NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
VOL. Ix MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1911. NO. 38 
SOCIETY NOTES. SOCIETY NOTES. SOCIETY NOTES. 
Daniel Chester French, sculptor, Miss Caroline Fessenden, daugh- Mrs. Van Rensselaer of New 
and Mrs. French invited a number 
of their friends Tuesday to see two 
statues that Mr. French . has just 
completed at his studio in Glendale, 
Pittsfield. One is an_ equestrian 
statue of Gen. William F. Draper, 
which is to be placed in a public 
square in Hopedale, and the other a 
statue of Abraham Lincoln, which 
will go to Lincoln, Neb. These sta- 
tues are now in plaster and later this 
fall they will be sent to New York to 
be cast in bronze. During Wednes- 
day afternoon Mrs. French and her 
daughter, Miss Margaret French, 
poured tea at the studio. Mrs. W. 
F. Draper and her daughter of the 
Manchester colony, were at Chester- 
wood, the French villa in Stock- 
bridge, last week, and saw for the 
first time the statue of the general, 
which they greatly admired. 
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The generosity of Mrs. R. S. 
Reynolds Hitt of West Manchester, 
has been recently exemplified 
through the recovery of a lost watch 
which she greatly valued as a keep- 
sake. It was lost evidently at Mag- 
nolia, as a young woman employed 
at one of the summer cottages there 
found it. Mrs. Hitt rewarded her 
honesty by the gift of five twenty 
dollar bills. , 
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Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hanna of 
Cleveland, and son Leonard Hanna, 
will bring their sojourn on the 
North Shore to a close today. The 
Hanna family was at Beverly Farms 
this year for their second season. 
They will spend several weeks vis- 
iting in New York before returning 
to Cleveland. 
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The Misses Paine returned to their 
winter home at  Brimmer street, 
Boston, yesterday. They summer at 
the Paine estate, Pride’s Crossing. 
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John Sturgis and family of Cam- 
bridge have brought their stay at 
the Highland cottage, Sea street, 
Manchester, to a close. 
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Frederick Ayer, Jr., who is mak- 
ing several months’ stay abroad, 
was heard from recently at London. 
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Robert S. Bradley of the Pride’s 
colony has been in New York this 
week. 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sewell H. Fess- 
enden of Chestnut Hill, Boston, and 
Coolidge’s Point, Manchester, and 
granddaughter of Mrs. George C. 
Lee, will be introduced at a ball at 
the Somerset, Boston, December 15. 
Mr. and Mrs. George Lee of Brook- 
line and Beverly Farms will also 
present Miss Florence Lee this 
season. Miss Elizabeth Bigelow, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Prescott 
Bigelow of Boston and Manchester, 
will be another debutante. 
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St. Marks School at Southboro, 
will number among its pupils, Oliver 
Ames, Jr., and Dick Ames, also John 
Caswell, who are leaving the North 
Shore shortly to begin their school 
work. Edward Thompson, son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips Blagden 
Thompson of New York and Beverly 
Farms, will enter St. Paul’s school 
at Concord. 
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The Brownlands, Manchester, will 
elose for the season on Tuesday, 
September 26th. The last of the 
guests to return to their winter 
homes will be Mrs. R. F. Greeley 
and Miss Marion Greeley of Boston 
and the Gannett family of Cam- 
bridge. They will leave on Monday. 
Mrs. Walter Alexander of New 
York, who has occupied a cottage 
on the estate, will leave for New 
York Wednesday. 
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‘‘Charlie’’ Taft, son of the Presi- 
dent, left Beverly Wednesday for 
Watertown, Conn., where he will re- 
sume his work at the school of his 
uncle, Horace D. Taft. 
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Robert Taft, son or President and 
Mrs. Taft, was reported on the pass- 
enger list of the Olympic, which was 
in collision this week off Cowes, 
England, and temporarily disabled. 
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C. W. Amory and family of Bos- 
ton, who have been occupying ‘‘The 
Alhambra’’ cottage at Pride’s, re- 
turned to their winter home = on 
Beacon street Wednesday. 
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Mrs. Frances H. Peabody of 
‘“‘The Larches,’’ Ober street, Bev- 
erly, is enjoying her annual visit 
from Miss Lillian Shattuck, the 
Boston violinist. 
York, who has been for a few weeks 
at the Gardiner M. Lane cottage, 
while the Lanes are abroad, left 
Manchester last Friday morning. 
Mrs. J. H. Lancashire and Miss 
Lancashire are on a short trip to 
Michigan. They are preparing to 
leave Manchester for New York 
on the 27th of September, where 
Mrs. Lancashire, Miss Laneashire 
and Ammi Laneashire (Yale 1911), 
and the latter’s room-mate at 
Yale, will sail on the Olympic 
for England. Miss Lancashire re- 
turns to France to continue her 
musical edueation. Ammi _ Lan- 
cashire is taking a short trip to Eur- 
ope with his roommate. 
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Mrs. J. E. Lancashire of Alma, 
Mich., is with her brother and family 
at Manchester for the balance of the 
season. 
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John S. Newbold, Jr., went to 
New London Wednesday of last 
week on his yacht Whim, from 
Manchester. He has been spending 
most of the summer on the North 
Shore. 
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Rey. and Mrs. William H. Dewart 
have closed their cottage at Man- 
chester, Vermont, and returned to 
their winter home, Brush Hill, Mil- 
ton. 
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To facilitate their social plans for 
the introduction to society of Miss 
Gertrude Amory the coming season, 
Mr. and Mrs. Hareourt Amory are 
removing their household from 
Pride’s to Boston the middle of Oc- 
tober. It has been their custom to 
remain on the North Shore until 
November and later. 
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Mrs. Henry S. Grew of Masco- 
nomo street, Manchester, was able to 
drive out yesterday and is recover- 
ing nicely from her recent accident. 
Mrs. Grew will remain at Manches- 
ter until the middle of October. 
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Miss Hull of Newton Center, is 
back from a mountain trip and_ is 
renewing her North Shore  affilia- 
tions as the guest of Miss Rice, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. 
Rice of Boston and Burgess Point, 
Beverly. 
