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SOCIETY NOTES 
George Williams Gardner, honor- 
ary member of the New-York Yacht 
club and member of the Corinthian 
Yacht club at Marblehead, died 
Monday at the home of his daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Clement Gilmore in Day- 
ton, Ohio. Born in 1836 in Massa- 
chusetts, Mr. Gardner went to 
Cleveland when a boy. He served 
two terms as mayor of Cleveland 
and was a banker and commission 
merchant. For years the Gardner 
grain elevator at Cleveland was the 
largest along the lakes. He was a 
member of the Cleveland Yacht 
Club and life commodore of the In- 
terlake Yacht Club. Mr. Gardner 
was the owner of historic Ballast 
Island, in Lake Erie, and a stock- 
holder of the Cleveland and Buffalo 
Steamship Company. He is_ sur- 
vived by seven children. 
Walter J. Mitchell has returned 
to ‘‘Glendyne,’’ Manchester, for the 
holidays after an enjoyable south- 
ern fishing trip. ae 
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Agassiz 
of Mr. Vernon street, Boston and 
West Manchester, are planning to 
go to their estate at Santa Barbara, 
Cal., after the holidays. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Frick 
and Miss Helen Frick were num- 
bered among the few guests at the 
wedding of Miss Katharine MeCook 
and Hugh Smith Knox, son of Sec- 
retary of State and Mrs. Knox, 
which took place very quietly on 
Thursday of last week at the home 
of Gen. and Mrs. Anson McCook in 
New York. The bride’s gown of 
white satin with point lace and 
pearl embroidery was that worn by 
her mother on her wedding day. 
There were no attendants or ush- 
ers, but Miss Helen Frick held the 
bride’s bouquet of valley lilies 
during the ceremony. Mr. and 
Mrs. Knox are to make their home 
in Washington. 
Colonel and Mrs. Samuel M. 
Nicholson of Providence, gave a 
dinner Tuesday night for Miss 
Primrose Colt and her fiance, An- 
drew Weeks Anthony, of Boston 
and Beverly Farms. 
Miss Dorothy Jordan of Boston 
and West Manchester, has been the 
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Quincy A. 
Shaw, 2d, at ‘‘Red House,’’ Preston 
Place, Beverly Farms during this 
week. 
Commencing Tuesday, December 26th, we shall offer all re- 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Miss Dorothy Forbes of Milton, 
who numbers many friends among 
the North Shore contingent and 
who has taken up settlement work, 
will give 500 children a Christmas 
present in the form of a matinee at 
the National Theatre, Boston, this 
afternoon. Miss Forbes will accom- 
pany the children to the theatre 
and will provide a chaperon to 
each fifty children. Seats will be 
reserved for her party in the first 
baleony. For the past two weeks 
Miss Forbes has been doing won- 
derful work about Boston bringing 
Christmas cheer to the homes of 
hundreds. Assisted by many of 
her friends she is playing Santa 
Claus to several hundred homes. 
The weekly Shakespearian classes 
in Boston conducted by Mrs. Elsie 
Washburn numbers among its mem- 
bers: Mrs. Harold Coolidge; Mrs. 
Francis L. Higginson, Miss Juliet 
Higginson, Mrs. Philip S. Sears of 
the Pride’s contingent; Mrs. George 
Lee of the Beverly Farms colony 
and Mrs. Gordon Abbott from the 
West Manchester colony. Mrs. 
Charles P. Curtis of the Beverly 
Cove contingent is likewise a mem- 
ber. 
Salem’s New 
Corner Store 
maining stocks of Holiday Merchandise, including the articles 
used for decorative purposes, also Toys, Dolls and Games at 
tremendous Reductions in order to close them out quickly. 
Those who have attended these sales in former years know what 
“Bargains” they obtained. This year they will be even better 
for we intend to make a quicker clearance than ever before. 
MAKE IT A POINT TO BE HERE TUESDAY 
