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NORTH" SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE. BREEZE 
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SALW RDAY. DE Calin lous. 
A Poor Policy, 
Comparing the expenditure of $1,- 
441.62 for high school text books 
with that of $6,918.62 for text-books 
in all the Newton schools, Mayor 
Weed announces his conclusion that 
text-books should not be turnished 
free to high school pupils. In view 
of the fact that high school education 
is so much more expensive than that 
in the lower schools, he thinks this a 
measure of prudence. As the high 
school pupils are for the most part of 
more than the compulsory school age, 
he considers there would be no injus- 
tice in compelling them to buy their 
own books. Accordingly, he recom- 
mends that the Newton school board 
concur with him in petitioning the 
Legislature to amend the law so that 
the free supply of school books shall 
be permissive instead of compulsory. 
— Lrookline Chronicle. 
That’s mighty poor policy, in our 
opinion. Prudent though the good 
Mayor may be, it seems far out of the 
line of good propriety to make a de- 
parture from the present condition 
as regards free education. No matter 
how slight a departure —it would, 
nevertheless, be a departure, and the 
good name of the American free 
school system can ill afford to stand 
such a change. Free education is one 
of our greatest institutions, and the 
burden of it has been voluntarily as- 
sumed by the taxpayers of the town 
and State. It does not seem right to 
shift it, even in the slightest degree, 
to the poorer class. Mayor Weed’s 
move, if he makes one, we predict 
will not be met with much favor by the 
Commonwealth, for, as some one has 
said, “‘a good policy becomes a poor 
one the moment it ceases to be ad- 
hered to consistently.” 
Whisperings, 
Talk about shrewd business men ! 
I was coming up from Manchester on 
the train yesterday morning when I 
overheard the two little Spaulding 
boys, sons of F. R. Spaulding of West 
Manchester, talking with a_ school- 
mate, who had got on at Beverly 
Farms. Their companion had just 
paid Conductor Charlesworth a fare 
to Boston, and he was given a rebate, 
with the remark that he would receive 
five cents for it when he presented it 
at the ticket office. The young chaps 
didn’t seem to know what this meant, 
and that five cents had been collected 
over the regular price of the ticket. 
ree tevtsaid: one, gc 1etSuna yeour 
fare tomorrow morning.” 
* * * * 
Here are some lines I take from the 
Catholic Standard which are quite 
seasonable just now, and can be ap- 
propriately called a ‘‘real letter to 
Santa Claus ”’: 
Dear Santa Claus: I thought I’d write 
These few lines to you tonight, 
Just to tell you everything 
We would like to have you bring ; 
For if they don’t come from you 
Goodness knows what we shall do! 
Tommy wants a coaster sled 
And a sweater (blue and red), 
Football, too, and skates and some 
Chocolate candy and a drum. 
Johnny wants a phonograph, 
(‘Singing songs that make you laugh”) 
Choo-choo cars that really go 
And a horn that he can blow ; 
Then he wants a hobby-horse 
And some candy, too, of course. 
Katie wants a doll that cries 
“Pa” and ‘“ Ma”’ and shuts its eyes, 
With some gowns and hats to fit 
And such things that go with it. 
She would like some dishes, too, 
And a doll’s house, painted blue. 
Mamma wants a dinner set, 
And she'd also like to get 
Ear-rings and some bric-a-brac 
And a lovely sealskin sacque. 
There! now that’s enough to bring — 
I don’t want a blessed thing 
For myself, for I’m so small 
I don’t really count at all. 
O! I’m very small, I’m told, 
Though I’m thirty-five years old. 
Just supply this list I send 
And I’]] be your grateful friend. 
I must have the things, you see, 
For my wife and children three, 
Who demand them all of me. 
* * * s 
I am told that the Up-in-Plainers in 
Manchester are much gratified over 
the fact that Frank Rust has again 
elevated the old wooden weather cock 
on his premises. For seventy-five 
years the bird turned its beak at the 
bidding of the winds, having been 
placed on a pole at the end of a wood- 
shed by the good old Gideon Stevens, 
Mr. Rust’s grandfather. For the past 
year, however, it has been missed from 
its customary stand—and greatly 
missed, too. Mr. Rust in making al- 
terations and improvements on the 
place he now occupies on Schoo] street, 
tore down the old shed, pole and all, 
and the familiar bird that had done 
service for three-quarters of a century 
came with it. The past week, how- 
ever, the pole and rooster have been 
reset. 
CHURCH NOTES. 
Manchester. 
Congregational church. Morning 
service at 10.45; pulpit will be occu- 
pied by a supply. Evening service at 
7 o'clock. 
Baptist church, Rev. E. H. Brews- 
ter, pastor. Morning service at 10.45. 
Sermon by the pastor ; subject: ‘The 
Smile of Grace.” People’s evening 
service at 7 o’clock; sermon by the 
pastor ; topic, ‘‘ Weeds in the Palace,”’ 
third in a series on ‘‘ The Shepherd 
King.” 
The Ever Ready circle of King’s 
Daughters will meet Monday evening 
with Mrs. Isabelle Stidstone. 
There will be special music at the 
Baptist church tomorrow night. 
The annual Christmas entertain- 
ment of the Baptist Sunday school 
will be given in the vestry next Sat- 
urday evening. A Christmas tree for 
the children will be a feature of the 
occasion. 
A committee from the Congrega- 
tional church in Gloucester, where 
Rev. Mr. Hibbard recently preached, 
was in Manchester last Sunday to 
hear the candidate at the Congrega- 
tional church. 
The sale under the auspices of the 
Church Aid society at the Baptist 
parsonage, Wednesday afternoon, 
proved very successful, a generous 
sum being netted. Inthe reception 
hall of the house cocoa and cake were 
served by young ladies, and in the 
parlor aprons and fancy articles were 
for sale, while in the dining-room, 
adjoining, candies and sweetmeats 
were sold... 
A delegation from here attended 
the quarterly meeting of Baptist 
churches in Beverly farms, Thursday 
afternoon and evening. 
