f gned to impel self-help. Carnegie’s 
gene osity is not minimized by this 
jiew—it is, rather, enhanced. His 
willingness to give is not to be inter- 
reted as insincere. But, in this in- 
stance, at least, he must have seen 
clearly beforehand the futility of his 
offer and the impossibility of its be- 
i executed. Were the gift not in- 
tended as a stimulus to make the 
2 merican people think and do their 
ae by their ex-Presidents, the offer 
uld be nothing less than an affront 
o the dignity of the Presidential of- 
Be tesident William Howard Taft 
Carnegie pension was suggested! Who 
would expect him to be a Carnegie 
pensioner? If the government does 
not make a wise provision for its 
ex-Presidents, it looks as if the Carne- 
sie Pension fund would be a dead let- 
ter. Mrs. Cleveland has married 
again. Pres. Taft has intimated his 
oc 
refusal. 
pbrogres: is evidently being made in 
verly Farms; they are about to fol- 
y the example of Manchester. A 
or will probably be purchased for 
the fire engine. This is a wise policy 
for Beverly for it will make it more 
available for service in the center of 
a city in case of a conflagration. 
Boston college men are rejoicing at 
the approaching completion of the new 
group of buildings. The college has 
won a place for itself as a Boston in- 
stitution and deserves the enlarged 
- opportunity which the new buildings 
oaer, 
Thanksgiving is a New England day 
and the number of those who have 
opened their homes for the holidays 
on the Shore increases each year. 
_ Thanksgiving on the Shore offers a 
_ touch of life that the most luxurious 
hotel can never afford. 
The new school for chauffeurs to 
be provided by the city of Boston is 
a public service. It may serve the 
aspirants, but the public will have 
gained by having carefully trained 
chauffeurs. 
The problem of what we should do 
with the growing boy is no small one 
and the efforts being made in Man- 
chester, if well directed, will mean 
_much for the next generation. 
It was Harvard’s Day after all. It 
_ was a long wait but the victory was 
none the less welcome. They did 
what President Lowell prophesied.. 
= 
did the expected thing when the 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The free lecture course in the school 
house at Beverly Farms is enjoying 
the success that it deserves. 
‘Golden rod and dandelions are rare 
at Thanksgiving, but they have been 
found this year. 
Boston’s Largest GRrart Bom. 
that most convincing body of men, 
the finance commission of Boston, 
have fired one of the most deadly 
and effective bombs into the ranks o1 
the building department of the Hub’s 
city government that it has ever laun- 
ched from its verbal cannons. Af- 
ter charges of graft and incompetence 
have been hurled at many of the 
heads of departments and their “un- 
derstudies,” those charged with of- 
fences have been doing a fast Turkey 
Trot for the finance commission’s of- 
fice to learn why such an atack has 
been made upon them. 
As Mayor Fitzgerald says, “The 
commission’s report is one of the most 
constructive as well as complete re- 
ports that has ever come from that 
body.” It not only makes charges, 
but casts aside its critical gaze long 
enough to suggest wherein changes 
and subsequent improvements may be 
made in the building department. 
Mayor Fitzgerald is not free from 
the “knocking” of the commission, and 
former Building Commissioner Rooney 
and the law departnient come in for 
their share of criticism. Much of the 
laxity of the building commission will 
undoubtedly be eliminated after ac- 
11 
tion is taken on the finance commis- 
sioner’s report. 
Rockport Review, Nov. 28, 1912. 
“The Witchcraft trials at Salem 
220 years ago made that town forever 
historic. It is to be hoped that no 
measure of odium will again fall up- 
on the place by reason of the outcome 
of the labor agitators.”—Springfield 
Republican. 
Salem is certainly trying to forget 
that is it habitually cailed the Witch 
City, and always dodges publicity 
along the lines of witchcraft lore. As 
yet none of the fertile-minded report- 
ers who are covering the Ettor trial 
have written “colored” stories of the 
trial along the line of witchcraft, but 
they may yet. Salem hopes not, be- 
cause she wants publicity of the right 
kind. 
Rockport Review, Nov. 28, 1912. 
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Of being kind! Her tender smile 
Matches her yearning, earnest gaze; 
Her whisper is enough to wile 
A saint, or hermit . . In amaze 
I contemplate her charms—but, then, 
My sweetheart has the loveliest ways 
—Madeline Bridges. 
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sure my son has appendicitis? 
The Eminent Specialist—We can 
tell you better, madam, after the oper- 
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