NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
VOL. IX 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Miss Mabel T. Boardman of Wash- 
ington and Manchester has been in 
Pittsburg this week to attend the 
Steamboat Centennial and National 
Mine Safety Meet, which started 
Monday and continued through yes- 
terday. President Taft was in Pitts- 
burg Tuesday. Monday afternoon 
Miss Boardman was the guest of 
honor at a reception Mrs. Henry 
Kirke Porter gave at Hotel Schen- 
ley. Twenty-five of Pittsburg’s 
leading society matrons assisted 
Mrs. Porter at the reception. Other 
distinguished North Shore summer 
residents in Pittsburg for this great 
event were Congressman and Mrs. 
Nicholas Longworth and John Hays 
Hammond. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. 
Longworth christened the ‘‘ New 
Orleans,’’ a replica of the boat 
launched there in ait oP ressal art 
gave an address in the bow of the 
boat. Tuesday morning the ‘‘first 
aid,’ in which Miss Boardman is 
so much interested from the Red 
Cross standpoint, was held in 
Forbe’s field in the presence of many 
distinguished visitors and _ thous- 
ands of miners and engineer ex- 
perts, from all over the _ world. 
Tuesday night there was a big ban- 
quet and reception in honor of 
President Taft given by the chamber 
of commerce. Monday night Con- 
gressman Longworth was among the 
speakers at Carnegie Music hall. 
Monday evening there was a recep- 
tion for the women guests at Hotel 
Schenley given by the historical and 
patriotic societies. 
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Miss Lois McGinley of Pittsburg 
and Manchester, gave a_ theatre 
party in Pittsburg Wednesday eve- 
ning in honor of Miss Betty Woods 
and Miss Mary B. Snyder. Supper 
was served afterward at the Pitts- 
burg club. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Frazier Curtis of 
La Jolla, Cal., were passengers on 
the incoming Cymric to _ Boston. 
Mr. Curtis is a son of Mrs. Greely 
S. Curtis of Boston and Manchester 
and a Harvard ’98 man. 
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The James L. Paines of Cam- 
bridge, have closed their cottage on 
Hale street, Beverly, for the season. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Martin 
Lane of Marlboro street, Boston, 
and Manchester, have been spending 
some days in Baltimore visiting the 
latter’s father, Dr. Basil L. Gilder- 
sleeve, and taking an active part in 
the celebration of Dr. Gildersleeve’s 
80th birthday, Monday of last week. 
During the afternoon a tea was 
given at the family residence, which 
was attended by some 200 guests, in- 
eluding the faculty of Johns Hop- 
kins University, with which Dr. 
Gildersleeve has been long and 
prominently identified, while formal 
congratulations were received from 
Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia 
and other colleges. The . drawing 
rooms were elaborately decorated 
with white chrysanthemums and 
American beauty roses, and in addi- 
tion there were scores of floral trib- 
utes received. In the evening there 
was a family dinner, and the day 
ended happily for all concerned. 
Dr. Gildersleeve is almost as well 
known in Boston and on the North 
Shore as in his native city, and has 
spent his summers either with the 
Lane’s at Manchester or in East 
Gloucester, at Hawthorne Inn, for 
many years. Notwithstanding his 
advanced ..age, Dr. Gildersleeve’s 
physical and mental condition leave 
nothing to be desired, and his liter- 
ary work is being earried on with 
much vigor and enthusiasm. The 
Lane estate at Manchester is now 
closed for the season. 
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Mrs. Carl Dreyfus, daughter of 
Hon. A. Shuman, who annually 
summers with her father at ‘‘Het- 
mere,’’ Beverly, recently opened her 
Boston residence on Commonwealth 
avenue in behalf of Lady Gregory of 
the Irish players, who gave a talk 
n ‘‘The eek oF a ELS 
The Albert Neo a of San 
Francisco, brought their North 
Shore season to a close on Tuesday. 
They have been tenants of the Rob- 
erts cottage Ze Py Manchester. 
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Mrs. tet A. Shaw will close 
‘<The Commons,’’ her Pride’s Cross- 
ing cottage, tomorrow and will re- 
move to her Jamaica Plain residence 
for the winter. 
NOVEMBER 3, 1911. 
NO. 44 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Allen B. Farmer of Boston, for 
many years a prominent summer 
resident of Bass Rocks, son of Hon. 
and Mrs. Lewis G. Farmer, was 
united in marriage Thursday of last 
week to Miss Natalie M. Morrison, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David M. 
Morrison of 20 Kast 49th street, New 
York city. The wedding took place 
at the Church of the Messiah in New 
York. The bride was given away 
by her father. She wore a gown 
of white satin with court train em- 
broidered in pearls and rhinestones 
and a veil of old point lace fastened 
with a spray of orange blossoms. 
She carried a bouquet. of lilies of the 
valley and gardenias. Her only or- 
nament was a string of pearls, a 
gift from the bridegroom. She was 
attended by her sister, Miss Abby 
P. Morrison, and the Misses Hopeton 
Atterbury, Martha Orr, Dorothy 
Smith and Susanne Merrill. Mr. 
Farmer has many friends on _ the 
North Shore. For years he was one 
of the leading spirits in summer base 
ball circles, and in the sports at Bass 
Rocks and did much to encourage 
sport among the summer colonies. 
At Yale he made his mark on the 
varsity football eleven, playing full 
back, and making a big record in the 
important games of a few years ago. 
Mr. and Mrs. Farmer will reside at 
479 Beacon street, Boston. 
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The boats of the so-called ‘‘One 
Design’’ type, that have been in 
such favor with the younger ele- 
ment on the North Shore the past 
two seasons, are to play a promi- 
nent part in yacht racing next sea- 
son. A contract for building nearly 
twenty for members of the Eastern 
Yacht club has been awarded Law- 
ley of Neponset. The boats are sim- 
ilar in model to the Manchester one 
design class, and to the Cohasset 
class, being seventeen feet waterline. 
Edwin A. Boardman is_ designer. 
Fully twenty-five members of the 
Eastern Yacht club are expected to 
subscribe to ie class. 
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The Paul Moores have concluded 
their extended autumn visit with 
Judge and Mrs. W. H. Moore of 
New York at Pride’s. Their winter 
residence is at Morristown, N. J. 
