NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1911. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The headquarters of the German 
Embassy will be located at Manches- 
ter again the coming summer, we are 
‘pleased to announce. Haneil von 
Haimhausen, counsellor of the em- 
bassy, will be the charge d’affaires 
in the absence of the ambassador, 
who will spend the warm summer 
months in Germany. The Kimball 
cottage has been leased by Mrs. Wal- 
ter Harris to the embassy for the 
summer, This is the large house, op- 
posite Cobb av., off Masconomo 
street, occupied two seasons ago by 
the late Brazilian ambassador, and 
last season by the Col. Henry Mays of 
Washington. It was leased through 
the office of the Boardman agency. 
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The Phillips B. Thompsons of New 
York City will be new-comers to 
Beverly Farms this coming season. 
They have just leased through the 
Boardman agency the Wilkins cot- 
tage off Hart street. The Thompsons 
were in Europe last season. Mrs. 
Thompson was Miss Marion McKeevy- 
er. 
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Among new-comers to Manchester 
this season will be the Francis Drex- 
el Smiths of Colorado Springs. They 
have just leased through the Board- 
man agency the Winch cottage, and 
are planning to come east early in 
the season to remain into the au- 
tumn, 
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Mr. and Mrs. Allen Curtis and 
Miss Evelyn Curtis of Boston and 
Beverly Farms are planning for a 
European trip next month (April). 
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Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kilpatrick 
of St. Louis and Magnolia were pas- 
sengers on the Carmania, which was 
enroute to Spain, Italy and Egypt. 
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Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson 
Lyeth (Judith Longyear) are spend- 
ing their honeymoon in Bermuda, 
previous to taking up their future 
residence in New York City. The 
Lyeth-Longyear nuptials was a so- 
ciety event in Brookline during 
February. 
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Nine hundred guests attended the 
reception last Friday of Ambassador 
and Mrs. Bryce in the stately old- 
fashioned drawing rooms of the em- 
bassy at Washington. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
On Saturday, March 4th, occurs 
the wedding of Miss Mary Lovejoy 
Wetherbee and Arthur Morse Jones. 
Miss Wetherbee is the youngest 
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Otis Wetherbee of Boston and Man- 
chester, and Mr. Jones is the son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willis Jones 
of Boston and Magnolia. The cere- 
mony will be performed at the Church 
of Our Saviour, Longwood, at 4 
o'clock. The groom-elect’s father 
was formerly president of the New 
England National Bank of Boston. 
A reception follows the ceremony. 
Today Mrs. James M. Newell is giv- 
ing a luncheon for Miss Wetherbee at 
her Boston residence on Common- 
wealth avenue. 
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A costume riding carnival, to be 
given at the Park Riding school, Bos- 
ton, March 11, at 8 o'clock, is inter- 
esting the younger members of Bos- 
.ton’s riding set. A large number of 
invitations have been sent out and a 
brilliant spectacle is assured. Five 
cups have been offered as_ prizes. 
One will go to the group turning out 
the largest number of riders, with the 
most elaborate costumes. Individual 
prizes will be given to the ladies and 
gentlemen appearing with the most 
elaborate and the most grotesque cos- 
tumes. Entries for the carnival will 
close on Monday, March 6. Many 
members of the North Shore colonies 
are members of the school. 
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At the State House, Boston, to- 
day there is a “New England Con- 
ference on Rural Progress.” Among 
the subjects of the conference and 
the speakers is “The Milk Problem 
from the Consumer’s Standpoint’’ by 
Mrs. William Lowell Putnam, of 
Boston and Manchester. 
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Miss Eleanora Sears is in Florida 
for the tennis championship meet, 
which opened at Palm Beach, Tues- 
day. She is also interested in the 
aviation meet being held: there this 
week. 
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‘Miss Elise Ames continues to re- 
ceive many social honors as a popular 
debutante. On ‘Tuesday evening 
(Feb. 28) her aunt, Miss Mary 
Shreve Ames of Dartmouth street, 
Boston, gave a bridge party in her 
honor followed by dancing. 
SOCIETY NOTES. aa 
In the announcement of the e 
gagement in Washington, last Frid 
of Miss Cecelia I. May, daughter 
Col. and Mrs. Henry May of Was 
ington and Manchester, and Robert 
Bacon, son of Robert Bacon, Unit 
States ambassador to France, ai 
Mrs. Bacon, there is decided inter 
on the North Shore, where Col. M 
and family spent last  seasc 
Mr. Bacon is employed in the Trez 
ury Department. As a member of t 
Harvard Class of 1907, he is partic 
larly well known among promine 
Harvard men on the North Shore. 
his senior year, he was captain of t 
varsity eight. Miss May was one 
the bridesmaids at the Boardma 
Munn wedding at the capitol, Fé 
18, and will serve in like capacity 
the wedding of the Countess [juj 
Alexandra von Bernstorff, daught 
of the German ambassador to t 
United States, and. Count. Portal 
The Bacon-May nuptials, it is 
lieved, will be solemnized this su 
mer. Miss May has lived all her , 
in Washington, where her fathe 
family has been socially promine 
since the establishment of the Distr 
of. Columbia. She made her debut 
little over a year ago, since whi 
time she has been present at ma 
social functions here, and in Lond 
and Paris. She speaks French ff 
ently. She received her early educ 
tion in the Convent of the Sacr 
Heart at Eden Hall, later finishii 
her studies in Paris. Young Bac 
has lived for several years in Was 
ington, where his father was Ass 
tant Secretary of State. He has! 
diplomatic career in view. ‘The cc 
sent to the engagement was f¢ 
warded by cable from Paris, last F 
day by Ambassador and Mrs. Bace 
Last Friday evening President aj 
Mrs. Taft were hosts to nearly 2 
young people in honor of Miss Hel 
Taft and Robert Taft, the latter f 
ing home from Harvard for a bri 
holiday. Sixty guests were bidden! 
the dinner previous to the dan 
The Marine Band orchestra furnish 
music at the dance. A buffet sup¢ 
was served at midnight. This is t 
second party the President and M, 
Taft have given in acknowledg 
ment of the innumerable social } 
tentions which have been shower 
upon their daughter. and son, 
