NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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This writer is a master as word-paint- 
ing. His descriptions are remarkable 
and only need to be read to be appre- 
ciated. This is the first of a series on 
this subject to be written by this au- 
thor. ‘‘The Arbitration of the Ala- 
bama Claims’’ by Colonel William 
Counant Church is a review of a very 
important event in our American his- 
tory. The paper is illustrated with 
cartoons from London ‘‘Punch.’’ All 
who wish to know more about our 
P-esident will learn much by reading 
two studies of him in this month’s 
‘“Century.’’ °‘‘The Kind of Man 
Woodrow Wilson Is’’ by W.-G. Me- 
..doo is a personal study and I think 
will convince the reader that we have 
a man for President of whom we may 
well be proud. 
‘Woodrow Wilson as a Man of Let- 
ters’’ by Bliss Perry, Professor of 
English Literature at Harvard Uni- 
versity views him from a literary 
standpoint. He concludes his critical 
study with the following statement: 
‘No man who has entered the White 
House since Lincoln, has been better 
equipped by character and training to 
enoble and refine the tone of public 
utterance. ’’ 
The incoming of a Democratic Presi- 
dent adds a peculiar interest to 
‘Grover Cleveland and his cabinet,’’ 
by Hiliary A. Herbert. 
‘‘The Sense of Smell’’ by Ellwood 
Hendrick in the ‘‘Atlantic’’ is rather 
an unusual way of treating the subject. 
The March “Craftsman”? is a garden 
number and there are numerous helpful 
hints in it. ‘‘Capturing Wild Flow- 
ers for the Home Garden’’ and ‘‘ Wa- 
ter Gardens in Ponds and Streams’’ are 
two articles that will repay time spent 
in reading them. 
In this note I have called your at- 
tention to only a few of the good 
things to be found in the periodicals 
taken at the Manchester public library. 
—R. T. G. 
Talked On Birds 
An Open Meeting of Manchester Woman’s Club. 
The semi-monthly meeting of the 
Manchester Woman’s club was held 
‘Tuesday afternoon, and was in the 
form of an open meeting. It was held 
in the Town hall, the attraction being 
an illustrated lecture by Edward Avis, 
whose subject was “An Afternoon in 
Birdland.” 
The hall was well filled by members 
of the club and pupils of the public 
schools, who had been invited to at- 
tend. The lecture ought to have 
proven of especial interest to the 
young folk. 
Mr. Avis is well known in the field 
of nature study as the “Bird Mimic,” 
and he is probably without peer in his 
line. His talk was illustrated by near- 
ly 100 stereopticon views, beautifully 
“Te GOvERNOR’s LADY AT 
THE HOoL.is 
Not in the recent theatrical history 
of Boston has any play made such an 
emphatic hit as the William Elliott 
and David Belasco production of “The 
Governor’s Lady” now in its second 
week at the Hollis Street Theatre, 
and where on account of previous 
bookings that cannot be cancelled, the 
play can remain but two weeks longer, 
its run coming to a close positively on 
March 22. 
It is with great regret that Mr. 
Belasco announces “The Governor’s 
Lady” will not be seen in any city 
in New England outside of Boston. 
“The Governor’s Lady” tells a story 
of big human interest. One of the 
colored, and as the views were cast on 
the screen he told of the habits of the 
birds shown, and mimiced its songs, its 
calls and bird language in general. 
Pictures were also shown of the bird’s 
nests and in the manner in which the 
young are fed. Attention was also 
called to the plumage, and _ striking 
adaptibility of plumage to  environ- 
ment. 
At the conclusion of the talk Mr. 
Avis gave some of the calls and asked 
the children to name the birds. In 
many cases this was done promptly. 
The lecture was, withal, very enjoy- 
able and was delightfully instructive 
as a lesson in nature study. 
The High School orchestra played 
two selections previous to the lecture. 
problems of American life today 
which has been demonstrated in and 
out of the courts for some years is 
that of the millionaire hungry for 
power and social recognition whose 
wife has been unable or unwilling to 
keep pace with him. In the Belasco 
play Alice Bradley has told such a 
story in a manner that makes the au- 
ditor feel that he is witnessing the 
inmost workings of the household 
through which the action of the play 
passes. Photographic in its wonder- 
ful detail, abounding in stirring cli- 
maxes and presented with the remark- 
able realism for which Mr. Belasco is 
famous, “The Governor’s Lady’ has 
made a success that is not to be won- 
dered at. 
IN YACHTING CIRCLES 
The new owner of the auxiliary 
sch. Arbella, Ogden T. McClurg of 
Chicago, plans to take that craft for 
a two-year cruise in the West Indies 
and South American waters. Wash- 
ington B. Thomas, the former owner, 
has used the boat extensively around 
New England. The boat is now being 
touched up for her trip at an Fast 
Boston yard. A squaresail has been 
added to the schooner’s rig to: assist 
while running down the trades. - She 
has also been equipped with . storm 
canvas, practically all running rigging 
has been renewed and_ stores are 
aboard. Arbella is about 10 years old 
and was originally christened Grilse 
II. She was built in Nova Scotia, is 
103 feet on the line and 128 feet over 
all. 
Last Two WEEks oF “THE GARDEN 
oF ALLAH.” 
The remarkably successful engage- 
ment of Robert Hichens’ and Mary 
Anderson Navarro’s interesting play, 
“The Garden of Allah” is now enter- 
ing upon its last two weeks at the 
Boston Theatre. The engagement it 
is now definitely announced, ends 
Saturday, March 22nd. . 
The play, as a drama follows close- 
ly the novel of Robert Hichens and 
tells the story of a monk, Boris, who 
becomes dissatisfied with life in a 
monastery, runs away and finds him- 
self in the desert, in search of peace 
and quietude. He meets another rest- 
less soul like himself, a wanderer, but 
a young and attractive woman, Dom- 
ini Enfilden, with whom he falls in 
love and whom he eventually marries. 
The discovery by the wife that the 
husband has broken his vows to the 
Catholic church and that there can be 
no happiness in a union of this. kind 
results in a separation and the return 
of Boris to the monastery. The four 
main parts into which the play form 
of the romance is divided are subdi- 
vided in ten scenes or settings. Two 
of the most pretentious and alluring 
of these scenes are shown twice in 
the course of the performance—the 
garden of Count Anteoni, which is 
displayed throughout part two, and 
‘is shown again in the epilogue, and a 
section of the desert at Mogar, which 
is shown as part three, under the 
varying atmospheric conditions of 
evening and dawn. 
There is nothing new under the sun 
All the good excuses have already 
been invented. 
If you treat a man like a dog you 
can’t blame him for acting like one, 
