NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Society Hotes 
The summer colony—or spring col- 
ony, perhaps,-—is beginning to arrive. 
The first of April, next Wednesday, 
will see preparations being made to open 
a number of cottages. 
Henry P. King and family are ex- 
pected at their Pride’s cottage the first 
week in April, or the week following. 
Mrs. M. D. Spaulding and sons are 
to remain abroad this season until well 
along in the summer, though their house 
will be open in April. 
R. H. Stevenson has hired the George 
Lee cottage at Beverly Farms, formerly 
the Boardman place, and occupied last 
season by the J. Fred Browns. 
Mrs. Lucius Manlius Sargent'is again 
enjoying grandmother honors, and the 
Hon. T. J. Coolidge is again a great- 
grandfather, for a daughter has been born 
in London to Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. 
Higginson, jr. Their little son is 2 
years old. 
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, 2d, 
arrived at Beverly Farms this week. 
Mrs. Shaw has been in Florida for some 
weeks with her mother, Mrs. Walter 
Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are at 
the Bryce Allan cottage on the Wenham 
road again for this season. 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mitchell will 
not return to Manchester until about 
Easter. “They have been with Mrs. 
Mitchell’s sister, Mrs. A. Carnegie, 2d, 
at Fernandina, Fla., since the holidays. 
Master John Mitchell of the Fay schooi, 
Southboro, is spending his spring vacation 
with his parents in Florida. 
Eben D. Jordan, of the West Man- 
chester colony, has generously offered to 
build an opera house on Huntington 
avenue, Boston, near Gainsboro street. 
Not only has he offered the house itself, 
thoroughly equipped and modern in 
every respect, but he has alsogiven a 
guaranty of the expenses of the perform- 
ances of opera for three years. ‘The 
cost of this opera house, including the 
land, will be about $700,000. 
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Beverly Farms, [lass., 
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Long Bremer, 
who have spent part of the winter in Bos- 
ton, are now settled in Cohasset, where 
they will spend the summer. 
It is reported that the Higginson cot- 
tage on Paine place, Pride’s Crossing, 
occupied last season by Amory G. 
Hodge, will be occupied the coming 
season by a family named Wood of New 
York city. 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Grew and 
Charles H. werd of the North Shore 
colony were recently in Paris. Mr. and 
Mrs. Grew are to visit their son who is 
connected with the diplomatic corps in 
St. Petersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence 
Moore are also in Paris, and will remain 
there until April. 
An engagement announced in New 
York ‘Thursday week comes as a great 
surprise to North Shore society. It is 
that of Alpheus Sumner Hardy and Miss 
Elizabeth Gracie King. Miss King is a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward King 
of University place, New York, and who 
have spent the past few seasons on the 
North Shore. They had the Dodge 
cottage, Old Neck, Manchester, last 
season. “Lhe wedding is set for Easter 
Monday, April 20, in Grace church, 
New York. 
Mr. and Mrs. , Francis R. Spaulding 
have leased their house at West Man- 
chester for the summer to Mrs. William 
A. Russell, jr., who will probably come 
down to the shore in early June. Mr. 
and Mrs. Spaulding and their two sons, 
who have been at West Manchester all 
winter, will spend the summer in Eu- 
rope. Mrs. Spaulding expects a visit 
shortly from her mother, Mrs. Evans. 
‘The Spaulding cottage is quite near that 
of the 8S. V. R. Crosbys, which will be 
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. 
Russell. 
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Box'118 
Pine St., Manchester 
Charles Stedman Hanks. 
Charles Stedman Hanks, a well known 
member of the North Shore summer 
colony, passed away at his apartments at 
the Brunswick Hotel, Boston, Monday. 
Mr. Hanks has gained much prom- 
inence of late in his investigations into 
the conduct of railroads of the country 
at the suggestion of President Roosevelt. 
He was abroad the past year in this con- 
nection, with his wife and two children, 
but returned in January because of his 
illness at Venice. Since his return he 
has been failing rapidly. 
Mr. Hanks was the only son of the 
late Rev. Stedman W. Hanks. He was 
born in Lowell and was graduated from 
Harvard in 1879, being in college at the 
same time President Roosevelt was there, 
and the two were great chums. After 
completing a course of study at Boston 
University he began the practice of law 
in Boston. 
For a number of years Mr. Hanks had 
been a resident of Manchester, though 
he had let his estate at West Manchester 
for several summers. Hewas one of the 
organizers of the Essex County club, and 
also one of the promoters of the Misery 
Island club. 
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