NORTH SHORE BREEZE 25 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Philadelphia and North Shore society is much inter- 
_ ested in the engagement recently announced in Vienna 
of Miss Gladys Kerens of St. Louis, daughter of Richard 
C Kerens, American ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 
and George H. Colket, a brother of Tristram C. Colket 
of Philadelphia and a nephew of Mrs. Harrison K. 
Caner of Philadelphia and Manchester, who has fre- 
quently entertained the Colkets on the North Shore. Mr. 
Colket is a Yale man, class of 1907, and toured Europe 
with the Kerens two years ago. 
Hotel Fairfax, Beverly. 
Among those who have been registered at the Fair- 
fax, Beverly, this week, have been John Pittinger and 
wife, Mrs. A. Hoffman, Miss N. J. Hoffman, East 
Orange, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. George Bird Grinnell, New 
York; Mrs. E. A. Coffin, Beverly; Mr. and Mrs. George 
L. Hunter, jr., Winchester; E. C. Heasley, Washington, 
D. C.; Mr and Mrs. Wm. Morse Rummel, Chicago; Wal- 
ter Morse Rummel, Paris; Robert Ranson, Florida; 
Frank B. Kellog, James Q. H. Field, Charles L. Spencer, 
$t. Paul; Martha Copland, Kansas City; Rev. Henry 
Bedinger, Salem; Rev. E. J. V. Huiginn, Beverly; E. T. 
Ransome, Plainfield, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Smith, 
Attleboro; Robert M. Thompson, T. Russel, E. T. Hart, 
Southampton, N. Y.; Charles A. Strout, G. M. Sirders, 
Asher C. Hinds, Guy W. Davis, Portland, Me. 
‘Exceeding in importance all other were pinks. 
Dr, and Mrs. J. H. Lan- 
E. T. Ransome of Plainfield, N. J., is manager of the 
steel construction department of the United Shoe Ma- 
chinery Co., and when he makes his weekly trips to 
Beverly stops at the Fairfax. Col. Robert M. Thompson, 
head of the National Coast Artillery, secretary and 
valet, of Southampton, N. Y., who has been registered 
at the Fairfax, came to have a conference with Presi- 
dent Taft. 
Frank B, Kellog, esq., of St. Paul, who left here Tues- 
day, was the government prosecutor of the Standard 
Oil. Mr. Kellog dined with President Taft and also 
played golf with the executive. 
Geo. Eberhard of Cincinnati and party of eight gen- 
tlemen also registered at the Fairfax. They came to 
secure President Taft as a speaker at their conservation 
convention, 
EK. C. Heasley of Washington, who is a guest at the 
hotel, is a member of the Executive Staff. 
Marblehead 
Mrs. 8. H. Rhodes of Boston has with her, Mrs. J. M. 
Grimes, Peoria, Ill., and her son, J. M. Grimes of the 
Boston University. 
The summer residence of the late Senator Redfield 
Proctor at Marblehead Neck has been sold to Fred M. 
Hoyt of New York. It adjoins the estate of H. L. Bow- 
den, known as ‘‘Sky High;’’ also the estates of Dana 
Estes and Mrs. C. W. Jones. There is a 12-room cottage, 
fine stable, ete. 
evening, Aug 19, is expected to sur- 
functions of the summer on the 
North Shore was the dinner-dance 
last Friday night at the Essex Coun- 
ty club. The whole North Shore was 
there, and scores and scores of 
guests from other places. One hun- 
dred and eighty-one sat down to din- 
ner at the eighteen tables. The 
floral decorations at some of the 
tables were most beautiful. After 
the dinner many others came in for 
the dance which continued until 
long after midnight. At table No. 1, 
in the far end of the main dining- 
room, were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 
Moore of ‘Pride’s, who had as their 
guests Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Spauld- 
“ing, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Denegre, 
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Leland, Mr. and 
_ Mrs. Preston Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charlie Munn, Miss Eleanora Sears 
-and Mr. Chapin. The decorations 
were fox-gloves. At the next table 
was Mrs. BE. C. Fitch and party, 
‘mostly members of the family. 
_ Phlox was the flower used in deco- 
rating. Mr. and Mrs. Washington 
_B. Thomas had ten at their table. 
Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Hutchinson had 
ten at their table, including Mr. and 
Mrs. Frank Seabury, Mrs. T. M. 
McKee, E. T. Stotesbury, Mr. and 
Mrs. Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. O’Neil 
_ from York Harbor. The Bagnells of 
_ the Oceanside had twelve at the 
table, the decorations for which 
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eashire had a party of eight at their 
table. Mrs. C. A. Munn was hostess 
for a party of 15 young people. Five 
vases of pinks were used for decora- 
tions. Mrs. J. W. Merrill’s table had 
very pretty decorations of Killarney 
roses and bouquets of white pinks 
were at each of the eleven plates. 
One large vase in the center of the 
round table was connected by glass 
chains. to five other smaller vases. 
Mrs. Arthur D. Cook had eight 
guests at her table, the decorations 
for which were pinks, too. Mrs. L. 
C. Hanna’s table was covered with 
pinks. There were eight young 
people at her table, including Leon- 
ard Hanna, Mr. Appleton, Mr. Camp, 
Miss Seudder, Miss Jeannett Dodge, 
Misses Lois and Marion McGinley. 
Two of the largest and prettiest ta- 
bles were those of Capt. Vassilieff 
of the Russian embassy and Count 
Wedel of the German embassy. 
There were fifteen guests at each ta- 
ble. Other tables were those of Dr. 
Kelsch of the Brazilian embassy, four 
guests; Mrs. Kennard of Magnolia, 
eight; Mrs. Coolidge, six; Mrs. J. C. 
Kerr, eight; Mrs. H. P. McKean, 
nine. The grounds were beautifully 
decorated for the occasion, many in- 
eandescent lights, of varied colors be- 
ing strung in the trees, turning the 
place into a miniature fairyland. 
The next dinner-dance, on Friday 
pass in many ways this first one of 
the season. 
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Francis L. Higginson departed 
from Pride’s this week on his cus- 
tomary fishing trip to Metapedia, 
Quebec. 
The Leach Cottage, Manchester. 
Several well-known people are 
stopping at the Leach cottage, Man- 
chester’s newest summer boarding 
house, on Central street, near the 
Junction of Pine street. Among them 
are Mr, and Mrs. Fred W. Rockwell 
of Philadelphia; Miss A. O. Williams 
of the Buckminster, Boston; Miss 
Grace Pinkney, New York; the 
Misses Willard of Marlborough 
street, Boston; Miss Hammond, Bos- 
ton; and Mr. and Mrs. Hyde of Pasa- 
dena, Cal. The ‘‘Leach cottage’’ is 
one of Manchester’s finest old houses. 
It has recently been thoroughly ren- 
ovated, equipped with most up-to- 
date appointments, very attractive- 
ly furnished and an addition has 
been built to the rear of the house 
giving ample kitchen room. The 
house is surrounded by beautiful 
ground, trees, ete. There is also a 
small bungalow on the place and a 
garage. Mr. and Mrs. George Leach 
of Boston, who own the property, 
are conducting the cottage, 
