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MAGNOLIA 
(Other Magnolia notes on page 16.) 
Arthur Gray of Lynn spent Sun- 
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
John C. Lycett on Magnolia avenue. 
Miss Alice Wonson has returned to 
her home at East Gloucester after a 
_three weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. 
H. C. Foster, who have the Story 
cottage on Summer street this winter. 
Mrs. Effie Foster entertained her 
friend, Mrs. Julia Cook of Glouces- 
ter at her home, Norman avenue, 
over Sunday. 
Miss Azubah Mullen is able to be 
out again after a few days’ attack of 
quincy sore throat. 
Lafayette F. Hunt, Gilbert Crispin 
and Oscar Story attended the ban- 
quet of the Gilbert club of Glouces- 
ter last Friday evening. 
Mrs. William Wilkins of Magnolia 
avenue was hostess to the Whist club 
at its semi-monthly meeting Tuesday 
afternoon. 
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Porter 
(Emma West) are receiving the con- 
gratulations of their friends on the 
arrival of a daughter Sunday, Dec- 
ember 6. 
George Brown, Jr., was down from 
Lynn the latter part of last week 
visiting relatives and renewing ac- 
quaintances. 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Munger of 
Gloucester and Mr. and Mrs. Carol 
Webber, also of ‘Gloucester, were 
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry W. Butler at their home off 
Magnolia avenue. 
Mrs. Dennis C. Ballou, Mrs. J. R. 
Smith of Roxbury and Miss K. W. 
Ballou of Clinton were members of 
a luncheon party at the Touraine 
Tuesday. 
Harold Dunbar was at home from 
Brighton for the week-end with his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jabeth Dunbar. 
A Dairy REMINDER OF THE GIVER 
The perplexing Christmas probien 
can be satisfactorily solved by making 
your gift a subscription to the Boston 
Evening Transcript. On your Christ- 
mas list you tundoubtedly have a 
friend who is interested in keeping up 
with the news of the day and who also 
appreciates good reading. For such 
a one you will find nothing more ac- 
ceptable as a holiday offering than 
The Boston Evening Transcript. The 
engraved certificate furnished with 
holiday subscriptions is a convenient 
and dainty method of notifyng the 
recipient. Sample copies are sent on 
receipt of request by the Boston Tran- 
script Company, Boston, Mass. adv. 
Everybody reads the Breeze. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Also Hunt’s Market, 172 Prospect Street, Cambridge. 
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SUMMER ST. MAGNOLIA 
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WINTER CARE OF ORNAMENTAL 
PLANTS 
The following timely item dealing 
with the winter care of shrubs, trees 
and flowering plants, comes from the 
Extension Service of the Massachu- 
setts Agricultural College. 
“Those who have newly planted 
shrubs and trees should see that they 
are properly mulched with good 
stable manure or leaves before cold 
weather. ‘This will prevent severe 
losses from winter killing and if the 
manure is spaded into the soil next 
spring the shrubs will be greatly 
stimulated and their growth more 
luxuriant. Of course older .shrub 
borders should be mulched also, but 
not necessarily as heavily. Mulching 
is one of the most improtant factors 
in the maintenance of thrifty plant- 
ings. All bulbs such as iris, daffodils, 
lilies, crocuses, etc., should be planted 
at once if not already. The best time 
to do this is October and early Nov- 
ember. The flower border should 
receive a heavy mulching of manure, 
preferably just after the first severe 
frost which stiffens the ground. In 
this way the frost can be kept in the 
ground all winter, preventing destruc- 
tive alternating thawing and freezing. 
Where long ungainly shoots occur in 
the planting, out of all proportion to 
remaining growth, these may be re- 
moved before winter as the action of 
the wind might be detrimental. It is 
generally better, however, to defer the 
pruning until very early spring in 
most cases. Shrubs such as forsythia 
which bloom on the ‘previous season’s 
growth should not be pruned until 
after flowering.” 
Further suggestions on pruning 
will be sent out later or upon request 
to P. H. Elwood, Jr., Extension In- 
structor in Civic Improvement, M. A. 
C., Amherst, Mass. 
$1,500 CAMERA IN THE STuDIO Egurp- 
MENT OF Raymonp L. DITMaARs 
In connection with the visit to 
Tremont Temple, Boston, of Ray- 
mond L,. Ditmars’ animal and insect 
films, beginning Monday, Dec. 14, an 
interesting story is furnished by the 
famous Curator of Reptiles at the 
New York Zoological Park which 
sheds considerable light on the costli- 
ness of microscopic photography and 
the production expenese of “The 
Book of Nature,” as the films are 
billed. 
Dr. Ditmars has in his remarkable 
studio at Scarsdale, N. Y., a single 
camera for motion picture work that 
represents an investment of $1,500. 
It is fitted with an imported Goertz 
lens that hasn’t an equal anywhere in 
this country for seaching out the 
hidden secrets of Nature that are too 
minute for the human eye to perceive. 
Without this special camera, with 
its elongated neck and peculiar ad- 
justments, it would never have been 
possible to trace the birth and de- 
velopment of the frog from the 
magnified egg through the tadpole 
period to its final stage of growth. 
There are many other interesting 
subjects treated in Dr. Ditmars’ lec- 
tures which were obtained by this ex- 
pensive camera. Among these may 
be mentioned the birth of the Sala- 
mander; the singing Katy-did; Black- 
snake eggs hatching; the Juggling 
Fly, etc. 
I have wronged myself oftener 
than others have wronged me, 
