NORTH SHORE BREEZE q 
Tue Citizens or Brveriy will vote next Tuesday. 
The present incumbent, Mayor MacDonald is a candidate 
for re-election and should have the support of the citizens 
desiring an honest government. Mayor MacDonald has 
served the people efficiently and is entitled to, and prob- 
ably will receive another term. Ward Six will do well 
to support its present Alderman in his candidacy. The 
No-License campaign in Beverly has not been prosecuted 
with any degree of enthusiasm because of the certainty 
of a “No-License” vote. Beverly may have a “scare” 
one of these days if the No-License party fails to main- 
tain a serious campaign of education each year. 
THE OPENING OF THE STocK EXCHANGE in the city 
of New York for trading in stocks, even if only on a 
cash basis, is an indication that business conditions will 
soon be more encouraging. For the longest period in the 
history of the exchange no business has been done. But 
it was better thus. If the board of managers had not 
decided quickly and firmly upon this form of action it 
is entirely a matter of speculation what would have 
happened in the business world. That a countless num- 
ber of men would have been ruined by the shrinkage in 
value is certain. 
PRESIDENT Francis F. Row1ey has issued an appeal 
for a Christmas for the horses. He suggests that every- 
one who can should carry small bundles and relieve the 
dumb friends of the great burdens of the hard Christmas 
week. There is no end to the demands now being made 
on human sympathies. 
Everysopy Wuo Stors To THINK knows that the 
tax rates and valuations for taxation are adjusted by the 
Board of Assessors and not by the executive officer of the 
city, or board of selectmen, in town. 
In Tuts Harp Year Christmas gift-making should 
be sensible. It is a lamentable fact that the merchants 
admit that at Christmas it is possible to sell goods un- 
marketable at any other time of the year. Something 
must be purchased for that friend and good money is 
paid out for a “jim crack” that will lose its usefulness and 
will be early thrown out with the waste. If only Christ- 
mas purchasing would be sensibly done it could increase 
the charm of the holiday-giving. Giving must be a part 
of the Christmas season, but it ought to be an honorable 
part. 
Tue Crrizs oF HAveRruILL, Lawrence and Lowell 
have abundant reasons to remember the crisis of 1914. 
It seemed assured that their efforts for a dredged river 
way to the sea would be crowned with success. A con- 
tingent appropriation was passed by the state of Massa- 
chusetts for the work, but the war economy forced the 
item out of the national appropriation bill and now the 
fight must be made all over again. The three cities have 
abundant reasons for their ambitions and the collapse of 
their plans is a loss to the whole state of Massachusetts. 
Tue Lirrie Foik are living in a fairy land of im- 
agination and expectation. These are poor substitutes 
for the warm air of summer, the sandy beach, a pail and 
a spade or a field of daisies white in which to run; but 
they put cheer into the melancholy winter days. 
Tue WEEK BroucGutT a disagreeable day or two, but 
no one complains. The weather since the last of August 
has been so good that it does come a little hard to accept 
the cold and cheerless weather of early winter. 
Arter ALL No CHRISTMAS PRESENT is so welcome 
as a weekly letter from home. This is just what a local 
newspaper is. 
‘AN APPEAL 
For War SvuFFERERS AT DINARD, 
FRANCE, FROM Mrs. Nina L. 
DuRYEA 
“To the Editor of the (N.Y.) Times: 
“Your readers will be gratified to 
learn the results of the Appeal you 
recently published from my sister, 
Mrs. Nina L. Duryea, in behalf of the 
wounded and Belgian refugees at 
Dinard. They are described in a 
private letter to me, which has just 
arrived, dated Oct. 22, to-wit :— 
“ ‘T have received over 2,000 francs 
already, from my appeal in the Times. 
I sent 500 francs to London, and 
bought splendid flannel and yarn. 
Then, I advertised in the tiny paper 
here for knitters and plain sewers, and 
I pay them a small wage to make large 
chest and back protectors. The yarn 
I am having knitted into wristers and 
stomach bands,—so nice and warm 
for the poor soldiers. Thus, the poor 
are helped to earn, and the wounded 
are benefited. I have Mrs. Bell to 
help select the workers, because she 
knows well who of the poor, are most 
deserving and wretched. Only yester- 
day, a poor creature whose husband 
had been killed, had a baby. I gave 
her all the clothes the poor little naked 
stranger needed. It was heart-touch- 
ing to see her thankful surprise. We 
now have over 4,000 wounded soldiers 
here, besides several thousand home- 
less and helpless starving Belgian 
refugees. We are so far to the West, 
that no Red Cross help has reached 
us, and yet the whole country is filled 
with sufferers, who are wholly de- 
pendent upon the limited help we can 
furnish. If possible, get people to ship 
me a case of half worn coats and 
trousers. The slightly wounded have 
to stay in bed while their ragged uni- 
forms are cleaned and mended. A 
group of eight little girls arrived re- 
cently with batch of refugees, having 
partly walked and partly carried 
nearly 200 miles, their parents having 
either been killed, or lost in the wild 
flight, and so young that not one of 
them knew their names or where their 
homes had been. Paris has its million- 
aires, with many splendid hospitals, 
while we are dependent upon our own 
personal means. So, do ask people to 
deny themselves just a little,—a cigar, 
or a cocktail each day, or an evening 
at the play, and send us each their 
contribution. We have had not one 
adequate surgeon, but at last a fine 
Englishman has come, but he has ex- 
hausted his supply of anesthetics, and 
many are dying from the shock and 
pain of operating without it. It is 
sickening! Ask people to help us, 
and they will receive blessings for- 
ever.)*)” 
“The undersigned will gladly receive 
contributions of money or clothing, 
which will be promptly accounted for 
and acknowledged. 
“Yours respectfully, 
“(Signed) George Stuart Smith.” 
18 Broadway, N. Y. 
I have no use for the idle man who 
goes about telling how liberal he 
would be if he an industrious man’s 
money. 
Most people who pass a fresh paint 
sign touch the paint to see if it is 
still fresh—and leave a mark. 
A man has a right to be a fool 
about two or three things; but if he 
is a fool about everything, the people 
have a right to criticise him. 
A new broom may sweep clean, but 
it never comes with a guarantee not 
to raise blisters. 
Many a woman poses as an angel 
who wears her wings on her hat in- 
stead of on her shoulders, 
