MAGNOLIA PARENT- TEACHER 
MEETING 
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chievous and more respectful than 
white children, which is undoubtedly 
accounted for, partly at least, by the 
difference in the races. 
In the companionship of the white 
teacher in charge, Miss Brooks made 
visits to many Indian homes on the 
reservation. Some of ‘them were 
amusing, some rather tragic and 
others merely pathetic. Most of the 
houses had only one room, a few 
were of adobe and one had a real 
window. The Indians seemed to pre- 
fer the floor to chairs or a bed, espe- 
cially when ill, and in nearly every 
case where there was illness in the 
family, the invalid was found lying 
on the floor before the fire. The 
dirtiest home which the speaker 
visited was that of the widow, Ben- 
ina, whose husband left her quite a 
number of cattle at his death. In 
accordance with the Indian custom, 
she had killed them off, one at a time, 
on feast days, until she had none left. 
Then she was not obliged to mourn 
any more. When Miss Brooks and 
her companion entered the house 
Benina and her daughter were sitting 
on the dirt floor looking at a tiny 
fire composed of two twigs about the 
thickness of a woman’s finger. They 
had a caller and he, too, was looking 
at the fire. Two chairs were pro- 
duced for the white visitors and they, 
too, sat and looked at the fire. Fin- 
ally, Miss Brooks inquired about the 
possibility of purchasing some Indian 
baskets from Benina, for the Indian 
women make very fine baskets, tak- 
ing great pride in never duplicating 
another woman’s pattern or their 
own pattern a second time. The 
squaw lazily reached over to the 
corner and from under a huge pile 
of things, pulled out a gunny sack 
full of baskets. In so doing, she up- 
set the pile, the heaviest articles on 
top, and did considerable damage 
which bothered her not at all. An 
even worse example of shiftlessness 
Miss Brooks found in a family of 
“squatters” who were living in the 
door-yard of a more prosperous fam- 
Many examples of ambition and 
strong characters were found among 
the red people, however. Boys and 
girls who were anxious to become 
missionaries, teachers and lawyers 
and who, moreover, were having an 
opportunity to fulfill their ambitions. 
were found. Miss Brooks related 
many more of her interesting experi- 
ences at various reservations and, 
particularly at the Perris Boarding 
school. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Beverly, a eee E 
BEVERLY FARMS 
The Andrew Standley Camp, S. of 
V., meets this evening at G, A. -R: 
hall. The members are planning for 
an interesting evening on Friday, 
Nov. 20th, known as Veterans night. 
Preston Post, G. A. R., and Preston 
W. R. Corps, have been invited to 
take part. 
Mrs. Lydia E. Elliott, her daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Abbie Poole and family, 
who have just sold their property on 
Haskell street to Mr. and Mrs. 
Michael Cronin, moved into the 
Marshall cottage on Hart st., Tues- 
day. 
IMPROVEMENT (SociETY BRANCH 
MerEts AT BEVERLY Farms 
The Beverly Farms Branch of the 
Beverly Improvement society held its 
monthly meeting last Thursday after- 
noon at the home of Mrs. Howard 
A. Doane. Last year’s officers were 
re-elected for the coming year, and 
are as follows: Chairman, Mrs. How- 
ard Doane; secretary, Mrs. Frank 
Preston; treasurer, Rev. Clarence S. 
Pond. 
Mrs. Doane and Mrs. Preston were 
elected to represent the Farms branch 
on the committee at the annual -re- 
ception held in January in Beverly. 
Frank I. Lomasney was chosen as a 
committee of one to investigate the 
matter of a public dump. The mem- 
bers of the Branch were asked to co- 
operate in helping to raise money for 
the Beverly Hospital. The planting 
of an imaginary tree, which is being 
successfully carried out in the city 
proper was suggested and accepted, 
a number of the members agreeing 
to solicit funds. The meeting was 
concluded by a short talk by Miss 
Louisa Loring on sewing for the war 
sufferers abroad. Miss Loring told 
of the work that was being done all 
over this state and in many others and 
then asked that all who cared to help 
would send in their names to Mrs. 
Vaughn as. she is planning to open a 
sewing room at the Farms, where all 
who are interested may go and work 
one or two days each week. The 
usual social hour was enjoyed at the 
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close of the meeting. Refreshments: 
were served in the dining room, Mrs. 
Elmer Standley and Mrs. Frank 
Preston presiding at the tea table. 
The next meeting of the society will 
be held at the home of Miss Jane 
Watson, 11 Everett street, on the first 
Wednesday in December. 
MAGNOLIA 
Miss Martha Burke and Miss 
Susan Lycett attended the Teachers’ 
convention at. Tremont Temple, Bos- 
ton, last Friday. 
Mrs. Thomas H. Hunt entertained 
at luncheon at her home Wednesday. ~ 
Covers were laid for twelve. 
At the annual meeting of the Lad- 
ies’ Aid society last week officers 
were elected and committees were 
appointed for the coming year as 
follows: Mrs. E. L. Story, president; 
Mrs. Frank Abbott, vice-president ; 
and Mrs. Willard R. Boyd, secretary 
and treasurer. 
Miss Molly Brown and mother, 
Mrs. Maria Brown are the guests of 
the latter’s daughter, Mrs. Bertram 
Forbes, of East Gloucester. 
“No Shooting” signs for sale, size 
11x 14, on cloth or cardboard, at 15 
and ro cents each, respectively. The 
Breeze office, Manchester. adv. 
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