NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER CELEBRATION. 
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the day’s celebration was modified 
somewhat by the omission of the 
sporting events, and replacing these 
by an open air vaudevi.le entertain- 
ment on the Common in the morning. 
The racket of the “night before” 
was, if anything, a little in advance 
of past years. The noise started be- 
fore dark, and the streets were 
crowded by the younger element, 
in particular, but by grown-ups as 
well, between nine and one o'clock 
Crackers, large and small, pistols, 
revolvers, torpedoes, horns, bells, 
and all that goes to make _ noise 
were in evidence. 
Long before midnight the crowd 
began to wend their way toward 
the park to await the lighting of 
the bonfire, which had been guarded 
against the mischievous ones by 
Special Officers Leary and Sheehan 
during the evening. 
“Sharp at the stroke of twelve,” 
it had been announced, “the grand 
pyrotechnic pile of combustibles 
would be started.” So sharp at 
twelve the crowd had _ assembled. 
They lined Beach street, four or 
five deep, from Tappan _ street to 
the railroad crossing, while others 
were lined along the railroad, and 
at other advantageous points. 
mertne clock !pecled. forth the 
hour the crowd let loose their am- 
munition, expecting, as soon as the 
smoke rolled away, to see the smoke 
folling upward from the pile of tar 
barrels on yonder marsh; but they 
expected in vain. The minutes 
passed by,—they seemed like hours 
to the youngsters who had gone to 
bed at five o'clock that they might 
get up to see the bonfire at twelve. 
Five, ten, fifteen, thirty, forty-five 
minutes passed by—then, more 
than three-quarters of an hour late, 
Charles O. Howe, the one to whom 
the committee had entrusted the 
job of applying the torch, came 
along. 
It was a bitter wait;.so bitter, in 
fact, that many had tired and gone 
home, including a number of the 
summer cottagers, some of whom 
were on hand in their automobiles. 
It so happens that Mr. Howe its 
a member of the fire department, 
and as the alarm was rung in about 
11.30 for a fire on Forest street, the 
hundreds who assembled for. the 
bonfire were forced to wait till the 
“all out” was sounded and Mr. 
Howe returned. 
3ut the bonfire! It was about 25 
feet high, with a 35-foot base, built 
of barrels, boxes, refuse and many 
other kinds of combustibles. Before 
applying the torch the mass_ was 
thoroughly drenched in oil, so that 
i: blazed well as soon as the match 
was applied. 
The tide was in and many parties 
saw the fire from the water side. 
As the flames licked high the whole 
harbor was lighted, making a very 
pretty, effect: - In less.than half.an 
hour it was practically all burned, 
and the crowd had left, many for 
their homes to get a wink of sleep, 
while many others -held forth 
throughout the night, and made 
sleeping possibilities miserable, es- 
pecially for those who lived near 
the center of the town. 
In the afternoon the Brooks street 
playgrounds was the centre of attrac- 
tion, the band concert and the base- 
ball game being the drawing cards, and 
in the evening the fireworks and band 
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concert at the park were the attrac- 
tions. 
There was an excellent display of 
fireworks all along the shore in the 
evening, in many cases excelling that 
given at the Beach street park. 
Among the most brilliant displays 
given was that at Charles A. Read’s, 
Smith’s point, and by Meredith White- 
house at White Beach, which was 
witnessed by a large number of the 
cottagers at Manchester Cove. 
Many were inclined to think the 
display at the park was not up to 
former years. There was a big crowd 
present to see the display and to hear 
the band concert. 
MAGNOLIA. 
Frank W. Bailey of Boston is regis- 
tered at the New Magnolia, and with 
his wife will spend the season. They 
are accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. 
William J. Wells of New York. 
The Siamese minister, Akharaak, 
who is stopping at the Hawthorne Inn, 
East Gloucester, again this summer, 
had a party of eleven to the Tea House, 
Monday afternoon. 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Howe of 
Boston spent the holiday at Magnolia, 
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ab- 
bot. 
The local ball team won two games 
on the Fourth, defeating the L. E. 
Rowe sailmakers in the morning, 23 
to 15, and the Oceanside bell boys in 
the afternoon, 27 to 1. 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dunbar were 
home from Dorchester over the 
Fourth, guests of Mr and Mrs. Phile- 
mon Sanborn at Coolidge’s Point. 
Very nice assortment of children’s 
hats at the Keyou, Gloucester. * 
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