__ THERE 1s A DEpREsSION that was countrywide before 
the European War began. It has now become world-wide 
and a business condition already bad has become worse. 
‘During the winter months, beginning usually in January, 
and lasting until early spring there is a paucity of work 
re or contractors, and consequently many workers, day la- 
borers and mechanics are unemployed during this period. 
_ There were evidences early in the summer that the winter 
of 1915 would be a hard one. There are many ways in 
which this condition may be remedied. In early spring it 
is nearly impossible for contractors to complete on time 
the rush orders that are sent in to complete spring altera- 
‘tigns before the summer season has set in. If many of 
the summer residents could only acquire the habit of lay- 
ing their spring plans early and notify their contractors 
in the late fall, it would be possible for the owners of 
estates not only to obtain better prices for the work done, 
but they would have the added satisfaction of affording 
_ work to men at a time when it is most needed. Now is 
the time to make spring plans! 
In HincHAM BY THE ENTERPRISE of some of its cit- 
izens a sanctuary for birds has been established. No 
hunter can lawfully violate the sacred precincts. This 
embargo on arms has become possible by an act of the 
legislature which makes it possible for property owners 
or selectmen in towns or mayors of cities to petition for 
the setting apart of favorable areas as reserve territory 
on which hunting is prohibited. By the terms of this 
act Hingham has such a sanctuary. Brookline in its fight 
against the destroyers of the pheasants envies Hingham’s 
good sense. 
Two Hunprep Years is not long measured in eons; 
‘but in the light of the history of our land it is a long 
while. The Congregational church in Hamilton is cele- 
brating its two-hundredth anniversary this week. With 
the first settlement in New England dating only 
to 1620 a two-hundredth anniversary entitles a town 
or a church to distinction in our young republic. 
Corron Was Our Trousie in the Civil War and 
now Cotton is causing trouble again in this war. Still, 
why should Uncle Samuel become a stock broker in cot- 
ton? The southern problem is acute, but it is difficult to 
see what claim the growers have on the national govern- 
ment! 
Tur CELEBRATION OF TRAFALGAR Day in Great .Bri- 
tain last week was no gala or festive occasion. The 
watchword in old Engand now is “England expects every 
man to do his duty.” Those on the field are; but the re- 
cruiting officers are worrying over the slow responses to 
the call. 
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A Fortunate READER of a newspaper advertisement 
has received an appointment at the hands of the Mayor 
of New York at a salary of $5,000. It was a fortunate 
idea all round. 
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| Ir 1s SurPRIstNG how few people, even public speak- 
- ers and well-educated persons, know how to pronounce 
' “allies” correctly. It is a good word to look up in the 
dictionary. 
Wrre tur New Srwerace SysTEM in operation, 
Manchester will be in the lead for municipal progress 
~ade by small towns. 
Frrz Kreis.er’s DEATH was “greatly exaggerated.” 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 7 
Prison SuNDAY calls the attention of the. public to 
a part of the population that is receiving more care now 
than ever. The prison problem is still unsolved. How 
to make our penal institutions serve the ends of justice 
and yet afford transgressors of the law opportunities to 
re-establish themselves in society, is a problem that may 
well require the attention and study of our brainiest men. 
Dr. Warren F. Spalding brought a new message of this 
problem in his talk before the Manchester brotherhood. 
Now that the public is becoming interested in the reclama- 
tion work of prison sentences, progress will be made. 
To permit mere punishment for crime to continue, is not 
in accordance with good public policy. The Prison Re- 
form society has inaugurated a good work that deserves 
and will have the co-operation of all citizens. 
An AppLe A Day KeEEps THE Doctor Away. This 
is the slogan of the Apple Consumer’s League, formed 
for the purpose of popularizing the fruit. Let every 
New England man and woman eat at least one apple 
every day. The resulting benefits will be enormous, first 
to the consumer’s health and incidentally to the pros- 
perity of the New England apple producer. The League 
points out that this year’s apple crop is unprecedently 
large, while the war has practically closed the foreign 
market for American apples. The result will be that 
thousands of barrels of apples will rot on the ground, in 
spite of the fact that thousands of people in Boston and 
other New England cities would be glad to have some of 
the surplus crop at a fair price. 
PEACE SUNDAY WAS A FINANCIAL Success. The 
responses made by the churches to the Red Cross societies’ 
appeal for funds was gratifying. With contributions 
totaling $42,885.71, it is evident that some interest is being 
taken in the human side of this conflict. The returns 
from the Red Cross sale and tea at the Bradley estate 
showed that the North Shore was not lacking in its activi- 
ties. The Red Cross society has a large work to do and 
it can find many legitimate ways to do good with the 
money received. 
Ture Democratic CAMPAIGN Book claims to have 
saved at least a million dollars to soldiers and sailors 
through the direct payment of pensions by checks, but 
it turns out that the act abolishing the pension agencies 
was approved August 17, 1912, or seven months before 
Wilson’s administration began. 
Have You Boucur your fifty-trip ticket book? Up 
go the prices at 12.01 a. m., November I. 
Wirt BrickiEy Out, Fair Harvard’s football eleven 
will be seriously handicapped. 
Put Wy Che Sword 
By JoHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. 
“Put up the sword!” The voice of Christ once more 
Speaks, in the pauses of the cannon’s roar, 
O’er fields of corn by fiery sickles reaped 
And left dry ashes; over trenches heaped 
With nameless dead; o’er cities starving slow 
Under a rain of fire; through wards of woe 
Down which a groaning diapason runs 
From tortured brothers, husbands, lovers, sons 
Of desolate women in their far-off homes, 
Waiting to hear the step that never comes! 
O men and brothers! let that voice be heard. 
War fails, try peace; put up the useless sword! 
