Lest We Forget! 
[? was hoped that we might this 
winter start an Hospital Aid so- 
ciety in Manchester, for the benefit 
of the Beverly Hospital, and we had 
some hope that if we did so other 
villages that use this hospital would 
follow suit, and thus the interest in 
this house of mercy, might be awak- 
ened and stimulated; instead, we find 
ourselves asked to sew, to work and 
to give money to various societies 
that are trying to raise funds for the 
sufferers in this awful cataclysm— 
one that stirs to the depths all think- 
ing human beings. 
These societies are each and all of 
them worth while; they touch our 
sympathies and the natural thing to 
do is to give as freely as we are able 
without thinking twice. And we are 
moved to give our time, our energies 
and our money to this heart-rending 
cause. But is not discretion the bet- 
ter part of valor sometimes, and have 
we not a first duty to home, and all 
that home embraces? This year our 
charities are bound to suffer, have 
already suffered, and many of our 
people are likely to suffer, not alone 
because of this great war, but be- 
cause the incomes of those who can 
and do support them are depleted 
GRAND OPERA 
Thegrand old Boston Theatre whose 
wide reaches and farthest recesses 
have reverberated and re-echoed with 
the marvelous music of every great 
opera singer of the world during 
more than sixty years will be the 
only theatre in New England to offer 
grand opera during the coming win- 
ter. Definite announcements made 
during the past week make it finally 
certain there well be no other grand 
enera in Boston. It is  gener- 
ally conceded that it has not been a 
dearth of singers due to ,the war 
which has caused this decision as 
opera artists of the first rank have 
been flocking in this country for 
weeks past in great numbers, in fact 
the artistic world of Europe may be 
said to have been shifted to the 
United States. Rather a noticeable 
reluctance to support opera at high 
prices, is believed to have cleared the 
field for the Boston Theatre Opera 
Co. The Boston Theatre Company 
as a result is doubly fortunate, first in 
being able to secure any number of 
marvellous operatic voices from Eu- 
rope, never before heard in Boston, 
vet standing on 2 par abroad with 
many artists of great fame in Amer- 
ica and, secondly, in offering opera 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
from other causes nearer home. 
Our hospitals must be and are sup- 
ported by the people in the com- 
munity, although often built by gen- 
erous outsiders. Does not the Bev- 
erly Hospital, then, become our im- 
mediate care and responsibility? For 
do we not turn to it when we are in 
trouble? 
Last year this hospital ran in debt 
as may be seen from the report and 
even so it was not able to efficiently 
do the work cut out for it, that is, 
it could not take care of all those who 
needed its care. 
There can be no question that an 
efficient up-to-date hospital,—one that 
is able to boast of good doctors, good 
nurses and good house officers, and all 
modern life-saving devices and appli- 
ances,—is, perhaps, one of the greatest 
assets a community has, for does not 
the health of the men, women and 
little children of today safeguard the 
property of our community  to- 
morrow? 
Do we think. about this deeply 
enough? Are we far-sighted, each 
one of us, when it comes to our part 
in this vital work. 
That there is luxury in giving can- 
not be denied, and it is perhaps, the 
at prices, 25 cents to $2.00, within the 
reach of all. The fact that the Bos- 
ton Theatre is offering the only 
Grand opera to be heard in New 
England the coming winter is being 
rapidly taken advantage of by the 
public. Increasing interest is shown 
in club nights, the Boston City Club, 
with its 5,000 members having se- 
cured the house for the evening of 
Nov. oth, and various colleges and 
clubs have other nights. 
The fifth week of the season is to 
open with the company’s first pre- 
sentation of ®La Traviata,” familiar 
in its dramatic form as “Camille.” 
The opera is full of lovely melodies 
and noted for its wonderful colora- 
tura numbers, made doubly famous 
by Mme. Tetrazzini. The difficult 
“Ah, fors e lui” will be sung by Mir- 
iam ‘Ardini whose coloratura voice 
has already attracted marked atten- 
tion. The opera will be given on 
both Monday evening and Wednes- 
day afternoon. 
The remarkable reception given 
Ciccolini for his work in “La Bo- 
heme” has led to a demand for an- 
other presentation of this ever popu- 
‘ar Puccini opera which will form the 
bill for Tuesday evening. 
“Faust,” always of tremendous 
popularity with the public, will be 
best satisfaction and pleasure there 
is. But linked with this is there not 
an element of duty? Many people 
have sufficient to give at home and 
abroad, and they are to be congratu- 
lated, but for those of us who have 
not enough for both, are we not 
neglecting our responsibilities, when 
we fail to have our charity begin at 
home ? 
Our own home needs seem hum- 
drum when compared with the needs 
of thousands of suffering human be- 
ings abroad, and Belgium tempts us 
and appeals to us at the moment more — 
than Beverly; perhaps we are 
ashamed not to respond, and a little 
bit shy when it comes to appearing 
indifferent, but is it not wise to pause 
before we give our full quota away, 
lest we forget that it is sometimes 
selfish to be generous and sometimes 
generous to be selfish? 
Should our acres full crops yield 
Spread our bounty o’er the world- 
wide field; 
Should our harvest be too small 
We should reap for home our all! 
—OnE Wuosk HEarr Is IN 
Essex Counry. 
Manchester, Oct. 28, 1914. 
the opera for Wednesday and Friday 
evenings. Johanna Kristoffy will add 
to her laurels in the part of Mar- 
guerite and Miss Alice Gentle will be 
the Siebel. Attilio di Crescenzo will 
portray Faust and di Biasi the char- 
acter of Mephistopheles. 
“Un’Ballo in Maschera,” the opera 
which has its unique setting in Bos- 
ton in the time of the Colonial govy- 
ernors, is to be given on Thursday 
evening with Opezzo repeating his 
successes in the role of Governor 
Richard, Count of Warwick, and 
Ramon Blanchart his marvellous in- 
terpretation of the part of Reinhart, 
the unhappy secretary. 
Another performance which always 
commands attention and satisfied 
lovers of dramatic music is “Tosca,” 
to complete the week on Saturday 
evening. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at the 
Manchester, Mass., P. O., for week 
ending Oct. 24, 1914:—Miss Kath- 
erine G. Bans, B. Brennen, Mrs. 
Callaghaw, Miss E. M. Colver, Rob- 
ert Carpenter, Mrs. Frank Damon; 
Miss Sadie Kelley, Miss Cella Lest- 
range, Mrs. Frank Lynn, A. Lover-. 
ing, John M. Manns—Sam’l L. 
Wheaton, P. M. 
