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THE VANDALISM AT BEVERLY Farms will soon be 
checked. The depredations of smaller and older boys 
_ have been borne with patience by the public long enough 
and the penalties of the law are to be meted out. In 
the late summer three boys broke into and entered a 
_ garage and took an automobile and were caught in the 
act. Judgment on the case is still pending. On Hal- 
_ lowe’en a group of men passed through the square near 
the “Pump Cottage” and left a trail of destruction be- 
hind them. Signs were torn down, fences overthrown, 
stone walls dismantled and other misdemeanors of a simi- 
lar character perpetrated. Such vandalism will not be 
permitted to pass unnoticed by the police. Already in- 
formation is in hand and important developments may be 
expected. The vandalism is deep-seated and it is diffi- 
cult to lay the blame, but it is more than evident that 
the parents of many of the boys in that neighborhood 
are remiss in their duty to their chidren. All the train- 
ing that school and churches may give children and grow- 
ing boys can never make up for poor home training. 
Parents whose sense of right and wrong are so blunted 
as to be unwise enough to allow such acts on Hallowe’en, 
will some day pay dearly for the neglected duties of 
parenthood. Boys will be boys, but there is no reason 
why they should be hoodlums. There is opportunity 
enough in life to have “fun” without resorting to the 
vandalism that occurred on Hallowe’en. 
Tuer Lecat Maze into which the New Haven diffi- 
culties have lead the directors of that body are bewilder- 
ing to a layman who does not understand the “ins and 
outs” of corporate life and who knows less about the 
operations of the interstate commerce commission. He 
does know how to feel the loss of his quarterly dividend, 
however, even if he does not understand how it came 
about. 
Tur EmpEen SEEMS to be having everything her own 
way. But wait! 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE | 7 
It 1s A TERRIBLE SENTENCE that Roland G. Usher, ~ 
Associate Professor of History of Washington Univer- 
sity, selected for the title page of his volume on Pan-Ger- 
manism. Madam de Stael is accredited as the author 
of the sentence,—“The Patriotism of Nations ought to be 
selfish.” Madame de Stael of Germany has opened a 
window into the German house. It is quite evident from 
the events of the last four months that the spirit of 
the line is the controlling element in the patriotic spirit 
of the fatherland. No patriotism should be so selfish as 
to preclude an interest in the progress of another nation. 
The spirit of brotherly love ought to be operative be- 
tween nations as well as between men. The destruction 
of one nation by another works immeasurable loss upon 
both the conquered and the conqueror. The selfishness 
of Germany in wiping out Belgium has a reflex action. 
Its gains will ultimately mean loss. The structure of so- 
ciety that rests upon selfishness is national sin and all sin 
must reap its punishments. Sin is not to be mocked at 
and retribution will make inevitable claims upon nations 
builded upon selfish gains. 
GrerMANY Has LEvIED a $9,000,000 indemnity upon 
Brussels. This is but one side. Wait until Germany re- 
ceives her annual statement from the Allies. Germany 
is bitter with the American people for their sympathetic 
violation of national neutrality. Germany may violate 
Belgium’s neutrality at will. All of Germany’s criticisms 
of American independence will be unable to smother pub- 
lic opinion. America is neutral, but not a slave to Ger- 
manic ideas or ideals. 
IraLy FINDS AN ARMED NEUTRALITY too heavy a 
drain for its exchequer. Perhaps the American demo- 
crats can suggest a tariff reform measure to help her 
problem. 
Apples EVERYWHERE, but a barrel of good ones come 
high. 
Prepare For Summer Visitors 
European War Likely to Create Demand For Accommodations Here 
THE war in Europe is almost certain to increase travel 
in this country next summer and it will be to the 
advantage of those who cater to the wants of the sum- 
mer visitors to prepare for it. Even though this titanic 
struggle is terminated before the travel season begins, 
which now seems unlikely, conditions in Europe will 
hardly be propitious for travel abroad and for the enter- 
tainment of American tourists. 
This means that the vast army of Americans which 
every year has sailed for a vacation abroad must seek 
recreation and rest in this country. Not only should it 
lead to an appreciable increase in the number of visitors 
at hotels and summer boarding houses, but it should 
also result in keeping in circulation here the millions of 
dollars which these Americans have taken abroad to spend 
and so will make for the economic welfare of the country. 
The number of Americans who go abroad every year 
for pleasure has been variously estimated. — Some idea 
of it may be gained from the number of cabin passengers 
landed at the port of New York in a single year. In 
1912, for example, the figures show that 146,915 persons 
arrived at New York in the first cabin and 198,041 in the 
second cabin, or a total of 344,956. The proportion of 
Europeans in this number was small. While impossible 
to distinguish between tourists and those whom business 
took abroad, it is reasonable to assume that the bulk of 
these returning Americans was made up of pleasure seek- 
ers. It is estimated that the amount of money which this 
country may thus retain next summer may be reckoned 
as between $100,000,000 and $200,000,000. 
With the number of Americans, equipped with this 
spending power, kept in this country next, year there is 
the prospect of rich harvest for those running hotels and 
summer boarding houses, particularly in New England. 
But unless present accommodations are enlarged before 
next summer there is a chance that many cannot be taken 
care of. 
New England may be expected to exert its lure upon 
many of those kept home from abroad next year. With 
its wonderful opportunities for recreation and pleasure it 
should, in fact, get the cream of this business if the 
proper foresight is exercised. 
It has been estimated that more than a million and 
a quarter people spend their vacations annually in New 
England. On the railroad lists there were last year 4,400 
hotels and boarding houses with a total capacity of 222,- 
100 persons. If all those who went abroad last year 
should seek a New England vacation at the same time 
there would thus be just enough room to accommodate 
them without allowing for the normal business, 
