June 30, 1916. 
of shirts and socks waiting to be mended. They were in 
such shreds that Miss Perkins thought they were hopeless. 
But the Sister smilingly assured her that they must be 
mended, for the boys would have need of them as they 
went back to the trenches. She further explained how 
she had saved their boots, and had them wear slippers 
made out of old pieces of carpet, while they were in the 
hospital. Slipper making is tedious for the Sisters and 
Miss Perkins made a note in her book that too many 
slippers cannot be sent. The Mother Superior was the 
gardener who managed so skilfully that the place was 
almost self-supporting. Sixty patients could be cared for 
in this convent. 
Miss Perkins watched the bandaged heads, the arms 
in slings, the limping legs of the boys as they haltingly 
went into the refectory for their evening meal. All looked 
happy—even gay—except one, who moved painfully on 
his crutches. He had lost his Croix de Guerre—rubbed it 
off with his crutches he said. But he wore the Medaille 
Militaire, the most coveted and rarest of all decorations. 
Old Library Building, Beverly Farms 
Still Employed for the Uplift and Comfort of Humanity 
‘He, Musrcae for the benefit of the French wounded 
at the residence of Mrs. Marshall Fabyan in Preston 
Place, Beverly Farms, promises to be the important social 
event of the week. 
July roth, at four o’clock. The artists include Miss Lillia 
Snelling, mezzo soprano; Miss Margaret Whitaker, violin- 
ist; Mr. Herman Lohre, tenor; Miss Helen Whitaker, 
pianist. Miss Snelling has sung with the Boston Sym- 
phony Orchestra and with the Metropolitan Opera com- 
pany. Miss Whitaker is equipped with a brilliant technic 
—a beautiful, pure, broad tone, and an attractive person- 
ality. Mr. Lohre is a young Polish artist of renown. 
Patronesses are Mrs. S. Parkman Blake, Mrs. Robert S. 
Bradley, Mrs. Alexander Cochrane, Mrs. Wm. H. Coolidge, 
Mrs. Allen Curtis, Mrs. Franklin Dexter, Mrs. Marshall 
Fabyan, Mrs. W. Scott Fitz, Mrs, Frank P, Frazier, Mrs. 
It will be given Monday afternoon. | 
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Too shy to tell how he won it, except, “After Cham- 
pagne.” 
The Sister explained that he was the only survivor in 
his entire section; all had been wiped out by death or by 
capture, but he, with a shattered leg, crawled to safety, 
bringing with him the colors of the regiment. His home 
was burned, parents had died of exposure and his brother 
had been killed at the Front. 
Miss Perkins said, “Sister, what a wonderful spirit 
the French have! It is a lesson we Americans must 
never forget.” ‘While we,” she answered, “must never 
forget our debt to America in helping us keep our spirits.” 
The North Shore is having a benefit recital soon— 
Monday afternoon, July 10—at the home of Mrs. Mar- 
shall Fabyan (the Louis Agassiz Shaw house), Preston 
Place, Beverly Farms, for the French Wounded Fund. 
The artists will be Miss Lillia Snelling, mezzo-soprano ; 
Miss Margaret Whitaker, violinist; Mr. Herman Lohre, 
a young Polish tenor of Warsaw and New York. Miss 
Helen Whitaker will be at the piano. 
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flies. When shall we kill the fly? Did he 
ever kill anyone? Where is the fly born? What 
about rats and mice on your premises? Only 
two weeks more in which to see the exhibit of 
the safe up-to-date methods for getting rid of 
these pests. Already over 200 people have visit- 
ed the exhibit at the old Public Library, Cen- 
tral sq., Beverly Farms. It is in charge of the 
Beverly Farms Branch of the Beverly Improve- 
ment society and is held under the auspices of 
the Women’s Municipal League of Boston. The 
exhibit shows the newest and best in fly traps, 
fly slappers, the best disinfectants, including 
Phinotas, and other clean-up devices.. These 
may all be purchased at reasonable prices. An 
interesting collection of pictures showing before 
and after a clean-up campaign is worth going to 
see. The little fly stick-pins and traveler’s fly 
slappers are souvenirs that all will want as soon 
as they are seen. Much valuable literature on 
the clean-up question may also be obtained. And 
what you get here is the newest and safest. 
The picture shown here is of thé old Li- 
brary Building, and depicts the signs and posters 
ingeniously arranged to attract visitors to the 
exhibit with. “Come in! Bureau of Mosquitoes, 
Rats and Flies” is the invitation over the door- 
way. 
Augustus P. Gardner, Mrs. Henry S. Grew, Mrs. M. 
Graene Haughton, Mrs. Edward L. Kent, Mrs. Henry P. 
King, Mrs. George Lee, Mrs. Augustus P. Loring, Miss 
Louisa P. Loring, Mrs. James McMillan, Mrs. Wm. H. 
Moore, Mrs. Dudley L. Pickman, Mrs. Wm. L. Putnam, 
Mrs. Robert de W. Sampson, Mrs. John L,. Saltonstal!, 
Mrs. G. Howland Shaw, Mrs. Alexander Steinert, Mrs. 
W. B. P. Weeks, Mrs. Wm. M. Wood, Miss Fanny P. 
Mason, Mrs. James H. Proctor, Mrs. Walter J. Mitchell 
and Mrs. Geo. H. Lyman. 
The idea of eternity will awe anybody but the born 
bore, who regards it as a paradise of self-vindication. 
Some men seem to feel they are nonentities unless 
they have complaints to make, 
