THE RAMBLER 
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Little things that create favorable 
| impressions are often overlooked by 
men who in most things are consider- 
ed exacting. A printed letter head 
from a local business man lies before 
me as I write ,and | wonder why such 
a specimen of the printer’s art, or, 
rather, lack of art, could be accepted 
by any observing person. It has a 
smeared, smoochy look and is printed 
with too much impression. It may 
seem like a trifling matter to some, but 
in these days when good printers are 
available to all, there is no excuse for 
accepting such poor work. It is, of 
course, possible to overdo the matter 
of your business letter heads, but the 
average person today knows a good 
thing when he sees it, and oftentimes 
| forms an opinion of a business house 
and its system by just such little things 
as stationery. It pays to go to a real 
printer rather than the sort that throws 
cheap ink at a cheaper quality of pa- 
per and palms it off as a letter head. 
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“The newspapers all over the coun- 
try that are charging Salem with op- 
posing the erection of the Hawthorne 
Memorial are not aware of the fact 
that there has: not been the slightest 
attempt at organized opposition to 
the movement. Salem is broad and 
charitable enough to appreciate gen- 
ius and ability. Simply because one 
correspondent has persisted in ham- 
mering the proposed memorial, it is 
not right to declare that the commun- 
ity as a whole is in opposition. When 
that memorial is unveiled, Salem will 
demonstrate to the world that she can 
‘Tise above the pettiness that marks 
some individuals and communities.” 
—Salem News. 
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_-I believe that the fellow who sent 
me that paper from Palm Beach did so 
with malice aforethought. Think of 
Teceiving a suggestion from _ that 
balmy, charmy, palmy beach at a time 
hen we poor northerners are living 
the lives of esquimaux! After hoof- 
jing my way to the postoffice long be- 
| fore the sun had peeped up, with no 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
A Worthy Business Ambition 
Comprehends something more than profits. 
It warrants a constant effort to excel in workmanship and integrity of 
business dealing. 
Adherence to these principles is the basis of the enviable reputation of 
our repair department. 
F. S&S. THOMPSON, Jeweler 
164 MAIN STREET - 
- GLOUGESTER, MASS. 
Axel Magnuson 
FLORIST and LANDSCAPE GARDENER 
BRIDGE STREET, 
Carnations 
MANCHESTER. 
Violets 
Flowering Plants 
Telephone 172-2 
A. H. HMigginson, Pros. 
W. B. Calderwood, Supt. 
C. W. McGuire, ‘reas. 
DAVID FRENTON CoO, Manchester-by-the-Sea 
MASS. 
Marine Railways, Boat Builders 
Paints, Oils, Varnish, Cordage, and all kinds of Hardware constantly on hand 
Yacht and Boat Repairing of every description, Yacht Tenders always in stock 
Boats stored for the Winter. 
ment of Launches. 
We carry everything appertaining to the equip- 
Spray Hoods Made to Order 
towed in and out of channel, free of charge. 
Boats hauled on our railways, 
TELEPHONE 254 MANCMESTER 
accompaniment other than the grat- 
ing, grinding, whining sounds of the 
milk wagons’ wheels on the snow cov- 
ered ground, I picked this strange 
paper from my morning mail. Even 
then it seemed warm with the glow of 
a southern sun. After several stabs 
with my benumbed fingers it was 
opened for inspection. Coming from 
Florida you can imagine the sort of 
airy, fairy summer-like news it con- 
tained. I will reproduce one little 
paragraph from that publication that 
made me feel like the kid at the candy 
store window when he made the re- 
mark that “it’s hell to be poor.” In 
describing the beauties of Palm Beach 
and vicinity this paper went on to say: 
“Tt is fanned by gentle breezes from 
gulf and ccean and tempered by winds 
that blow over tropic seas. It is the 
heaven-blessed land of sea and sun- 
shine. It is the country of the long- 
leaf pine and a land where—” Well, | 
read as far as that, had another shiver 
all to myself, went out and found the 
Breeze thermometer flirting with the 
figure that represents my income tax, 
and now I am willing to leave it to 
my readers, if it isn’t a raw deal to 
send such literature into this Arctic 
atmosphere. 
THE First Cook 
The primitive woman, a Londoner 
says, 
Was unable to cook. What the deuce! 
Our primitve mother, we jolly well 
know, 
Succeeded in cooking our goose. 
UsuALLy IN 
Caller—Is Mrs. de Brick in? 
Parlormaid( whose mistress is a 
well-known suffragette——Yes, she’s in 
for two months again— —London 
O pinion. 
DEFINED AGAIN 
Love is what makes a man spend 
$90 on a diamond ring for a girl 
while he tries to keep warm in last 
summer’s low-cut shoes. — Cincinnati 
Enquirer. 
