NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908. 
THE OLD * ARBELLA ” 
NEW. 
AND THE 
BY D. F. LAMSON. 
The contrast between the beautiful 
print in the Breeze of Aug. 28, of the 
yacht “‘ Arbella,’?” owned by Mr. W. 
B. Thomas, and the picture of the ves- 
sel which was intended to represent the 
original ship ‘“ Arbella’’ in which Win- 
throp cime to this shore in 1630, is illus- 
trative not only of the progress in marine 
architecture, but in our civilization, be- 
tween the days of the pioneers and our 
own. ‘The former were times of sturdy 
strength; the latter are times in which 
we have added graceful lines and artistic 
equipment to the work which our fathers 
wrought. 
The original name of David Little’s 
** Arbella,’’ given it when a_ fishing 
vessel of Gloucester, the ‘*‘ Hard 
Chance,’’ was significant of the severe 
and perilous labor and frequent mis- 
fortunes and losses inseparable from the 
life of the toilers of the sea, of which 
the heroic and hardy fishermen of our 
neighboring brave and enterprizing Port 
have had their full share. 
The fine lines and graceful pose of a 
modern pleasure yacht are almost the 
complete opposite of the heavy and 
clumsy build of an old-time ‘* Grand 
Banker;’’ the one stands for wealth, 
luxury and artistic taste, the other for 
utility and hardship; the one is winged 
and floating poetry, the other was cum- 
brous and homely prose. “The two can 
hardly be compared; they are both good 
in their way, and for what they were 
made for; neither can take the place of 
the other. Perhaps, in case of extremity 
we could dispense with the gay and light- 
some yacht better than the awkward and 
stolid fishing craft; we could live: with- 
out the one better than without the other. 
But it is one of the felicities of modern 
invention and improvement, that the 
fishing craft while retaining its solid and 
practical build and sea-going qualities, 
has learned to take on some of the shape- 
liness of the pleasure craft; thus combin- 
ing beauty and use. 
And anything that speaks of a lighten- 
it g of the fisherman’s lot, and the bring- 
ing of the least cheer into his life; any- 
thing that stands for more grace and 
comfort; is something most surely to be 
rejoiced over. We little think, too 
often, of the debt we owe to those who 
reap the harvest of the fields that no 
man ploughs, who go down to the sea 
in ships, and do business in the great 
waters. All honor to these brave sons 
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS 
A Most Worthy Object; Should Receive Support of Our Citizens Generally. 
Manchester has 87 Members. 
We are publising in this week’s issue 
of the Breeze the list of members of the 
Manchester Branch of the American 
National Red Cross. While we are 
glad to know our town leads, as far as 
numbers are concerned, any other in 
Essex County, still it is far from what 
we ought to have. Membership makes 
a very modest demand on the purse- 
strings, as it asks for but $1.00 a year. 
For this sum also the quarterly Bulletins 
are sent. ‘There are also Life member- 
ships at $25.00. Miss L. P. Loring of 
Pride’s Crossing is Secretary of the Es- 
sex County Branch. She has requested 
Mrs. W. J. Boardman to act as local 
secretary here. Mrs. Boardman will be 
most happy to receive the names of any 
persons, men, women and children who 
may desire to join. It will be remem- 
bered that the President of the National 
society is the Hon. Wm. Howard Taft. 
The Branch has lost during the last 
year two of its members by death, Mrs. 
M. B. Mason and Mr. R. C. Hooper. 
Life Members of the American National Red Cross. 
Mr. George R. White 
Mrs. Edward S. Grew 
Hon. T. J. Coolidge 
Mrs. Wm. B. Walker 
Mrs. Charles Head 
Mr. Gordon Abbott 
Annual Members. 
Mr. F. G. Cheever Mr. S. L. Wheaton Mr. Horace Standley 
Mrs. G. M. Morgan Mrs. Gordon Abbott Mr. L. Leland 
Miss Dorothy Morgan Miss Miriam Mason Mrs. L. Leland 
Miss Ellen Bullard Mr. G. N. Black Mr. M. G. Revelas 
Mrs. W. J. Mitchell Mr. G. M. Morgan Mr. L. Baker 
Mr. L. W. Floyd Dr. G. H. Washburn Mr. R. Baker 
Mr. I. M. Marshall Mrs. G. H. Washburn Mrs. James T. Fields 
Mr. G. W. Hooper Mr. Wm. Hooper Miss S. O. Jewett 
Mr. S. V. R. Crosby Mrs. Wm. Hooper Mr. Wm. Hoare 
Mrs. S. V. R. Crosby Mr. W. D. Denegre Mrs. Wm. Hoare 
Miss F. G. Curtis Mrs. W. D. Denegre Miss Bethia Tappan 
Mr. Boylston Beal Mr. Albert Maslen Mr. F. F. Tenney 
Mrs. Boylston Beal Mr. T. J. Coolidge, jr. Mrs. Helen Willmonton 
Mr. Samuel Carr Mrs. T. J. Coolidge, jr. Mr. E. Edmunds 
Mrs. Samuel Carr Mr. James Means Mrs. J. Warren Merrill 
Mr. F. M. Whitehouse Mrs. James Means Miss Rosamond Merrill 
Mrs. F. M. Whitehouse Rev. E. H. Brewster Master Jack Merrill 
ras Rese? bitz, Mrs. Senter Stanley Miss H. G. ‘Tappan 
Mrs. Wallace Goodrich Mrs. Eliza Crombie Mr. S. B. Crombie 
Mr. B.S. Bullock Mr. J. F. Rabardy Miss Amy Curtis 
Mr. B. L. Allen Mr. A. Olson Miss Clara Curtis 
Mr, P2 H: Boyle Mr. F. M. Stanwood Mr. F. L. Higginson, jr. 
Mr. D T. Beaton Mrs. F. M. Stanwood Mrs. F. L. Higginson, jr. 
Mrs. N. A. Baker Mr. A. Carnegie, 2d Mrs. Sumner 
Miss Lucy Baker Mrs. A. Carnegie, 2d Mr. FE. A. Lane 
Mr? G. E. Willmonton Mr. H. S. Grew Mrs. John Baker 
Mr. A. Cunningham Mrs. H. S. Grew Mr. J. Alex. Lodge. 
ACCEPTS CALL TO MANCHESTER CHURCH. 
Last Friday evening the Baptist church 
of Manchester voted to extend a 
call to the Rev. Theodore Lyman Frost 
of Skowhegan, Me. Mr. Frost has ac- 
cepted the call and will begin his pastor- 
ate here on the second Sunday in 
of toil. All honor, too, to those at the 
other end of the social scale, who turn 
our rugged lines of life into flowing 
curves of beauty, 
October,—the 11th. 
Mr. Frostisa young man,—29 years 
of age and married. Heisa Bostonian 
by birth, and his membership was form- 
erly at the Warren Avenue Baptist 
church. He is a graduate of the Boston 
Latin school, Harvard University and 
Rochester Theological seminary. He is 
highly recommended. His letter of ac- 
ceptance will be read Sunday at the 
morning service, 
