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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The society of American Women 
in London has just completed ar- 
rangements for the first three of a 
series of salon lectures, which are 
to be given from time to time at 
the residences of prominent Ameri- 
cans in London. It is the intention 
of the society to obtain lecturers 
of the highest repute from America 
and England to contribute to this 
series. The first gathering took 
place Monday at the residence of 
Mrs. William Phillips, wife of the 
American Charge d’Affaires in Lon- 
don, No. 15 Great Stanhope street. 
West, when J. P. Bland, author of 
‘“‘The Dowager Empress,’’ leetured 
on *‘China, lts: Present and Fu- 
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The *marvelous Velasquez 
trait of’ Philp IV,'the ‘‘Parma Ve- 
lasquez,.” owned by Henry Clay 
Frick, has. been on exhibition at the 
New York. gallery of Knoedler & 
Co. It was one of numerous pie- 
tures in a wonderful loan exhibition 
of old masters. 
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There.will be. approximately 500 
classes judged at the forthcoming 
all-breed show of the Eastern Dog 
Club in Mechanics’ Building, Bos- 
ton, in April. The dogs will com- 
pete for $9000 in prizes. The com- 
mittee is assured of at least four 
packs. of beagles, each with hunts- 
man. master and two whips. Mr. 
Appleton, of the Myopia Hunt club, 
has promised to have one of the 
Ilamilton packs at the show, and 
the others will come from New 
York. The premium list will be 
ready March Ist. The entries will 
close Mareh 12th. 
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Winter sports at Tuxedo Park, 
New York, are being vigorously 
promoted by the Toboggan club of 
which Eben Richards of the Pride’s 
eontingent is a member. The R. 
Fulton Cuttings are also identified 
with the sports. 
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One of the most suecessful din- 
ners of the week was that which 
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jefferson 
Coolidge of Boston and _ Pride’s, 
cave at their residence last Fridav 
evening nvrior to the dance which 
Mr and Mrs. F. Lothrop Ames had 
at their Dartmouth street house. 
Among the guests at the. dinner 
were: Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ames, 
2d. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ames. 
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lowell, Mr. and 
and Mrs. F 
and Mrs. 
rancis 
Bryce 
Mrs. Coolidge, Mr. 
l.. Higginson, Mr. 
J. Allan and. others. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
George Putnam, prominent in le- 
gal circles in Boston, died Wednes- 
day morning at his residence at 191 
Commonwealth avenue in his sey- 
enty-elghth year. Ile had been in 
failing health for perhaps a year 
past, yet up to about a month ago 
continued his active interest in his 
protession. Ilis death was due to 
the infirmities of age. Ie was born 
in Roxbury on Oct. 18, 1834, the son 
of George and Elizabeth Ann 
(Ware) Putnam. As a boy and 
youth he attended the old Roxbury 
Latin School, and after his gradua- 
tion in 1850 he went to Harvard, 
from which he was graduated in 
1854, as he was four years later 
from the Harvard Law School. He 
received from Harvard his A. B., 
and LL.B. degrees. He began his 
practice as a lawyer in the fall of 
1858 in Boston and had continued 
in his profession ever since then. 
He was the senior member of the 
State Street law firm of Putnam, 
Putnam & Bell. Mr. Putnam on 
June 9, 1860, was married in Cam- 
bridge to Miss Harriet Lowell, the 
daughter of the late Hon. and Mrs. 
Charles Russell Lowell and a niece 
of James Russell Lowell, the poet. 
Mr. Putnam is survived by his wife 
and three sons, William Lowell Put- 
nam, of the Manchester colony, 
Charles Russell Lowell Putnam and 
James Lowell Putnam; also two 
daughters, Miss Elizabeth Putnam, 
who resides at the family home, and 
Mrs. Edward Sturgis (formerly 
Miss Josephine Putnam) of ‘‘Over- 
meadow Farm’’ in Andover. In ad- 
dition to his winter residence in 
Boston, Mr. Putnam had a summer 
home at Manchester-by-the-Sea. He 
was a member of the Union and 
New Riding clubs of Boston, the 
Oakley Country club and the Essex 
County club at Manchester. Mr. 
Putnam was vice president and one 
of the trustees of the Suffolk Savy- 
ings Bank of Boston. 
Mrs. John C. Phillips of Boston 
and North Beverly, is presiding 
over the London establishment of 
her son, William Phillips, on Great 
Stanhope street, during the illness 
of Mrs. William Phillips, who is oe- 
cupying her country residence just 
now, and spending as much time as 
possible out oe doors. 
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Miss Fisher of Philadelphia, who 
bas been visiting Mrs. Henry Pratt 
MeKean at 238 Beacon street, Bos- 
ton, bas returned home. During 
her visit, Mrs. McKean entertained 
Miss Fisher at the Chilton Club. 
‘daughter, 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Marchese Cusani, the Italian am- 
bassador, and Marchesa 
were the chief guests at dinner last 
Saturday night of Mrs. William F. 
Draper, of Washington and Man- 
chester, at the capital. 
present were Donna Beatrice Cu- 
sani, daughter of the ambassador; 
the Secretary of the Treasury and 
Mrs. MacVeagh, Major General 
Leonard Wood, U.S. A., 
Wood, Senator Brandegee, 
Herbert Wadsworth, the 
Minister, and Mme. Havenith, 
John B. Henderson, the Assistant 
Mrs. 
Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. 
Beekman Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs.. 
Clarence Moore, Miss Elizabeth. 
Miss Louise Hellen, 
Miss Margaret Draper, Mr. Rosso, 
of the Italian Embassy; A. Kerr 
Clark Kerr, of the British Embassy ; 
John Hays Hammond,.Jr.; Mons. 
Maugras, of the 
and John Campbell White. 
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Mr. and Mrs. William C. Endi- 
cott have cards out for a dinner 
prior to the second assembly at Ho- 
tel. Somerset, Boston, the evening 
of Friday, February Sth. Mrs. En- 
dicott is of the patronesses for the 
assembly, and at the conclusion of 
dinner will go on with her guests. 
Invitations have also gone out from 
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dexter of 
Reid Rogers, 
Marlboro street, Boston, and Man-. 
chester, for a dinner the evening of 
Dexter: and | 
the 9th? -Mr. and Mrs. 
their friends will go on to the as- 
sembly at the conclusion of their 
hospitality. 
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Mirza Ali Kul Khan, 
Cusani: 
Others . 
and Mrs... 
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Mrs. . 
French Embassy 3 
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d’affaires of the Persian consulate- 
and Mme. Khan 
have Mrs. Breed of Cambridge, 
mother of Mme. Khan, as_ their 
guest at the Persian consulate. The 
at Washington, 
Persian embassy had their summer: ~~ 
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headquarters at Brier Neck, near. 
Bass Rocks, Gloucester, the 
past 
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Mr. and Mrs. Ezra C. Fiteh and , 
Miss Helen Fitch of Commonwealth’ 
avenue, Boston, and West Manches- 
ter, sailed for the Mediterranean 
ports Wednesday of last week on 
the Cedric, which took out a long 
and distinguished list of passengers. ! 
Mr. and Mrs. Fitch have arranged 
a most attractive itinerary, begin- 
ning with a tour in Spain and Por- 
tugal. Later they will probably go 
on to England to visit their elder 
Mrs. Frank Northen, who 
resides in North Harley, Gloucester- 
shire. 
