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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Ex-Mayor Hurley of Salem Gives 
Interesting Talk before S of V 
The weekly meeting of Col. H. P. 
Woodbury camp, 149, S of V was 
of more than usual interest on Tues- 
day evening of last week, as the 
camp had as its guest of honor for 
the evening, Ex-Mayor John F. Hur- 
ley of Salem, a veteran of the Civil 
War. <A supper preceded the for- 
mal ceremonies of the evening. 
Members of the Post and Associates 
were present as guests of the camp, 
as well as a number of visiting Sons. 
Mr. Hurley was introduced by the 
chairman of the evening, Frank A. 
Foster. As Mr. Hurley arose he 
was greeted with three cheers and a 
tiger. He spoke briefly of his en- 
listment for the Civil War, and then 
told of his trip to Europe in 1907, 
closing by an eloquent allusion to 
the War and giving some statistics 
which proved of interest to those 
present. 
‘“When the war broke out,’’ said 
Mr. Hurley, ‘‘I was 17 years old and 
I left school to enlist in the 4th 
Mass. Battery. I served under But- 
ler, Canby, Sheridan and other gen- 
erals. I was in the service four 
years.’’ 
He then told of his trip to Ire- 
land. He started July 9, 1907, on 
the Saxonia and landed at Queens- 
town. He intended to travel eco- 
nomically, and to buy a horse and 
beach-wagon and a cot and travel 
that way, putting up wherever night 
found him. But when he got there 
he found they had only a jaunting- 
ear and it was impossible to buy the 
outfit he wanted. His baggage was 
all contained in a small hand-grip, 
for he thought when he needed fresh 
clothes it would be cheaper to throw 
the old ones away and buy new. 
He made up his mind, also that he 
would pay no tips. but on the boat 
he found them taking up collections 
for the steward, the cabin boy, the 
room elerks, and about everybody in 
the crew. 
“T went from Queenstown to 
Cork,’’ continued Mr. Turley, ‘‘and 
there met a Mr. Sherry, whom I 
knew and who belongs in Lynn. Be- 
ing alone. we agreed to travel to- 
gether. I proprosed that we form a 
company. I was to be _ president 
and he treasurer. He was to pay all 
the bills and every night we would 
divide up the expense, so if we went 
bankrupt neither would lose very 
much. We found this plan worked 
well. Cork is a splendid eity and its 
streets and sidewalks are far ahead 
of those of the cities of this country. 
The streets and walks are all 
washed at midnight and swept in 
the morning. They have no fire de- 
partment, for the buildings are all 
of stone and rarely more than three 
stories high. 
‘“We went to the lakes of Killar- 
ney. Il was disappointed in Killar- 
ney for it was the dirtiest place | 
had seen and I told some men so, 
and one of them turned out to be 
the chief of the board of public 
works and, upon my word, the next 
day he had the city all cleaned up. 
‘‘My traveling was all by train 
and I paid two cents a mile for ev- 
ery mile I traveled but I paid no 
tips. In Waterford, we crossed a 
bridge and I found that the man 
who built it was the same man who 
built Beverly bridge. A peculiarity 
of every Irish city is the fact that 
every city in the country is divided 
by a river. Kilkenny is ealled the 
marble city, yet the great marble 
quarries and coal mines cannot be 
worked on account of the English 
laws. 
‘‘Dublin we found a very large 
and interesting city. We found a 
magnificent hotel there, and prices 
very low. Breakfast was only ten 
cents. The men are kept on one side 
of the building and women on the 
other, so if a man goes there with 
his wife, he must sleep on one side 
of the building and she on the other. 
‘* At Belfast, I stood on the bridge 
and saw 14,000 men come out of a 
ship-yard. Belfast has 36 Protes- 
tant churches and 12 Catholic, and 
upon my word, I never heard while 
I was there one word of profanity 
or vulgarity spoken by anyone. The 
reason for this, I am told, is that all 
the ministers and priests preach on 
this subject every Sunday. 
‘We visited St. Patrick’s birth- 
place, were shown the first tree he 
planted, where he died and where 
he is buried.’’ The speaker next 
briefly referred to the Giant’s 
Causeway and Liverpool, from the 
latter place going to London. 
‘‘From here we went to Paris and 
here was where I got stung for the 
first time. The agent asked us if we 
wanted to go first, second or third 
cabin, $15, $10 or $5. TI said third- 
class was good enough for me, but 
Mr. Sherry wanted to go first, so we 
paid our $15, but when we got on 
the boat there wasn’t any first, see-- 
ond or third class at all; it was all 
exactly the same thing and it only 
took 214 hours to eross any way.”’ 
After relating a few of his ex- 
periences in the gay French eapital, 
he closed by bringing to mind some 
of the sfirring events of the Civil 
war. 
‘“And look at the cost of the 
war,’’ said he, ‘‘$6,189,928,904.58 ; 
and look at the number of men 
engaged in that great struggle, 
2,778,304 on the Union side; and 
750,000 in the Confederate army. It 
is interesting to note also that 
30,156 Union soldiers died in rebel 
prisons and 30,152 Confederates 
died.in Union prisons, only four 
more Union soldiers died in rebel 
prisons. The cost in money and sac- 
rifice of human life was tremendous 
but the brilhancy of the campaign 
and the results of that war were the 
greatest ever known.”’ 
At the conclusion of his address, 
Chairman Foster presented the 
speaker with a handsomely deco- 
rated loaf of cake made by Robert 
M. Baker. Comrade A. S. Jewett: 
spoke a word of appreciation of Mr. 
Hurley’s address. 
B. F. Keith’s Theatre 
Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, 
the world-famous song writers, 
musical comedy stars and com- 
posers, will make their first appear-- 
ance in Boston in several seasons at 
B. F. Keith’s Theatre this week. 
For this season these two clever 
and versatile people have arranged 
one of the most novel and enter- 
taining acts ever seen in America. 
It is entitled ‘‘The Musical Surprise 
Party,’’ and it is everything that 
the name implies. Miss Bayes and 
Mr. Norworth have surrounded 
themselves with a company of 
clever people, most of whom have 
never appeared in Boston. «No 
other song composers on the Amer- 
ican stage can boast of a longer list 
of song hits than Bayes and Nor- 
worth. Their ‘‘ Harvest Moon,’’ 
‘““Wise Old Owl,’’ ‘‘How Can They 
Tell I’m Irish,’? ‘‘Turn Off Your 
Light, Mister Moon,’’ and ‘‘Has 
Anybody Here Seen Kelly,’’ have 
been whistled and sung all over the 
country. Bert Kalmar and_ Jessie 
Brown, the novelty dancing duo, 
will return after a long absence; 
and other big features will round 
ene of the best shows of the season. 
‘‘The Pink Lady,’’ at the Colonial 
The last two weeks of the remark- 
able run of that dashing, flashing, 
fascinating, musical gem ‘‘The Pink 
Lady’’ at the Colonial is announeed, 
the final performance will be given 
Saturday night, March 2d, the fol- 
lowing week the entire production 
will leave this country for its Euro- 
pean opening. 
An extra holiday matinee will be 
given Washington’s Birthday in ad- 
dition to the regular Wednesday 
and Saturday matinee. 
The alluring fascination of this 
musical comedy is just as attractive 
as upon its first performances. 
