MOTH CAMPAIGN 
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state, and without regard to town lines. 
For this purpose I am trying to raise 
$30,000, so that we have money enough 
in sight to insure a comprehensive cam- 
paign. Half measures are of no value, 
and I believe the estimate of the cost is 
under, rather than over, the amount that 
will be needed. 
‘“The position today is this,—The 
City of Beverly has appropriated $5000, 
and Mr. Kirkland for the state has 
agreed to appropriate one-third’ of the 
cost of the Beverly work as estimated, 
to wit, $5000, and I have guaranteed him 
from my committee the other $5,000, 
and the work has been started in 
Beverly. 
** The state is, as I understand, 
to put in another $5000 in the back 
Chebacco woods, and in Wenham, 
Essex, Hamilton and Manchester, pro- 
vided there is $10,000, at least, more 
contributed in these sections either by 
individuals or by the towns. 
“There is no doubt that my commit- 
tee, Messrs. Oliver Ames, C. H. Tyler 
and myself, will secure enough money 
by contribution from the Beverly shore 
residents to take care of the Beverly 
woods, $15,000 or more, and also the 
woods immediately back of Beverly in 
Wenham, and possibly a small part of 
Hamilton down to the Manchestér line. 
We shall also be able, I think, to do a 
good deal towards providing the money 
necessary to take care of the Chebacco 
woods in Hamilton, and possibly help 
on the Essex. 
“It seems to me, as the town of 
Manchester has many acres of woods 
which are badly infested, that that town 
and its shore residents should be willing 
and eager to provide the $10,000 or 
$12,000 that must be spent if those 
woods are to be saved. Certainly if they 
are not saved, an irreparable damage 
will be done to the North Shore, and 
valuations will have to go down. My 
suggestion has been, and I have made 
it to the selectmen, that the town itself 
should come into the general scheme 
upon the same terms as Beverly, to 
wit,—should appropriate $5000 to be 
ready 
spent by the State Superintendent, pro- 
vided at least $10,000 more is either 
given by the state or raised by sub- 
scription to be spent in fighting moths in 
the woods in Manchester and directly 
back of Manchester in Essex. 
‘* Of course, something ought also to 
be done if enough money can be raised 
in Gloucester; but so far, I do not know 
what has been done or _ proposed there. 
We hope that Manchester will come in 
upon the above terms in the general 
scheme, and I feel reasonably sure that ~ 
I could raise the necessary money there, 
provided the town makes the above ap- 
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Miss Van Volkenburg Gives Novel Entertainment 
| in Wednesday Evening Club Series at Manchester. 
The sort of entertainment given in the 
Chapel, Manchester, Wednesday even- 
ing, by Miss Van Volkenburg, in con- 
nection with the March meeting of the 
Wednesday Evening club, was some- 
thing entirely new for this community, 
but it proved decidedly popular, for 
everybody declared the entertainment to 
be the best given this season under the 
auspices of the club. The Chapel was 
crowded, and more than a score had to 
stand during the whole evening, every 
seat being taken. 
Miss Van Volkenburg has been attract- 
ing much attention in the West in her 
imitative interpretations of modern plays, 
and she was induced to come east for a 
few weeks to appear under the direction 
of the Redpath Lyceum bureau. It 
was only by rarest chance that the com- 
mittee was able to procure her for this 
entertainment. 
Wednesday evening Miss Van Volk- 
enburg gave the entire play of ‘‘ Merely 
Mary Ann,’’ as presented by Miss 
Eleanor Robson and her company. 
And as an encore she gave Marjorie 
Benton Cook’s monolog, ‘“The Matinee 
Gi? 4 
Miss Van Volkenburg cannot be 
classed as a reader. In fact, as she said 
in her introductory remarks, she has 
never studied elocution beyond the ele- 
mentary stages, 
matic art. She has never seen the man- 
uscripts of any of the plays she gives, 
and has seen the plays only once. And 
this makes her work all the more phe- 
nomenal. She possesses a remarkable 
rententive memory, and this coupled with 
her wonderful imitative talent has made 
her work a success, and a wonder to all 
.who have ever seen her. 
Miss Van Volkenburg gave the entire 
cast of “* Merely Mary Ann,’?’—some 
eleven characters. In quick succession 
she was the raw-boned, hollow-eyed 
French maid, the opera writer, boarding 
house mistress and Rosie her daughter, 
lawyer and wealthy suitor. She imper- 
sonates these characters true to life, and 
the audience carried away almost as com- 
plete an idea of the play as if it had been 
acted by the original cast. 
One can almost see the stage and the 
scenery, and the different characters as 
they come upon and leave the stage. 
In both “‘ Merely Mary Ann’’ ‘and as 
“The Matinee Girl,’? Miss Van Vol- 
kenburg impresses her hearers by her 
easy, girlish, yet strong personality. 
She does not appear to assume, but she 
becomes the character she portrays. 
pre icaet ee bear all the smooth finish 
of an artist. 
propriation, as I have already some 
$2800 promised by seven shore residents 
of Manchester. Unless the money is. 
forthcoming, however, I do not see how 
my committee or Mr. Kirkland can take 
up the Manchester woods in the general 
campaign, but we shall have to confine 
ourselves to saving the woods in Beverly 
and in the back towns where they can- 
not afford to take care of their own 
woods, and where it is necessary to con- 
trol the moths in order to save our woods. 
“* Yours very truly, 
““Wm. D. Souiter.’’ 
Peat’s wall Nakai the best, Loomis. * 
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