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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. XII 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, January 16, 1914 
SOCIETY NOTES 
‘The health of Mrs. C, A. Munn 
has so improved that she has decided 
to open her house in Washington for 
the balance of the winter. Since 
Thanksgiving when she closed her 
cottage at Manchester, she has been 
living at the F. I. Amory house, Bev- 
erly Cove, her son-in-law and daugi- 
ter, Mr. and Mrs, C. M. Amory, be- 
_ ing with her. 
are 
Mr. and Mrs. William Lowell Pui- 
nam of Smith’s Point, Manchester, 
a dinner- 
dance on Friday night, Feb. 6, at 
their Boston home, on Beacon st. 
o 29° 
The editor is at liberty to state 
the fact that Mrs, James Barr (moth- 
er of Miss Jane Fairfield) and Dr. 
Humphreys, father of Miss Fair- 
field’s fiancé, Mr. Landon Hum- 
phreys, were compelled to telegraph 
the Boston dailies and demand that 
they retract a statement printed say- 
ing that Mrs. Barr had sent her 
daughter to Europe to keep her from 
being married and that Dr. Hum- 
phreys had opposed the marriage un- 
til his son had graduated. Someone 
gave these false statements shortly 
after the engagement was announced, 
Both families are delighted with the 
engagement, and are not only close 
friends, but distant relatives. Miss 
Fairfield spent every week-end last 
winter at the home of Dr, and Mrs. 
Humphreys at Morristown, and a 
part of last summer on their yacht. 
She was chaperoned over on the S. S. 
France by Mrs. James Barbour, 
whose first husband was the late Wil- 
liam Herrod, who was for years in 
the diplomatic service. Mrs. Barbour 
lives in Paris and came to New York 
to spend Christmas with her son, who 
is at college. Miss Fairfield will be 
at the home of Mrs. John McClure 
and her sister, Lady Lees. She will 
study under Mme, Poulain, who was 
decorated by the French government 
for her excellent work in teaching 
French. Mr. Humphreys will con- 
tinue his study of medicine so he 
may be a physician in charge of the 
office of the medical manufacturing 
company founded by his late grand- 
father and from whom he inherited a 
fine income. 
BOSTON OPERA HOUSE. 
The forthcoming week at the Bos- 
ton Opera House will be a note- 
worthy one, since it will bring forth 
not only the eagerly expected pre- 
miere of Wagner’s “Die Meister- 
singer von Nuernberg,’ but also 
other bills notable in themselves. 
The week will be opened with a 
production of “Aida’’ on Monday 
night which will long be remember- 
ed. The cast will include Carolina 
White as Aida, Margarita D’Alvarez 
as Amneris, Giovanni Martinelli as 
Radames, Paole Ludikar as Ramfis, 
Pasquale Amate as Amerasre. 
On Wednesday evening Puccini’s 
“La Tosca” will be given its third 
hearing of the season. Mme, Ed- 
vina will repeat her impersonation of 
Floria Tosca, which won her so much 
praise earlier in the year, and Mr. 
Laffitte will again be heard as Cavar- 
adossi. 
On Friday evening, at 7.30, the 
curtain will rise on the Boston Opera 
Company’s first performance of “Die 
Meistersinger.”” This is one of the 
most difficult of all operas to pro- 
duce, and is sure to score a triumph 
for the management... The cast will 
include famous artists from the Met- 
ropolitan Company as well as from 
the Boston Company. ‘The cast will 
include Mme. Gadski, and MM, Carl 
Jorn, Albert Reiss, Robert Leonhardt 
and Carl Braun of the Metropolitan 
company, and Mme, Rienskaja, and 
MM. Ludiker, Blanchart and White 
of the Boston company, in the chief 
roles. Mr. Andre-Caplet will con- 
duct. 
On Saturday afternoon, “Louise” 
will be repeated, with Mme. Edvina 
in the title part. 
On Saturday evening, ‘“The Tales 
of Hoffmann” will be presented. The 
cast will include -Mmes. Scotney, 
Amsden, and Beriza, and MM. Deru 
and Danges in the principal parts. 
When women have passed thirty, 
the first thing they forget is their 
age; when they have attained forty, 
they have entirely lost the remem- 
brance of it.—Ninon de Lenclos. 
One is alone in a crowd when one 
suffers, or when one loves.—Roche- 
pedre, 
No. 3 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The annual meeting of the Man- 
chester Yacht club is called for Mon- 
day, Jan, 26, at 3 p. m., at the Na- 
tional Union bank, State st., Boston. 
0% Oo 
William A. Paine was elected pres- 
ident of the 'edesco Country club of 
Swampscott at the annual meeting, 
which was held last evening at the 
Copley-Plaza. The following named 
were the other officers elected: John 
Mason Little and I. W. Chick, vice 
presidents; Eugene W. Ong, secre- 
tary; James M, Rothwell, treasurer ; 
Elisha W, Cobb, Charles H. Conway 
and William H. Rothwell, board of 
governors; Arthur F. Estabrook, 
Charles M, Boyd and Harry C. Wig- 
gin, auditing committee; Charles N. 
Brush and Frank P, Aborn, commit- 
tee on admissions. 
REAL WINTER WEATHER. 
Out West there is plenty of that 
commodity called “climate” and, it 
is said, very little “weather.” If that 
be the case our usual North Shore 
climate deserted us this week and 
eave us plenty of the weather, with 
frost-bites and frozen water pipes 
thrown in. When the weather man 
told us last Sunday that we were due 
for a prouounced cold wave we did 
not believe that the thermometer 
would be flirting with the to degree 
below zero mark. Monday started 
out with a very mild day, for this 
time of the year. Then on Tuesday 
morning, with chilling blasts which 
cut to the bone, the cold wave was 
with us. Outdoor work was quite 
out of the question and trains on the 
Gloucester branch had much difficulty 
in keeping on schedule time. Wed- 
nesday, the third day of the cold 
snap, the fire in Tower A of the Bos- 
ton & Maine yards in the Hub caused 
a disorganized train service for the 
shore, and many trains were obliged 
to be taken off. The weather man 
kept his promise in the matter of a 
cessation of the cold wave; yesterday 
the temperature had moderated suf- 
ficiently to give us a flurry of snow. 
Although snow in any quantity is 
noticeable by its absence, real winter 
weather has made itself known. The 
plumbers are wreathed in smiles and 
they are a popular set of men these 
days, 
