NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
of the work was over $3,900. Subscrip- 
tions were collected from various mem- 
bers of the Myopia club amounting to 
$1,200. The town of Wenham contri- 
buted $324.50, and the town of Hamil- 
ton $100. The deficit of $2,346 was 
made up, one-half each by Messrs. 
Moore and Frick. 
‘“These roads are to be patched and 
shaped from time to time during the 
season. 
‘*As in former years, the city of Bev- 
erly agreed to pay bills for an amount 
not exceeding $1,000 for the shaping 
and repairing of about ten miles of 
road in Beverly which are much used 
by the summer residents. These roads 
are Greenwood avenue, Thissel street, 
Common lane, Boyle, Standley, East 
Corning and Corning streets and 
Brimbal avenue. In addition, the city 
paid a part of the cost of oiling done 
on Ober, Neptune and several other 
streets; the balance being paid from 
the water fund raised by Mr. Board- 
man. 
‘“The work on the Beverly Farms end 
has been in charge of Connolly Bros., 
under the particular charge of Thos. D. 
Connolly. The work on the Beverly 
end has been in charge of John A. 
Gaffey. The repairs on Wood roads 
were made in the Chebacco and Essex 
woods by David E. Mears of Essex, 
and in the Commons by Stephen D. Ed- 
wards. All of these gentlemen gave 
their personal attention and a great 
deal of interest to the work. It is due 
to their efficient work that the roads 
are as good as they are, and the cost 
considering the results accomplished, 
exceedingly small.’’ 
Many patrons of the Public Library 
who do not feel that they have the lei- 
sure to read books may still find time 
to read a short article in a magazine. 
To this class the periodicals taken at 
the local Library offer a varied select- 
ion in their January numbers. 
‘“‘Lawyers and Physicians: a Con- 
trast’’ is a very good essay in which 
the two prefessions are contrasted. 
The writer evidently had a warm 
place in her heart for the medical pro- 
fession. ‘‘The Balkan Crisis’’ by Ro- 
land G. Usher, a very instinctive arti- 
cle, is also to be found in the Atlantic 
for this month. 
‘‘The Human Side of Joseph Jef- 
ferson’’ by Mary Shaw in the Century 
makes very entertaining reading. He 
is known to most of us as ‘‘Rip Van 
Winkle’’ or ‘‘Bob Acres.’’ The writer 
gives many anecdotes about his home 
life which was a very happy one. 
* Parcels Post’’ by Howard Florance 
in the Review of Reviews is a timely . 
article giving a good deal of informa- 
tion about a subject of which most of 
us know very little. 
The Autobiography of Senator Henry 
Cabot Lodge is now running in Scrib- 
ners as a serial. It began in the Sep- 
tember 1912 number. He gives us a 
BOOKS 
Some Topics in the January Magazines. 
picture of Boston of fifty years ago 
which contrasts very strongly with the 
Boston of today. Our taste for read- 
ing mu t have changed somewhat since 
that time for I am afraid that some 
of the books read by the Senator 
would not interest the boys of our day. 
Anyone interested in the early his- 
tory of our country especially the 
French colonization period will be glad 
to have the opportunity to read the 
series of articles now appearing in 
Scribners—‘‘The French in America’’ 
by John Findley. ‘There were many 
heroic characters among the French 
pioneers of this country as anyone 
knows who has read ‘‘Pioneers of 
France in the new world’’ by Frances 
Parkman. 
I wonder how many reading this note 
can tell who won the Nobel prize in 
literature for 1912. He wrote the 
‘*Fool in Christ,’’ ‘‘Atlantis’’ and a 
number of plays. He is the subject of 
a good paper in the Review of Re- 
views for this month. When you have 
read it you will know a great deal more 
about this brilliant writer. 
Many more interesting topics might 
be mentioned but come to the Library 
and look over the magazines and I am 
sure you will find many things that will 
interest you. 
Rates 
Boston OprrRA House 
Henry Russell, Managing Director 
of the Boston Opera Company has 
just been notified that he has been 
nominated as a member of the Na- 
tional Institute of Social Sciences, 
“in recognition of distinction attained 
in operatic production” as the official 
notification reads. It is the first time 
in the history of the society that an 
operatic impresario has been singled 
out for the honor, and accordingly 
particular significance is attached to 
this national recognition of Mr. Rus- 
sell’s attainments. 
The Institute is composed of two 
hundred and fifty men and women, 
who by their recognized achievements 
in the social sciences and by the dis- 
tinction which has come to them 
through service rendered to humanity, 
have made themselves eligible for 
nomination. President ‘Taft is the 
honary president and on the executive 
staff are Hamilton W. Mabie, Elihu 
Root, Joseph H. Choate, Miss Jane 
Addams and Miss Mabel Boardman. 
Included in the membership in the 
department of art and letter , with 
which Mr. Russell will be affiliated, 
are David Belasco, Miss Geraldine 
Farrar, Mrs. Fiske, Daniel Froham, 
Miss Ellen Glasgow, FE. M. Holland, 
Eben D. Jordan, H. E. Krehbiel, 
Robert B. Mantell, Miss Julia Mar- 
lowe, Mme. Lillian Nordica, Otis 
Skinner, EF. H. Sothern, David Wrr- 
field, the Hon. James Bryce, and Mrs. 
Kate Dougles Wiggins, a truly rep- 
resentative company. 
HoiLis STREET THEATRE 
Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan 
Company, under the direction of Har- 
rison Grey Fiske, are to come to the 
Hollis Street Theatre in “The High 
Road,” on Monday, January 20, for 
an engagement of two weeks which 
will include midweek as well as the 
regular Saturday matiness. 
In “The High Road,’ his latest 
work, Edward Sheldon, author of 
Mrs. Fiske’s former graphic success, 
“Salvation Nell,” is said to have felt 
the pulse of the moment and to have 
written a play with a purpose but 
without a preachment. It is a story, 
so to speak, of soul progression. 
Dramatically, the greatest interest 
in “The High Road” lies in the trium- 
phant battle waged by one woman 
against powerful men and powerful 
interests, with her own happiness and 
the political future of her husband as 
the issues that hang in the balance. 
Mrs. Fiske has probably never had 
a more wonderfully human or more 
appealing role and her presentment of 
it is conceded to be one of the most 
brilliant triumphs of her brilliant ca- 
reer. 
An admirable company, will of 
course, be found in Mrs. Fiske’s sup- 
port, including in the principal roles, 
Frederick Perry, Arthur Byron, and 
Herbert Delmore. 
A clerk in a local drug store made 
a “break” one day this week that must 
have made his customer think he had 
obtained his training in a kindergar- 
ten) 
A man entered the store in a hurry 
and asked for a dozen two-grain qui- 
nine pills. 
“Shall I put them in a box, sir?” 
asked the clerk. 
“Oh, no,” said the customer, “I’m 
going to roll them home.” 
“New Year Opens 
Wool,” headlines the Boston Globe. 
We can’t for the life of us think of 
anything it could open more quietly 
in unless it might be cotton batting. 
—Portland Express. 
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