NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. XI 
SOCIETY NOTES 
“Selwood,” the Thomas M. McKee 
estate at Beverly Farms has been 
leased for the coming season, through 
the Boardman agency, to Mr. and 
Mrs. William Baldwin Miller of Ak- 
ron, Ohio. They will take occupancy 
of the house quite early in the season 
and will remain well into the autumn. 
Last year the Millers had the Francis 
I. Amory cottage at Beverly Cove, 
while the Amorys were in Europe. 
Mr. Miller is in the rubber business 
_in Akron, being secretary of the Dia- 
mond Rubber Co. Mrs. Miller was 
Miss Louise Beveridge Stevenson be- 
fore her marriage. There is one 
daughter, Lysbeth Livingston, twelve 
years old. 
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Harcourt Amory and daughter Miss 
Gertrude Amory of the Pride’s Cross- 
ing colony, are on one of their travel 
trips to the West Indies and Panama. 
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Secretary and Mrs. Meyer have 
sent out invitations to a reception in 
honor of the officers of the navy at 
their Scott circle house, Washington, 
for the evening of Feb. 28. It will 
be Mr. Meyer’s last reception as a 
public official in Washington and will 
close a period of six years’ residence 
in which the Meyers have been social 
‘leaders in the capital, and particularly 
so in official life as members of the 
cabinet circle. 
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It was estimated that about 3000 
guests attended the reception of Pres- 
ident and Mrs. Taft at the White 
House in Washington, Tuesday night, 
given especially in honor of the Army 
and Navy and the final official enter- 
tainment under the present executive 
administration. The reception line 
was headed by Admiral George Dew- 
ey and Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, 
retired, and senior officers of the army. 
These two and other ranking officers 
of the Army and Navy were invited 
to the Blue Room along with Secre- 
tary of War Stimson and Secretary 
of the Navy Meyer. All officers of 
the Army and Navy, Marine Corps 
and revenue cutter service stationed 
insand about Washington. were the 
honor guests. The guests were in the 
uniforms of their rank. 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, February 7, 1913 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Henry Ap- 
pleton of Marlboro street, Boston, 
have leased the Knowlton cottage in 
West street, Beverly Farms, occupied 
for so many years by the late S. B. 
Dana. Mr. Appleton and his bride 
occupied this house last season, and 
it is understood they have now taken 
a three-year lease of it. 
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Miss Dorothy Jordan gave an infor- 
mal dance Tuesday evening in the re- 
hearsal room of the Boston Opera 
house. The few guests appeared in 
fancy costumes. 
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Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tucker 
of Manchester, who are spending the 
winter at the Plaza in New York, en- 
tertained friends at dinner Sunday ev- 
ening. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Richard- 
son of the Magnolia colony were reg- 
istered at Magnolia Inn, Magnolia, 
over the week-end. The Inn is open 
all winter for the accommodation of 
guests and quite frequently summer 
visitors are down for a day or two to 
enjoy the winter weather. 
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The Count and Countess de Cham- 
brun entertained a breakfast company 
Sunday, at their Washington residence, 
complimentary to the Misses Loring 
of Pride’s Crossing who have been 
guests of Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter for a 
week. 
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The twenty-first apnivereary horse 
show of the New Riding club, Boston, 
took place Saturday afternoon. The 
feature event was the hurdle exhibi- 
tion for hunters. The whirlwind 
jumps of Miss Emma Mandell, daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Mandell of 
the Beverly Cove summer colony, who 
rode.six different horses, was the sen- 
sation of the day. She captured the 
red ribbon with Collette, and her di- 
minutive brother, Master Tom Man- 
dell, took third place with her horse 
First Mate. The first ribbon in this 
event was taken by Miss Alice Thorn- 
dike, riding Miss Amy Peabody’s 
gelding, Keswick. Miss Eleanor Sal- 
tonstall and her brother Richard were 
the heaviest prize winners with their 
geldings, Xanthos and Checkers. 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Curtis, who 
have kept their house at Beverly 
Farms open all winter, left the North | 
Shore Wednesday for Fernandina, 
Fla., where they plan to spend the 
next six weeks. There is quite a col- 
ony of North Shore people at Fernan- 
dina this winter. This is one of the 
numerous islands along the Florida 
coast, just a short distance from the 
mainland. It is owned almost entire- 
ly by the Carnegies. Mr. and Mrs. 
Andrew Carnegie, 2d, always go there 
after closing their house at Manches- 
ter. They are followed shortly after 
by Mrs. Carnegie’s sister, Mrs. Walter 
J. Mitchell and Mr. Mitchell. For 
the last year or so, their daughter, 
Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, 2d, and family, 
have been there for part of the win- 
ter, and this winter Mr. Shaw’s 
mother, Mrs. John S. Curtis and Mr. 
Curtis are to spend part of the season 
there. 
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Mrs. S. Parkman Blake and her 
daughter, Miss Marian L. Blake, of 
Boston and West Manchester, are go- 
ing South, with Augusta, Ga., as their 
objective point. They are to remain 
there for the next two months or 
more. 
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A summer or ‘two ago F. K. M. 
Rehn of New York city and Magnolia 
painted one of his most important 
marines in the vicinity of Rafe’s 
Chasm, Magnolia entitled “In the Glit- 
tering Moonlight.” This picture has 
had many enthusiastic admirers. Those 
who recall having seen it last summer 
in his Magnolia studio may be interes- 
ed to know that it has been recently 
acquired by the Corcoran Art Gallery 
of Washington, D. C., for its perma- 
nent collection. 
A TENDER PoINnt 
“What got you into trouble with this 
policeman ?” demanded the New York 
judge. 
“Just trying to ask him a civil 
question, your honor,” said the visit- 
or, “nothing more.” _ 
“What was that question?” 
“T just asked him when the next of- 
ficial murder would be pulled off.”— 
Kansas City Journal. 
