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Vol. XII 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, February 27, 1914 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The glories of the North Shore as 
a winter resort have been enjoyed in 
true measure the past week or two. 
There was considerable entertaining 
over the week-end and Washington’s 
Birthday at the homes of year-round 
cottagers. Coasting and toboggan- 
ing and sleigh-riding have been the 
popular sports. Much of the life has 
centered at the Essex County club. 
There were scores of people there 
Monday. Half a dozen long tobog- 
gan slides have been arranged from 
the top of the hill across the valley 
from the club-house, a most ideal 
place, with a run of fully a quarter 
of a mile, ending with a jump across 
the brook which is so treacherous for 
golfers in summer. 
more in evidence there this winter, 
than ever before, despite the lack of 
a club-house since the fire a year ago. 
The barn, turned into a temporary 
club-house last summer, with its 
large fire-places and lounging chairs 
offers just the sort of place young 
people out for a good time like to 
drop into these cold winter days, In 
fact the place has been used more 
this winter than ever the old club- 
house was used; perhaps it is because 
there are more people on the Shore 
this winter to make use of such a 
It is said that one of the plans 
for the development of the Essex 
County club, in connection with the 
handsome new building now being 
built, will be a skating pond and to- 
boggan runs, and other out-door win- 
ter sport facilities. The increasing 
number of year-round sojourners and 
early-comers and late-goers, makes 
this a necessary feature. 
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Among those noted enjoying the 
tobogganing at the Essex County club. 
the last week, especially from Satur- 
day to Monday, were the Philip 
Stocktons, the Richard S. Loverings, 
the Reginald Boardmans, the Richard 
Saltonstalls, the Amory Eliots, Miss 
Rosamond and Sam Eliot, Charles 
E, Cotting, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 
Abbott and friend, Mr. and Mrs, 
William Hooper and party of friends, 
Gurney Munn, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie 
Amory, Miss Dorothy Deacon, who 
run out from Boston to spend the 
week-end with friends, Miss Dorothy 
Jordan, Mrs, Alice Thorndike, Wil- 
liam Burnham, Jr., and David Sohier. 
The sport is. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
AN OLp-FasHIONED WINTER. 
The North Shore is certainly hav- 
ing a good taste of old-fashioned 
New England winter, with snow on 
the ground for a longer continuous 
period than for six or seven years 
back. Many a person has risen in 
the morning after soothing dreams 
of a stay at Palm Beach or perhaps 
on the Pacific coast, only to wake up 
to the realization that it was mighty 
cold for Palm Beach,—a rubbing of 
the eyes convinced him that he was 
watching the thermometer play with 
the zero mark on the North Shore. 
The honk of the auto horn has died 
out in great measure in favor of the 
tinkle of sleighbells the past two 
weeks and although nobody can fore- 
cast what may happen within a day 
or two, it looks as though the snow 
would blanket the shore for some 
days to come. It will take a heavy 
rain to remove the thick under-coat- 
ing of ice on the streets; the latter 
makes a firm foundation for sleigh- 
ing and many parties have made the 
shore roads ring with merriment the 
past few evenings. 
New ADDITION To SoctaAL REGISTER. 
The new Locater for 1914 has just 
been issued today. It contains 107,- 
000 names, including—for the first 
time—the new additions of Portland, 
Ore., Seattle, Wash., Los Angeles 
and Pasadena, Southern Calif., which 
now brings the number up to twen- 
ty-six cities from Boston to Los An- 
geles and from Seattle to New Or- 
leans, 
The Locater catalogues in one al- 
phabetical order every name in all 
the Social Registers, with the fam- 
ily’s head under which it may be 
found and the city in which the name 
appears. It is invaluable for iden- 
tifying- and locating the names of 
new acquaintances. | 
Reference to the Locater shows at 
once under what city to look for any 
desired name, and there all required 
information may be gleaned, 
It also facilitates reference to 
one’s own local Social Register, 
where names are grouped out of al- 
phabetical order under the head of 
a family and where they might not 
be found but for the reference to 
the family head indicated 
Locater. 
in the 
No. 9 
SOCIETY NOTES 
To see the young people going 
through town on their bob-sleds trail- 
ing along behind a sleigh, is a very 
common sight. They are all dressed 
for the sport and appear to be in 
their proper element. Young and old 
enter into the sport and seem to en- 
joy it to their heart’s content. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Rantoul 
entertained a house-party at their 
Ipswich estate over the last week-end 
and holiday. The delightful coast- 
ing and tobogganing in the vicinity 
of Lakeman’s beach, with those won- 
derful sloping hills nearly half a mile 
long has afforded unusual sport. 
Miss Alice Thorndike, who was a 
guest of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lov- 
ering joined the Rantoul party Sun- 
day. 
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Mr, and Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane 
and their young daughter Katharine 
with a young friend, were of those 
who enjoyed the excellent sleighing 
Sunday. Miss Lane was seen hold- 
ing the reins over her handsome pair 
of grey ponies, which she drives so 
much in summer. 
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Mr. and Mrs, Edwin G. MacInnes 
and Miss Dorothy MacInnes will not 
spend the summer at Manchester this 
season, but will sail on the 28th of 
March on the Princess Irene for 
Genoa, where they visit the Italian 
lakes, then tour France, England and 
Scotland by motor. 
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Mr. and Mrs, Bryce J. Allan, of 
3oston and Beverly, have gone 
South, with the intention of spend- 
ing a part of the Lenten season at 
White Sulphur Springs, West Vir- 
ginia, which resort has attracted 
other Bostonians this season. 
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Mr. and Mrs, Eben D. Jordan left 
Boston last week for a month or 
more in Pasadena, Cal. ‘They were 
joined in Chicago by William Shep- 
pard of Philadelphia, Mrs. Jordan’s 
brother, and Mrs. Sheppard, a recent 
bride. The J, H. Lancashires of 
Manchester are also of the Boston 
colony at Pasadena for the season. 
They will return east the middle of 
March. 
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