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‘ MANCHESTER 
Inventories on local estates filed 
at Salem Monday included that of 
Charles Hooper, $6,311.47; Mehita- 
ble A. Edgar of Washington and 
Manchester, $5071.02. 
The United States Postal Saving 
Fund Trustees have made the Man- 
chester Trust Company one of the 
United States depositories for Pos- 
tal Savings funds, which speaks well 
for the standing of the new bank in 
Manchester. The bank examiners 
made a visit to the Manchester 
Trust company last week. Head 
Examiner Levi expressed himself as 
very much pleased with the earn- 
‘ings of the local bank and thought 
there would be no reason why the 
bank should not pay dividends this 
year. The statement of the bank’s 
condition is printed in another col- 
umn. ) 
Rev. A. G. Warner was a special 
guest last evening of Rev. C. 8. Pond 
of Beverly Farms at the Men’s ban- 
quet at the Beverly YMCA. 
Wednesday, Rey. A. G. Warner, 
Robert Baker and Abbott Foster 
were delegates at the Boys’ Confer- 
ence at Salem. At the conference 
Mr. Foster read a paper on ‘‘ What 
a Boys’ Class Can Do.’’ The ladies 
of the Calvary Baptist church fur- 
nished a banquet for the visitors. 
Rev. A. G. Warner will preach at 
the Baptist church Sunday morning 
on ‘‘Following to the Throne.’’ In 
the evening he will preach the third 
in his series of sermons on ‘‘Tem- 
perance.’’ His subject will be ‘‘The 
Citizens’ Attitude toward the Sa- 
loon.’’ 
The A’s and B’s held a very en- 
joyable social in the vestry of the 
Baptist church Wednesday evening. 
A novel part of the program was a 
sketch by the ‘‘Peek Sisters,’’ of 
whom there were nine. Mrs. But- 
ler, Mrs. Byron Bullock, Mrs. Mary 
Allen, Mrs. A. G. Warner, Flossie 
Bradley, May Rogers, Carrie Pres- 
ton, \Annie Younger and Annie 
Lutz. .Their costumes were most 
original, being high peeked hats and 
white peeked collar, but their cos- 
tumes were not in it with their ac- 
tions, which called for a good deal 
of applause. Other enjoyable fea- 
tures of the program were: piano 
solo, Miss Ethel Andrews; reading, 
‘Wanted a Minister,’’ Mrs. George 
Younger; Seotch solos by Rev. A. 
G. Warner: reading, Mrs. Isabelle 
Stidstone: reading, Mrs. Dunbar; 
closing selection by male quartet. 
Cake and candy were sold during 
the evening and a good sum of 
money was added to the treasury. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Odd Fellows Entertain 
Last night was another red letter 
event in the history of Magnolia 
lodge, 149, LOOF, of Manchester, 
when Deputy Andrew Stone of Mar- 
blehead brought the First Degree 
team of the Marblehead lodge here 
to work the degree on three candi- 
dates. The visitors were accom- 
panied by- nearly a hundred other 
members of the Marblehead lodge 
and members from Salem, to the to- 
tal number of 102. They made the 
trip by special train. 
The degree team of the Marble- 
head lodge is reputed to be one of 
the best in the state. The Manches- 
ter lodge paid a visit to Marblehead 
last fall to see the degree put on 
and last night the members turned 
out in large numbers to see the 
work performed here. The degree 
is put on with the full setting and 
paraphernalia and is a most resplen- 
dent performance. 
Following the work a supper was 
served in Town hall, 175 being taken 
care of. 
Granville Crombie is noble grand 
of Magnolia lodge this term and he 
is doing much to put some life into 
the lodge. Several other new mem- 
bers are to be added in the imme- 
diate future. 
Experience Social 
‘“‘And it came to pass in those 
days on the last day of the first 
month of the year 1912 there went 
forth a decree through our town that 
we, the members of the Manchester 
Ladies’ Social circle, should take of 
our substance twenty-five pennies 
and make of it as much as possible 
each one according to her ability.’’ 
In accordance with this decree 
the ladies at once became very ac- 
tive. On the evening of the 28th of" 
February, they assembled to the 
number of forty-two at the Congre- 
gational chapel to relate their ex- 
periences : 
‘“We worked with a will 
Our new Leader to hire 
Who can wield the baton 
In the Orthodox choir. 
With twenty-five cents what results 
may acerue— 
The ladies assembled will be pleased 
to tell you: 
Some sold cards, and 
sweets, 
And others, many toothsome ‘eats,’ 
And one dear lady to me said: 
‘You take your time and make some 
bread 
And of your rolls I’ll buy a dozen.’ 
some made 
So also said my own good cousin. 
Now, though I cannot sing a note 
I love to hear from others’ throat .. 
st Walls of Jericho,’’ ete. 
The joyous sound 
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And so, to help the cause along, 
I sold some bread, to buy a song. 
Small culinary skill have I, 
Nor stove nor range to test it by; 
No hens to cackle, prate and lay 
Their eggs for me my debts to pay. 
No ‘better half’ with horses fleet 
To take my friends from street to 
street, 
With Arts and Crafts filling the 
field 
With venders of their wares to yield 
The tax, the powers that be, have 
said 
Must be by every member paid, 
What choice had | to earn the pence 
Or tell of an experience. 
So in a napkin here I bring 
The much exploited offering. 
The bread | old was well cooked 
and brown 
Sales were made in all parts of the 
town. 
| have tried to do as the Good Book 
said 
No ‘Rust’ in the flour, though ‘Rust’ 
had the bread. 
My conscience is clear and free from 
‘Sin-nicks’ ; 
The bread was well kneaded, baked, 
and mixed. 
To a ‘Peart’ little miss I sold my 
rolis. 
Aiter ‘Beaton’ my way one stormy 
day. 
Had I wings? 
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So with ‘Goodwins’ and fair weather 
No one knows what I might have 
done.’’ 
And so they reported in prose or 
verse. One regaled us with a most 
delightful fairy story while another 
just spelled hers out with nickels. 
The amount returned was $51.86 
with more promised. The two larg- 
est individual sums realized were 
$2.46 and $3.00. 
Well, I had, but only 
Hackett at the Hollis 
In considering the importance of 
the announcement that at the Hollis 
Street Theatre, Boston, James K. 
Hackett 1s appearing in his greatest 
suecess, ‘‘The Grain of Dust,’’ it is 
very interesting to review the wide 
ground already covered by this am- 
bitious young American artist. 
‘“Don Caesar’s Return’’ was his 
first venture and his old rival Fa- 
versham used the same subject mat- 
ter at the same time in his first ven- 
ture as a star. Mr. Hackett quickly 
followed this first success with ‘‘The 
Crisis’? which was a very big hit in- 
deed and others that followed in ro- 
tation were ‘‘The Chanee Ambassa- 
dor,’’ ‘‘ John Ermine of the Yellow- 
stone,’’ ‘‘The House of Silence.’’ 
‘“‘Fortunes of the King,’’ ‘‘The 
