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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 5. NUMBER 30 
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1907. 
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Is the present method of insuring 
automobile owners against loss due to 
accidents caused by them a menace 
to travellers on our highways? That 
is to say, does the fact that an auto- 
mobile owner or driver can be insured 
against loss because of an injury 
caused by him to another automobile 
or traveller on the road, tend to ren- 
der him more careless in the manage- 
ment of his machine? : 
It would seem to us that this would 
be a very natural tendency. By this 
we do not mean to say that we think 
the ordinary automobilist would 
wantonly and maliciously run another 
down simply because he was insured 
against financial loss. 
mean that when you take away the 
danger of financial loss you take away 
a very effective restraint upon the or- 
dinary man. In other words, if he 
wants to try his speed on a smooth 
stretch of road, if he wants to have a 
brush with a companion, or if, in any 
emergency, he wants to take a chance 
which might result in injury to an- 
other, the removal of any danger of 
‘ loss to his pocketbook by reason of 
taking such a chance, through insur- 
ance, takes away the most effective 
restraint upon such conduct. 
Probably the majority of automobile » 
accidents are due to recklessness or 
carelessness on the part of the driv- 
ers, or to the use of unskilful and in- 
competent men to run machines, 
And while the North Shore has been 
But we do 
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remarkably free from accidents of 
this kind this year, yet the recent ac- 
cident on the Magnolia road in which 
Mr. Pettingill was injured, is an ex- . 
ample of what is frequently occurring 
in other sections. This was wholly 
due to recklessness. The number 
and frequency of these accidents is 
increasing, and scarcely a day passes 
without some account in the daily 
press of the death or injury of one or 
more persons due to overspeeding or 
carelessness on the part of automo- 
bilists. « 
If insurance takes away the re- 
straints upon care, then such insur- 
ance should be made illegal. It 
would seem to us that such insur- 
ance is wrong in principle. Its ten- 
dency is wholly injurious, and while 
the better class of automobile owners 
might not take advantage of it, yet 
there are many who would. It is not 
a question wholly of what actually is 
done under the immunity from mone- 
tary loss, but what in the nature of 
the case, might be done. It is the 
principle of the thing that is wholly 
wrong. 
Mrs. Frederick Winthrop 
The many North Shore friends of 
Mrs. Frederick Winthrop of Hamil- 
ton, were -shocked to hear of her 
death Wednesday morning, as the re- 
sult of injuries she received by being 
thrown from her horse Thursday of 
last week. 
Mrs. Winthrop made a gallant fight 
for life, and it was fora time thought | 
she might recover, but a change for 
the worse came Tuesday night, and 
she passed away early Wednesday 
morning. 
Mrs. Winthrop was trying a new 
horse at her summer home, Groton 
house, at Hamilton, when just as she 
turned for a run across the fields, her 
horse jerked and threw her off. Mr. 
Winthrop hurried to her assistance 
and she was carried to her home, but 
her injuries were such that she could 
not recover. : 
Mrs. Winthrop was Miss Dorothy 
Amory and was the daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles W. Amory, and was 
well known among the Myopia hunt- 
ing set. She was a woman who had 
many friends and was much interested 
in charitable work. 
Village Church Fair 
The fair given by the Ladies’ Aid 
society of the Village church, Mag- 
nolia, Wednesday, in the parlors of 
the Oceanside, was a great success in 
every way and all previous fairs were 
eclipsed. .Asa result the ladies will 
have $500 towards the paying off of 
the debt on the parsonage. 
The tables were well supplied with 
aprons, fancy articles, flowers and 
candy and presented a most inviting 
appearance and were well patronized 
by visitors during the afternoon and 
evening. The tables were in charge 
of the following ladies: Children’s 
table, Mrs. W. R. Boyd, Mrs. Edgar 
Story; apron table, Mrs. J. R. Cris- 
pin, Miss Amy Lycett ; fancy articles, 
Mrs. H. L. Hannaford, Mrs. A. M. 
Lycett, Mrs. Frank Story; candy, 
Miss Frances Libby, Miss Alice San- 
born; flower table, Miss Eva Mc- » 
Adoo, Miss Mary Southerland, Miss 
Faithful Ames, Miss Bertha Godfrey. 
Much credit is due the ladies of the 
society for their hard work in bring- 
ing the fair to such a successful issue, 
and especially to the committee who 
had it in charge, Mrs. A. M. Lycett, 
Mrs. Frank Story, Mrs. J. R. Crispin, 
Mrs. W. R. Boyd and Mrs. Edgar 
Story. 
Following the fair, which closed at 
8 o'clock, there was a free public 
organ recital given on the new organ 
which has recently been installed in 
the, Village” chirch7) Prot. 
Krumpeln of Jamaica Plain, who, 
though totally blind, is a musician of 
exceptional merit, presided at the 
organ, and Mrs. George H. Newell of 
the New Magnolia, was the soloist. 
The church was crowded with an ap- 
preciative: audience, more than 200 
being present. This was the second 
in a series of three organ recitals 
given on the new organ which was in- 
stalled this spring and is known as the 
Catharine McManes Memorial organ 
and is the gift of Mrs. Colfelt and 
Mrs. McManes. The program 
Wednesday evening is as’ follows : 
Wagner, _- Pilgrims’ Chorus, Tannhauser 
Henry Smart, ; Andante in G 
Handel, Angels Ever Bright and Fair, 
Vocal Solo 
Rubenstein, Melody in F 
Gounod, Soldiers’ Chorus 
Mendelssohn, Jerusalem, from St. Paul 
Vocal Solo 
Krumpeln, Variations on an Italian Melody 
Gounod, In Memoriam 
Rossini, Overture to Pancredi 
MILLINERY ANNOUNCEMENT, 
Owing to press of business 
Mrs. A. E. MARSHALL 
announces that until further notice she will 
close her Millinery Parlors every day at six 
o’clock excepting Saturdays, on which even- — 
ing she will be pleased to see her patrons as 
usual. 
Mrs. A. E. MARSHALL, 
31 Central St., Manchester 
