NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. X. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
King George and Queen Mary 
held their first court at Buckingham 
Palace last Friday night. Although 
the period of court mourning for the 
Duke of Fife has ended, their majes- 
ties are still in mourning and Queen 
Mary and all the women within the 
royal circle appeared attired in 
black. Whitelaw Reid, American 
ambassador, and Mrs. Reid, were 
not present. Mr. Reid is recovering 
from a severe cold. Countess Benc- 
kendorff, wife of the Russian am- 
bassador, presented the Americans, 
among whom were Mrs. Henry 
Hough, wife of the American naval 
attache at Paris and St. Petersburg ; 
Mrs. John C. Phillips of Boston and 
North Beverly, and Mrs. James Am- 
ory Moore of whe York. 
Among the riders at the Country 
club polo pony races at Coronado, 
Cal., held on the club track recently 
was Miss Eleanora Sears of Boston 
and Beverly Farms; Lady Herbert, 
wife of Lord Herbert of London, 
and Miss Jennie Crocker of San 
Francisco. 
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William M. Wood of Boston and 
Pride’s, was called to Sugar Hill, N. 
H., late last week, where his daugh- 
ter, Miss Irene Wood, was injured 
in a coasting accident while on a 
toboggan. The toboggan overturned 
and the sled hit Miss Wood. She 
received medical treatment at the 
hotel where a was, Se Oeae: 
Publie euucite totaling $25,000 
are contained in the will of former 
Mayor Edward L. Davis of Worces- 
ter, Boston and Pride’s Crossing, 
filed for probate last Friday. The 
will disposes of an estate valued at 
more than $1,000,000, most of which 
goes to members of Mr. Davis’ fam- 
ily. The American Antiquarian So- 
ciety and the Worcester County 
Musical Association receive $3000 
each, and the Episcopal Theological 
School at Cambridge and All Saints 
Church, Worcester, $2000 each. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Bernard C. Weld of 
Boston and Beverly Farms reached 
their Mediterranean destination last 
week being passengers on the out- 
going Adriatic last week. 
Manchester, Mass., 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Dana, of 
Brattle street, Cambridge and Man- 
chester, and their second daughter, 
Miss Delia Dana, are to pass the 
summer abroad, sailing in June for 
a prolonged absence. The Danas are 
intending to go to Switzerland for 
the summer, and to pass the winter 
in Rome, later going on to England. 
The Danas have concluded to lease 
their fine estate on Brattle street, 
Cambridge, next to the Craigie 
House. They will be missed at the 
North Shore the coming season. 
Miss Delia Dana, following her de- 
but, took a course of nursing at the 
Children’s hospital, graduating last 
June. 
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Following their visit to New Or- 
leans, where they remained through- 
out the gaveties incidental to the 
carnival, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dene- 
gre have returned to Washington, 
arriving in season to attend the 
large and elaborate dinner which 
Gist Blair gave for his guests, the 
Governor of Maryland and Mrs. 
Boldsborough. Mrs. Blair gave a 
large luncheon for Mrs. Golds- 
borough at the Alibi elub, and on 
that oceasion Mrs. Oliver Wendell 
Holmes, Mrs. William F. Draper and 
Mrs. Roland Cotton Smith were of the 
seores of ladies at the handsomely 
appointed table. 
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Among the recent subscribers to 
the Boston Grand Opera guarantee 
fund were Mrs. W. Scott Fitz, $1,- 
000; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Rantoul, 
$500; Mrs. Henry S. Grew, $200; F. 
L. Higginson, $500; Mr. and Mrs. 
George E. Warren, $500; Mr. _ S. 
Parkman Blake, $100; Miss M. L. 
Blake, $25. J. T. Coolidge, Jr., $100; 
George F. Willett, $500 ; “Mrs. Charles 
P. H. Emenway, $500 : Wie Beeb 
Weeks, $100 ; Richard H. Dana, $25. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Boylston A. Beal of 
Boston and Manchester, were pas- 
sengers on the outgoing Cedric, en- 
route for Mediterranean ports. On 
the same steamer were Mr. and Mrs. 
Quincy A. Shaw and son of Boston 
and Pride’s. The Shaws are enroute 
for Egypt. Later they will tour the 
eontinent. They will return to 
Pride’s in June. 
Friday, March 15, 1912 
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SOCIETY NOTES. 
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her 
daughter Ethel arrived at Port hLi- 
mon, Costa Rica, last Thursday 
morning. The visit of the wife and 
daughter of the Ex-President of the 
United States was a surprise to the 
Government, which, however, took 
steps immediately to place a special 
train at their disposal to bring them 
to San Jose. Preparations were also 
made by a women’s reception com- 
mittee to entertain the visitors. 
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An engagement of special interest 
is that announced of Miss Helen 
Tweed of Beverly Farms and New 
York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles H. Tweed, and sister of Miss 
Katherine W. Tweed, to William 
Wadsworth of New York. Mr. 
Wadsworth is well known in Bos- 
ton, and is a graduate of the class 
of 1904 at Harvard. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Waldorf Astor of 
London are receiving congratula- 
tions upon the birth of a son at 
‘* Cliveden,’’ Taplow Bucks, Eng- 
land. This is an interesting an- 
nouncement to North Shore society 
folk since Mrs. Astor, formerly Mrs. 
Robert Shaw, was a former member 
of the North Shore contingent. 
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John Hays Hammond and Freder- 
ick Ayer have been elected recently 
vice presidents of the Massachusetts 
Real Estate Exchange. 
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Mrs. Robert C. Heaton returned to 
Beverly Farms last Thursday from 
a sojourn at Palm Beach where her 
engagement to Leonard D. Ahl of 
Boston and Pride’s, was announeed. 
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‘ol. and Mrs. Henry E. Russell of 
Boston are planning to open their 
summer. residence on Gloucester 
Road, Manchester, April Ist. 
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Thomas Newbold, son-in-law of 
Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge of Dart- 
street, Boston, and Manchester, was 
one of the honorary pallbearers at 
the funeral of William Bayard Cut- 
ting, brother of R. Fulton Cutting 
of the Beverly contingent, which was 
held in Grace Chureh, New York, on 
Wednesday morning of last week. 
