New EncLanp Has BEEN Catyep the playground of 
America, and so it is; for three generations now it has 
been the mecca of summer visitors and tourists. To 
know the world one should see America first; but no one 
has seen America who has not visited New England. Of 
New England’s attractions none excel the North Shore, 
so that for years to come the North Shore is certain to 
be the center of attraction for summer homes. Here are 
to be found all of the advantages of other New England 
shore resorts save the exhilirating air and scenery of the 
mountain districts; but even these are within easy dis- 
tance. The attractive beaches at Swampscott, Beverly 
Farms and Manchester are unrivaled the world over. 
Who can find so attractive and beautiful a bathing spot 
as Singing Beach, Manchester? The woodlands come 
down to the very shore line, and wood and shore attrac- 
tions are found together. Gloucester, Rockport and 
Marblehead afford incomparable harbors for pleasure 
crafts and the Manchester harbor affords the neighbor- 
ing estate owners safe anchorage for pleasure craft. Mo- 
torists have the advantage of the excellent roids that go 
in every direction, making possible innumerable interest- 
ing day’s itineraries. Those inclined to summer field 
sports will find the country clubs at Manchester, Hamil- 
ton and Swampscott, and golf clubs in Montserrat, Glou- 
cester and Rockport, and Magnolia leave nothing to be 
desired. In all New England there cannot be found such 
an opportunity for safe and pleasant driving. In the 
woodlands a veritable net-work of wood roads have been 
constructed for carriage driving and horseback riding: 
motor vehicles are excluded. 
STUDENTS oF History will find the North Shore an 
advantageous point from which to reach Boston, the home 
of the Puritans, Plymouth the first settlement of the 
Pilgrims, Salem of Witch-lure, the home of Hawthorne 
and the city of homes, Amesbury, known far and wide 
because of Whittier, and Newburyport. For historical 
study one must always seek old Boston. The student 
may find excellent libraries in all of the towns. Beverly 
Farms has a new library, built this year, and all of the 
other towns have been adequately served with library 
facilities for years. The North Shore is served by Bev- 
erly, Salem, Lynn and Boston, and these shopping advan- 
tages are not inconsiderable assets for the residents of 
the North Shore. 
Many oF THE Leapinc MEN in New England gath- 
ered at the Copley-Plaza Hotel in Boston on Monday and 
endorsed the plan to boom New England in a big national 
advertising campaign. Governor McCall, Mayor Curley 
of Boston, ex-Mayor Fitzgerald, Louis K. Liggett, Pres- 
ident Howard Elliott of the New Haven were among 
those who spoke in approval of the plan. A special com- 
mittee was appointed to form a permanent organization. 
It was proposed to spend a quarter of a million dollars in 
newspaper advertising. President Elliott said that the 
railroads had already spent $100,000 advertising New 
_ngland. Representatives from every state in New Eng- 
land were present. 
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Just as A Nation’s Roaps are a valuable asset in 
peace or in war so a certain portion of a country will 
benefit by good highways. Perhaps nowhere in America 
is so much attention paid to the construction of first class 
roads as in New York and the New England states. Mul- 
lions of dollars have been spent in building highways in 
New England for the benefit of automobile traffic. ‘There 
is a mistaken idea on the part of many people that the 
tourist is the only one who gets the benefit of the splendid 
roads. One has but to make a trip through the back-hills 
of any New England state where roads are in a deplor- 
able condition and observe the corresponding run-down 
conditions of the farms to learn by the contrast that the 
farmer also benefits by good roads. Then again just com- 
pare the volume of business done in winter with that done 
in summer by the average New England merchant and 
see if the autoist gets all the benefit of the good roads. 
The summer trade which comes to New England, via the 
auto and good roads, is the bulk of many a New England 
small merchant’s business. The North Shore is particu- 
larly blessed with fine highways. A veritable little net- 
work of good roads connects points of interest on the 
coast and is an asset worth reckoning. Added to the 
smoothness and stability of North Shore roads, both of 
which are a delight to motorists, is a beauty of setting, 
found in few other spots in America. A spin along a 
smooth hard highway with the rugged rockbound coast 
on one hand, beautiful wooded hills and wonderfully kept . 
estates on the other, the bright sky overhead and the 
breath of salty sea breezes in one’s face is a pleasure 
found only in New England. Splendid North Shore 
highways should have their share of the credit for bring- 
ing summer guests to this section. 
DESPITE THE BLUSTERING WEATHER of Sunday, the 
season has come on apace and the spring is really upon 
us. 
peas and doing general preparatory work. Summer homes 
are being opened. Mayflowers have been found by enthu- 
siastic nature lovers, although no one has yet announced 
the discovery of the hypatica or dog-tooth violet in bloom. 
Rank growths in the marshes have been showing green 
tor a week. , 
one another in their adventures for pussy willows. The 
buds of the horse chestnut and lilacs have already begun 
to swell and flower lovers have been gathering unflowered 
forsythia branches to place in water for house blooms. 
It will soon be time to welcome the adventurous yellow 
blooms. When it throws its wealth of gold along its leaf- 
less branches one may well known that the season is on. 
Welcome spring! No wonder the spring poets break out 
with verse of indifferent merit. The opening season is 
full of inspiration and good cheer. 
THe PLEDGING oF DELEGATES to the National Con- 
vention is largely a matter of compliments. When. the 
first or second ballots have been cast the favorite son’s 
balloting must end and the delegates will attend to the 
‘business of electing a nominee. 
Building operations have begun with real earnest. — 
Gardeners have been planting sweet peas and garden . 
The school children have been vying with. 
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