23D ANNIVERSARY. 
lien WRC of Manchester Observed 
_ . Event Last Evening. 
The observance of the 23d anni- 
arsary of Allen WRC of Manchester 
the Town hall last evening 
ought together nearly 400 people, 
members of the Corps and their 
ends, members of the Post and S. 
-Y., and guests from Beverly and 
severly Farms, Essex and a large 
slegation of WRC, GAR and §S. of 
. from Gloucester. A musical and 
ferary program was given, followed 
‘an Indian scene. Dancing 
rought the evening’s program to a 
President _ Mrs. Seddie Follett 
eleomed the friends of the corps to 
ie gathering and she told in a most 
iteresting manner of the great work 
f the corps throughout the country, 
aking first of the membership in 
is state, which now numbers 
,163 and of the whole country, now 
mmbering 104,255. The member- 
lip of the local corps is 99, excep- 
onally good for a town the size of 
fanchester. She told of the broad 
nes in which the work is carried 
how $132,663.80 had been spent 
uring the past year for the relief 
f the veterans of the Civil War, and 
yw $3,726,809 had been spent in re- 
ef work during the 27 years since 
le movement was inaugurated. The 
atriotic work of the WRC is grow- 
ng every year. As a closing fea- 
ure of her remarks she recited a 
ort poem on the flag and emphasis 
as added to her words by the flag 
lute: given. 
The first number on the program, 
vhich was in charge of Mrs. Hannah 
appam, was a selection by the Fiji 
rehestra, with solo by Miss Teresa 
)’Entremont, ‘‘Columbia.’’ Patrick 
. Boyle read a beautiful selection, 
Grant’s Strategy.’’ A trombone 
jlo by Madame Bolino (Mrs. Reed) 
‘ought forth no small amount of 
plause. The Fiji orchestra made 
nother appearance, after which 
‘ed K. Swett sang, ‘‘ Asleep in the 
eep.”’ <A reading, ‘‘Big Squaw 
ain-in-the-Face,’’ by Miss Nellie 
mith, was very nicely given, as the 
osing number of this part of the 
rogram. 
Part II was a most interesting fea- 
ire ahd was in charge of Harry S. 
appan. It. was an Indian scene and 
srything about it was very well 
ied out. It represented the goy- 
rnment agenf (Enoch Crombie) vis- 
‘ing the reservation. As he came 
ito the Indian village he was wel- 
omed-by the Indian chiefs and 
juaws assembled. The pipe of 
Star Spangled Banner, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
peace was smoked by Chief Allen 
McKinnon and his warriors, afte 
which they proceeded to entertain 
their paleface visitor, all gathered 
about the council fire, with the tee- 
pees in the background. Warrior 
Cheever Hersey sang ‘‘Ogalalla’’ 
and the Misses Pauline Semons and 
Kmily Ferriera sang very sweetly 
the Indian song, ‘‘Sun Bird.’’ Ar- 
chie Cool sang ‘‘Pretty Little Maid 
of Cherokee,’’ with an Indian dance 
by the two misses mentioned above. 
The latter were encored three times. 
Brenda Cook sang ‘‘Singing Bird.”’ 
The agent’s colored servant, Rufus 
Long, came tumbling into the scene 
at this point and he sang ‘‘Stop, 
stop, stop, come over and love me 
some more.’’ John Gray sang ‘‘Sil- 
ver Bells’’ and was called back for 
two encores. Cheever Hersey sang 
“Reed Bird,’’ with warriors creep- 
ing about the stage. The closing 
number was very striking and 
showed the Stars and Stripes blow- 
ing in the breeze, lighted by the 
flames from the council fire and as 
everybody joined in singing the 
four GAR 
men came onto the stage and the 
Stars and Stripes were held out. 
The whole thing was very nicely 
carried out and much credit is due 
Mr. Tappan for his ability in pre- 
senting features of this nature, illus- 
trative of the aboriginees, with a 
touch of patriotism sprinkled in. 
Charity Entertainment a Success. 
The entertainment given in the 
Manchester Town hall, Wednesday 
evening, under the direction of the 
Manchester Woman’s club, the pro- 
ceeds to be used for some charitable 
work, was a very good success. The 
hall was about two-thirds filled, and 
a good sum was realized from the 
sale of candy. 
The initial number on the program 
was a vocal solo by Miss Stenhouse 
of the high school faculty, who sang 
very sweetly as usual. : 
A faree, ‘‘A day off,’’ proved a 
scream from start to finish. This 
was put on under the direction of 
Mrs. Charlotte E. Brown, who took 
the part of Mrs. Abigail Bennett. 
wife of Jonathan Bennett, which 
part was characterized by G. Allan 
Brown. Mrs. Gertrude Prest took 
the part of Claribel, their daughter, 
and Mrs. Emma Stanley was the 
neighbor. The scene was laid in the 
kitchen of the Bennett house. Each 
of the four characters were admir- 
ably fitted for their parts and all did 
splendidly. 
A recitation, ‘‘Darius Green and 
His Flying Machine,’’ by Allan Mil- 
27 
SUNDAY CLOSING MOVEMENT. 
Postmaster Wheaton Finds Senti- 
| ment Favorable to 
New Plan. 
| The matter of closing the Man- 
chester post office on Sundays, 
which has been the subject of con- 
siderable discussion the past few 
weeks, has progressed so far that 
Postmaster Wheaton has interviewed 
a large number of business men and 
townspeople relative to their desires 
in the matter, and found that the 
sentiment is strongly in favor of 
closing, or at least closing so far as 
the carriers are concerned. It has 
been the custom for the carriers to 
sort the mail on their respective 
routes and deliver it on Sundays 
from the carriers window to those 
who called. 
Under the proposed new arrange- 
ments the carriers will not be obliged 
to report for duty on Sundays as the 
mail will be assorted alphabetically 
and not according to routes, and 
those who eall during Sunday morn- 
ing for their mail will be waited 
upon by the regular delivery clerks. 
The carriers would collect from the 
boxes as usual. 
Mama: ‘‘Willie, what do you 
mean by breaking all those eggs?’’ 
Willie: “‘I heard papa say that 
there was money in eggs, and I’m 
trying to find it.’’ 
ler, was very finely given. Mr. 
Miller comes from East Gloucester. 
He is a cousin of Mayor Patch of 
Gloucester and won the first prize at 
the recent Gloucester High school 
prize speaking contest. The  selec- 
tion which he read first was the one 
which he gave at the contest. 
The violin selections by Mr. Pos- 
ner were admirably rendered. He 
was called upon to respond to several 
encores. Another sketch, Joint Airs 
in Spain, was given in which the 
characters were: Mr. President, 
Miss Nellie Leonard; Mrs. Mitchell, 
Mrs. Nellie Rogers; Mrs. Strong, 
Mrs. Preston; Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Fol- 
lett; Mrs. Short, Mrs. Hattie Baker ; 
Inmates of the Old Ladies’ Home: 
Mrs. Blair, Mrs. Isabell Stidstone 
and Miss Dyer, Mrs. C. E. Brown. 
This is the same sketch as given by 
one of the Baptist church societies 
last year. 
The sale of candy was in charge 
of a committee of which Mrs. C. E. 
Williams was chairman. The candy 
was put up in some very attractive 
boxes, handpainted, by Mrs. Ray- 
mond C, Allen. 
