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iF “have ~ Mrs. 
~~" dress them on ‘‘ What Our Children 
Bet > O¥; Association. will attend also. 
~ Mable Johnson will be the hostess on 
-. the camp headquarters, 
* down Beach street. to. the. railroad: ,, 
__» station and escorted. the: speaker | ni eas 
“the evening through .the,center.,of 
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"MANCHESTER WOMAN '. -CLUB-—«MIss ‘ETHEL BATTIN G, READ. 
ER, ENTERTAINED* ADs “TUESDAY” S MEETING. 
‘An eeiitncon of usar musies pial 
Club, Tuesday, a very enjoyable oc- 
easion. 
session were of club interest. Mrs. 
Nellie M. Rogers, the. delegate. to, 
the conference at the Cantabrigia | 
_ elub, Cambridge, on November” 8,. 
_ gave a very interesting report of the 
conference which included a mem- . 
- orial address on the late Julia Ward 
so 2) d0we. 
'- he president also spoke in ‘be- 
half of the sale of Christmas seals, 
the proceeds to be devoted to sani- 
tary purposes. 
of the stereoptican lecture on Nor- 
way by Miss Minna Elliot Tenney 
was also given. The proceeds to the © 
elub’s credit will be nearly . $22. 00. 
Mrs. Carrie L. Knight. was. "ap. 
" pointed delegate to the conference at 
_ the Art Museum, Boston. The-class | 
in parliamentary law will meet with 
Mrs. ‘Emma E. Stanley, Nov. 21, at 
oa o’clock. December 6, the club will 
Elizabeth Denison ad- 
The Parent Teach- 
Mrs, 
Should Know’’ 
this oceassion. 
The president, Mrs. Emma — 
G. Tenney, presided, and_the.,an- ... 
during the business © 
The financial report _ 
ac Pili iie close’ of" the ‘business ses- 
2s ssoeiability made the eeciiaantindyen aden, ‘a musical and literary program? 
meeting of the Manchester Woman ’s:<avas presented by Miss Ethel Batting 
of Boston, monologist, and Allyn 
Brown, pianist. Miss Batting prov- 
ed a very clever and versatile enter- 
tainer being particularly amusing in 
_the juvenile characters she essayed. 
-She was equally at home in her so- 
ciety monologues and other selec- 
tions. 
tion. 
She had a very cordial recep- 
Mr. Brown, pianist, who is a popu- 
Jar entertainer at the club’s meet- 
_ings, gave very artistic reading of 
Friml’s ‘‘ Awakening of the Forest’’, 
and. ‘‘Melodie’’ by Meyer- Helmund 
he also played the incidental music 
for some of Miss Batting’s selec- 
tions which included an original 
monolog, ‘‘At the Musicale’’, “The 
Home Coming’’, ‘‘The Only Child’’, 
juvenile selections, humorous anec- 
dotes and amusing poems with inci- 
dental music. | 
Mrs. Philip Stockton of the sum- 
mer colony, a member of the club, 
-was.present and tendered the so- 
cial courtesies of the day to Miss_ 
Batting. 
' During the social period which 
followed, the honors of the tea room 
were shared by Mrs. Mary Bennett. 
hostess, and Miss Sarah T. Brown, 
. who poured. 
SONS OF ‘VETERANS HOLD OPEN MEETING. 
Col. H. P. Woodbury camp, 149, gS: 
teresting meeting Tuesday evening, 
this occasion taking. the form of, an. 
‘‘open meeting’’, when members. of 
the Post and Associates, ‘eligible 
sons’’ and others were guests. Large 
delegations were also present from 
‘the camps at Gloucester, Rockport 
and Beverly. The special attraction 
‘of the evening was a talk by Ernest 
Mead of Wellesley Farms on, his 
visit_to the battlefields of the south 
_ the last summer. 
A short parade was held. prior to | 
the meeting, when 40 or 50 mem- 
bers, headed by the drum corps from. . 
_ the ‘Gloucester camp, started from 
marched, , 
things. he sees. 
“the. battle of: Stone’s River. 
the entertainment committee gave a 
_ of V., of Manchester held. another in- — 
few words of welcome, introducing 
‘Mr. Mead. Three cheers were given 
_the speaker as he came forward. Mr. 
Mead gave an interesting talk to a 
similar gathering last year, and all 
-knew full well the value of his ad- 
dress on this return occasion. 
Mr. Mead told of his vacation trip 
last August, to the battlefields of the 
south, prefacing his remarks about 
the latter with a brief reference to 
Niagara Falls, where he stopped on 
_the way. Mr. Mead has a remark- 
able memory and an unusual abund- 
ance of facts and data about the 
places he visits. 
“ erything and he possesses the remark- 
He usually sees ev- 
able tact, of conveying to others the 
He told of. Gettys- 
burg and.made especial reference: to 
His ac-. 
songs. 
> COMING: ‘EXHIBITIONS, 
ag Boston ‘to See Some Notable Dis- 
“plays During the. Coming 
~¢ (Season. |... 
The interest, is, inereasing in the 
second national flower ‘show to be . 
held in Boston, March 27 to April 
1, inclusive, 1911. The - exhibition 
will be ‘held by and in connection 
with the annual convention of the 
Society of American Flérists, assist- 
ed by the “American Rosé Society, 
the American Carnation’ Society and 
the Massachusetts. Horticultural So- 
ciety, and one of the. grandest dis- 
plays. of flowers and:plants as well 
as general trade’ exhibits ever 
brought under one roof seems assur- 
ed. -Over $10,000. im prizes: will be 
awarded in: the various classes and 
it is expected that this large sum 
will stimulate the interest sof grow- 
ers throughout the country. 
Boston’s great automobile show, 
acknowledged by all “‘the’?’ show 
of the year will be held as: usual in 
Mechanics Building from: March 4 
to 11 inclusive» Preparations are 
even now under. way: to make this 
shew one long to be. remembered. 
' More models will be shown than ever 
before, with .a greater. range of 
prices. Cars from $300 up to and 
including the very expensive mod- 
els in the thousands will be there, 
as well as the thousand and-one ap- 
plianees that.add to the comfort and 
convenience. of motoring. 
An exhibition that should prove of 
-great interest»at the present time, 
is the second annual. -exhibition of 
aerial craft.- This will be held dur- 
ing the week of February 20 to 25, 
and the thousands. of people who 
visited the great-. Harvard-Boston 
meet last September and were un- 
able to have a close view of the ma- 
chines will here have the privilege 
of becoming familiar with the dif- 
ferent types of flying machines. 
Every kind will be on exhibit, many 
of the machines haying made re- 
cord flights. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Mead’s 
remarks all joined in singing ‘‘ Amer- 
ica’. A buffet Junch was: served. 
Pipes were distributed anda social 
hour followed. The singing by Com- 
mander Corliss “of the’-Gloucester 
‘eamp, and the’ selections by the drum 
corps were, much enjoyed. All took 
part inthe; singing of theold war 
At; train. time.. the ;, visitors 
_-the town and.as far as, Ashland Ven, count.of the battles he described..was 
a thence back to. the hall... Red; fire, ... made, the.more vivid by means of the 
~,_ was burned along, the way., . ..blackboard on which he sketched the 
>. Shortly after 8.0. clock. ihe. gaiher- > P line. of battle, showing the relative 
~ ing was called to order, in G. A. Bee locations of the Confederate and Un- 
«Set - Hall. ann Chairman .L...W,. Floyd. of ion forces, re aee 
rept vy 
were escorted to, the depot..The even- 
ing proved a. most. delightful. one for 
all who attended, and.was another in 
the series of entertaining evenings to 
_ he held-by.the camp. this winter, 
