NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. X. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
George D. Widener of Philadel- 
phia and Newport, who occupied 
the Jordan villa at West Manches- 
ter last season with his family on 
their return from the coronation, is 
to have one of the handsomest sum- 
mer cottages in that exclusive sum- 
mer resort on Narragansett bay. 
Estimates upon the house, which 
was planned by Horace Trumbauer 
of Philadelphia have been invited 
from George F. Payne & Co., of 
Philadelphia, and a number of New 
York and New England builders. 
The plans provide for a handsome 
structure patterned somewhat after 
the style of some of the best exam- 
ples of the French chateau of the 
Louis XIV period, adapted to mod- 
ern environment and conditions. It 
will be constructed of Indiana lime- 
stone throughout and will have a 
frontage of 153 feet 8 inches, and a 
depth of 81 feet. It will be located 
at Bellevue avenue and Yznaga 
eourt. There will be a grand salon, 
two smaller salons, reception-room, 
dining-room, living-room, main stair 
hall and pantry on the first floor; 
Mr. and Mrs. . Widener’s suites, 
boudoirs and baths on the second, 
three guest rooms, each with sepa- 
rate bath, servants’ rooms and a 
general storage room on the third 
floor. It was said that the house 
would probably cost about $300,000. 
Through the office of T. Dennie 
Boardman, Reginald and R. DeB. 
Boardman, Ames building, Boston, 
Frederick O. Houghton has sold 246 
Beacon street, Boston, on the water 
side, between Dartmouth and Exe- 
ter streets, to Ezra C. Fitch of Bos- 
ton and West Manchester. The 
transfer indicates the good demand 
that is manifested for estates in 
that section of the Back Bay. 
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Guy Norman of Boston and Bey- 
erly Cove, has gone to Panama to 
visit Col. George Goethals, U.S. A. 
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The late Wolcott Howe Johnson 
philanthropist and merchant of 
Boston, who died Monday, is a 
cousin of Mrs. Curtis Guild wife of 
the American ambassador to Russia. 
He also was a member of the East- 
ern Yacht and Myopia Hunt clubs. 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, January 19, 1912 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
More than 150 applications have 
been received for membership in the 
new Eastern Dog elub, which is to 
hold the biggest dog show ever held 
in New England, on April 2d, 34d, 
4th and 5th, in Mechanics Building, 
Boston. Actually, however, there 
are only thirty-three members. It 
was the original intention of the or- 
ganizers of the club to limit the 
membership to thirty, but in view 
of the large number of applica- 
tions received Secretary T. Dickson 
Smith states that a limit of fifty 
might be put on. It is the inten- 
tion of the elub to admit none but 
people who are actively interested 
in dogs and who will take off their 
coats to work tor the success of the 
dog show. J. R. Thorndike of West 
Manchester, Robert Jordan of Wen- 
ham, William Gordon Means, Bev- 
erly Farms, Quincey. A. Shaw, 2d, 
Beverly Farms, George 8. Mandell 
of Beverly Cove, and Herbert War- 
ren Mason of Manchester, are North 
Shore members of the club. 
Mrs. James J. Storrow of Boston, 
who instituted the vacation home 
for the young women pupils of the 
North Bennett Industrial school of 
Boston at Willoughby Park, West 
Gloucester, in 1907, and which has 
proved a great success, has organ- 
ized a class of newsboys and shop 
girls in Boston, in order that they 
may be taught dancing and thus en- 
joy rational amusement. Her plan 
is to give this deserving class oppor- 
tunities to see a little of the bright 
side of life and thus promote health 
and happiness and encourage them 
in their efforts to progress in life. 
Mrs. Storrow will have as assistants 
in this good work, a number of 
young Boston society women. We 
feel assured that the efforts to pro- 
mote the happiness of these young 
people will be crowned with suc- 
eess. Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer has in- 
stituted like divertisement at the 
gymnasium she has given Lancaster. 
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Lester Leland is having an ex- 
tensive addition built to his green- 
house at West Manchester. A New 
York firm has the contract. Mr. 
Leland has been a most successful 
prize winner at horticultural shows. 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Among pink roses and with pink 
satin slippers and figures of Cupid 
as favors Miss Primrose Colt Satur- 
day might gave a dinner in the 
Providence honie of her parents 
Judge and Mrs. LeBaron B. Colt, 
for the young women wio attended 
her at her marriage Wednesday. 
The guests were. Miss Beatrice Colt, 
Mrs. R. Livingston Beeekman, Mrs. 
Samuel M. Nicholson, Mrs. William 
Wurtz: White, Jr., Mrs. Edwin A. 
Barrows, Mrs. Harold J. Gross, Miss 
Virginia Shepley, Miss Gladys C. 
Baker, Miss Ruth Anthony, of Bos- 
ton and Beverly Farms, and Miss 
Katherine McAuley, of Ridgway, 
Pennsylvania. While Miss Colt was 
entertaining her bridesmaids her fi- 
ance, Andrew Weeks Anthony, gave 
a dinner at the Puritan club, in Bos- 
ton, for his ushers and } est man, the 
latter being his cousin, Miles W. 
Weeks, of Boston. The ushers were 
Edward M. Guild, Roswell C. Colt, 
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Mr. and Mrs. Ezra C. Fitch and 
Miss Helen Fitch of Commonwealth 
avenue, Boston, and West Manches- 
ter, are to pass the late winter 
abroad, and have arranged a most 
attractive itinerary. Mr. and Mrs. 
Fitch and their daughter are to sail 
for the Mediterranean the last of 
the month, and will begin their 
travels with a tour in Spain and 
Portugal. Miss Fiteh has lately re- 
turned from a prolonged visit to 
friends in Denver. 
Miss Gertrude Amory, daughter 
of the Harcourt Amorys of Beacon 
street, Boston, and Pride’s, was en- 
tertained at dinner last Thursday 
night at the Somerset club, Boston, 
by her unele, Frederick Amory, in 
honor of her debutante year. 
Robert Mason Winthrop, the son 
of Mrs. Robert C. Winthrop of Bos- 
ton and West Manchester, who re 
cently resigned from the diplomatic 
service, is making his home for the 
present in Paris, where also are his 
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and 
Mrs. F. Murray Forbes. 
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Congressman A. P. Gardner’s res- 
idence at Hamilton is closed for the 
winter. 
