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SOCIETY NOTES 
“ Miss Elizabeth C. Wood, of Brook. 
line, and party of friends were at 
the Wood cottage, Cobb avenue, 
- Manchester, a portion of Thursday. 
They made the trip down the shore 
in the Wood auto. Miss Wood and 
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. 
Wood, will arrive permanently at 
the cottage about the middle of May. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dexter are to 
open their magnificent new summer 
home at Manchester the coming 
week and will have a large house 
party over the Brown-Hooper wed- 
‘ding the following week. The house 
was not completed in time for occu- 
pancy last season, though Mr. and 
Mrs. Dexter have been down fre- 
- quently for short visits. The family 
will not move down from Boston 
permanently until late spring. 
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Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter of Washington 
and Beverly Farms was hostess of a 
small dinner party Monday night ar- 
ranged in honor of her daughter, 
‘Mrs. Colin Campbell, of England. 
Among her guests were Postmaster 
_ General Hitchcock and Mr. and Mrs. 
_ Joseph Leiter, who had returned that 
day from a cruise in the West Indies. 
After the dinner, Mrs. Leiter took 
her guest to hear Mme. Tetrazzini. 
The Belgian Minister and Countess 
De Buisseret gave a dinner Tuesday 
night for Mrs. Campbell. 
With the arrival in Washington of 
officers of the French war ships, a se- 
ries of entertainments have been 
riven, which have brought together a 
large part of the Diplomatic Corps 
and official society. A ball was given 
at the Annapolis Naval Academy in 
their honor. The members: of the 
French embassy, who had their sum- 
mer headquarters at Manchester last 
season, are doing the honors for their 
countrymen particularly Viscount and 
Viscountess D’Azy, of the embassy. 
The Viscount is the naval attache. 
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The President and Mrs. Taft gave a 
dinner in the White House for Count- 
ess Luise-Alexandra von Bernstorff, 
daughter of the German Ambassador 
and Countess von Bernstorff, Mon- 
day night of this week. After the 
dinner, at which the orchestra of the 
Marine Band played, there was an in- 
formal dance. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Randolph M. Appleton of New 
York, has been making a short stay 
this week at his farm, “Waldingfield,” 
Ipswich. Mr. Appleton has been 
spending the winter with his daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Kidder, in Santinot, Colo. 
J. F. Scotton, superintendent of 
“Waldingfield” farm, has leased a 
part of the old Low estate, Ipswich, 
consisting of twenty acres fronting on 
the Rowley road. It is Mr. Scotton’s 
plan to set out a large orchard of 500 
peach trees, besides many strawberry 
plants. 
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Judge and Mrs. Wm. Caleb Loring 
of Boston, spent the last week-end 
at their Pride’s Crossing estate. 
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Miss Fannie P. Mason of Boston 
and Beverly Cove will give a musi- 
cale at her residence on Common- 
wealth avenue, . riday evening, March 
ist. 
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Mrs. S. Reed Anthony and Miss 
Ruth Anthony of Boston and Beverly 
Farms will spend the late Lenten 
season at Atlantic City at the Marl- 
borough-Blenheim. 
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The death of Frank Work in New 
York City recalls the fact that his 
daughter, Mrs. Burke-Roche, spent a 
portion of last season at the Burnham 
farm, Essex. Later she opened her 
Newport residence. Mr. Work was 
g2 years of age and rated a multi- 
millionaire. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, 
whose birthdays are only a day apart, 
celebrated this mutual occasion  re- 
cently by giving a theatre party fol- 
lowed by a supper, a dance and an 
entertainment at the Playhouse in 
Washington. Among a large number 
of guests were Countess Luise-Alex- 
andra von Bernstorff, Count Pour- 
tales, Miss Cecilia May and Robert 
Bacon. 
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The marriage of Miss. Katherine 
Bayard Warren and John E. Thayer 
Jr., both of Boston, will be solemnized 
in Boston at the Arlington Street 
ehurch at 12 noon on April 6. Miss 
Margaret Thomas of Boston and 
Pride’s will be one of the brides- 
maids. Count and Countess Moltke 
of Washington will be present. The 
Countess is a cousin of Mr, Thayer. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
- MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1911. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Thursday’s performance at the 
Boston Opera house in aid of the 
Sharon sanitorium brought together 
North Shore society in large numbers 
for sweet charity in various capaci- 
ties. In ‘The Three Young Maids of 
Lea” some of the roles were as- 
sumed by Elise Ames, Charles M. 
Amory, Roger Cutler and George 
Von L. Meyer Jr. In the Wattean 
Fete, John Simpkins had a part. 
Mrs. C. A. Porter arranged the cathe- 
dral scene from “Faust.” The nuns 
were Mrs. Wallace Goodrich, Mrs. 
Nathan Matthews and Mrs. Hall Mc- 
Allister. In the Greek pageant, Miss 
Margaret Tho'ras assumed the role of 
Clytemnestra. Others in this pageant 
were Ruth Anthony, Faith Simpkins, 
Evelyn Curtis and Leslie Bradley, 
Among the ushers were Mary Jose- 
phine Amory, Minna Lyman and Mrs. 
A; Devens, |r: 
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Mrs. Chas. Stedman Hanks and 
Miss Clarissa Hanks of Boston and 
West Manchester have gone south for 
a few weeks. 
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Miss. Eleanora Sears left Boston 
for Aiken, S. C., last Friday. She 
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph Harriman. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ames and 
Miss Elise Ames, Herbert M. Sears 
and Miss Elizabeth Sears returned 
from Florida to Boston last Saturday 
in their private car. 
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Mr. and Mrs. T. Jefferson Coolidge 
Jr., of Boston and Manchester, have 
returned to Boston after a sojourn 
in Lakewood, N. J. 
Hon. A. Shuman of Boston and 
3everly and his daughter, Mrs. Carl 
Dreyfus, are spending a month in At- 
lantic City, Washington and Virginia 
Hot Springs. 
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Leonard D. Ahl of Boston and 
Pride’s, who is at Palm Beach, gave 
a dinner on St. Patrick’s day at the 
Beach club. His guests were Mr. and 
Mrs. Josiah C. Thaw, Mr. and Mrs. 
Hay Walker, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. 
Chatfield Taylor and Miss ‘Taylor, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Bolton, Miss 
Marion Butler, Brenton H. Dickson 
and Hugh Knox, 
