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the Civil War. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
In THE DeatH oF Henry R. Darton the North 
Shore has lost an excellent citizen whose public spirit and 
generous philanthropy will be missed in the community in 
which he lived. He was one of four brothers to give 
their services to the government during the dark days of 
Of him our own townsman, Major H. L. 
Higginson writes, “it is through such men that our coun- 
try has prospered and will prosper so long as we breed 
such men. The army service weakened the health of 
Henry so as to make his life a struggle to do his daily 
work; but throughout his life this courteous gentleman 
has kept up his end bravely and cheerfully, and has given 
his friends a hand, a smile, a gay meeting which they all 
miss. Nobody ever heard him complain and he never 
failed in his inborn courtesy.” Such a tribute is worthy 
of both Dalton and Higginson. Mr. Dalton will be missed 
in his place among us. 
Tue Ciever Press Acents for busy and ambitious 
professional people have struck an oil well in the 
European War. No longer does the leading Prima Donna 
lose diamonds and gold she never possessed. All that is 
now needed is a foreign connection, a harrowing escape 
to America and all touched up with artistic references to 
personal service in making “necessaries and comfies” for 
the wounded. Lucky press agent! His lines must be 
quickly laid. Already the reading public is aware of his 
schemes. 
Boston Now Must Ear Irs own Worps. With 
reason or without reasons its press has openly attacked 
the “Pork Barrel Appropriation” and now that economy 
is the watchword enforced by the European situation the 
committee has unanimously agreed that the appropriation 
for the dredging of the harbor at Boston is one of the least 
necessary of the proposed improvements. It is not often 
that such ironies of fate befall a city, but then Boston 
must with patience bear its share of the economy that ‘s 
incident to the European war. 
THe AMERICAN RELIEF ComMITTEE has done excep- 
tionally good work in rendering assistance to our refugees 
in Europe. That they should find it necessary to defend 
their activities was inevitable. Anyone who has had 
any experience in relief work knows the difficulties that 
are inevitable and the impostors that are certain to get in 
their work. It was right for the committee to take the 
defensive, but it will be wrong for them to give it any 
worry. 
Now CoLiecre GATES Swinc Wipe OPEN for another 
academic year. Another generation of youths will cross 
the campus of Fair Harvard and take possession of its 
old halls and precious inheritance with the same spirit 
that inspired youth of other years. It is a wise student 
that appreciates as he works through college the richness 
of his opportunities and the pleasures that are his. 
SENATOR JAMES Was SoMEWHAT ASTONISHED to 
discover that the sacred Faneuil Hall sheltered within its 
sacred precincts a market of markets; That he should be 
surprised is not surprising. 
DESPITE THE UNPREPAREDNESS of England and its 
dependence upon a “volunteer” militia, these raw 
“greenies” are rendering a good account of themselves. 
Wuere 1s THAT Nava, Barrie? It is more than 
evident that Germany knows better than to try England’s 
dreadnaughts out. 
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On TurEspay THE VoreERs of this District will go to 
the polls to determine the nominee of the republican party 
to Congress. It appears that there is the semblance of a 
contest on for the nomination, but Mr. Augustus Peabody 
Gardner’s nomination on Tuesday will be a tribute of the 
district to him for efficient, painstaking work. Mr. Gard- 
ner has served the district faithfully and by virtue of his 
work and he is entitled to the renomination. A staunch 
experience republican, faithful to all the best inherit- 
ances of the past, with an initiative that has released him 
from any danger of being hide bound. He has been a 
progressive republican leader in highest and best sense of 
the word. The voters of this district are intelligent enough 
to know that the best interests of the district will be con- 
served by the renomination of Mr. Gardner for Congress. 
THis YEAR BEVERLY FARMS PRESENTS a contestant 
for the republican nomination to the House of Representa- 
tives—Mr. James B. Dow. The district which includes 
Danvers and Beverly is this year entitled to two repre- 
sentatives. Unquestionably, Mr. Dow should receive one 
of these nominations. The voters of Beverly Farms 
should carefully mark their ballots for the local contestant 
and they will. Mr. Dow has made a success of his own 
business and has now the leisure to serve the district in 
the House of Representatives. Without any disparage- 
ment of the qualifications of the other candidates Mr. 
Dow should be one of the two candidates nominated by 
his district. 
No Vorer SHoutp Fai, to ATreND the polls and 
vote at the primaries. ‘There were days when the old time 
caucuses were in disrepute, but those days are gone. It 
is more highhly important now for the members of a 
party to determine who shall be their nominee as it is to 
vote for them on the day set apart for election. In fact 
the determination of the character of the nominee is very 
important because it determines the man for whom the 
voters vote. In many districts a nomination is tantamount 
to an election and consequently a vote for the nominee 
is in reality a vote equal in importance to the election day 
vote. 
Art, Music, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY must all pay for 
this terrible war in men and means. Now comes word 
from the seat of war that the battlefield has claimed the 
master artist of the violinn—Kreisler. 
Anp Now Tuere ts A Horr for a Symphony season! 
With the Opera closed and Symphony, too, the music- 
loving public of Boston would have cause to remember 
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1914-15. 
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299 ESSEX STREET, SALEM 
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Gold Chairs Dances, Lawn Parties 
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