LA: — STER WOMAN’S CLUB. 
land Quartet Gave Very Fine 
Concert— Raymond Ott, Boy 
: Soprano, Also Heard. 
The Manchester Woman’s Club 
d its semi-monthly session at the 
apel Tuesday afternoon. The first 
4 hour was devoted to the regular 
itine business. The president, 
. Tenney, gave a report of the 
Reration conference of February 
id in Boston, which she attended. 
e also gave a report of the legisla- 
Be sufitence of delegates and 
embers of legislative committees of 
ibs of the federation, which met 
‘eb. 11 with the New England Wo- 
aen’s club, Boston. 
Among the bills the women’s clubs 
rere asked to sign were the forestry 
ill, the children’s bill, cold storage, 
ure milk and the preservation of 
ld fowl. Mrs. Wm. L. Putnam, of 
oston and Manchester is particu- 
uly interested in the pure milk bill. 
petition was circulated among 
ho ose present at the Manchester club 
neeting in behalf of the milk bill 
id the bill for the preservation of 
id sea fowl. There were many 
gners to both petitions. 
At the close of the business session, 
ary delightful musicale was given. 
Pees opened by Master Raymond 
a boy soprano of St. Paul’s 
hurch, Poston, who came through 
he courtesy of Miss Clara Winthrop 
f Boston and Manchester. Miss 
Winthrop accompanied Master Ott 
Manchester. He displayed a 
ery sweet soprano voice of high 
ange. G. Allyn Brown of Glouces- 
ar, served as his accompanist. Mas- 
sr Ott rendered very sweetly and 
affectively ‘‘The Cuckoo,’’ ‘‘The 
wing,’’ for his first numbers, and 
rendered ‘‘O For the Wings of 
Dove.’’ He was given a most cor- 
ial reception and rendered for an 
acore number, ‘‘The Birth of 
Patt has 
The Westland Ladies’ Quartet of 
oston, composed of: Mabelle Dad- 
aun, Viola Van Diden, Alice Ger- 
rude Cole, Dorothy McTaggart 
filier. Marion Chadwick Whiton, 
pianist, gave a very delightful and 
ttistic concert. They have beauti- 
ully blended voices and in in- 
ividual and ensemble work acquit- 
di themselves with great musical 
nerit. They were recipients of nu- 
merous encores for their expressive 
ind harmonious work. Particularly 
)leasing were the numbers introduc- 
ing the ‘‘Little Pappoose’’ by Sher- 
wood; Nevin’s ‘‘Maying”’ and ‘‘The 
Bells of Shandon.’’ Carmena, a 
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» Quartet, Wake up, 
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spirited quartet selection with Span- 
ish lt and atmosphere, closed this 
musical treat. 
The full program was as follows: 
Sweet Melody, 
Cole 
Quartet, My Lady Chole,.......... 
Clough-Leighter 
Metealt 
Ae SS Sere 6. 88 COS 6 SUT eee os B 6 Vs 10% 6 
Deb MPOHMIN MS Recs Soh oS oe. 
Miss Van Diden 
Quartet, Little Pappoose, are 
Sherwood 
Songs, No. 1, The Temple Bells, 
No. 2, Less Than the Dust 
ar 4 t0a>, s) PlePiss a) lel. s,0 6, iat 8, © iw © a te 
No. 3, ’Till I Awake 
Miss Cole 
Quartet, The Bells of Shandon, 
Tp Seg acne ME a ee Nevin 
Quartet, Drmk to me only with 
thine eyes 
The Shepherdess........ A. L. 
Miss Dadmun 
Quartet, The Rosary ........ Nevin 
Duet, O, That We Two Were 
"Si ay atti tei ee ae Nevin 
Miss Van Diden and Mrs. Miller 
Quartet, Carmena 
At the close of the musicale, the 
usual social hour was enjoyed. 
Mrs. Helen M. Robertson was _ hos- 
tess. She was assisted in the tea 
room by Mrs. George Allen and Miss 
Carrie Allen. 
The lecturer for March 7 will be 
J. L. Harbour of Boston. Subject, 
‘“‘Blessed by Humor.’’ It promises 
to be very amusing and entertaining. 
The attendance at the musicale 
was very large, numbering 188. 
Guests were present from the Bey- 
erly and Salem Women’s Clubs. 
Beverly Aldermen Vote to Buy New. 
Motor Truck for Fire 
Department. 
At a meeting of the Beverly board 
of aldermen Monday evening, an 
order was passed for $5,200 for the 
purchase of a new motor truck for 
the fire department, similar to the 
outfit bought by Manchester last 
spring. 
There was a heated discussion be- 
fore the order was passed in which 
Manchester’s new truck was brought 
up as an example. Alderman-at- 
Large Woodberry said that he had 
been told by a man in Manchester, 
that the auto truck took 25 minutes 
to get started. It was not at a fire, 
however, but in practice. This state- 
ment was doubted by another. 
Alderman Torrey said that he did 
not care who told Alderman-at-Large 
Woodbury about the Manchester 
truck, he would believe Chief Hoare 
of the Manchester fire department in 
preference to any man who walks the 
streets. 
PARRENT-TEACHER ASSOC. 
Meeting at Manchester Held Last 
Evening. Officers 
Elected. 
The annual business meeting of 
the Manchester Parent-Teacher as- 
sociation was held last evening at 
the John Price Primary school, when 
the following officers were elected: 
Mrs. Grace K. Beaton, president ; 
Mrs. Hattie Baker, vice president ; 
Miss Anne Clarke, secretary; F. J. 
Merrill, treasurer. 
Visiting committee — Mrs. A. A. 
Cushing, Mrs. J. W. Cawthorne, Mrs. 
Allen S. Peabody. 
Program committee—J. C. Mack- 
in, Mrs. F. A. Rowe, A. Cunningham, 
Mrs. William Follett, . Ralph Hay- 
ward. 
Social committee— Mrs. A. C., 
Needham, Mrs. Catherine Coughlin, 
Mrs. J. C. Mackin, Mrs. J. Davis 
Baker, Mrs. Edward W. Baker, Miss 
Walsh, Mrs. M.S. Miguel, Mrs. Min- 
nie MeNeil, Mrs. Edward Wilcox. 
The delegates to the recent con- 
ference gave interesting reports and 
plans for the year were talked over. 
Supt. Mackin read_ two letters 
from a former Manchester woman, 
Mrs. Stanley A. Lutz of Oklahoma 
City, which was of interest to all. 
We reprint the letters to show in 
part a comparison between the 
schools of that city and Manchester. 
Oklahoma City, Jan. 13, 1911. 
Mr. J. C. Mackin, 
Dear Sir: To introduce myself to 
you, I will say that I was a resident 
of Manchester, for over fifteen years, 
having moved away two years ago 
to benefit my  husband’s health. 
We settled in Oklahoma City which 
is a rising place and going ahead at 
a very rapid pace. 
Now, why I write you is, we have 
a good school system here and four 
or five new school houses which are 
modern and up-to-date in every way. 
The new high school building is 
just splendid. “I have two children 
attending this school which is sit- 
uated near our home. It is called 
the Whittier School. I belong to the 
Patron’s Club of that school and 
take great interest in it. We had a 
meeting to-day and a number of 
topics were talked over, among them 
being Manual Training and Domes- 
tie Seience. 
The Principal felt that at present 
we could not have both so the ma- 
jority said they preferred Manual 
Training if we could not have both. 
The matter was discussed but it was 
not decided as to which grades it 
