August 20,1915. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder A3 
PIGEON COVE 
Carolyn Whyland and Ann Hill; an improvised dance 
by young Miss Mabel Pulsifer; a poppy dance by Miss 
Denman, and a rhythmic dance by Harriet Brazier, the 
tiieme being Schumann’s Entreating Child Contentment— 
Knights of the Hobby Horse. 
prize was given. 
H, B. Carpenter and Credo Harris, two Hawthorne 
Inn guests, went out fishing one morning this week ani 
the fishermen came home with a wonderful tale of the 
deep. Mr. Carpenter was just thinking he saw a sub- 
marine marked “G-Whiz 45” pass the bow of the -boat, 
when there was an awful pull at his fishing line and 
“almost at the same instant he “pulled in” for all he was 
worth. He got a fright when finally a large head, no 
other than that of a codfish, came up to the surface. It 
In the obstacle dance a 
“was a 45-pounder and it may be judged that Mr. Car- 
penter was proud of his lucky catch. It was a beautiful 
specimen of cod. 
_ Greyledge Tea House “at Gloucester, was the scene 
of a very pretty dancing party on Friday evening last, 
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given by Mrs. Jones and Miss Blake to introduce Miss 
Mary Catharine Parsons of New York, tne promising 
young tmonologuist, who irendered several original and 
mest interesting monologues which were much appreciate: 
by those present, including the young people summering in 
this vicinity. The remainder of the evening was spent 
in dancing. 
Among the young socity pope ci.ti.e Cceanside, 
Magnolia, who go often to The Barnacle, at Annisquam, 
and who motored over again last Monday, are Miss Doris 
Bryan, Miss Ethel Morse, Porter Fischer and Wm. L. 
Shaw. Mrs. Jordan Stabler of Hawthorne Inn entertain- 
ed a table of bridge lovers on Friday, at The Barnacle. 
Her guests were Mrs. Emerson of the Oceanside, Mrs. FE. 
L. Du Barry of Baltimore and Mrs, E. A. Walker of 
Fawthorne Inn. 
Between the avaricious man and the spendthrift the 
distance is so wide that colonies of well-considered pec- 
ple occupy it. 
New England’s Summer Business 
THe golden tide which was expected to flow into New 
England during these summer months has been 
stopped somewhere and has not yet shown anything like 
the volume which was anticipated. A careful reading of 
the reports from various beautiful sections of our vacation 
land will show that the number of guests is if anything 
somewhat below normal, and that the amount of money 
spent does not equal what is usually poured out. Some 
hotels and camps have even discharged large numbers of 
employes and are managing to get along very well with 
the reduced force. 
Presumably this is in part to be blamed on_ the 
weather. For such a season has seldom been known. 
People ask themselves why they should leave their com- 
fortable homes to endure rain and cold in places where the 
facilities for pleasure in dull weather are not so good as 
at home. Even if the rest of August shall be full of per- 
fect warm and dry days, the loss from this one cause can 
hardly be made up. 
The California fairs may have taken a few of those 
who would otherwise have spent the summer in New Eng- 
and, but the number who have gone West compared with 
‘the total vacation-seeking population is so small that this 
element in the question may easily be put to one side. 
Another and probably larger element is the general 
feeling of uncertainty in which people are living. They 
know that business has been bad and is likely to be so 
again. ‘They do not know what may be the results of 
the European war on this country, or how far involved we 
are to get in trouble with Mexico. They feel, therefore, 
that this is no time for extravagance or for careless spend- 
ing of money. Hence, many are holding on to what they 
have, knowing that if trouble comes the money will be 
useful, and if trouble does not come there will be other 
opportunities for vacations. 
But from the standpoint of the hotelkeeper and the 
svymmer entertainers of every sort, this has been an 
unprofitable summer. And it has been the worse because 
practical experience has been such a contrast with the rosy 
hopes of the early summer.—Gloucester Times. 
JNDIAN SUMMER! Soon the crickets will be chirp- 
ing their harvest home of the season, says Editor 
Pringle of the Cape Ann Shore. The goldenrod, nod- 
ding in the fields and by the wayside, begins to show 
traces of the yellow flower associated with the coming 
of early fall. The extraordinary weather, with a Bar 
Harbor fog rolling in each morning, accompanied by 
showers practically all of July and the opening days of 
August, has been most unsummerlike. The good old 
summer-time is associated with sunshine and high tem- 
perature, but such has not been the case this season. 
Summer has yet to come. When the first settlers came 
to New England one of the summers was damp, raw 
and cold, much as the present summer. The colonists 
complained and asked the friendly Indians regarding the 
matter. ‘Summer come bime-by,” was the encouraging 
response. Sure enough summer came “bime-by’’—in 
the fall and lasted well into December. Hence the term, 
indian summer. Similarly it may be said of the present 
season that summer will come “bime-by.” The autumn 
months, September included are the most glorious 
i: the New England calendar. In the mountains 
much is made of the charms of early autumn in 
attracting the attention of tourists. Autumn by the sea 
and countryside in Essex county is fully as attractive as 
anywhere. Some day this fact will be realized more 
generally than at present. 
The sun shines for all, the rain falls for all, and it is 
the duty of all to enjoy them in their own way just so 
long as they do not conflict with public morals, 
