SOCIETY NOTES 
Previous to President Taft’s departure last Sunday, 
for a two weeks’ western trip, he and Mrs. Taft were 
guests at a dinner Saturday evening, Sept. 17, given 
by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boardman of Washington and 
Manchester. Among the guests present was John Bar- 
rett of Washington, director of the Bureau of Repub- 
lies. 
John Philip Sousa, whose family spent several weeks 
at the Oceanside, Magnolia, this summer, opened the 
Pittsburg exposition this week with his band of sixty 
musicians. January 2, he starts on a musical tour of 
the world with his famous band. 
Mr. and Mrs. F. Blackwood Fay and family will be 
among the late sojourners at Manchester this season 
and will remain until the middle of October. 
The George Armours, who have been occupying 
‘“‘Crowhurst,’’ the F. M. Whitehouse estate at Man- 
chester, have concluded their stay and have gone to 
Princeton, N. J. 
Mr. and Mrs. Clement S. Houghton of Chestnut Hill 
are at their winter home, having closed their cottage 
on Coolidge’s Point, Manchester. 
The nuptials of Miss Anna B. McFadon of Quincey, 
Ill., and Thomas Dorman of Upper Montelair, N. J., 
are to be solemnized in the Union Chapel, Magnolia, 
October first and will be a festive climax to the end 
of the social season there. Miss McF'adon is a daugh- 
ter of Mrs. Wm. McFadon of Quincy, Ill., and a grand- 
daughter of Mrs. C. H. Bull, who has a summer home 
on Lexington avenue, Magnolia, and is a summer resi- 
dent of long standing. 
Mr. and Mrs. Asaph Churchill of Milton, who have 
been tenants of the Kirby cottage, Magnolia, have con- 
cluded their stay, also the Alfred P. Emmons family of 
Brookline, who departed Wednesday of this week, from 
their cottage on Western avenue. 
Magnolia cottagers who have closed their summer 
homes are John T. Clark, Jamaica Plain; Eugene 
Cuendet, St. Louis; H. H. Adams, Dalas, Tex., and John 
B. Drake, Jr., Chicago. Mrs. Wm. MeMillan of St. 
Houis closed Briar Rock, her Magnolia estate on Sept. 
15. 
The Wallace C. Nichols family of Chicago departed 
from Magnolia Sept. 15. 
Stephen M. Clement and family of Buffalo, conclu- 
ded their stay at Underwood cottage, Shore road, Mag- 
aolia, on Sept. 17. 
Russell Lee Steinert of Beverly Cove has resumed his 
studies at Dartmouth College after a pleasant trip to 
Chicago and other western points. The Steinert family 
are removing from the Cove to Boston October 10. 
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Noble Burnham are closing 
their studio in the Library building, Magnolia, about 
the 28th and on October 1, sail for Italy on the Roman- 
ic, where they will take up their residence in Rome for 
the winter. 
Col. and Mrs. Wm. R. Nelson have closed their cot- 
tage at Magnolia for the season. Col. Nelson preceded 
his household to Kansas City two weeks ago and at 
that time his yacht, Hoosier, also went out of commis- 
sion. 
tussell S$. Codman of Boston, planned to move his 
family this week from the small Clark cottage, Blos- 
som Lane, Manchester, to their house on Marlboro 
atreet, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE nip 
AT THE HOTELS. 
The Oceanside, Magnolia, _ 
There were 150 guests registered at the Oceanside the 
middle of this week. The management expects there wi 
be fully 100 guests at the hotel when it closes next Fri- 
day, September 30. The last of the Saturday night 
hops at the hotel was held last week. Po 
The Bagnells left Magnolia Tuesday after a very 
pleasant season. They had a cottage this year,—one 
of those connected with the Oceanside. They will stop 
at New York before going to their home in St. Louis, so 
that Miss Effie Bagnell can get her wedding trousseau. 
The surf last Sunday morning was magnificent and 
many of the guests and cottagers at Magnolia had the 
opportunity of seeing one of the most beautiful sights | 
in their lives. ? 
Major Schull, U. S. A., and Mrs. Schull were among 
the dinner guests at the Oceanside last Sunday evening. 
Mrs. N. D. Maher, H. R. Maher and Miss Maher of 
Virginia were at Magnolia this week for a short stay. 
Mr. Maher is the second vice-president and general 
manager of the Norfolk & Western Railway. They | 
spent most of last season at the Oceanside, but they# 
liave been abroad this year. They are now planning to | 
come to Magnolia next year for a long season. 
A number of the college boys, who have been at Man- 
chester this week for the Intercollegiate Golf Champion- 
ship, have been stopping at the Oceanside. Among them 
were Robert A. Gardner of Chicago, the amateur golf 
champion of the United States; also Henry W. Barrel — 
and H. B. Heyburn of Louisville; Aubrey Huston, How- — 
ard C. McCall and John F. Hastings of Philadelphia 
and Paul Burleigh of Merchantsville, N. J. . 
Miss Marion McGinley of the Manchester summer 
colony has been spending a few days this week with her 
friend, Miss Dolly Bradley of Brookline at the Ocean- 
side. 
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Carter of Brookline motored to 
Magnolia last Sunday and lunched with the former’s 
brother, George E. Carter and family. < 
Charles B. Thorne of New Orleans was a guest over 
the last week-end of the E. M. Houses, who are to re- 
main at the Oceanside until it closes. 
Bishop George W. Peterkin of Parkersburg, W. Va.,. 
was at the Oceanside a few days this week, a guest of 
Mrs. D. M. Steward and daughters 
Cape Ann Resorts 
Hon. C. P. Bond and family of Waltham have closed 
their summer home on the Headlands, Rockport, and 
the family of George Harvey of Marmion Way, Rock- 
port, have returned to Forest Hills. 
Judge Johnson and family of Woburn are still at 
their Rockport cottage. 
Mrs. A. N. Blair of Washington closed her Annisquam 
cottage this week. . 
George M. Brown and family, prominent members of 
the Cambridge cottage colony at Annisquam, have re- 
turned home, as have the H. F. Rawson . family of 
Arlington. wy ae ft 
Dr. Albert Evans and family of Boston are Pathe 
the late cottage sojourners at ’Squam. i 
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The Harbor View, East Gloucester, ‘closes on. Novem- 
ber 1, and not December 1, as we stated erroneously last 
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