oS ee. Fe Se 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
ANNUAL BANQUET 
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was served, and this was followed by 
an entertainment which lasted over 
two hours, and when this was over 
dancing was enjoyed till a late hour. 
The success of the event, the man- 
ner in which it was conducted, the 
thoroughly good time which every- 
body seemed to have, and the repre- 
sentative gathering, including people 
from Beverly Farms, Pride’s Crossing 
and Magnolia, speaks emphatically of 
the prestige of the society on the 
North Shore. 
The hall presented a beautiful ap- 
pearance when the members of the 
society and their guests began to ar- 
rive at 5.45. Upwards of half a hun- 
dred vases of beautiful cut flowers 
and potted plants, interspersed with 
colored candles, adorned the tables, 
and the stage was banked with ferns 
and palms and some flowering plants. 
Among the choicest flowers were car- 
nations, lilies of the valley, charizema, 
storks and cyclamen. 
It was 6.20 ojclock when President 
James Macgregor called the gather- 
ing to order. Rev. C. A. Lincoln 
asked divine blessing, and the 200 at 
the tables were soon busy discussing 
the menu. 
There were present, as guests of 
the society, some 20 members of the 
Gardeners and Florists’ club of Bos- 
ton, including President James 
Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Fin- 
layson of Brookline ; James Farquhar, 
the well known seed dealer of Boston; 
W. J. Stewart, editor of Agvzculture, 
of Boston; Thos. H. Meade, J. W. 
Duncan of Boston; E. L. Pierce, Thos. 
Benwell of Cambridge; Daniel Iliffe 
of Somerville; Wm. Miller of Lynn; 
George Barker of Swampscott; Mr. 
and Mrs. Julius Heurlin, Braintree, 
and J. Geveneau of Boston — Some of 
the party came down from Boston on 
the forenoon train to Pride’s, and 
were driven to various of the summer 
estates along the shore, going to the 
W.S. Spaulding, Judge Moore and 
W.B. Thomas estates at Pride’s, to 
Jas. B. Dow’s greenhouse at the 
Farms, to the Miss Adele G. Thayer 
and R. C. Hooper estates at West 
Manchester and to the MacMillan es- 
tate at Manchester. They were 
escorted around by Messrs. Shaw of 
the Judge Moore estate, James Mac- 
gregor and H. W. Clark, lunching 
with the last two named. They were 
driven about in a barge offered by 
courtesy of Connolly Bros. 
At 7.10 Pres. Macgregor again 
called the gathering to order. He 
stated that the flowers on the table 
were to be distributed among the sick 
in town. 
Rev. Wm. F. Powers was then 
called upon for remarks. He pre- 
faced his remarks by telling a couple 
of stories of John Phoenix, the hum- 
orist. “You and I have a kindred 
work” he said, continuing, ‘‘we do 
what we can to develop that which is 
highest in creation—lite. The clergy 
fosters man’s spiritual life; the gar- 
dener gives his thought and his devo- 
tion to the beautiful,—the lives of 
vegetables. 
“It has been said that when a man 
gets up andtalks on nothing to peo- 
ple who know less than nothing,—that 
is philosophy. Now I do not intend 
to talk on philosophy. 
‘You are historians of life and as 
your intelligence devotes itself to the 
evolution of this—--that kind of plant 
you come nearer to understanding 
the grand mystery of creation and you 
know more of what life means. And 
thus you get to know more about ani- 
mal life. 
«Sentiment is something we cannot 
leave behind. A world without senti- 
ment can have no appreciation of the 
beautiful.” 
James B. Dow of Beverly Farms 
was next called upon. Mr. Dow re- 
viewed in brief the history of the so- 
ciety, telling of its work in the five 
brief years of its existence, telling 
how the society was formed through 
the efforts of five men, one of whom 
was the present president. The so- 
ciety now numbers 160 members. 
Twenty-four subjects have been dis- 
cussed at the meetings during the 
year, half of which had to do with the 
growth of plants and flowers; six had 
to do with culture of vegetables, and 
one was a lecture on village improve- 
ments. The speaker asked for the 
co-operation of allin making the so- 
ciety stronger, and the benefiting the 
town by beautifying it. 
Miss Carolyn E. Allen then sang 
“Pretty Little Kate” by Baring, in her 
usual pleasing manner, and when 
called back for an encore. she sang 
Nieblinger’s, ‘““The Robbins.” 
Rev. E. H. Brewster made one of 
his characteristic addresses. ‘I think 
the great success of this society is due 
to your environment,” he said. “You 
have the sea, the trees, the hills, the 
blue sky and everything you could 
want.”’ He spoke of horticulture as 
promoting two kinds of culture—the 
truth culture and the heart culture. 
Mr. James Farquhar gave an inter- 
esting account of the conditions of 
horticulture as he found it on a recent 
visit to Porto Rico, which place he 
thought would some time be the win- 
ter home of many New Englanders. 
Supt. of Schools Fish read one of 
Sam Lawson’s stories, ‘‘Miss Ellicon’s 
Picture,’’ which kept the audience in 
one constant roar of laughter. 
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Jobn Duncan, the New England 
representative of the Florists’ Ex- 
change of New York, was next called 
upon for remarks. He congratutated 
the citizens of Manchester on having 
such a beautiful town. It was 20 
years ago, he said, since he first be- 
came acquainted with the North 
Shore. Since that time Manchester 
has changed wonderfully. ‘‘We were 
much impressed today,” he said, ‘by 
the splendid quality of carnations 
grown here. Your president told me 
it was the soil, but it is the men you 
have here who accomplishes these 
things. These horticultural societies 
are doing a great deal of good every- 
where.”’ 
Rev. C. A. Lincoln then favored the 
company with a beautiful Spanish 
song, “The Sword of Ferrara,” by 
Bullard, and he sang ‘Phosphores- 
cence’ as an encore. 
Miss Harriet Brewster, whose read- 
ings are always greatly enjoyed, read 
“Salvador’s Race” and ‘Jim Blood- 
soe.”’ 
James Wheeler, president of the 
Gardeners’ and Florists’ club of Bos- 
ton, was then called upon for remarks. 
The speaker said the society had been 
referred to as an infant, but he 
thought it was a pretty large baby for 
five years old. The society was doing 
a grand work, he thought. He spoke, 
too, of the natural beauties of Man- 
chester. 
After aselection by Riordan’s (High 
school) orchestra, which, by the way, 
‘played their several selections in a 
most complimentary manner, Miss 
Gertrude B. Goldsmith sang ‘Spring 
has Come,” by White, and as an en- 
core, Gaynor’s ‘The Slumber Boat.”’ 
Miss Goldsmith later sang Giebel’s. 
Pickaninny Song. 
Allen S. Peabody’s graphic descrip- 
tion of a sure cure for rheumatism— 
the bee cure—took the house by 
storm. He read “The Old Clock” 
as an encore. 
Miss Allen again entertained, sing- 
ing ‘The Swallows,” by ‘Cowen, and 
when called back sang ‘‘Mighty Lak’ 
a Rose,’ by Nevins. Another read- 
ing by Miss Brewster brought the en- 
tertainment to aclose. The hall was 
then cleared of seats and dancing was 
enjoyed the balance of the evening, 
with Leon W. Carter as prompter. 
The committee in charge was com- 
posed of W.B. Jackson, chairman ; 
Frank B. Rust, Herbert W. Clark, 
John Baker and Robert Mitchell. 
Solid gold jewelry can be found at 
Winchester’s, jeweler, Post Office sq., 
Gloucester, Mass. * 
We warrant and stand behind our 
goods at H. B. Winchester, jeweler, 
Post Office sq., Gloucester, Mass. * 
