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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
A GOOD FRIDAY MEDITATION 
By Joun D.: Lone. 
For a century, more or less, faith 
has been a very ploughshare in the 
hard and bitter soil of a severe the- 
ology, which hid the smiles of a ten- 
der Father always behind the frown 
of an offended and averted Deity; 
which robbed human nature of its 
worth and dignity, and which sub- 
stituted the skeleton of a technical 
and complicated scheme of injustice 
for the warm life of the domesticity 
of man with God. It has let in on all 
this sunlight and gladness and cheer. 
It has mellowed even the shadow of 
death with the tints of a golden sun- 
set of promise. * * * Let us preach 
the sweetness of faith and duty, 
more of the soul of Jesus, more of the 
spiritual exaltation that lift the con- 
duct, the thought, the hope, the act. 
* * Would that the hearts of men 
and women might be touched, their 
lives guided, so that Christian civili- 
zation should be not the husk of a 
euphonism, but the full corn in the 
ear of Christian living; and that we 
could feel assured that faith were in- 
deed making us better and_ holier; 
moulding our relations; guiding our 
_ walk; entering into our business, and 
even our politics; directing our edu- 
cation; reforming our reforms; en- 
lightening our treatment of the crim- 
inal; attacking our intemperance; 
sanctifying and spiritualizing our am- 
bitions; making our religion not a 
form, a habit, a convenience, but 
something bountiful and large and 
immanent; making our churches 
places of worship, and_ training us, 
through Christ’s sweet example, into 
loving, trusting, obedient, and pious 
children of God,—blessed, because 
gentle in spirit; meek; hungering 
and thirsting after righteousness; 
merciful; pure in heart; peace- 
makers; and persecuted, if at all, for 
righteousness’ sake. 
Newburyport’s Propucts To BE E;x- 
HIBITED. 
In common with the general move- 
ment for the boosting of New Eng- 
land and its industries the Newbury- 
port Business Men’s Association are 
planning for an exposition of the 
manufactured products of Newbury- 
port, to be held at the Newburyport 
City hall, opening Tuesday, the 18th 
inst., and continuing for four days. 
Every available space in the ha!l 
has already been taken by the man- 
ufacturers of the city, who will dis- 
play finished wares and working 
processes. One entire room is to be 
taken up with the shoe exhibit, which 
will show a shoe in process of making 
from start to finish. Cotton manu- 
facturing, comb manufacturing, sil- 
verware working and other interest- 
ing trades will also be exemplified by 
working exhibits. 
Newburyport has sev@ral distinc- 
tions in the industrial line. It is the 
second largest producer of sterling 
silver spoons in the world and has two 
of the four horn comb factories in 
the country. While it has never been 
rated by some as highly important in 
the industrial world, owing to the 
quiet methods of its business, it 
points to 46 industrial establishments, 
giving employment to 4,919 people 
and producing goods to the value of 
$9,624,300 annually, the wages paid 
in a year amounting to $2,381,350. 
This is a gain of $2,360,999 in annual 
products and of $845,424 in wages 
paid in comparison with 1908, the las 
year census statistics were available. 
‘The exposition of next week is free 
to all and a cordial invitation is ex- 
tended to the general public of all the 
state to witness it. Governor Foss is 
to attend the opening day. 
Boston Opera House. 
The management of the Boston 
Opera House announces that its third 
season of grand opera will —be of 
eighteen weeks’ duration commencing 
Monday the 27th of November and 
ending Saturday, March 30th. Four 
subscription performances will be 
given weekly,— Monday, Wednesday 
and Friday evenings and Saturday 
Matinee. ‘The subscription books are 
now open. Season tickets are avail- 
able for series of eighteen perform- 
ances, prices of each series are Or- 
chestra, $90., First balcony (A. B. C. 
D. E. center section) $72., First bal- 
cony. CA. B.C. DiE. -srdemasection) 
$54., First balcony (F. to S$.) $36. 
Second balcony (A. B. C.D. E.) $36., 
Seconid- balcony (CEYG: Ho Jak.) 
$27., and Second balcony (Ll. to R.) 
$18. 
This scale of prices should appea! 
to every music-lover in New England 
and none should miss the opportunity 
of becoming season ticket-holder oi 
the Opera House. Every opera-goer 
knows the advantages enjoyed by the 
season ticket-holder, especially by the 
out-of-town patrons of the Opera 
House. For a comparatively small 
sum the out-of-town opera-goers can 
secure good seats for every perform- 
ance and thus avoid the inconvenience 
of ordering seats by mail for some 
special performances, sending in their 
checks for the amount only to receive 
the disappointing response that the 
desired seats are sold already. 
Opera may be a luxury but to the 
true lovers of the highest form of 
music it is a necessity. For years 
these music-lovers longed to have an 
opera house of their own where they 
could hear the masterpieces of their 
favorite composers, the new works of 
the masters of the modern schools, 
and the great stars they worship. 
‘Their hopes have been realized. The 
Boston Opera House has given and 
will continue to give its patrons all 
they desire. The Opera House and its 
managing directors have justly and 
deservedly gained the confidence of 
the music-lovers of New England. 
et the subscriptions for the next 
season be a reward for past accom- 
plishment and an encouragement for 
tuture achievement. 
A subscription department office is 
open at the Opera House daily from 
10 a.1n. to § p.m., where plans of the 
auditorium can be seen and all neces- 
sary information will be given. 
B. F. Kerru’s THEATRE. 
Unquestionably the biggest attrac- 
tion that has been announced for 
vaudeville in the last ten years comes 
to B. F. Keith’s Theatre next week. 
It is called “A Romance of the Un- 
derworld,” and was written by Paul 
Armstrong, author of “Alias Jimmy 
Valentine” and. “The Deep Purple,” 
two of the biggest dramatic successes 
in recent years. This is Mr. Arm- 
strong’s first attempt in vaudeville, 
and he has outdone allother authors 
in the magnitude of his production. 
There are no less than twenty-four 
speaking parts, and as a New York 
critic has said, every character seems 
to have been molded into the part. 
The first scene shows the interior of 
the New York criminal court on 
Sentencing Day, with the judge, 
court officers, the prisoners in the pen, 
the spectators, etc., and the entire 
proceeding of the court takes place 
on the stage. Of course, a story runs 
through it, and many of the charac- 
ters are incidental, but nevertheless 
they are strongly drawn and there is 
an endless amount of comedy through 
the piece. The second scene shows 
the interior of the New York Tombs, 
an exact production, with the pris- 
oners getting ready to go to Sing 
Sing. More the action of the piece 
is carried along swiftly and is both 
humorous and pathetic. There has 
never been anything like it on the 
stage. 
Not in the clamor of the crowded 
street, 
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the 
throng, 
But in ourselves, are triumph and de- 
feat. 
—Longfellow, 
