NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Costume Party at Manchester a Pronounced 
Social Success. 
The Costume Party held in the 
Manchester Town hall last Friday 
evening, as the February gathering of 
the Winter Series, was a pronounced 
success. It was by far the best party 
of the kind held in Manchester with- 
in the last ten years. 
‘he Series is a subscription affair 
and is usually attended by about 30 
to 40 couples. ‘There were about 40 
couples present last Friday night and 
twenty-six of them were in costume. 
Chairman Alex Robertson of the 
committee nearly caused heart fail- 
ure when, at %&.15, he stepped upon 
the platiorin and in all seriousness 
read a teiegram from the headquar- 
ters of the ‘musicians’ union at Sau- 
gus,” stating that because of union 
conditions Long’s orchestra would not 
be allowed to piay, but, he added, the 
party would go on just the same, as 
an orchestra had been procured from 
Essex, and just then the “orchestra” 
entered through the anti-room door 
and marched around tie hall, leading 
the grand march. Such costumes as 
the musicians wore were never be- 
fore seen. Needless to say, it made 
a great hit. 
Following is a list of those present 
in costume: 
Alex Robertson, uniform of lieu- 
tenant 2d Corps Cadet; Mrs. Robert- 
son, old French costume (a la Dis- 
raelli); Mr. and Mrs. Chas. k. Wil- 
liams, farmers; Geo. S. Sinnicks, Un- 
cle Sam; Mrs. Sinnicks, Aunt Dina; 
F. C. Rand, Mexican costume; Mrs. 
Rand, queen of hearts; Percy A. 
Wheaton, colored baby; Mrs. 
Wheaton, colored nurse; Frank A. 
Rowe, Topsy; Mrs. Rowe, darkie 
belle; Leon W. Carter, hobo; Mrs. 
Carter, pickaninny; Frank G. Cheev- 
er, scare-crow; Mrs. Cheever, valen- 
tine; Chas. k.. Bell, clown; Mrs. Bell, 
old-fashioned costume; Harry T. 
Swett, colored mammie; Mrs. Swett, 
sunflower; Herman C. Swett, Mayor 
Hurley; Mrs. Swett, colonial costume ; 
Alfred C. Needham, Hungarian off- 
cer; Mrs. Needham, Spanish cos- 
tume; Mr. and Mrs. A. G. T. Smith, 
the Campbell Kids; G. A. Knoerr, 
Dutchman; Mrs. Knoerr, a modern 
witch; Mrs. R. TT. Glendenning, 
Mother Hubbard; Walter R. Bell, 
country boy; Mrs. Bell, Little Red 
Riding Hood; Wm. W. Hoare, jvan- 
ny Bull; Mrs. Hoare, colonial cos- 
tume; Bert Sinnicks, hod carrier; 
Miss Nellie Hobbs, housekeeper ; Wil- 
liard Rust, cream of wheat man; Miss 
Eleanor Donahue (of Chestnut Hill), 
tennis girl; Miss Ethel Hooper, Pur- 
itan maid; I. E. Irish, West Point 
cadet; Harry Purington, sea man (in 
oil-skins); Miss Audrey Calden, 
Swiss costume; Miss Mildred Peart, 
nurse girl; Harry R. Floyd, clown; 
Miss Mary Rust, Maude Muller; 
Miss Gertrude Goldsmith, night ; Miss 
Barnes (guest of Mr .and Mrs. Hut- 
chinson), Little Red Riding Hood; 
Louis Hutchinson, clown; Mrs. Hut- 
chinson, colored belle; Miss Tarbell 
(with Mr. and Mrs. Mackin), Quaker 
maid; Bert Allen, cadet; Miss Berle 
Heath, valentine costume. 
During intermission ices and fancy 
crackers were served. The dancing 
kept up until midnight. 
MANCHESTER 
Miss Alice Barnes of Peabody was 
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Louis 
Hutchinson over the last week-end. 
Frank Bigwood and family of 
Chelsea motored to Manchester Sun- 
day and spent the day the guests of 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lucas. 
Mrs. Edwin P. Stanley is expected 
home today after a two weeks’ visit 
in New York city. Mrs. Antoinette 
Rouland of Ohio is returning with 
Mrs. Stanley for a short visit. 
John F. Scott, the Beach street 
plumber, was presented with a desk 
chair by some of his drummer friends 
from Boston on Saturday last, it be- 
ing the occasion of his birthday. 
Arena Annabable and William 
Pietro came to blows on Pine street 
inuay evening. A money loan was 
the cause of the fracas, and the chief 
took the two men to court Tuesday to 
settle the blame of the trouble. Pietro 
was cut upon the hand while Annaba- 
ble was struck over the head with a 
club. 
Temperance Lecture at Manchester Baptist 
Church. 
Mr. Albert Saunders of Boston, an 
attorney-at-law, talked before a large 
audience at the Manchester Baptist 
church last Sunday evening on “Tem- 
perance.” He said in part: “Most of 
you men, no doubt, go to the polls 
and vote, but there are men who stay 
away and say oh! my vote is only one 
and will not amount to much if | do 
not vote. It is a grave mistake not 
to vote. I just came from a place 
where the license people have recent- 
ly won over a no-license place into 
the wet colmun, and why? Because 
tco many stayed away from the polls. 
The liquor element rush their auto- 
mobiles, and carriages to and fro for 
votes, and if the no-license people do 
not get out and work you will not be 
able to keep your town in the  no- 
license column. 
‘‘Now for another side of the ques- 
tion. Nothing will make a fool out 
of a man so quickly as rum. Let me 
draw you some word pictures. A 
man goes into a saloon to get a drink. 
He takes it, and starts for the door. 
The bartender sees he is about to go 
and says, ‘hold on, have a drink on the 
house.’ He takes the drink and most 
often he is then ready to stay until 
the close of business. Another 
picture: A young man, very young, 
moderately temperate is coming down 
the street. Speak to him about the 
glass he takes, and what does he say? 
I can take a drink, and it doesn’t get 
the best of me. But how about the 
same young man in a year or two? 
“We have greatly stopped the sell- 
ing of bottled liquors to a drunken 
person. The bar and bottle bill has 
done good work during its short 
time in effect. There were 1700 less 
arrests.last year for drunkenness in 
this state. Not a very large decrease 
to be sure, yet is it not worth working 
to accomplish? Suppose the church 
should put on its door: ‘Only a few 
added to our membership last year,’ or 
the business man should say ‘only $500 
gain during the year,’ would we not 
soon be discouraged? Though the 
decrease was small, yet it was a gain 
for us and we should put this motto 
before us: ‘Do what we can do,’ and 
not ‘what’s the use.’ 
“Even though we do not have liq- 
uor troubles in our home we should 
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