of New Jersey. The association will hold
Its annual summer meeting here. Rob.
ert w. Tunls IT Philadelphia, ". X.
Savage Of New York and DIR. William
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Island way. where they take Q cute
little bungalow. and still the next eve.
ming they HE themselves to Jersey
TO settle down on Q nifty little farm-
all or paper.
BY the time the verdict 10 unanimous
the head Of the family consults the
calendar and finds that the day after
Tomorrow u Labor Day. Sun Drowned
people In sport clothes are beginning
to drift into town In droves. The
pulse Of the city %quickens. the lights
Of the great gilded highways burn
brighter. the music il gayer. What
do you think Of that? Another sum.
mer Gone-wasted in the city. just
you wait until next spring and see
what happens!
But why wait? II will be only Q
repetition Of the story.
II know one way to tell spring IL
here" said the unromantic man when
he found I was actually going to men,
ton the rea. signs and leave the sweet
nothings about cowslips cleaning
golden in the meadow and violets
purpling the wood and the pipes OF
Tan calling DER the lea to the poets.
when the revolution business be-
gins to pick UP down in Mexico II Is a
sure sign winter Is on the run. The
boys down there don't care much abou.
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agent for these trihing improvements
he wept on your shoulder and told you
in trembling tones how the place was
losing money in bundles. So you went
about dOlling up the home beautiful
on your own hook. and now you either
have 20 run out on your investment
o. come yer with the extra added IS.
The n too. We have the folks who
begin the chatter about moving to the
country for the summer early in
March. and who wake up early In Sep.
TENDER to find that the summer IL ovee
and the nearest they came to spending
II in the country Was a trip ito Rock.
vile Centre, or maybe Yonkers.
Doubtless the flower catalogues.
rampant at this season OF the year.
and the young tomato plants con.
spicuOus In windows where commuters
steam by OF their way I o the SIS
have much to do with the back to
nature fever which courses through
the VEINS Of the city folk in the spring.
time.
Picking out country places from the
papers is a favorite indoor sport right
now. One evening the family move TO
the hills OF Westchestcr. where they
take a cunning little Queen Anne cot
tage: the next evening they trundle
the lares and penates down Long
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Looking abou. you to discover the
source of attack you see a baseball
bat entirely surrounded by q bunch
Of young Indians rounding the corner
at the far end Of the street. but not
before the bOldest Of the bunch has
made n dash and rescued the guilty
ball itself.
That evening. when you are rub.
bling the black and blue spot with
liniment and bemoaninR the sphere
tattooed on your tortured body by the
spirit of spring, you wonder why GER
tain young %rufiians are not kept under
lock and key or sent to the country.
where they can get the season Of
their system without manning any
one.
If you wake from a Cheerful. slum-
Der some morning soon. and find a
rotc under the door. and the note IL
from the landlord. and he tells you In
the note that after the sixteenth Of
the month the rent will be $50 a month
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a Mexican q hne open spring. . blum
derbuss and three rounds Of ammuni-
ton and he'll start . revolution In .
minute"
OF the old familiar signs Of spring
we will speak but briefly. We have
watched them come and 20 with such
unfailing regularity that they are no
longer looked upon a. heralds Of thinSs
to be but 10 a prosaic part Of life.
There 10. for instance. the day you
Jig the we'll known panama out from
the bottom Of the trunk. place It on
your head and wonder II you looked
Is funny in II last summer a. you DO
now. Many q good wear 10 left In the
old wal horse yet. All It needs 10 .
little blocking.
There 10 the weird wall Of the Oh
clos man when you raise the window
and the resultant ransacking Of closets
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ASHEvuLE.

AsHEvrLiE, y. c.. April 15.-An out.
door fete for Easter Is being planned
by the guests at the Battery Park Ho.
tel. The beautiful grounds around tho
hotel are ideal for garden parties.
Dozens Of golfers arrived at the hotel
from p~inehurst and other points during
the week. and the spring tournament
now on is the most interesting ever held
at the Country Club. A special dinner
dance was given in honor Of the golfers
at the Battery Park last evening.
Horseback riding grows more popular
every week. Motoring and driving are
also largely INDUCED In.
Among the late arrivals at the hotel
are Mrs Jack Bradley. Mrs. G. L. West
colt. Miss Waverly Westcott. Miss Emm.
II. Lockwood. George r. r. Cotton. IT.
w. Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Field.
Miss Katherine Seymour and Mrs. A. l.
Pearse Of New York.
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SHELL SPECTACLE FRAMES.

HE optician sat near his little al.
coho lamp. owe the flame of
which he passed back and forth
the bows Of a pair Of spectacles so that
they could easily be bent to ft the
customers ears. And while thus en-.
gagged he gave his customer some use.
full information concerning shell
frames and eyeglasses In general.
these shell frames are In vogue
now" said the optician ss he pressed
gently on the right bow. Business
men seem to like them ana even some
women prefer them. They have one
drawback. a serious one, too. Of which
Of their users are not aware, but
Of which I wish to warn you. They
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to make way for the lighter weights.
This is followed by the angry cries Of
the excited male when he learns that
his pet winter suit Is now reposing 10
the back room Of some Sixth avenue
second hand clothes shop. He had not
worn that suit for months, but the
minute It was gone ne wanted It in the
worst way.
There is the regular bout with mil.
liner and ~dressmaker, the mad struggle
to be smart and stylish and different
and the aftermath in the shape of q
sheaf of bills that makes the pocket
book look as II II had been romped
over by a herd Of elephants.
But what care we? It's all q part Of
the season. Let's 60 out in the sun.
shine and laugh and breathe deep and
be glad. Mr.. Orchestra Leader. turn
on the spring long please. Spring
has came.'
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r HE comforting OF the Legion OF
Honor decoration on Mrs. Edith
/ Wharton. who has been con-

r. HE comforting OF the Legion Of
Honor decoration on Mrs. Edith
Wharton. who has been on
spicuously active in extending
aid to French women since the start
of the war, is in line with the policy
to bestow the honor only on those
women notable for works Of charity
and beneficence. Among other women
whose activities along these lines were
similarly recognized were Sister Can
dide, who founded homes for consump-
tive children. and Mile. Bottard. for
merry OF Salpetriere. the great Paris
hospital for aged and insane women.
There have been many departures
from the rule, however. Three queens
have received the ribbon Of the Legion
OF Honor. which has also been given
TO Rosa Bonheur, the painter: Mile.
Dodier. p~ostmistress at Pitiviers dur-
ing the Franco-Prussian war. who
performed acts Of heroism, and Mime.
Dieulafoy and Nine. Massieu. explor-
ers. Among American women so hon
ored are Mrs. Potter Palmer. who was
the only woman member of the Amer.
Itdu totIItllsolOu VI thc . SNpooAN
ton Of 1900, and Cecile de Wentworth.
the artist.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. who made a
preparedness speech last Sunday
night. will have presidents as the son
Of a politician and solder II he him.
self enters active political or military
life, though most such sons have not
begun their activity during the life
time of theE fathers. Robert T. Lin
coin, son Of the first martyred Presi-
dent, was active in politics for a num-
Der of years before deciding to devote
his energies entirely to business.
Frederick ID. Grant followed his father
into the army and also became a Gem
eral, while Jesse, another son., Is In
politics. A son of Garfield was In
Roostvelt's Cabinet. Gen. McClellan'a
sor became Mayor of New York and
Carter II. Harrison the second. like his
father. was long Mayor Of Chicago.
One of the most notable instances Of
a fathers n falling upon the Suns
shoulders was In the a of the Cham
berlains. In England. though Austen
Chamberlain entered Parliament long
before Joseph Chamberlain died.
This We 10 not the first In which
the telephone has performed notable
service. tn )ugh never before was It
used to hx tho location Of bullets In
wounded soldiers, the employment to
which French surgeons are reported
to be putting II. When the Cuban
Ceneral Pablo Olivier Occunied n town
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HALF BILLION SPENT m SOUTH

That approximately half a billion dol
lars has been spent by visitors to the
winter resorts of the South during the
season which Is now closing Is the ne We
brought back by George II, Newton. ,hs
hotel man. who is the Ia Of the
Prince George Hotel. and who has tust
returned from n three weeks circuit Of
the prominent Southern resorts.
This estimate IL based on statements
made to Mr., Newton by railroad Officials
that about 400 900 persons visited the
southern winter resorts during Jan.
uary, February and March. Incidentally
the Hons share OF this vast expenditure.
when equals the total Of tho much
talked about Anslo-French loan, went to
the Florida east coast.
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spending the cold months In the
trenches. They prefer to retire to
their nice comfy In the noun.
tains, where they can sit around the
caniphres and enjoy the loot they
gathered last season.
ANY time they run short Of the
luxuries of life they get together and
agree OF a rich, juicy village or hacl-
enda where they know the grabbing IL
A No. 1. They descend unexpectedly.
gather everything that isn't nailed to
the floors and depart with the plumber.
singing the national anthem and
shouting viva Mexico!' Nothing more
Ia heard Of them until the weather
warns up.
All the real banditti do their seri.
Gus training In the spring. a fellow
who owns a better gun than the rest
Of the gang and can hit the side OF an
adobe wall one time out Of ten says
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WHEN THE BIKE POLICEMAN BLITHELY \

cannot depend on the foolish sign ian
guage.
Nevertheless there u Q lot in the
idea about 'being hinged on the bean
by q baseball" a. . sort Of spring song
Every April there buds in the boyish
imagination a dream Of a diamond. a
white suit with the name Of the home
team written In crimson across the
chest and wo%rshipping thousands
shouting. Bounce on her. boy" Put
her over the fence" ''H'rah for Big
BIZ. the Terrible Twlrler."
This desire breaks out in the street
where you. an innocent passerby. are
walking. Something hits you q ter.
rife wallop. You look at the pretty
stars and wonder whether the Ger
mar Zeppelins are dropping bombs or
whether Villa 10 making a polite little
visit to New York.
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CANADA Is SUSPICIOUS

A loving picture camera VI.
MI have their troubles sN'
times, especially in come,
with war work. The eNpe''"''" '
accredited operator for q hs 'oca o.
concern while taking pictures
Val Cartier training camp .' can,
IL regarded as rather urus,I. even
a movie man. Through no ''.' d
own. but the indlscret.ou oi '.' ''
nger Of his home office, W" Ms
ished from the field OF opcr"' go"
he had been getting good MT"
Although this man had SON
a German name he hal ''
credentials and the Canada. '''
authorities gave him perm
take movies OF the camps %
reviews. sc. All went We. ''H
ceived the following ,ei'g'2"
editor:
when does next ship -h.
land: how many t''oi'
carry"
The text OF the messie" '''
with the name OF the opera '
suspicious In the minds Of ''' "''',
commanders. on that day ''
man was merrily erindlnS
when he was surrounded by O. 49,
soldiers with fixed hayonciS WI.
any particular explanation ihe ''r''
and his outfit were hustled q -
road. put on a train and rus''' n"
the border. -.
Every careless o. HIM 20 e'"'
that message" thought the w.''' ~.
But he will never gel BAGS "a inc v
Cartier military field.
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ars susceptible to changes in ,.mn.,,

ture.
For instance. II is Of the u.nos. I'm.
portAnce that you be very careful rNs,
you do not subject your shell franz,
to too sudden a change. Otherwt,.
you are going TO have some .ro,ol.
for which you cannot hold the op,,cI.,
responsible. You must not 20 from
. room In which the temperature /,
about 70 degrees into the open vh.,,
the temperature is about 10 degree,
II you make this sudden change N.
shell frame will crack in some plsc.
generally that part in which II.
lenses are installed.
"The shell Of which the fran. :,
made II more susceptible To chang,
In the temperature than steel is. o,
course you know that when a car -aa
IL laid allowance is made for the con.
traction and expansion caused by N,
cold and heat. Therefore. such allow.
ance obviates all possibility Of trout.
occurring from this source.
with the shell frames, however :.
II different. Opticians have not d..
covered q way to overcome the J.
f1culty and the users OF shell frame,
must Use good Judgment and deps
upon luck to a certain extent T. ~.
vent their frames from being ru.'.
by sudden temperature changes
realize that II opticians could M
allowance for these changes as
layers Of railroad tracks do al tr5I.'
would he obviated. but We can't. prt.
lens must keep the latter secure
In proper position. Otherw 50 then
would be trouble.
Low temperature has the -
of making the shell frames coa'r1''
What causes the shell 10 cr-c3'
Well. when the frames contract "a.
glass will not give, so the fra7''
have TO.
"A high temperature. especially !
humid days, causes the she. to ''
pand. This expansion has the eTe:'
Of loosening the frames holding -
lens. When the latter work l-c,
they get out OF position, and g :'
quires the services Of an op,ic.an .
readjust them.
Sometimes the heat % tNH -"
has the same effect on the GO
frames as a humid day does. 7.
body heat loosens the lens, v!'A -
results already stated.
perhaps there will come a -'
when some person in the optical 'fa'
will discover a method 20 over'9H'
the effect OF temperature changes :
the shell frames, but NJ pres'M =
one has discovered such "a metro.
when you remove your ga'''
never lay them down so that '.''
rest on the glass: instead turn 'a'F
90 that the weight !s horne y
the frames. This Is !mpuriarV'
view Of the fact that II YOU 'av ~"
down in the former rann"r vow -
liable to scratch the lens Y MS 6't'
pens It will bother you greatly W
the glasses are In use.
Another thing. There 6 TIE -
way and the wrong way 10 Gear
lens. Always use a cloth maze
that purpose and be sure Nol" me-
is correct. Take your glasses n
left hand. the cloth In IL" rs2'
rub the lens gently. Bat Dr. sa''
one thing. because rs 'mi'r
Never twist the glasses 20 me
and right. Hold the g.asse' '
and do the twisting with -
hand. the one holding the c'o'0.
you will not work tho lens ''N''
the frame"
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JUST LOOKING AROUND

immediate surrender on pain of bonn
bardment. An hours armistice was
requested and granted. at the end OF
which olivier was rung up and
acquainted with the fact that the fort.
with a thousand men and thirty-two
guns. was prepared to surrender IN
conditionally.
In 1900 the telephone was the e
Of bringing about a change in the
Presidency OF Salvador. President
Guitierez had q powerful rival in Gen.
eral Regalada, the head of the army,
and when the revolution broke out the
latter telephoned to the palace de-
handing the Presidents abdicat!on. as
the army had already turned against
him. Guitierez's reply Is not known.
but he left the capital within an hour
and never returned.
Oldtimers in going to the modern
circus miss the g%audiness which char
acterized the show Of years ago. For
merly the equestrienne delighted the
childish eye in q veritable ballet cos
tune. whi;e the trapeze lady was re-
splendeht In gilt and tinsel. Now both
affect more severe garb. What has
become Of the woman whip who in
variably bested her male opponent in
the Roman chariot race. and the trick
mule which a farmer in the audience
always succeeded in riding, thus win
ming O prize? Verify the circus. de-
spite Its many remaining e~xcellences,
has changed. but so. indeed. have the
spectators. Years ago one never saw
men and women Of the audience in
evening dress as n sees them at
Madison Square Garden now.
The appeal of American soldiers In
Mexico for tobacco recalls the fact that
the word "cigar" is derived from a
Spanish word "cigarral." which means
garden. but how many know from
what "cigarral" il derived? When to-
baccO wal taken to Spain from the
newly discovered America the people
planted II In their gardens. When Of
fering O smoke to q friend a Spaniard
would say. "Es DC n. c!Sarra! (It Is
from my g%arden)". Through misun-
derstanding on the part OF foreigners
this expression was corrupted. The
word "cigarrai" was supposed to refer
to the tobacco and in time was Short
ened to "~cigarro" and finally to edgar"
"Cigarral" 10 derived from the word
"cigarra," meaning q grasshopper. he
cause the grasshopper abounded In tho
gardens and there sang the loudest.
The original Of "cigar." therefore. 10 .
grasshoppsr.
Colored Easter eggs. like those now
displayed in the 0hop VinAoVu. ware
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BY JANE DIXON.
\A/ spring story" said the

VVy7"' uUnt you "rI1e u
\A/ spring story" said the
w unromanttr man.
"Whadda you mean, a
apring story?' ! asked.
"Oh. about In the spring a young
mans fancy lightly turns TO thoughts
OF love and ABOUT poets in the park
and all like that"
"Ch-huh." I said. to him.
well. you know. all that sentiment
stun Is the bunk. A regular sig of
spring is when the bicycle cop crawls
out Of his hole and makes the first
arrest of the Il or when you walk
along h street n get hinged on
the bean by a baseball. That's the
time to dig out the old lightweigh,s
to see IL you can stretch them over
another summer or whether It is up
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dreds Of years before the birth OF
Christ. The egg was chosen as an
appropriate emblem for this season Of
the year because 1t contained within
Itself the germ of life. In order TO
mako them mor attractive they were
colored with dyes or bright paints.
The old Teutons used eggs M we'll as
buns at their spring feasts in honor
of Eastre. the queen Of heaven, and as
far back al the time OF the founding
Of Athens eggs and buns figured as
ceremonial features in the feast Of
Ishtar. another queen Of heaven.
The London Standard, which sus.
pended publication recently. IL cred
tied with being the first English daily
newspaper to publish a serial novel.
The initial ito be continued" work APP
peared in 1858. The greatest scoop of
which the STANDARD ever boosted was
the exclusive announcement that Mr..
Gladstone had found salvation" by
being converted to home rule.
A London writer has discovered that
in Shakespeare's plays one may md a
quotation for every hour in the day.
Thus:
Tho bell then beating one."-Hamtsf.
Sure. Luciano, II Ia two o'clock"
Comedy Of Errors.
THE clock hath stricken three"
How far into the morning Is II. lords?"
Upon the stroke Of four"
A ive o'clock
l shall receive the money for the same"
Comedy Of Errors.
"How's the day."
ION the sixth hour" -Tcnpest.
Lets see. I think tits now some seven
o'clock. "-Taming Of the ShreW.
THE eighth hour.
Be that tire uppermost Julius Cesar.
ITS supper time, my lord.
TITS nine o'clock" Richard III.
Ten o'clock. within these three hours
Twill be time enough to 60 home"
-AWs Well That Ends Well.
Eleven o'clock the hour"
Merry Wtres Of Windsor.
what hour now"
II think II lacks Of twelve."-HamIet.
And that takes the reader round the
clock.
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Daniels and F.. II. Snedeker OF Asbury
Park were elected members OF the local
club this week.
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mind tourists that many Of the boot
blacks OF Paris are women and that.
during the process ~ shoe shining
in that city. It Is the operator who Is
seated and the patron who stands.
Warsaw Is without not only women
booublacks but men bootblacks as
well. unless the Germans have brought
about a reform there recently. ~
attempt was made to introduce bo0N
blacks into tho Polish capital some
ten a ago. but It failed for lack
Of customers. The residents took the
liveliest interest in the novelty and a
sympathetic crowd surrounded every
one who ventured on the daring ex-
pertinent OF having his shoes shined,
but few had the courage to face the
ordeal Of publicity.
The announcement that the average
number OF readers In New York's
Public Library Is almost double the
number Of those who use the British
Library In London or the Bibliotheque
Rationale in Paris should not be
taken n IN indication that the Eng
lishmen and the Frenchmen neglect
their reading. For One thing the New
York library Is open for longer hours
daily than either Of the others. A
visitor here from Paris recently was
surprised to md artificial lights in the
big building at Fifth avenue and
Forty-second street. THE Biblo-
theque Rationale Is not lighted" he
said. land frequently In winter it IL
impossible to read there after 4 o'clock
In the afternoon"
Before the days OF free libraries
book rooms we're attached to English
coffee houses and every customer was
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Some OF the English women. anx-
ious to MI the gaps made by the call
Of husbands ana fathers to the colors,
have become bootblacks. This will 70.
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Colored Easter ssgs. like those now
displayed in the shop Window, we're
used In spring religious festivals hun.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-31

Vious strikes about the country in
hiring men for strike duty.
The average strikebreater q IS
looked upon by the general public
with hateful eyes. He has been titled
a man without character who will do
anything to get a dollar. He has
been called a low coward and spine-
less human being. One man who
worked as a stTikebrea<er all over
the country for years finally gave it
up, explaining that the work was
getting ''too dirty" for him.
So is it any wonder that the en-
ployment agencies have been having
a hard time landing men for strike
duty in the probable railroad strike?
Results so far make it look as it the
class of men who will do such work
are falling off rapidly. And that is
something toward advancement and
betterment.