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SOCIETY NOTES 
The first rehearsal of the Sym- 
phony orchestra at Boston last Fri- 
day afternoon served to bring out 
society in force notably the North 
Shore contingent in winter homes, 
or late sojourners on the Shore who 
went in town for this society event. 
In the Huntington avenue lobby of 
Symphony Hall, the patrons were 
greeted by a notable decoration in a 
bust by Bela Pratt of Henry L. 
Higginson of Boston and West Man- 
chester, which has been set in a rich 
placement of Siena marble. The 
bust and placement is a gift of a 
number of friends of Mr. Higginson, 
who formed a committee, of which 
Holker Abbott was chairman and J. 
T. Coolidge, Jr., treasurer. The 
placement was designed by A. W. 
Longfellow. The bust is of bronze 
and stands on a pedestal of richly 
tinted Siena marble, on which are 
inscribed the words: ‘‘Henry Lee 
Higginson, Founder and Sustainer 
of the Boston Symphony Orches- 
tra.’ The bust stands against a 
background of Alps green marble. 
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-Ambassador James Bryce was in 
Hingham Monday to present to the 
town an old stepping stone, which 
stood for 700 years in the public 
square at Hingham, England. The 
descendants of the English Pilgrims 
from Hingham, England, are to erect 
a memorial tower at Hingham, 
Mass., in commemoration of the 
town’s 275th anniversary. Former 
Governor John IL. Bates of the 
Wheeler’s Point, Gloucester, colony 
was among the descendants of old 
Hingham families seated upon the 
platform at the presentation exer- 
cises. 
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The Misses Amy and Clara Curtis 
have brought their season’s stay at 
““Grow Island’’ Kettle Cove, Man- 
chester, to a close and will winter 
abroad as is their annual custom. 
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R. T. Paine, 2d, and family have 
removed from Coolidge Point, Man- 
chester, to their new Boston home. 
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Alexander §S. Porter, Jr., and 
family have vacated their charming 
summer home on Cobb avenue, Man- 
chester, and opened their winter 
residence on 189 Marlboro street, 
Boston. 
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Hon. and Mrs. Wm. J. Boardman 
and Miss Mabel T. Boardman left 
Manchester, Monday, for their win- 
ter home at Washington, D.C. Miss 
Boardman spent a few days in Dal- 
ton with her sister, Mrs, Wm. Crane. 
Postmaster General Enjoys Ride 
In Aeroplane That Carries Mail 
Photos by American Press Association. 
ARRYING the mail in an aeroplane is not only practicable, but it is en- 
joyable. according to Postmaster General Hitchcock. He ought to 
know, because be has tried it. In the recent aviation meet at Hemp- 
stead, about twenty miles east of New York city, out on Long Island, 
mail was carried at regular and frequent intervals from the aviation field to 
Mineola to be placed on the train. All letters and postcards mailed—and 
nearly every visitor mailed from one to a dozen—bore a special postmark 
showing that it had made a flight through the air. In the lower picture Mr. 
Hitcheock is shown handing the first mail pouch ever earried through the air 
in the United States to Earle L. Ovington. In the upper picture Mr. Hitch- 
cock is shown seated in a biplane beside Captain Paul W. Beck of the United 
States army. In this machine Mr. Hitcheock flew over to Mineola, several 
miles away, dropped the mail bag and then returned to the aviation field. 
He had previously made a flight in a monoplane, but said he much preferred 
the biplane, as it gave him a better view of the country over which he was 
flying. He said he enjoyed every one of the twenty minutes be was in the air. 
