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THE RAMBLER 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
“Official” Photograph of 
The President Elect’s Wife 
To mention an alarm clock to a 
certain North Shore young lady is 
like throwing a match into excelsior. 
Miss Blank had been having a hard 
time of late in rising in the morning, 
so one day last week at her lunch hour 
she purchased an alarm-clock. When 
she returned to the office where she 
works she placed her purchase on 
her desk. During the afternoon her 
fellow-workers found the clock and 
determined to have some fun with 
her, so they accordingly set the alarm 
to go off about five-thirty, at which 
time she would be on a Beverly car on 
her way home. When our friend 
boarded the car she met a young man 
acquaintance and they chatted  to- 
gether on the way to the Garden City. 
When the Salem car stables were 
reached, the passengers were startled 
to hear what they thought was a huge 
gong clanging somewhere in the car. 
It was only our friend’s clock calling 
out its doleful summons. The worst 
feature of the incident was that the 
clock was of a new kind that cannot 
be stopped, and the bell continued 
‘ringing until Cabot street, Beverly, 
was reached. The young man who 
was conversing with the miss turned 
all colors of the rainbow when the bell 
started, for the other passengers evi- 
dently thought the couple were mar- 
ried and had bought the clock to wake 
hubby early in the morning. When 
Beverly bridge was reached our young 
man could stand it no longer, and left 
the car. But his companion had her 
courage with her, and holding the 
clock triumphantly aloft left the car 
at her stop unabashed. 
Orp Bur Worru REPEATING 
Diner (impatiently) — How about 
those oysters, waiter? 
Waiter—lIn a minute, sir; the house 
doctor is examining them. 
—Boston Transcript. 
@ 1912, by Marceau, New York. 
OU have no doubt seen a picture of America’s new “first lady of the 
land,” Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, but this will interest you especially 
because it is her “official” photograph. Of all the pictures she has 
had taken since her husband was elected president this was selected 
by her as the best and promptly labeled “official.” 
While Governor Wilson is 
laboring with appointments and the detail of his approaching assumption to 
office on March 4 next, Mrs. Wilson is busy with the social side of her new life. 
The duties as president’s wife are many and exacting. 
