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Vol. XIII 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Whitehouse and son 
Meredith, who have been at their estate in Manchester all 
the fall, left last week for the Pacific coast. They have 
been spending the past week in Chicago—their former 
home—with Mrs. Whitehouse’s people, the Armours. Af- 
ter a few weeks’ stay in California they will visit the 
South, joining Mrs. Whitehouse’s brother, Allison V. 
Armour, on his yacht for a cruise in southern seas. They 
will undoubtedly be at New Orleans for. the Mardi Gras 
and will probably be at the Florida resorts on their way 
north later in the season. 
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George EF. Warren and Wallace Goodrich were down 
to the Essex County club last Saturday. There are crowds 
of young people at the club all the time enjoying the 
outdoor sports. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ayer and Miss Katherine 
Ayer, who are in California for the winter, have taken 
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Geo. N. Black was down to his estate on Smith’s 
Point, Manchester, Wednesday. 
Mrs. Annie Adams Fields, the widow of James T. 
‘Fields, widely known more than a generation ago as a 
publisher in the firm of Ticknor & Fields, friend of 
Dickens and other leading people of the literary world 
both here and abroad, died Tuesday morning at her 
home, 148 Charles street, Boston, where she had lived 
for sixty years. She had been ill only a few days, and 
as recently as a week ago Sunday, entertained at dinner 
some friends from England. Mrs. Fields was born in 
Boston, June 6, 1834, the daughter of Dr. Zabdiel Boyls- 
ton and Sarah May (Holland) Adams. She was edu- 
cated at the school of George R. Emerson, and elsewhere, 
but chiefly at home. Her marriage to Mr. Fields took 
place in 1854, and he died in 1881. She was the author 
of several books, including “Under the Oliver Tree,” 
“How to Help the Poor,” “Memoir of James T. Fields,” 
“Whittier, Notes of His Life and of His Friendships,” 
“A Shelf of Old Books,” “The Singing Shepherd and 
Other Poems” and “The Life and Letters of Harriet 
Elizabeth Beecher Stowe.” For at least half a century 
Mrs. Fields had spent her summers at her cottage at Man- 
chester, and there and at her home in Boston she had 
continued to keep up her friendships with people of Bos- 
ton and beyond. Many notable people have been enter- 
tained at “Thunderbolt Hill,” and many have first been 
introduced to the charms and beauties of the North Shore 
by a visit to this greatly beloved woman and her husband. 
During her life, Sarah Orne Jewett made many long 
visits at Mrs. Fields’ city home and at Manchester. The 
survivors of Mrs. Fields are her sisters, Mrs. James H. 
Beal, 104 Beacon street, Boston, and Miss Sarah H. 
Adams, 845 Boylston street; her nephews, Dr. Zabdiel 
Boylston Adams of Brookline, and Boylston A. Beal, 108 
Beacon street, Boston and Manchester, and her niece, 
Mrs. Robert Wallace of London, Ont. The funeral of 
Mrs. Fields was at her. Charles street home and was 
private. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, January 8, 1915 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Russell, who are still at 
Beverly, where they spent the summer, hope to be able 
to occupy their new home at 119 Commonwealth ave., 
Boston, the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. 
Russell expected to move back to town early in Decem- 
ber, but the alterations were not completed, so that their 
return has necessarily been delayed. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Jr., spent the week- 
end on the Shore with the latter’s brother-in-law and 
sister, Mr. and Mrs. ee 5S. po at Pride’s Crossing. 
Miss Marcia L. G. Taylor is still confined to the 
apartment of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. 
Taylor, at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, as a result of a 
broken ankle sustained seis eS on Christmas eve. 
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Warner McLaughlin, son of Chester B. McLaughlin 
of New York, was at Manchester over the week-end, a 
guest of the Francis M. Stanwoods, who are spending 
the winter here. 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Frick have gone from their 
New York home to Palm Beach, for a month’s stay. 
Their palatial private car, which is familiar to North 
Shore people, was attached to the Southern Railway 
trains. 
From Mrs. Field’s “The Singing Shepherd’ 
TO ONE WHOSE SIGHT 
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D™2 fading eyes! wherefrom the fading sight 
Falls like the sunset of a falling day, 
But leaves no hope that morning’s footstep light 
Will bring again what Time has taken away! 
Gladdening anew the valleys of the world, 
Must leave thy powers ever in mist enfurled 
To wander restless through thy waking night. 
Thus pondered I, when, lo! the vale of grief 
Burst sudden into song, and all was well. 
I watched the vision through a rain of tears 
With him who saw therein certain belief: 
What saw I? Neither verse nor song can tell 
The blessed certainty, the all-seeing spheres. 
