Vol. II. No. 31 
ANNUAL MEETING 
Congregational Church, Manchester, Hears 
Reports and Elects Officers 
The annual business meeting of the 
Congregational church was held in 
the chapel Thursday evening, but 
nothing outside the regular routine of 
business was done. The various off- 
cers and heads of the auxiliary socie- 
ties reported the work of the year and 
officers were elected. Rev. C. A. 
Lincoln was the moderator and Geo. 
F. Allen clerk. 
It was decided to hold the annual 
reunion of the church some time to- 
ward the middle of next month, and a 
committee will be appointed at once 
to make preparations for the event. 
George Forster Allen was elected 
clerk of the church for the 38th con- 
secutive year. 
The other officers elected were as 
follows : George W. Jewett, treasurer; 
Alfred L Saben, sup’t Sunday school; 
Howard M. Stanley, secretary and 
treasurer; Miss Lila Goldsmith, sup’t 
junior S.S.; John Wiles, assistant 
Sun ti,» rs. A. A; Phillips, Mrs. 
Eliza Leach, Mrs. Susan Knight, 
missionary committee; Miss Abbie 
Larcom, Mrs. G. A. Kitfield, Miss I. 
M. Warner, Mrs. C. R. Pert, Mrs. E. 
E. Stanley, Mrs. G. W. Jewett, dea- 
conesses; Miss I. M. Warner of the 
¥.P.S.C.E., and Mrs. E. E. Stanley, 
Mrs. G. A. Kitfield, the deaconesses, 
were elected on the standing commit- 
Tee. 
Frank P. Knight was electedgon the 
board of deacons for five years. 
For Christmas or New Year’s 
This is the gift-sending season. 
Are you at a joss to know of some- 
thing suitable to send to some distant 
friend? And has it occurred to you 
what a: appropriate as well as suitable 
gift the NortH SHORE BREEZE would 
be? It would bea most pleasant re- 
minder of this picturesque locality, 
sent to any part of the United States, 
Mexico or Canada, for one year, one 
dollar. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
o A WEEMY- JOURNAL DEVOTED-TO-THE: BEST: INTERESTS:OFTHENORTHSHORE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1905 
WEDNESDAY EVENING CLUB 
Delightful Musical Program Carried Out at 
the December Meeting this Week 
One of the most enjoyable programs 
yet presented at a meeting of the 
Wednesday Evening club was that 
offered at the December meeting this 
week. It was a musical program 
throughout, the feature of the occa- 
sion being the appearance of the Girls’ 
Glee club of the Everett High school, 
18 voices, with Miss Myra Marshall, 
former teacher at the Story High 
school, leader. 
Pres: ko wi.a /heever,called™ the 
meeting to order at 8 o’clock, and 
after the reading of the records by 
Secretary Jewett the meeting was 
given over to Rev. Mr. Lincoln, chair- 
man of the committee in charge. Mr. 
Lincoln announced a musical program, 
and said the committee had been dis- 
appointed on a reader expected from 
Boston. 
A selection by Long’s orchestra, 
[Continued on page 24, ist column] 
GEORGE FORSTER ALLEN 
Elected Clerk Congregational Church for 
38th consecutive year. 
Three Cents 
VEGETATION OF PALMS 
By GuSTAF E. SJORLUND 
I have a palm in my house which 
I have had nine or ten years, and 
which is in a healthy, growing condi- 
tion. I am always interested in plants, 
so | have in my greenhouse experi- 
ence noticed carefully the differences 
in cultivation of palms in dwelling 
houses. 
Frequently have these questions 
been asked me: ‘Can palms be grown 
satisfactorily indoors?” ‘‘Why do the 
tips of the pinna become brown?” and 
‘‘Which varieties will be found to cope 
best with the dry and heated atmos- 
phere of our living rooms?” 
Seldom have these questions been 
answered with any satisfaction, for 
gardeners, having acquired all their 
knowledge of palms while they 
breathed the moist atmosphere of 
well-constructed greenhouses, know 
nothing of the hardships which must 
be undergone by plant-life when con- 
fined within the dry and stagnant air 
of town houses. 
You wish a little palm, something 
green about your home, when all the 
world about you is apparently dead. 
A good florist has such healthy, bushy 
little plants. Every leaf is of clear, 
bright green color to its very tip. 
They will make very fine specimens 
within a short time, he will tell you. 
You select a fine plant, pay your bill 
—and ’tis well for the florist that you 
do not leave the settlement until the 
first of the year—and then proceed 
to question him as to the best treat- 
ment to be followed with your palm 
during the winter months. 
Oh! you will not have the slightest 
trouble ; just keep it well watered, 
and as warm as possible. 
He forgets, or perhaps he does not 
realize that a home is not a hothouse. 
The little palm has changed its home ; 
several times each day it is liberally 
watered ; the room is kept tightly 
closed, that the cold air from without 
may not enter. Never has a palm 
received more attention. 
