NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
born, and on the twenty-second day 
in the month, George Washington 
was born in 1732, and in 1819 James 
Russell Lowell was. born; on the 
twenty-seventh day Henry Wads- 
worth Longfellow was born, on the 
23d, Margaret Deland (1857) cele- 
brates her anniversary. In addition 
to these personal anniversaries there 
is the notable event, the anniversary 
(1862) on the fifth of the month of 
the writing of the Battle Hymn of 
the Republic. 
Everyone is interested, if for no 
other cause than speculating on the 
truth of the prohpecy, in Candle- 
mas, the Ground Hog day. He 
didn’t do much for us this year. 
He has often made _ mistakes. 
Young-folk and sweethearts may 
think of St. Valentine before and af- 
ter the fourteenth. The churchman 
will note St. Mattheas day on Sat- . 
urday the twenty-fourth and the be- 
ginning of the lenten season on Ash 
Wednesday the twenty-first. 
In January, the dandelions were 
in bloom about the shore, but the 
snow has covered their sunny heads; 
the nature lover waits for spring. 
This month the junecos have been 
fluttering about the houses for the 
grain thrown out for them. Before 
the month is out we should not be 
surprised to see more of our clever 
friends, the robins, who often stay 
‘all winter. Bright eyes ought to 
eatch sight of an early blue bird, 
perhaps, or a purple grackle. In 
another month we will. hear the 
cheery notes of the song sparrow. 
Lincoln Proclamation 
The Governor has issued his an- 
nual proclamation and in it he ealls 
the people of the state to observe 
the day in a fitting manner — the 
memory of Abraham Lineoln who 
‘typifies to our present and future 
civilization the manhood of Amer- 
ica, imbued with a love of country 
as broad as the continent and hu- 
man sympathy which embraced all 
mankind.’’ We may well pause in 
the midst of our busy life and pay 
tribute to the great Lineoln. No 
better testimony to the character of 
that great man can be given than 
his great prayer for his people. ‘‘O 
God that heardst Solomon in the 
night when he prayed for wisdom 
hear me. I cannot lead the people 
without thy help. I am poor and 
weak and sinful. Oh God, thou 
who heardst Solomon when he 
prayed for wisdom hear me and 
save this nation.’’ God did save 
‘‘this nation”’ and the observance of 
‘the birthday of Abraham Lincoln is 
in truth a recognition of the salva- 
tion of the nation, as a United Re- 
public. Abraham Lincoln is the 
greatest character of American his- 
tory and to him the American Re- 
public owes more than to any other 
of her citizens. 
Knowledge 
Ignorance is the mother of vice 
and knowledge will put to rout a 
hundred ills. It is a rare man, 
however, who has the tact, wisdom 
and ability to impart in a whole- 
some and unsuggestive way knowl- 
edge concerning the mysteries of 
life and the sex relations. The Bev- 
erly YMCA is doing the North 
Shore a great service in the cam- 
paign of education inaugurated 
last Sunday and continuing until 
next Sunday. Dr. MeQuaig, a Uni- 
versity Extension Lecturer, and the 
head of the New York Purity asso- 
ciation has been the speaker. The 
program of the week has been full 
and profitable. The lectures to men 
only, imparted some wholesome and 
needed instruction. The instruction 
course to mothers on heredity, the 
child instinets and care were partic- 
ularly valuable. It is not often that 
so small a city has been able to en- 
gage so celebrated and competent a 
man. The subjects with which he 
dealt are such as to require deli- 
cacy, good judgment and _ sound 
sense. Dr. McQuaig possesses 
these qualities in a rare degree. But 
the necessity of such courses of in- 
struetion indicate a laxity some- 
where. All the lecturers in the new 
world can not supplant the instrue- 
tion of the home. The mother 
should instruet the girls and the fa- 
ther the boys. Any family physi- 
cian stands ready to give parents 
information coneerning good books 
for parents to read and to place in 
the hands of the maturing youth. 
Failure to instruct children at home 
is criminal, and society and the ehild 
pay the penalty. Child training 
carefully and persistently done bv 
the parent will result in well-trained 
and eleanly youth. The child’s 
training gives direction to his action 
for life as the rifle’s barrel deter- 
mines the course of the bullet. So- 
ciety ought to have more sueh 
wholesome instruction. 
SRN I TT 
When Johnny, a ‘‘country week”’ 
ward, returned from a visit to green 
fields and real trees, he disclosed 
to his mother this wonderful news: 
“Out at the farm they don’t get 
their milk out of a ean; they pump 
it out of the cow.’’ 
Some men give the impression 
that they must have been born with 
-a great deal of experience. 
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Breeze Editor Buys Rockport Paper 
J. A. Lodge, the Breeze editor, 
has bought from Charles M. Stevens 
the Rockport Review. The Review 
is a weekly, established in 1880 by 
a man named Cheever. It was later 
owned by Joseph Leman, who at one 
time run a printing office in Man- 
chester. Mr. Leman sold the paper 
to George Haskins, who in turn sold 
it seven years ago to Mr. Stevens. 
The paper is the only one published 
in Rockport,—a town of very nearly 
5000 population, and a growing 
summer resort. Mr. Lodge intends 
to print the paper at the North 
Shore Breeze plant in Manchester. 
He will issue the paper in magazine 
form—a form which has proven a 
success in the case of the Breeze and 
which he feels will prove as popular 
with the large and growing summer 
contingent in that part of Cape 
Ann as the Breeze has at Manches- 
ter and adjoining North Shore re- - 
sorts. He is retaining as associate 
editor Mr. Stevens, who conducts a 
successful printing office in Rock- 
port. The first issue of the Review 
under the new ownership will be 
Thursday, February 29th. 
Company Organized to Publish 
Magazine at Manchester 
Among the new Massachusetts 
corporations is the (Resorter Pub- 
lishing Co., with offices at Boston 
and Manchester-by-the-Sea. The 
new company is preparing to issue a 
monthly magazine called The New 
England Resorter, the publication 
office of which will probably be 
Manchester. The organizers of the 
corporation are J. Alex. Lodge of 
Manchester, James Sweinhart of 
Boston, and Alfred E. McCleary of 
Maynard. Both Mr. Sweinhart and 
Mr. MeCleary were formerly asso- 
ciated with Mr. Lodge in publishing 
the Breeze. The company is incor- 
porated for $25,000,—there being 
100 shares of preferred and 150 
shares of common stock at $100 a 
share. The Boston office of the con- 
cern is in the Herald Building, 171 
Tremont street. The first issue of 
the magazine will be for May. 
Every person has two educations 
—one which he receives from others 
and one, more important, which he 
gives himself.—Gibbon. 
English Golfer—I 
you’ve played my ball! 
M. le Comte— Mille pardons, 
M’sieur. ’Av one of mine.—Punch. 
‘‘Stoyle,’’ remarked our friend 
McGarvey, ‘‘is what makes so many 
foine lookin’ paple look loike the 
divil.”’ 
say, Count, 
