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re 
itil the first of this month when she 
ys taken ill and removed to Sheri- 
an. The remains were brought to 
e East for burial and the funeral 
vices will be held at the chapel here 
inday aftenoon at 2 o’clock. 
¥ = FRANK G. SEVERANCE. 
‘Frank G. Severance passed away at 
home of his daughter, Mrs. John 
urke, 612 Western avenue, Mag- 
lia, last Friday, October 9, at the 
ge of 74. He is survived by another 
aughter, Mrs. Howard Todd of New 
ondon, Conn., and by a brother, 
yho makes his home in Rhode Island. 
‘he deceased was born at Newport, 
H., August 27, 1840, but made his 
ome at East Gloucester for a long 
period before coming to Magnolia to 
ve about four years ago. Funeral 
services were held at the home of Mr. 
ind Mrs. Burke, Sunday afternoon at 
| o'clock the Masonic burial service 
yeing used. Interment was in the 
ar rily lot at East Gloucester. 
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GRAND OPERA 
The Boston Theatre Opera Com- 
pany has firmly established itself as a 
company of distinctly high class and 
one that can be compared with those 
of the leading opera houses in the 
‘world. This fact has been conclusively 
evidenced by their extraordinary 
work during the last two weeks. 
er in the history of grand opera 
in music-loving Boston has an opera 
company been showered with more 
enthusiastic praise than the admira- 
‘ble company which Mr. Leahy has 
‘corralled for his season of grand 
opera at the Boston Theatre. 
On Monday and Friday evenings 
n’Ballo in Maschera” will be the 
offering and music-lovers will be en- 
‘abled to witness in the principal roles 
a major portion of the best artists of 
‘the company including the Mmes. 
Blanche Hamilton Fox, Miriam Ar- 
dini, Kathlyn Lynbrook and the MM. 
Giuseppe Tricario, Fenruccio Corrad- 
etti, Pietro di Biasi and Joseph 
Florian. 
“On Tuesday evening that ever 
popular double bill, “Cavalleria Rusti- 
cana” and “I Pagliacci” will be sung 
_with the Mmes. Gentle and Sapin and 
_ the MM. Sacchetti and Gallazzi in the 
first named and the Mme. de Phil- 
lippe and the MM. Picco, Opezzo and 
juliani in the last mentioned. 
For Wednesday matinee ‘Rigo- 
 letto” is the selected opera with an- 
‘other attractive list of artists including 
the Mmes. Gentle and Ardini and the 
MM. di Crescenzo, Blanchart, «i 
Biasi and Florian. 
On Wednesday and Saturday even- 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
ings, Buccini’s supreme triumph “La 
Boheme” will be sung with the Mmes. 
Johanna Kristoffy and Erminda Blan- 
chart. The list of principal artists 
will introduce Guido Ciccolini as Rod- 
olfo. This tenor has appeared in 
the leading opera houses of Europe 
and possesses a voice of rare quality 
and ability for clever acting. The 
other principals include M. Corradet- 
ti, Gallazzi, di Biasi and Corrucini. 
For Thursday evening, “The Bar- 
ber of Seville” with the Mmes. Ardini 
and Sapin and the MM. di Crescenzo, 
Corrucini, Picco and di Biasi will be 
sung. 
On Saturday matinee, “Carmen” 
will be repeated with Alice Gentle in 
the title role. Miss Gentle’s work in 
the principal role of Bizet’s favorite 
composition has been compared with 
that of Calve and other notable 
prima donnas. The remainder of the 
principal roles will be entrusted to the 
MM. Sacchetti, Gallazzi, Giuliani and 
Florian. 
The usual scale of popular prices, 
ranging from twenty-five cents to two 
dollars and a half will prevail. One 
of the features of the management 
during the season of grand opera is 
the strict attention paid to all mail 
orders. Out of town opera-goers may 
be assured that when orders with re- 
mittances are sent payable to the Bos- 
ton Theatre they will receive prompt 
and accurate attention. 
| Tuer TELEPHONE GIRL 
One of our exchanges most truth- 
fully says that the telephone girl sits 
in her chair and listens to voices from 
everywhere. She knows who is happy 
and wlio has the blues she knows all 
our sorrows; she knows all our joys; 
she knows every girl who is chasing 
the boys; she knows of our troubles ; 
she knows of our strife, she knows 
every man who is mean to his wife; 
she knows every time we are out with 
the boys she hears the excuses each 
fellow employs; in fact there’s a se- 
cret ’neath each saucy curl of the 
quiet demure looking telephone girl. 
If the telephone girl would tell all she 
knows it would turn all our friends 
into bitterest foes, she would sow a 
small wind that would soon be a gale, 
engulf us in trouble and land us in 
jail; she would let go her story (which 
gaining in force) would cause half 
our wives to sue for divorce; she 
would get all our chuches mixed up 
in a fight and turn all our days into 
sorrow and night; in fact she would 
set all the town in a stew, if she told 
the tenth of the things that she knew. 
Now don’t it set your head in a whirl 
when you think what you owe to the 
telephone girl? 
15 
HISTORIC HOMES OF N. E. 
“Historic Homes of New Eng- 
land,’ by Mary H. Northend, is the: 
latest publication by this well known 
North Shore woman. Colonial homes 
of New England have a never-waning 
fascination for those who appreciate 
the history of this country’s early 
days, who delight in legends, and who 
are appreciative of the best in art and 
architecture. 
With these homes are associated 
the names of most of the famous 
men of this period. In these houses 
they were born and married and lived 
out their sometimes tragic lives; in 
them they entertained their friends 
on a lavish scale; and not infrequently 
they converted the dwellings into 
hiding-places and fortresses, when 
times were troublous or war was wag- 
ing. Their furniture was usually 
brought from over-seas, and in many 
of the mansions it still remains, care- 
fully preserved and cherished, unsut- 
passed in beauty and creating an at- 
mosphere of grace and dignity that 
modern houses all too often lack. 
Of these old houses and the roman- 
tic episodes with which they are con- 
nected Miss Northend writes with 
sympathy and sure knowledge. She 
relates their history, describes their 
beauties of architecture and their 
significant characteristics, and tells of 
the wonderful old furnishings that 
many still retain. In fact, she re- 
peoples them with life of a bygone 
century. 
A special word should be said of 
the illustrations, which are superb 
examples of the photographer’s art, 
and could not have been obtained 
without unrestricted access to these 
famous houses and the treasures they 
contain. The combination of illum- 
inating text and truly remarkable 
illustrations make this volume as 
beautiful a gift-book as one could 
desire. 
Recent experiments indicate that 
round timbers of all the pines, of 
Englemann spruce, Douglas fir, tama- 
rack, and western larch, can be read- 
ily treated with preservatives, but that 
the firs, hemlocks, redwood, and Sitka 
spruce, in the round, do not take 
treatment easily. This information 
should be of value to persons who 
contemplate preservative treatment of 
round posts, poles or mine props. 
The King of England has given 
permission to have a part of the royal 
estate placed at the disposal of the 
school of forestry at Cambridge Uni- 
versity for purposes of experiment 
and demonstration. 
