30 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
THERE 1s Great NrEEpD for a boulevard suitable for 
pleasure vehicles and automobiles connecting Boston and 
the Fellsway. After the tourist leaves the Fellsway in 
somerville he is obliged to make his way over cobbles 
through Charlestown into Boston or take the narrow 
streets and longer route through Cambridge and over 
Harvard bridge. Some day there will and must be con- 
structed a broad boulevard making direct connection be- 
tween the boulevard routes north and south of Boston. 
Plans are being proposed and eventually the improve- 
ment must be forthcoming. 
THE GOVERNOR Has SicNeD A Brit, making the first 
day of January a legal holiday, but there is a referendum 
attached. It is not a foregone conclusion that the holiday 
bill will become law. It is an established method of pro- 
cedure to pass doubtful bills with a referendum. Many 
a legislator would have voted against the bill that would 
not object to giving the voters an opportunity to express 
an opinion upon the subject. 
BrcAusE A Man Can Make a high grade car for a 
small amount of money and run a factory in a systematic 
profit-making manner it is no reason why he should be 
nominated for the highest office in the land. The Presi- 
dency demands a first-class statesman, not a second rate 
master mechanic who made a lucky strike. 
Mayor Cur_ey Has PropHesiep that America wi!l 
go prohibition within ten years. Ex-President Roosevelt 
is quoted as favoring national prohibition. The words of 
these two men show at least the way in which the wind 
is blowing irrespective of the certainty of their judgments. 
THERE Were Neary five thousand five hundred 
deaths last year due to walking the railroad tracks. But 
people will keep on doing it. Safety First will inspire 
most folk to keep off the track. You never know what 
you will do when you are bewildered. 
It 1s Apour Trme for Mr. Bird to retire. His en- 
trance into Massachusetts politics disrupted the republican 
party and resulted in the great success of the democratic 
organization. Will he not hinder true republicanism in 
the contest now on? 
Tur Haveruini Riot was not a disgrace to New 
England, nor to the good city of Haverhill, but it’ was a 
disgrace to the weak city government and to the frenzied 
hoodlums that precipitated the trouble. 
THE Coroner Has Barren all political interviews 
while on his Boston visit. That very decision is itself a 
shrewd political move. The Colonel is no “slouch” when 
it comes to political strategy. 
_ THE EmMproyMEN’T ProsiEeM is a serious one on the 
Shore these days. The return of the Italian workers to 
Italy last summer has put the employers of labor in hard 
straits. 
Tue Lone Norru Snore Srason—April to’ Nov- 
ember—is in itself a testimony of the attractiveness of the 
North Shore. 
Jupcinc From THE Reports from the real estate 
offices the North Shore is assured of a boom season. 
Have You Licencep the dog? 
ues Returned your tax 
memoranda : Aaa 
- actually underway. 
THE GOVERNOR oF MassAcuuserrs has come out 
with a message for the abolition of capital punishment. 
He advances many arguments in its favor that are worthy 
of him. But he has forgotten in his ethical zeal that 
there are those who strongly believe that it is more hu- 
mane to take life by hanging or electrocution than to in- 
carcerate a man for life. Massachusetts will eventually 
declare itself in favor of the abolition of capital punish- 
trent, but the time has not yet arrived. Paes 
Boston 1s MAKING an expensive and commendable 
advance in shore development in .South Boston. . The 
flats, there, are to be filled in and a modern strandway 
built. It will connect Marine Park strandway with the 
South Shore boulevard in Quincy. 
plan that will benefit the real estate interests of South 
Boston it is an asset of the state. 
THE Avutomosite Has Benn a fruitful source of 
misunderstanding and difficulty for the assessors of towns 
and cities and for motor owners. This year the assessors 
of Beverly are to try a new experiment that seems fair. 
The individual who owns an automobile has an oppor- 
tunity to place a value upon his car or motorcycle as of 
April 1. ; 
How Fortunate tHe City of Sarem has been in 
having a generation of men and women who have had 
vision enough to preserve the old colonial homes and 
beautiful doorways. Salem is still the mecca of histor- 
ians and architectural students who delight in the colonial 
lines. tis 
Ir You Expect a TENANT in your bird house it is 
time to put it in readiness. Bird tenants are particular 
and prefer their apartments unfurnished. Put out a 
bird house and enjoy the :feather world. , 
THe REFORESTATION PLANS have already begun in 
Massachusetts. The spring plans this year surpass all 
those of other years. It is a good sign. America has 
been remiss in conserving its forestry” assets. 5-6 
Tue INpDustrious GARDENER with justifiable pride 
may tell you now his peaches are in bloom, in the green 
house to be sure, but it does, nevertheless, sound good to 
the ears that have listened to winter’s winds. 
_ Prune Your Appie Trees and spray then well. 
This is apple year and everybody is getting ready. ‘The 
agricultural colleges are taking the lead in the spraying 
campaign. They know what is what. 
Tue Birty Sunpay Campaicn for Boston 1916 1s 
There will be something doing in 
Old Boston in the autumn. ; 
THE First of THE Srason’s Hormays is upon us. 
The motorists will try out their cars, and their nerves on 
Patriots’ Day—April ro. 
An ANTIQUARIAN Has Founp an ancient Old Farm- 
er’s Almanac. The date was the only difference that im- 
pressed him. 
Tr Sprinc Bonners give the spring birds and 
spring flowers their cue. It is time for the birds and 
flowers. 
TIME To Take out the lawn mower for examination. 
April 14, 1916, 
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