WOMAN’S CLUB 
WINTHROP PACKARD TALKED TO 
MEMBERS ON BriRD PROTECTION. 
Winthrop Packard, secretary oi 
the Mass. Audubon society, was the 
speaker at the meeting of the Men- 
chester Woman’s club in the Congl. 
chapel on Tuesday afternoon. His 
subject was “Birds.” A number of 
pupils of the Geo. A. Priest school 
and the Story High school were pres- 
ent as guests of the club. 
Mr. Packard in speaking of the 
study of birds said that it began in 
this country with the coming of the 
white man. “The Pilgrim Fathers 
in that spring at Plymouth welcomed 
the robin as he came north with the 
opening of the season. They immedi- 
ately recognized him and named him 
the ‘American Robin.’ The bluebird, 
dropping down suddenly from the 
blue sky on a spring day that same 
year, was immediately named from 
his appearance. From the first, men 
have tried to put the music of the 
bird to words. In the Dorchester 
‘backwoods’ where I was brought up 
they say the robin used to sing to the 
country doctor. His song was ‘kill 
‘im, cure ’im, give him physic.’ In 
Florida I was told that the meadow 
lark sang this to the lazy farmer, 
‘laziness will kill you, laziness will 
kill you!’ The song of the white 
throated sparrow, which comes in the 
early spring and spends the summer 
in Canada, is variously interpreted. 
We know him by that name and his 
song, fading away on the last notes, 
sounds to us like, ‘Oh, my, happiness, 
happiness, etc.’ Up in New Hamp- 
shire they know him as the ‘Peabody 
bird’ and they say his song is “Oh, 
Sam Peabody, Peabody, etc.’ In 
Canada his song is ‘My sweet, Can- 
ada, Canada, etc.; and he is called the 
Canada bird. The arrangement of 
words to bird music serves a useful 
purpose. The rhythm of the bird 
song suggests the phrase and the 
phrase the name of the bird. In this 
way we are able to recognize the bird 
by his song. 
“Birds appeal to the poetic and 
aesthetic side of our natures, but they 
also have a great economic value as 
insect eaters. Few of us realize that 
the chickadees, tree sparrows, wood- 
peckers, and junkos destroy tremend- 
ous amounts of insect eggs during the 
winter. A chickadee will eat 8,000 
gypsy moth eggs in a day. He has 
learned to like them. The birds of 
Masachusetts on a bright summer day 
will eat 27,000 bushels of insects. . If 
all of the birds were to leave Massa- 
chusetts, in a year it would be a 
desert. The pestiverous insects, 
which cause us enough trouble as it 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
is would eat the land bare in a sum- 
mer and man would be compelled to 
desert the state.” 
Mr. Packard told of the extinction 
of the Passenger pigeon and the 
Labrador duck, which were wiped 
out largely through ignorance. He 
urged the feeding of birds in winter 
when the ground was covered with 
snow and the insect larvae were 
frozen. He suggested the placing of 
bird houses on posts to attract the 
bluebird, the woodpecker, the wren 
and other housing birds, which ex- 
tensive tree culture has deprived of 
their sheltering places in early spring. 
He also urged the building of bird 
baths where summer birds might 
bathe and drink. He favored the 
organization of children into junior 
Audubon societies. Following the talk 
a victrola selection of bird songs was 
given. 
Announcement was made of the 
next club meeting, which will be the 
annual gentlemen’s night, in Town 
hall. Two entertainers, known as the 
“Two Bluebirds,” will give a program 
of readings and dances. Tickets may 
be had of Mrs. E. L. Valentine, Miss 
Beth Jewett and Mrs. F. C. Rand. 
Following the opening announce- 
ments and before Mr. Packard began 
his talk, Mrs. E. S. Knight, the presi- 
dent called attention to the break in 
the relations between this country and 
Germany and asked he members to 
unite in renewing their oath of allegi- 
ance to the flag. The oath was taken 
by all and “America” was sung. 
Tea was served during the social 
period, Mrs. Hattie D. Baker being 
the hostess. 
The posters for the “movie show” in 
Town hall this week under the aus- 
pices of the Parent-Teacher associa- 
tion, were unusually good. The one 
by Perry Allen, showing the Town 
hall, in natural tones, was considered 
of unusual merit. ‘Manchester surely 
has some wonderful talent in the 
young people who can use their pens 
in the manner evidenced by some of 
the posters appearing of late. 
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Miss Abbie Floyd gave a “shower” 
at her home in Central square Mon- 
day evening for two of her young 
lady friends, who are soon to embark 
upon the matrimonial sea—Miss Mil- 
dred Peart and Miss Annabelle 
Lodge. Some sixteen young people 
were present. Dancing and cards 
were indulged in during the evening, 
and chafing dish refreshments were 
served. 
George S$. Sinnicks and J. Alex. 
Lodge are circulating 
papers among the local voters on be- 
half of Edmund G. Sullivan of Sa- 
lem, secretary of the Essex County 
Associated Boards of Trade and the 
Salem Chamber of Commerce, and a 
candidate for election as one of the 
four delegates-at-large to the consti- 
tutional convention from the 6th 
Congressional district. 
Officers of North Shore lodge, A. 
O. U. W., were installed on Tuesday 
evening by D. D. G. M. W. Charles 
P. Adams and suite of Gloucester. 
Two candidates were obligated. Sup- 
per was served to the members and 
guests from Salem, Beverly and Glou- 
cester. The newly installed officers 
are as follows: W. W. Scott, P. M. 
WR S ane, Me Wes Wie 
Smith, F.; D. K: Burnham, O.;: E. 
W. Stanley, R.; C. W. Sawyer, finan- 
cier; B. 5. Bullock, treas.; J. Noyes, 
G.; W. F. Killam, I. W.; W. J. Leth- 
bridge, O. W. ; 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
Valentine Postcards at E. A. Leth- 
bridge’s, Beach st. _ adv. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
Feb. 9, 1917. 
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