•260 



H K T I C; U L T U R E 



August 15, 1914 



PLEASED TO SEE YOU ! 



Don't fail to visit us and inspect one of the 

 leading Floral Emporiums of the countr\\ 



YOU WILL FIND MUCH 



to interest you in the equipment of our three 

 departments devoted to Cut Flowers, Florists* 

 Supplies and Plant Auction Sales respectively. 

 An Old Established, Enterprising and Pros- 

 perous BOSTON HOUSE. 



N. F. McCarthy ®» co. 



112 Arch St., 31 Otis St., 



BOSTON, MASS. 



) '^:iWiKfim%Kn/vm(ii9i::^Jiffii^.i^m: 



c * -^.i'. 



f UVUSb-V^ WWt^WW«>WV«4«WWW%>«U%''W« « 



During Recess 



THE "TRULY RURALS" INVADE 

 BARNEGAT BAY, N. J. 



H I S cele- 

 brated ag- 

 gregation 

 of bucolic 



experts, ta^ 

 mous the 

 world over, 

 with head- 

 quarters in 

 Philadel- 

 phia, blew 

 into the 

 offing at 

 Westcott's 

 Bungalow 

 on the 31st 

 ulto., un- 

 der a fair 

 wind and a 

 sunny sky. They were ex-bucolic for 

 the time being, however, and from keel 

 to capstan smelt of the briny. 



The Bungalow was captured without 

 resistance. Commodore Westcott deem- 

 ing discretion the better part of valor. 

 The next act in the tragedy was the 

 deposition of Capt. Stackhouse as 

 master of the high power cruiser 

 "Emily" and the installation of Bos'n 

 Trainer as sailing skipper. 



After scouting the bay fore and aft 

 and from leeward to windward from 

 early morn to 3 P. M. at last the Ger- 

 man craft "Unter der Linden," owned 

 by one Louis Boss (a seceder) and 

 sailed by Captain Hiram (a merce- 



sariat department hump itself and cov- 

 ered themselves with much glory. 



Minstrel Brennan and Robin Hood 

 Keed made the Welkin ring until even 

 tlie jungle tigers (alias mosquitos) 

 stopped to listen. 



Later a penny-ante was in full swing, 

 an incident of which was the recovery 

 of a bushel of red. white and blue, sur- 

 reptitiously captured by Bos'n Trainer 

 with a bogus three sixes. He was 

 keel hauled. Boiler Factory was also 

 caught in the act, with one up his 



nary) was sighted and after a short but 

 lively skirmish punctuated by hard 

 Scotch Haggis balls, made by the Tor- 

 naveen Terror, was captured, the pris- 

 oners taken aboard, and the prize 

 towed to port. 



The victory was celebrated in due 

 form on shore — and in proper sailor 

 fashion. 



Chief Cook Edward J. Dooner, as- 

 sisted by an improvised crew consist- 

 ing of Cooper McXab. Burgomaster 

 Flood. Boiler Factory Connor, Flint 

 Dobbins and others, made the commis- 



