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__ The great chrysanthemum show of 
the Massachusetts Horticultural soci- 
ety, held in Horticultural hall, Boston, 
‘opened yesterday. A number of North 
Shore people, whose gardens are fa- 
mous for their beauty, have been en- 
tered among the exhibitors. Mrs. 
‘Lester Leland of West Manchester, 
and Mrs. Frederick Ayer of Prides 
cat rossing both have remarkably beau- 
- tiful exhibitions. 
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__ Already the North Shore girls, who 
make their bow tosociety in Boston this 
_ winter, have begun to join in the sea- 
son’s activities. The first debutante 
affair to be given was the reception, 
which Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Ever- 
ett gave at the Tuileries last week for 
their niece, Miss Madeline Everett. 
_ Among the debutantes present were 
_ Miss Eleanor Fabyan of West Man- 
chester, who was very charming in a 
__ white satin gown embroidered in white 
-erystal. A small black velvet hat with 
white feathers completed the costume. 
_ Miss Eleanor.Cabot of the Beverly 
‘Farms summer colony wore a_ sap- 
_ phire blue velvet suit with collar and 
cuffs of chinchilla and a small blue 
velvet hat trimmed very simply with a 
band of white plush. Mrs. W. H. 
__ Aspinwall of the Coolidge Point, Man- 
chester colony, was there gowned all 
in black except fro her satin 
scarf lined with white. Mrs. Godfrey 
~ Lowell Cabot of Boston and Beverly 
Farms wore black satin embroidered 
_ with silver and a small black hat with 
touches of white. Mrs. A. Nicholas 
~ Reggio, also of the Beverly Farms 
colony, was stunning in a black suit 
with a black hat trimmed with yellow 
_ feathers. 
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Mr. and Mrs. E. Rollins Morse of 
Boston will be missed from. the social 
_ functions there this winter as they are 
intending to pass the’ coming months 
_ at Washington, where they have leased 
the house formerly occupied by Jus- 
tice and Mrs. Lurton. 
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Mr. and Mires Boristori A. Beal of 
Boston spent the week-end at. their 
- summer home at Manchester. Mrs. 
Beal left Boston for a short trip to 
New York yesterday. 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, November 8, 1912. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Mrs. H. P. McKean of Boston and © 
Pride’s Crossing is to give a dinner- 
dance at her Back Bay residence 
Thursday, Dec. 5, in honor of Miss 
Louise McAllister, daughter of Mrs. 
Hall McAllister of Boylston street. 
There will be about fifty present at the 
dinner with a number of others in- 
vited in to take part in the dancing and 
the buffet supper. 
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‘Alice in Wonderland” is to be pro- 
duced at Copley hall, Boston, for the 
benefit of the Copley society on the 
following dates: Thursday evening, 
Dec. 12; Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14; 
Monday afternoon, Dec. 16, and Tues- 
day evening, Dec. 17. The affair is in 
charge of Holker Abbott. 
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Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hammond, 
who has spent the season at Nahant, 
has closed her cottage there and has 
returned to Boston for the winter. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Bradlee 
have returned from their trip abroad 
where they went immediately after 
closing their Nahant cottage in Sep- 
tember. Mr. and Mrs. Bradlee will 
probably leave later on for Bermuda 
to spend the season at “Fairyland,” 
their beautiful villa there. 
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Col. and Mrs. Henry E. Russell 
have closed their house at Manchester 
and have taken apartments at the Cop- 
ley-Plaza, Boston, for the winter. Miss 
Margaret Russell, their neice, is with 
them. 
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Others of the Manchester summer 
colony to spend the week-end at their 
estates here were the Gordon Abbotts 
and the §.V.R.Crosbys of West Man- 
chester, who opened their houses to 
enjoy the splendid fall days at the 
Shore. 
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Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Graham 
closed their house on Smith’s Point, 
Manchester, a few days ago and re- 
turned to their Boston residence, 37 
Commonwealth Ave., for the winter. 
Mr. and Mrs. Graham now own what 
was formerly the Merrill homestead, 
located on the highest elevation of 
Smith’s Point. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
‘Friday Mrs. Hugo Johnston, who 
has been spending the season at East 
Hamilton, concluded her stay on the 
Shore and started for Pasadena to 
open her villa there. 
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Judge and Mrs. Wm. Caleb Loring 
planned to close their residence at 
Pride’s Crossing the last of this week 
and return to their town house in 
Gloucester street, Boston. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Weeks An- 
thony of Brookline are receiving con- 
gratulations upon the birth of a son. 
Mrs. Anthony was Miss Primrose 
Colt, a daughter of Judge and Mrs. 
Le Baron Colt of Providence. Mr. 
Anthony is a son of Mr. and Mrs. 5. 
Reed Anthony of the Beverly Farms 
colony. They were married last Jan- 
uary. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Richards M. Bradley 
of the Manchester summer colony 
have taken the house, 216 Beacon St., 
Boston, for the winter. Next Tues- 
day they ‘will give a reception there 
to introduce their eldest daughter, 
Miss Amy Bradley, and the following 
Tuesday they will give a dance in her 
honor at the Chilton club. 
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, Among the important engagements 
of last week was that of Miss Cath- 
erine Delano of Chicago, and Alex- 
ander Galt Grant, the socond of the 
four sons of Judge and Mrs. Robert 
Grant of Boston. Miss Delano has 
many friends on the North Shere. 
She was recently a guest of Mr. and 
Mrs. William Hooper at West Man- 
chester. 
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, 2d, 
and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Agassiz 
Shaw of Beverly Farms, were among 
those from the North Shore who went 
to Dedham last Saturday for the wed- 
ding of Miss Katharine Saltonstall and 
Philip Batch Weld. 
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Miss Helen Taft and her aunt, Mrs. 
Thomas Laughlin, who were at Poland 
Springs a fortnight ago in the presi- 
dent’s party, have declared their inten- 
tion of paying a visit to the well 
known resort in February to enjoy 
the delightful winter sports. 
