P ‘NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison K. Caner of Philadelphia and 
Manchester have sent out invitations for a dance for 
the younger set of the Quaker City on Dec. 22, in honor 
or their sons, Harrison Caner, Jr., and G. Colket Caner. 
Mr. and Mrs. George Westinghouse of Pittsburg and 
Lenox who have been entertained frequently on the 
North Shore by Henry Clay Frick, gave a reception 
late last week at the St. Regis, New York, in honor of 
the American Society of Mechanical engineers. More 
than 400 guests were present. The entire second floor 
ot the hotel including the marble ballroom and the 
Louis Quinze suite were used for the reception. 
The portrait of Mrs. Taft, painted at Beverly last 
summer by K. B. Kronstrand, the Norwegian artist has 
arrived at the White House. Later it will be hung with 
the pictures of wives of other Presidents in one of the 
White House corridors. 
Among the recent hostesses of Miss Helen Taft was 
Mrs. Wm. F. Dennis who gave a tea in her honor to 
One of the smartest debutante functions of the 
was the large dinner given on Monday night ] 
Algonquin club, Boston, for Miss Mary Lee, daught 
ot Mr. and Mrs, Francis Wilson Lee of Chestnut hil 
The dinner was given by Mrs. Harry Pratt McKean o 
Philadelphia, who is still at her summer residene 
Phide’s Crossing. Most of last week Mrs. McKean wa | 
in Boston, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. H. BL. Higginso 
at her apartments at the Agassiz. The McKean | 
are in Harvard. aE ee 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Rice are keeping their es 
at Ipswich open most of the winter. They have ap 
ments at the Somerset, Boston, but go down to t | 
Shore estate for week-ends very frequently. They were 
down over the last week-end, their daughter Miss Hi 
da Rice being with them. 
The American Academy of Arts and Letters—the | 
American ‘‘Immortals’’, opened their two days’ ses 
sion in the New Theatre, New York, recently. To h 
an ‘‘Immortal’’ one must have gained distinction in 
world of art, literature and musie. 
which a large number of the Southern set of the capital 
were bidden. 
While in Philadelphia for the 
Henry-Biddle nuptials, Miss Mary 
Josephine Amory was entertained 
by Dr. and Miss Alexander W. Bid- 
dle and on her return to Boston 
spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. 
C. A. Munn, Jr., of Beacon street. 
Mrs. W. Harry Brown of Pitts- 
burg and Beverly was among the as- 
sistants at the debutante tea given 
in Pittsburg last Friday by Mrs. 
Thomas Chalmers Darsie of Fifth 
avenue and Woodland road for her 
niece, Miss Adelaide Shinkle. 
Patronesses for the Yale Univer- 
sity presentation of ‘‘ I] Ventaglio?’ 
(The Fan) by Carlo Goldoni in the 
Nixon theatre, Pittsburg, Dec. 29, 
includes Mrs. Charles H Curry, Mrs. 
Henry M. Curry, Jr., Mrs. Herbert 
DuPuy, Mrs. D. Herbert Hostetter, 
Mrs. John R. McGinley and many 
other prominent Pittsburg matrons 
who summer on the North Shore. 
Auto shows of magnitude will en- 
gage the attention in a few weeks of 
New York and Philadelphia society 
for the management of the Grand 
Central Palace Automobile Show in 
New York, Dec. 31 to Jan. 7., will 
have, they claim, the finest collec- 
tion of motor cars ever exhibited in 
New York and the most costly de- 
corations. The music for the oc- 
casion will be furnished by 35 sel- 
ected musicians with W. E. Baufuss, 
the famous Chicago Conductor as 
leader. The soloists will be stars 
from Victor Herbert’s orchestra 
and Brooks and Sousa bands. Twen- 
ty complete planes will be shown in 
the aeroplane exhibit. The show will 
be an international one. 
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Among the social affairs recently 
given in Philadelphia was Sidney E. 
Hutchinson’s large theatre party 
for his daughter, Miss Cintra Huteh- 
inson. 
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Crowninshield 
of Boston and Marblehead Neck 
have been visiting the latter’s 
father, Senator Henry A. Du Pont 
of Wilmington, Deleware. 
Boston, Philadelphia and New 
York society will be largely repre- 
sented at the wedding of Miss Joan 
Tuckerman, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman of New 
York and Ipswich, and Evans R. 
Dick, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Evans 
R. Dick now of New York, formerly 
of Philadelphia, which has been set 
for Tuesday in Easter week. It will 
be a church wedding with a recep- 
tion following. Pie: 
While in Berlin en route to Rus- 
sia, Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Ham- 
mond were entertained at a private 
dinner party at the Hotel Adlon by 
the Ambassador from the U. S. and 
Mrs. Hill. 
The wedding of Miss Dorothy 
Lawson, third daughter of Thomas 
W. Lawson, and Henry McCall, son 
of Congressman Samuel W. McCall 
of Winchester, was solemnized on 
the South Shore yesterday. The 
Lawson country seat, Dreamwold, at 
Scituate was the scene of the wed- 
ding. It was an elaborate and pic- 
turesque affair in keeping with the 
Christmas season. There was much 
North Shore society interest in and 
attendance at the nuptials. Among 
the ushers were 8S. Dacre Bush, 2nd, 
of the Hamilton colony. 
ersleeve, father of Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane of Boston and 
. Manchester, is a member of the society. © 3 
Prof. Basil L. Gild- 
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Philadelphia’s auto show will be 
held Jan. 14 to 28 at the First and 
Third Regiment Armories and there 
will be unique decorations. a 
_ Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Dexter 0 
Boston and Pride’s gave a dinner at. 
the Somerset club Boston last Fri- 
day evening. 4 
Dr. and Mrs. Henry F. Sears of 
Boston and Beverly Cove have sail- 
ed for England. They were accom-. 
panied by Mrs. Sears’ parents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Wm. Struthers of Phila- 
delphia. Dr. Sears is having a new 
house built on the corner of Beacon 
and Brimmer streets, Boston, for a_ 
winter residence. a 
Hon. A Shuman of Boston and © 
Beverly and his daughter, Mrs. Carl 
Dreyfus, have been in New York,j 
Philadelphia and Washington for a_ 
short visit. While at the capital — 
they enjoyed luncheon with Presi- 
dent Taft and Hon. Mr. Shuman 
was a guest at the semi-annual din- 
ner of the Gridiron Club. i 
Tuesday evening, Miss Mary 
Shreve Ames gave a dance at her | 
house on Dartmouth street, Boston, — 
in honor of her niece, Miss Elise 
Ames of Boston and Prides. 
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Curtis of Bev-— 
erly Farms and Boston gave a din-_ 
ner Wednesday evening at the Som- ; 
erset club, Boston, in honor of Miss 
Elizabeth Thomas. 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Mitchell 
of Manchester are to enlarge ha 
North Shore contingent at Washing- — 
ton having secured the house, 333 © 
Highteenth street. . 
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