6 NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Boston loses one of its art treasures through the sale 
to the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg by Mrs. J. Mont- 
gomery Sears, of Boston, of George De Forest Brush’s | 
famous painting, ‘‘Mother and Child.” ‘The canvas, the 
sale of which is just announced, is perhaps the best 
known work of the American painter, for whom it won 
a medal of honor at the Paris Exposition of 1900. The 
price paid to Mrs. Sears has not been made known, but 
that it was well up in the thousands is certain, for the 
Pittsburg gallery coveted it as a companion to the “Por- 
trait of a Lady,” another example of the best work of the 
artist. The latter painting was ‘acquired very recently 
from the Corcoran Art Gallery of Washington. Both pic- 
tures will be shown for the first time in Pittsburg at the 
coming annual exhibition. George De Forest Brush is 
one of the foremost American painters. He was born in 
Shelbyville, Tenn., in 1855, and after preliminary study 
iu this country went to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 
where he was a pupil of the great Gerome. He has been 
a frequent exhibitor in the Paris Salon and has won nu- 
merous gold medals for pictures exhibited at world ex- 
positions. He is a member of the National Academy of 
Design, but makes his home in Florence, Italy. He added 
tc the fame of the North Shore by a summer’s sojourn at 
Rocky Neck, East Gloucester. Mr. Brush and family oc- 
cupied the same cottage there, which the late John 
Twatchman of New York, known as “The American 
Monet,” occupied. 
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Much sympathy is forthcoming for Mrs. Quincy A. 
Shaw, of Boston and Pride’s, in the recent death of her 
fether, the late Mr. Pemberton, of Philadelphia, to whom 
she was devoted. Mr. Pemberton had long been on the 
invalid list, and his daughter has paid him frequent visits. 
Mrs. Shaw and her young son were at Fortress Monroe 
for their late Lenten holiday when Mr. Pemberton’s con- 
aition became more serious, and they were summoned to 
the Quaker City. The bond of affection between Mrs. 
Shaw and her late father was particularly strong, and she 
is naturally in deep sorrow in consequence of her be- 
reavement. Mr. Pemberton was in the 86th year of his 
age. The last obsequies were held at the Pemberton resi- 
dence, 1947 Locust street, Philadelphia. 
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The congratulations of his many friends are being 
extended Francis William Bird, upon his recent appoint- 
ment as collector of customs, of the port of New York. 
Mr. Bird is a graduate of Harvard, class of ’o4, and has 
resided for several years in New York. He is the elder 
son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles S. Bird, of ““Endean,” East 
Walpole, and a brother of Mrs. Louis A. Shaw of the 
Beverly Farms colony. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Agassiz 
Shaw (Joan Bird) are still tarrying at Endean, awaiting 
the completion of certain improvements now in process at 
their country residence at Beverly Farms. 
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Chas. P. Taft, President l'aft’s brother, has approved 
plans for the enlargement and practically the re-building 
of the town of Portland, Texas, involving the expendi- 
ture of more than $2,000,000. The town is on the Taft 
ranch. he cost of the improvements that are to be made 
this year will exceed $600,000 and a model town will be 
the result. 
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Mrs. E. C. Fitch of Boston and Manchester, has gone 
to England for her annual visit to her elder daughter, Mrs 
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Frank Northen, who has resided there several years since 
her marriage, ; 
The marriage of Miss Lucy Lee Collins, daughter 
of the late Melvin Collins of Gloucester, who married the 
daughter of Stephen Salisbury Tuckerman, the well 
known artist of Brookline, a summer resident of Fresh 
Water Cove, Gloucester, and Warren Faxon Whittier of 
San Bernardino, Cal., Harvard ’09, was a recent Brook- 
line society event. Rev. Dr. Mann of St. Paul’s church, 
officiated. ‘The wedding was held at the church at high 
neon. The bride was attended by Misses Helen Mossman, 
Helen Slagle, Leila H. Tuckerman, Dorothy Warren, Les- . 
lie King, all of Brookline, and Miss Dorothy Roote of 
Cambridge. The best man was Philip Little, Jr., of 
Minneapolis, and the ushers were Richard M. Faulkner, 
Keene, N. H.; Orrin G. Wood, Brookline; Henry R. 
Watson, Milton; Norman Harrower, Worcester; EJ- 
bridge Watson, W. Archer Foster of Boston. Harry 
Bumstead Collins gave his sister in marriage. A recep- 
tion followed at the home of the bride’s mother, 64 Cy- 
press street. ‘Later Mr. and Mrs. Whittier left on a 
wedding trip. ‘They are to live in San Bernardino. ‘The 
bride is a granddaughter of Stephen Salisbury ‘Tucker- 
men, who was a well-known artist. ‘The groom is a des- 
cendant of the poet Whittier. The Tuckermans were 
among the pioneer summer residents representing old 
Boston families to spend the summer seasons on the North 
Shore at Gloucester. 
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Mrs. W. F. Draper, widow of the late American am- 
bassador to Italy, is at the Hotel Excelsior, Rome, where 
she daily meets the many friends she made when she was 
there as ambassadress, who all remember her splendid 
lavish hospitality. Recently she gave a dinner of 30 
covers and the guests included Ambassador Leishman and 
Secretary of Legation Whitehouse, the Duke and Duchess 
d’Archos, the latter an American; Mrs. Gibson Favne- 
stock and Mr. and Mrs. Wurts, the latter a sister of 
Charlemagne Tower. Mrs. Draper and her daughter were 
at Manchester last summer and occupied the Bradbury 
ccttage, Smith’s Point. 
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Henry Warner, the actor, creator of Jimmy Valen- 
tine and other notable roles, who is creating sensations in 
New York this winter and spring for his ability before 
the footlights, has taken lease of the Way cottage on 
Page street, Bass Rocks, and is expected early in the 
season with his wife, for recuperation at that attractive 
spot. Mr. and Mrs. Warner were at Bass Rocks last 
season. ‘l‘hey were introduced to the charms of Bass 
Rocks by Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor Robson, the 
famous actress), now of New York and Newport. 
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Dr. and Mrs. Morton Prince of Boston, are to occupy 
their cottage at Nahant this year. Mrs. Eben Wright 
and daughters of New York occupied it last summer. 
Last season Dr. Prince and family had the Henry Schur- _ 
menn. estate at East Gloucester. Mrs. Wright has se- 
cured the Winthrop cottage at Nahant for the coming 
summer. 
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Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mrs. Nicholas Readers 
son and Mrs. Levi Leiter were among the guests at a 
recent luncheon Mrs. Sherman, wife of the Vice-Presi- 
dent, gave at her home in Washington, in honor of Mrs. 
Eugene Hale. 
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Miss Eleanora Sears of Boston and Beverly Farms, 
was one of the young women riding and driving at the 
charity horse show at Durland’s Riding Academy in New 
York last Friday night. The affair was under distin- 
guished society patronage. 
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