NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
ENGLISH HOME LIFE. 
Rev. H. J. White gives an interesting talk on 
the subject before the Wednesday 
Evening Club in Manchester. 
Despite the inclement weather 
Wednesday evening the meeting of 
the Wednesday Evening club in Man- 
chester was largely attended and a 
program of a most pleasing character 
was Carried out. 
The selections by the orchestra, 
composed of T. W. Long, violin; 
Chester Cook, cornet; Joseph Allen, 
clarionet ; and Mrs. Long, piano; and 
the vocal solos by Mrs. Collester, wife 
of Principal Collester of the Salem 
High school, who sang with excellent 
expression, were features of the even- 
ing’s entertainment. Miss Harriet 
Brewster was received with usual 
favor and Aaron B. Palmer, former 
principal of the Story High school, 
was given quite an ovation when he 
was announced. Mr. Palmer’s solos 
were excellently rendered. 
The address of the evening was 
given by Rev. Herbert Judson White 
of Beverly, who talked about one half 
an hour on ‘‘ English Home Life” and 
his experiences during a recent visit in 
England. 
“The English race,’ said Mr. 
White, ‘is the product of many races 
and many years. Like good fruit cake 
it is rich and old. Time is the friend 
of all who will make use of it. The 
English have used their time to excel- 
lent advantage. On the whole they 
have made splendid selection of their 
common things. 
“ Among the things selected and 
enriched by centuries of investment 
the English home stands pre-eminent. 
We Yankees criticize about everything 
the Englishman possesses excepting 
his home and his home life.. The 
English are a home loving people. 
They long since have determined that 
a home must be a fixed place. 
“They have found that a furnished 
apartment in Jordan, Marsh & Co.’s 
store is only the skeleton of a home. 
It is good for Americans to enter 
these English homes. One of the 
chief lessons in the art of living that 
Americans are slowly learning is that 
which relates to the making of a true 
home. We have been obliged to make 
so many other things that we have left 
the making of the home until all the 
rest is finished. 
“J dare not look for a revival of 
pure religion until our people become 
more domestic. The nation does not 
make the home. The home makes 
the nation. : 
“To see the English home we must 
go among the great middle classes. 
The aristocratic folk are mere flitters, 
following the call of fashion, while the 
lowest classes are almost universally 
drunk sodden, and where this is the 
case, homes are unknown But be- 
tween the dregs of society there is, 
thank God, a lot of good wholesome 
stuff. The great middleclass is made 
up of the thinkers, the planners, the 
workers. Their chief accomplish- 
ment, I repeat, is in home making. 
“That which we first see of an 
English home is a high brick wall. 
The only entrance is througha door in 
REV. HERBERT JUDSON WHITE, 
Who delivered the address at Manchester. 
the wall which in solidity resembles 
the door of a county jail. But when 
one enters, instead of hard cobble 
stone pavements amd a bare wall a 
garden sweet and inviting confronts 
him. He sees a vista, — fruit trees, 
vines, flower beds, beautiful lawns, 
bowered nooks, tea houses, and shady 
walks. One immediately receives the 
impression that he had already entered 
the house. He realizes the truth that 
our best architects and landscape gar- 
deners have taught, that the garden 
should be as much a part of the house 
as the parlor. An outer room, in fact. 
The garden is the beautiful garment 
of the house. How winsome and love- 
ly are those houses so enveloped in liv- 
ing green. But here in America we 
have stripped the garments from our 
houses and left them indecently naked. 
The Englishman thoroughly enjoys and 
uses his garden. Many of the lighter 
meals are served out under the trees. 
‘‘ Within the house we find that the 
impression of comfort that was so 
enjoyed out of doors is strengthened 
as we pass the threshold. The most 
prominent room is the living or dining 
room, where the meals are eaten and 
where the family assembles. This is 
the front room.” 
Mr. White spoke also of the life of 
the English family, emphasizing the 
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parents’ devotion, the respectful air of 
the children, the obedient bearing of 
the servants, hospitality, and above 
all, the loyality to England. 
The committee in charge of the 
meeting was composed of Hollis L. 
Roberts (chairman), Joseph N. Lip- 
man, Arthur E. Olson, Miss Jessie 
Hoare and Miss Amy B. Haskell. 
The following committee will have 
charge of the April meeting: Frank 
P. Knight, A. C. Needham, A. S. 
Jewett, Mrs. T. W. Long, Mrs. F. P. 
Knight and Miss Eva Allen. 
The program of the evening : — 
Selections—“ Apple Blossoms”....... Poem 
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Orchestra. 
Vocal solo A Dreams oer ie Bartlett 
A. B. Palmer. 
Recitations—‘‘ The Broomstick Train,” 
“ Little Boy Blue,” 
Miss Harriet Brewster. 
Vocal solos—‘‘ My Dreams,”.......... Tosti 
“T have no Sweetheart but You,” 
Mrs. Collester. 
Address—“ English Home Life,” 
Rev. H. J. White. 
Vocal solo—* Winona”. 2.2-..--4- bartlett 
Mr. Palmer. 
Recitations—‘ Assisting a Poetess,” 
‘“ When the Minister Comes to Tea,” 
Miss Brewster. 
Solo—" With you, deaty 22 ere Scott 
“ Pensacola Pickaninny,”........ Geibel 
Mrs. Collester. 
Selection—“ Laces and Graces,”....... 
Orchestra. 
EDWIN P. STANLEY, 
Re-elected Treasurer and Collector of Manchester. 
To Change Publication Office. 
The publication office of the BREEZE 
is to be changed during the coming 
month from Beverly to Manchester. 
This is but a step in the steady 
progress of the BREEzE and is, we 
believe, for our best good. The 
change simply means that the BREEZE 
will be mailed in Manchester instead 
of Beverly. 
