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of her audience and was heartily 
applauded. 
Mrs. Charlotte E. Brown was dele- 
gated to read an article which Miss 
Mabel T. Boardman of Washington, 
requested that the club members 
should hear. It was a paper read 
by Mrs. Herbert Cushing before the 
Nineteenth Century club on the Pre- 
vention of Insanity. Mrs. Brown’s 
fine reading of the article brought 
out the salient points of this article 
which is another movement in which 
the aid of club women is being 
asked. 
During the intervals between the 
reading of these papers, Master Ott 
rendered Arne’s ‘‘Lass with the 
Delicate Air’’; Zardo’s ‘‘To the An- 
gels’? and ‘‘Philosophy’’ by David 
Emmel. Generous applause was ac- 
corded the talented young singer. 
During the social period, tea room 
honors were shared by Mrs. W. A. 
Russell of Beverly Farms, and Mrs. 
W. L. Harris of Beverly, who 
poured. In the absence of Mrs. 
Gertrude Prest, Mrs. Edward S. 
Knight acted as hostess of the day. 
Old Time Variety Show at Keith’s 
One of the most unique events of 
the Boston theatrical season is an- 
nounced for B. F. Keith’s Theatre 
next week in a genuine Old Time 
Variety Show, exactly as presented 
in the theatres of the early eighties 
before Mr. B. F. Keith, by building 
beautiful theatres and establishing 
a high standard of the entertain- 
ments presented in them, had trans- 
formed ‘‘variety’’ into ‘‘ vaude- 
ville.’ The old Timers’ Week at B. 
F. Keith’s last summer proved one 
of the most popular features of the 
summer season, and so many pa- 
trons were disappointed in the de- 
mand for seats that arrangements 
were made to bring back the Old 
Timers as soon as arrangements 
would permit. The Old Time Va- 
riety Show is remarkable for many 
things. The largest company is 
that of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thorne, 
who have four players in_ their 
sketch, ‘‘An Uptown Flat.’’ All 
the other acts are either single or 
double teams. Among the artistes 
who will appear are Mrs. Annie 
Yeamans, the grand old woman of 
the American stage, who will give 
the song and dance that she per- 
formed with Harrigan and Hart in 
1884; Maggie Cline, the Irish 
Queen, who will sing ‘‘Throw Him 
Down, McCluskey,’’ with all her old 
time vim; Lottie Gilson, the Little 
Magnet; Ward and Curran in ““The 
Terrible Judge’’; Gus Williams, 
author of over one hundred songs. 
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK IN MANCHESTER POLICE CIRCLES 
Special Meeting of Board of 
Selectmen 
Saturday, Dec. 2, 1911. 
Voted: That for the good of the 
Police Department Mr. M. E. Gor- 
man, Chief of Police, be asked to re- 
sign on or before Thursday evening, 
December 7th, at 8 o’clock, Mr. 
Cheever and Mr. Bell voting in fa- 
vor, Mr. Knight against. 
Manchester, Dec. 4, 1911. 
To Honorable Board of Selectmen: 
I herewith tender to you my 
resignation as chief of police of 
Manchester and ask that the same 
be accepted on Thursday, Dee. 7th, 
at 8 o’clock. 
(Signed ) M. E. GORMAN. 
Regular Meeting of the Board 
Thursday, Dec. 7, 1911. 
Voted: To accept the resignation 
of M. E. Gorman as chief of police, 
the same to take effect at 8 p.m. 
this day. 
Instructions to Leonard Andrews, 
Sergt. of Police 
The selectmen of the town of 
Manchester have accepted the resig- 
nation of M. E. Gorman as chief of 
police, the same to take effect at 8 
p.m. this day (Dec. 7). You are 
placed in charge of the police de- 
partment until further notice. It is 
expected that the laws of the com- 
monwealth shall be enforced, es- 
pecially calling your attention to the 
enforcement of the liquor law. 
You will instruct all officers of the 
department in regard to same and 
that they shall. report all cases to 
you at once, which come under their 
observance. 
All of the foregoing, except the 
heading, is copied verbatim from 
the record book of the board of se- 
lectmen (which is a public docu- 
ment). The board would make no 
statement, explaining their action 
to the voters, preferring to have it 
said that the chief of police had re- 
signed and that, they had accepted 
his resignation. 
Mr. Gorman told the Breeze man 
yesterday, he was called before the 
board last week and was raked over 
the coals. He says he told the board 
he thought the liquor laws were be- 
ing handled in a very good manner, 
that no complaints had come to him, 
that the records show there have 
been 13 arrests this year for drunk- 
enness against 50 odd last year. 
The general public think the 
board asked for Gorman’s resigna- 
tion for other reasons than the en- 
forcement or non-enforcement of 
the liquor law. Lack of discipline 
and the utter lack of harmony in the 
department are said to be the under- 
lying cause of their action. 
Some blame Gorman for the con- 
ditions; others blame the members 
of the force. 
We reserve our own opinion of 
the matter until some future issue,— 
after the holidays, when we have 
more time and space. One thing is 
certainly evident: the Manchester 
police department attracts alto- 
gether too much attention for the 
good of the town. The business of 
this beautiful little summer resort, 
with its $15,000,000 valuation is 
centered too much on running and 
supporting a police department. 
We have other interests — our 
schools, our streets, parks, beaches, 
woods, water-ways, etc., ete. The 
police department ought to be a 
mere incident; it is getting to be 
the whole thing. 
Read the Breeze 
offer on page 29. 
How to get the Breeze for $1— 
see page 29. 
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