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built in past years. The cottage is long and of rambling 
look and its roof shows several “snubnosed” gables. It 
is shingled all over. On the side facing the water there 
is a long uncovered piazza, affording views of the Salem 
and Beverly shores. At each end of the house there is a 
spacious covered piazza. The front entrance shows a 
low covered porch of “eyebrow” design. Small-paned 
windows and dormers and outside big chimneys add their 
value to the quaint look of the cottage. In a small wing, 
at an angle, is placed the service part. On the lower floor 
the stairs are placed inconspicously and fill their intened- 
ed purpose without attempt at ornamentation. There is a 
long living room with beamed ceiling and panelled walls, 
finished in green, and a fireplace is of field stone, with 
inglenook seats. The adjoining dining-room likewise is 
panelled and beamed, Each room has a large bay win- 
dow. The second story provides four chambers and two 
baths, linen closet and storage rooms, with rooms for 
servants in the wing. 
Adds to Former Holdings 
Arthur H. Marks of Akron, O., who for many years 
has been a summer resident of Peach’s Point, where a 
picturesque house was erected for him several seasons 
ago, has bought within the year the Raymond estate on 
the Point, which includes a large house and a small cot- 
tage. He has rented his own big house for the summer, 
therefore his family will occupy the cottage on the newly- 
acquired property. The larger house is much altered by 
remodelling, from plans by Andrew, Rantoul & Jones, 
the Boston architects. The changes vastly improve the 
house and the work has included new gardens, a tennis 
court, retaining walls and the replanting of trees. Mr. 
Marks is a member of the Naval Consulting Board, and 
will be kept away from Marblehead on official business 
much of the summer, but will join his family there as 
frequently as possible, for brief visits. 
At NAHANT. 
AHANT changes are few this season and show only 
one new cottage, that built for Miss Charlotte H. 
Guild. It is on Maolis street, opposite the Schuyler Clark 
place and that of Mr, and Mrs. G. Louis Richards, just 
beyond which is the summer estate of Samuel Eliot Guild. 
Miss Guild’s house is a modified Colonial type of two 
stories and is from plans by Little & Brown, Boston archi- 
tects, and it has been built by J. T. Wilson & Son, Inc., 
of Nahant. The exterior finsh is of siding and the simple 
Colonial entrance, with its columns and lattices, is im- 
pressive because of its simple treatment. The hall is old- 
fashioned with a square turning, and the vamp rails con- 
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tinue the Colonial impression. There is a long living- 
room opening upon an end covered piazza. A quaint case- 
ment window with a little balcony overlooks the hall from 
the living-room, <A side hall separates the living-room 
from the dining-room and provides a garden entrance. 
In the living-room and dining-room are very old mantels, 
rescued from ancient houses and installed here with good 
effect. Casement doors lend interest to the rooms. The 
usual service department is well planned. The second 
floor contains the owner’s suite and other rooms for use 
of guests, and maids’ rooms and bath. The house is 
nearing completion. 
Alterations on Several Cottages 
For William K. Richardson, whose place is about 
opposite Miss Guild's, the gardens have been enclosed with 
a substantial fence having a hooded top. An arbor at. one 
end and an ornamental gateway are attractive, The 
grounds have been laid out from plans by Arthur A. 
Shurtleff, the Boston landscape architect. The house 
shows a new sun parlor and the den enlarged. Other 
minor changes at Nahant include improvements on the 
house of Miss Emma Forbes Cary, at Spouting Horn; 
changes in the Rufus L. Sewall cottage; alterations in 
the cottage of J. Harleston Parker, formerly the Alfred 
Dabney house; various improvements, both interior and 
exterior, for Robert Amory, Jr.; and work for Albert 
Thorndike, for whom the garage and stable have been 
improved, as has the house, with various alterations. 
This house, on Nahant road, was formerly the FE. F. 
Parker estate. For W. A. Barton, present owner of the 
former Bond cottage, on Valley road interior changes 
include a greatly enlarged dining-room, additional baths 
and other improvements. 
What has been known as the William A. Hayes es- 
estate, situated on Nahant road opposite the Nahant club, 
shows changes carried out for the new owner, Philip 
Young. Rooms have been thrown together to make a 
spacious living-room into which very old panels have been 
placed, which with the fireplace of old brick, with” quaint 
tiles and other finish, combine to give the room an old- 
fashioned appearance. These and other changes make 
the house far more comfortable than heretofore, — Up- 
stairs there have been similar alterations, as four bed- 
rooms have new been made into two of larger size, and 
new baths have been added. A new den has been made. 
Extensive grading, an arbor and other exterior improve- 
ments add their value to the general changes which have 
been carried out. All of these improvements on these 
various estates have been made by J. T. Wilson & Son, 
Inc., of Nahant. 
Joun L. Sarronstart, TO RuN For 
CONGRESS. 
John L,. Saltonstall of Beverly will 
be a candidate for Congress, and 
makes the following announcement: 
_“T shall be a candidate for the re- 
publican nomination for Congress in 
the Sixth Congressional District to 
succeed the Hon, A. P. Gardner. 
“Since the first of the year I have 
had charge of the Northeastern Divi- 
sion of the American Red Cross, which 
includes the States of Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire 
and Vermont, and feel that it is my 
duty to continue, for the present, to 
do everything I can to help this great 
national organization, which is under- 
taking such important work in con- 
nection with the war, rather than give 
it up to spend my time campaigning. 
“T feel confident that, under the cir- 
cumstances, the people of the district 
will approve if I postpone making an 
active campaign until later, and will 
understand that it is not due to any 
lack of appreciation on my part of the 
great importance of the position to 
which I aspire. 
“Very truly yours, 
“JoHN L. SALTONSTALL.” 
STratE TAX GREATLY INCREASED. 
Manchester will be called upon to 
pay a state tax this year of $41,910, 
which is over $10,000 more than that 
paid last year—$31,760. But in this 
regard Manchester is not alone in the 
extra tax; all the cities and towns in 
the county will be called upon to pay 
a sum greatly in excess of 1916. 
Beverly, for instance, will pay $08,- 
670, as against $74,720 in 1916; Glou- 
cester, $59,620 in 1917, $43.520 in 
1916; Hamilton, $13,750 in 1917, 
$10.400 in 1916; Marblehead, $24,- 
200 in 1917, $17,680 in 1916; Nahant, - 
$20,020 in 1017, $15,650 in 1916; 
Swampscott. $34.760 in 10917, $25,- 
020 in 1916; Wenham $7,480 in 1917, 
$5,680 in 1916; Ipswich, $12,870 in 
1917, $9.280 in 1916; Essex, $3,300 
in 1917, $2,400 in 1916, 
