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Ir t% A PrriANtTHRoprc ENTERPRISE that is being 
conducted by our Shore residents under the direction of 
Mrs. Frank Bemis in the coach house of Mrs. Walter 
Denégre at West Manchester. Every Monday and Thurs- 
day with devotion and efficiency a large number of the 
summer colonists have gathered to prepare surgical dress- 
ings and other needed materials for the French Hospitals. 
From the coach house the bandages are sent to the Bent 
hespital and to the Boston City Hospital. When steri- 
lized they are packed in hermetically sealed tins and are 
conveyed to England and France. ‘The Cunard Steam- 
ship Company carries such material without charge. Thus 
the link completes this chain of philanthropic cooperation. 
ft is a thousand pities that the work must needs be done, 
but, it is a satisfaction to realize that there are human 
hearts with humane instincts willing and glad to do such 
interesting and helpful work. 
THE SUMMER SEASON brings with it a toll of death. 
Despite the inclemency of the winter one may well say 
that the summer months are the most dangerous of all. 
The folly of mushroom gathering by ignorant summer 
visitors is a prolific cause of pain and death. The North 
Shore does produce edible mushrooms growing wild and 
for a month or six weeks they wil! be at their best. The 
season seems to have been favorable to their growth. 
But there are many toadstools of deceptive appearance 
that are deadly poison. If you are not an expert, and even 
experienced men make errors, it will be better to leave 
the mushrooms ungathered. Safety first begins by total 
abstinence. 
THere Has Bren a tightening of the reins of the 
law upon motorists violating the law concerning the oper- 
ation of motor vehicles while under the influence of 
liquor. An automobile is a dangerous machine at all 
times, but when operated by a man under the influence 
of liquor it becomes a great menace to public safety. In 
the past there has been a tendency to administer the law 
leniently against such offenders, but now there has been 
stich a prevalency: of this offense the reins have been 
drawn tighter. This is as it should be. Leniency invites 
a repetition of the offense. Careful pedestrians should 
be protected from such criminal driving. | Alcohol and 
gasoline do not mix well. 
THe Moror AccipENTs continue and the surprising 
thing is that there are not more of them. ‘When the per- 
centage of accidents is worked out the injuries and ac- 
cident rates are not high. 
Tue Camp at PrarrspurG begins this week with a 
full delegation from the vicinity of Boston. The plans 
of the camp were arranged hastily and success is already 
assured. 
Tur Norto SHore will long remember the brave 
efforts that Rev. Arthur Pingree made to save the mem- 
bers of the Girls’ camp at Gloucester. 
a hero’s death: 
Dr. Pingree died 
Tuere Art Bounp To Br more automobile acci- 
dents in the future than in the past. The cats are grow- 
ing one year older and even if a large number are turned 
in and new ones purchased the old cars pass into the 
hands of other owners and they are put upon the road. 
As the years go by the deterioration on an automobile 1s 
great. The time may come when the state will compel 
the owners of vehicles to present their motors for exam- 
ination as to their safety for use on the public highways. 
The public ought to have the right to deny unreasonable 
“risks” the privileges of the highway. The man who 
runs a car for hire is carefully examined, why should 
not the auto he drives be subject to examination. The 
jitney problem is a small one compared with the larger 
question of the “unsafe cars” that are on the road. 
Now Tuat GERMANY has received School Master 
Wilson’s instruction, the President will have to turn his 
attentions to the English problem. Because of the lean- 
ings in America toward the Allies the public, has lost 
sight of the injustice that has been done by England to 
America. American commercial rights have been vio- 
lated and President Wilson has no. enviabie task in 
straightening out our relations with that government. 
The freedom of the seas must be preserved and whether 
the violations come at the hands of the Allies or of the 
Germans, America must make its. dignified and effective 
protest. ‘ le 
Tur Norru Store has always recognized -the ad- 
vantages which its natural situation has provided, the 
beauties of the seashore and the pleasures of the wood- 
land. The towns along the Shore have begun careful 
operations in the interests of forest. conservations. -For- 
tunately the Shore has been protected and quite free 
from the destructive forest fires that have- been. suc a 
menace to the South Shores of Massachusetts. ‘To-neglect 
the careful conservation of the forest land about. would - 
be shortsighted. poe 
Tue News From THe Frerp of battle tells the story 
of the holding of the trenches: in Belgium and--France, 
of the campaign’s progress in Russia and'the ‘attacks ups. 
on the Dardanelles. No news of import comes fronr the 
Italian forces. Something is brewing: in that direction. 
For-nine months Italy was preparing for war and-plan- 
ning for war. ‘lhe prepared troops are evidences of pre- 
pared plans. What are those plans? 
” 
‘To aA LAYMAN the fluctuations of the stock «market 
under the influences of war news and labor strikes’ are 
incomprehensible. Even the bulls and bears ‘do not al- 
ways understand the mercurial changes ‘that- take place. 
Tr News From Russta informs’ us that the nine- 
teen-year old school boys have been called to* the colors 
for training! What a cruel, relentless monster war 1s. 
Wuo Pays For the paper increases in the war baby 
stacks, 
