Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, British ambassador to 
fami United States, may spend the summer with his 
m 
ily at Nahant, if negotiations for a cottage now 
der way reach the expected successful conclusion. 
The ambassador had hoped to engage Hon. George 
unean’s house, but found that it already had been 
t. The Stackpole house probably will be taken. Sir 
Cecil is the most democratic of men, and, except for 
e serious duties engaging him in consequence of the 
yar, might dispense a delightful hospitality at Nahant. 
Nhe Stackpole cottage is at the corner of Summer and 
Cary streets. 
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- Mrs. Arthur L. Devens is visiting her son-in-law 
md daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Boardman, at 
! , N. Y., for an extended period. 
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_ he Misses Elise and Olivia Ames, who have been 
with their aunt, Miss Mary S. Ames, at Aiken, 8. C., 
for thé@Mast fortnight, are expected to return to their 
oston home early in March. 
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’ Funeral services over the remains of Rev. George 
Washburn, D. D., were held last Thursday noon at the 
Mt. Vernon church, Boston, and were most impressive. 
‘Armenians, many of whom had known Rev. Dr. Wash- 
burn during his residence in the Far East, attended 
mhe funeral. The services were in charge of Rev. 
James Austin Richards, D. D., pastor of the society. 
A high tribute to the life and "work of Dr. Washburn 
Was paid by Rev. Marderos Bagdasarian of the Ar- 
menian Congregational Church, who addressed his 
fellow countrymen in the Armenian tongue. Another 
who spoke was Dr. H. S. Jelalias of Watertown, a 
Be rmer pupil of Dr. Washburn at Robert College, Con- 
Stantinople. Dr. James lL. Barton, secretary of the 
American Board, with whom Dr. Washburn for years 
iad been closely associated in the work of the foreign 
field, and who himself had once been located in Turkey, 
“delivered an eulogy. The choir of Mt. Vernon Church 
“sang two favorite hymns of Dr. Washburn, ‘‘There’s 
‘a Wideness in God’s Merey’’ and ‘‘Jerusalem, the 
Golden,’’ and the-anthem, ‘‘Souls of the Righteous.”’ 
Kenneth Shaw Usher, the organist, played several se- 
‘lections before and after the service. The body was 
Faken to Mount Auburn Cemetery, and in the spring 
“it will be buried in Middleboro where the words of 
committal will be said by Dr. Richards. Among those 
attending the services were the Bulgarian minister, 
from Washington, and the Bishop of the Armenian 
church. ' 
There is a peril in the air that America may well 
“afford to avoid—the peril of a haughty spirit of na- 
tional pride. These are not the times for a haughty 
pirit of jingoism. The paths of war are thorny and 
‘the way out is not easy. True neutrality is the better 
part of the wisdom of these days. It is noticeable that 
the careful students of history have the least to say 
hecause they realize so much may happen that is un- 
forseeable. What qualifications has the editor of a 
“great daily to settle the great diplomatic problems of 
the hour? All of the facts are not available for judg- 
“ment and the wise man reserves his judgment for that 
“Yeason, the facts are not all available. It is easy enough 
to make an editorial settlement of any problem, but 
these do not always square with the facts, neither do 
they settle the problem. The war is being settled on 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 8 
Mrs. Samuel Carr opened her home at 403 Com- 
monwealth avenue, Boston, yesterday afternoon for a 
lecture on ‘‘The Woman and the State’’ by Dr. Stanton 
Colt. The committee was made up of prominent people 
including, Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw, chairman; Mrs. 
Henry EK. Russell, treasurer; Mrs. William H. Baltsell, 
Mrs. Samuel Carr, Mrs. Wirt Deter, Mrs. Robert D. 
Evans, Mrs. Joseph S. Fay, Mrs. George Richmond 
Fearing, Jr., Mrs. Langdon Frothingham, Mrs. George 
Gove, Mrs. Robert Grant, Mrs. Maleolm Graeme Haugh- 
ton, Mrs. John Homans, Jr., Mrs. Hallam L. Mocius, 
Mrs. Francis Peabody Magoun, Mrs. James A. Parker, 
Mrs. Louis Agassiz Shaw, Miss Louie Stanwood, Mrs. 
William Sturgis and Mrs. Bayard Thayer. The Carrs 
have a summer home, ‘‘The Jungle,’’ at West Man- 
chester, 
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Miss Charlotte Baylies had as her guest at Boston 
over the holiday, Miss Dorothy Brown of Dobbs Ferry, 
N. Y., who has been visiting relatives in and near 
Boston. 
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The before-Lenten season in Boston was brought 
to a gay close Tuesday of last week with the subserip- 
tion dance for the City Hospital social service work 
at. the Hotel Somerset. Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, 2d, 
who wore black lace over white satin, and Mrs. WH. 
Preble Motley, gowned in yellow brocaded satin and 
white tulle, were in the receiving line. Others, who 
are prominent in North Shore summer colonies, in- 
cluded: Mrs. Gordon Abbott, white and gold; Mrs. 
Robert 8S. Bradley, black velvet and jet with jewels of 
pearls and diamonds; her daughter, Miss Frances 
Bradley, cloth of silver and white tulle; Mrs. Boylston 
A. Beal, green velvet with a skirt of white satin and 
green tulle; Mrs. Wiliam C. Endicott, pale blue moire 
with erystal embroidery; Miss Charlotte Baylies, green 
chiffon and beaded net; Miss Constance Gardiner, black 
tulle with a wide girdle of rose pink satin; Miss Eliza- 
beth Bigelow, white tulle over white satin; Miss Alice 
C. Thorndike, pale pink satin with the bodice draped 
with pink velvet; Miss Nina Burnham, green satin and 
ereen tulle; Miss Pauline Pollard, black satin and 
taupe chiffon; Miss Josephine Rantoul, pink satin with 
flouneces of pink tulle; Miss Ray Slater, silver beaded 
net over gray satin with a eirdle of rose pink velvet; 
Miss Esther Slater, pale yellow satin with white lace 
and touches of pastel blue; Miss Harriet Dexter, white 
satin and green tulle; and Miss Caroline Foster, pale 
blue silk. 
the battlefields of Europe and in the couneils of nations, 
not in the offices of a great newspaper syndicate. <A 
little sifting of editorial opinion in these days will do 
no harm. Hven a conservative paper may be tempted 
to make a ‘‘yellow’’ opinion. True neutrality comes 
high, but it is worth all it costs. America cannot afford 
to be other than truly neutral. 
The president of Boston University has translated 
a news item that appeared in a Petrograd paper at 
Christmas time reviewing the results of the prohibition 
The 
The 
police department had little to do, the courts less, and 
This in Russia! 
of the sale of vodka. The results were astounding. 
hospitals had a less number of accident cases. 
the churches were full. 
