SOCIETY NOTES 
A number of the friends of Miss 
‘arrie Louise Munn and Reginald 
dman, of the Manchester colony, 
go on to Washington from Bos- 
on for their marriage this Saturday 
fternoon in St. John’s church. The 
seremony wil be performed at 4 
‘clock in the presence of a large num- 
ber of guests. Miss Munn will have 
ier sister, Miss Gladys Munn, for her 
naid of honor, and her sister-in-law, 
Mrs. Charles A. Munn, Jr., will be 
matron of honor. The bridesmaids 
vill be Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss 
Edith Wayne of Philadelphia, Miss 
Josephine Osborne of New York and 
Mi ss Cecilia May of Washington and 
Manchester. Mr. Boardman will 
aave Eugene V. R. Thayer, Harvard 
‘04, for his best man, and the ushers 
will be Arthur Adams, Harvard ’99; 
Richard de B. Boardman of Beverly 
Farms, Harvard 1900; James Jack- 
son of Westwood, Harvard ’04; Gur- 
nee Munn, a brother of the bride- 
elect, Harvard ’11; John S. Ames, 
Harvard ’o1; Richard Lawrence, for- 
merly of Boston but now of 135 Mad- 
ison avenue, New York, Harvard ’02; 
Peter G. Gerry of New York and T. 
O'Donnell Hillen of Baltimore. 
ae : 
Mrs. Benjamin Talbot Rogers of 
Racine, Wisconsin, announced Mon- 
day the engagement of her daughter, 
Miss Helen Miles Rogers, to Ogden 
‘Mills Reid of New York city, the son 
‘of Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw 
Reid of London. Mrs. Reid was on 
‘the North Shore last season as the 
guest of the Presidential family, at 
‘Burgess Point. Miss Rogers comes 
from an old Wisconsin family and is 
a graduate of Barnard College. The 
wedding will take place during 
March. 
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_ Among the mid-winter hospitalities 
of Judge W. H. Moore of New 
York and Pride’s, was a recent stag 
luncheon for eight at the Holland 
House, New York. 
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Charles E. Littlefield, paymaster of 
‘the U. S. N., and bride (nee Mrs. 
_ Kirk Armour) of Kansas City and 
Magnolia, are to spend the late win- 
ter in Washington. They have se- 
cured apartments at the Willard. 
H SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1911. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Herbert M. Sears, of Boston and 
Pride’s, has issued invitations for a 
dinner-dance in honor of his daugh- 
ter, Miss Elizabeth Sears, on Thurs- 
day evening, Feb. 23. Some 140 in- 
vitations were issued. 
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Mrs. Ezra C. Fitch of Boston and 
Manchester, gave an “at home” at her 
Commonwealth avenue residence, 
Boston, on Tuesday afternoon. 
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Reports from Washington, which 
have been neither affirmed nor de- 
nied state that President Taft has se- 
lected John Hays Hammond to be 
special representative of the United 
States at the coronation of King 
George V. of England. 
BOSTON OPERA HOUSE. 
Following is the repertoire for the 
sixteenth week at the Boston Opera 
House. 
Messenet’s “Manon” in French will 
be presented for the Monday even- 
ing performance, with Lydia Lipkow- 
ska in the title role and Edmond Cle- 
ment, who scored such a great suc- 
cess at his debut last week will again 
appear as Des Grieux. 
On Wednesday evening will be the 
first production of Puccini’s Manon 
Lescaut in Italian, with Mme. -Fran- 
ces Alda as Manon, and Enrico Car- 
uso as Des Grieux. This will be M. 
Caruso’s first appearance with the 
Boston Opera Company. 
On ‘Thursday evening Isadora 
Duncan with the New York Sym- 
phony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch, 
conductor, will present a program 
which is entirely new. 
“The Girl of the Golden West’, 
founded on the drama _ written by 
David Belasco will be given at the 
Friday evening performance with 
Mme Emmy Destinn as Minnie and 
Florencio Constantino as Johnson. 
“Lakme” in French will be pre- 
sented the first time this season at the 
Saturday Matinee performance, with 
Lydia Lipkowska in the name part. 
and Edmond Clement as Geraldo. 
Saturday evening at popular prices 
from 50c to $2.50 will be given La 
Boheme with Alice Nielsen as Mimi. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The wedding of Miss Judith M. 
Longyear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
John M. Longyear, of Brookline, and 
John M. Richardson Lyeth of New 
York, at high noon Wednesday, cre- 
ated much North Shore interest as 
the Longyear family spent a season 
on the North Shore as tenants of the 
Bradbury cottage, Smith’s Point, 
Manchester. The Longyear man- 
sion on Fisher Hill was transformed 
into a bower of floral beauty. Arthur 
Foote, the famous composer, who 
summers annually at Bass Rocks, pre- 
sided at the organ. Rev. Dr. Alex- 
ander Mann, rector of Trinity church, 
officiated. The ceremony was per- 
formed in the music room midst a 
costly setting. Here Mr. Foote pre- 
sided’ at the pipe organ. The bride’s 
only attendant was her cousin, Miss 
Margaret Longyear, of Detroit. The 
best man was Charles Parkhurst of 
New York. Their future home will 
be at 23 Fifth Avenue, New York. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. King of 
Boston and Pride’s, are sojourning in 
Mexico. 
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Mrs. John Wing Prentiss is among 
the Bostonians enjoying the mid- 
winter season at Old Point Comfort. 
Mrs. Prentiss is the eldest daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray Kay of 
Brookline and East Gloucester. 
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Ex Gov. John L. Bates, of Boston, 
and Wheeler’s Point, Gloucester, has 
purchased the H. Burr Crandall farm 
of 310 acres in Windsor, Mass. The 
property has been the home of the 
Windsor club. The land adjoins the 
country estate of Mrs. Alfred E. 
Bates, widow of Gen. Bates of Wash- 
ington. 
Letters remaing unclaimed at the 
Manchester post office for the week 
ending February 11: Frank L. Bu- 
durtha, Mrs. Ramsay Hunt, Miss 
Elizabeth Jones, Messrs. Johnston & 
Berquest, Mrs. Emma Bird Murdock, 
Dr. Karl A. Muller, Mme. Yvonne 
Roy, George W. Rief, Mr. Schwarz, 
Mrs. Walter H. Tracy, Paul Weil. 
S. L. Wheaton, P. M. 
