NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The April hostesses of the ’88 Sew- 
ing circle of Boston, will be as fol- 
lows: 3rd, Mrs. G. W. Wheelwright, 
Jr., Jamaica Plain; 10th, Miss A. M. 
Sturgis, 63 Beacon street, Boston; 
18th, Mrs. W; S8.--S.- Lothrop, 25 
Commonwealth avenue, Boston; 
24th, Miss M. E. Williams, Brook- 
line. Luncheon is’ served at each 
meeting at 1.15 o’clock. 
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The Leiter hot houses at Beverly, 
are bursting with thousands of flow- 
ers of hundreds of varieties. Mrs. 
Leiter receives flowers from these 
houses constantly while she is at 
Washington, during the winter sea- 
son. 
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A daughter was born last Satur- 
day in Berlin, Germany, to Count 
and Countess von Pourtales. The 
Countess is a daughter. of Count von 
Bernstorff, the German ambassador 
at Washington. Count Pourtales is 
serving at present as both an officer 
of the Guards Rifle Corps at Pots- 
dam, and as a junior attache of the 
foreign office. Later he is to re-enter 
the diplomatic service. 
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John and Frank Reece, sons of 
Mrs. J. Babson Thomas of Boston 
and West Manchester, and E. C. Fitz 
of the same North Shore colony are 
in Florida for the yachting and fish- 
ing in those waters. 
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-F. K. M. Rehn of New York and 
Magnolia will serve on the jury of 
the American Watercolor society’s 
exhibition to be held at New York, 
from April 25 to May 12. 
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Eric Pape of Boston and Man- 
chester has been stopping in New 
York, as the guest of Charles Raun 
Kennedy, the playwright. 
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Francis H. Appleton, Jr., who had 
the Hanks small house at West 
Manchester last season, has leased 
the Knowlton cottage near the Bey- 
erly Farms station occupied for so 
many years by the late Samuel B. 
Dana. 
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Wednesday morning a _ little 
daughter arrived at the Thissel 
street residence of Mr. and Mrs. 
Augustus P. Loring, Jr., of Pride’s. 
Mrs. Loring was formerly Rosamond 
Bowditeh of Jamaica Plain. Their 
wedding was solemnized June 22. 
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Mrs. Phillip Stockton is among the 
patronesses for the Hasty Pudding 
elub’s show at Copley hall, Boston, 
tomorrow afternoon and evening, 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Miss Ruth Wigglesworth of Mil- 
ton and Manchester assisted at the 
hat table at the auction sale for the 
benefit of the Social Service depart- 
ment of the Massachusetts General 
hospital. It was held at the Dr. Fritz 
Bradley Talbot house, Cottage Farm 
road, Longwood, Tuesday. Her 
mother was among the patronesses 
of the affair. 
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William Hitt, whose mother and 
brother occupied the Hooper estate 
at West Manchester last season, has 
been added to the committee for the 
Chevy Chase eclub’s annual hunt ball 
on the night of April 12, at Wash- 
ington. 
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Mrs. W. A. H. Burden of New York 
who had the Stevens house off Sum- 
mer street, Manchester, last year, 
will have the Coolidge homestead at 
Coolidge’s Point the coming season. 
This is the house occupied by the 
Erdmans last season. 
On the liner George Washington, 
enroute for Bremen last Saturday, 
were Miss Fanny P. Mason of Boston 
and Beverly Cove, and Miss Eliza- 
beth W. Perkins of Boston and Bey- 
erly Farms. 
The John C. Waits of New York 
are to return to the North Shore 
this season. They are to have the 
Richard H. Dana house at Man- 
chester. The Danas are to travel 
abroad. The Willets had Round 
Plain farm at Beverly Farms last 
year. 
Yesterday Maj. Archibald  W. 
Butt, military aide to President 
Taft, was received in private audi- 
ence by King Victor Emanuel at 
Rome, Italy. 
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Curtis and 
Miss Evelyn Curtis of Boston, and 
Beverly Farms, sailed from New 
York today to the Hamburg line for 
a three months’  Sojour abroad. 
Among the assets in the inventory 
of George Putnam of Manchester, 
was the following: One hundred and 
eighty shares of Old Colony trust, 
$64,800; 286 Edison Electric Tllum- 
inating, $85,228; 100 Boston ‘‘L,’’ 
$13,400; 100 Hotel Touraine, Bos- 
$45,500; 200 S. S. Starrett Co., $20,- 
$21,250; 1360 Walter Baker Co., 
ton, $11,500; 50 Shawmut bank, 
000; 248 Ponkapoag, $24,800; Pon- 
kapoag company notes for $769,463 ; 
Essex Street. Trust of Boston, $10,- 
000; 50 N. E, Trust, $17,500. 
SOCIETY NOTES. 
Herbert M. Sears and Philip S. 
Sears of Boston and Pride’s have re- 
turned from a month’s trip to 
Panama. 
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Mrs. George D. Widener of Phila- 
delphia has presented the London 
Museum with 30 silver plates form- 
erly the property of Nell Gwynn, 
the famous actress of the time of 
Charles II. The presentation was 
announced during the opening of 
the museum last Thursday after- 
noon by King George. The museum 
is established in part of Kensing- 
ton Palace, where Queen Victoria 
was born. The Wideners occupied 
the Eben D. Jordan estate at West 
Manchester, for a portion of last 
season. 
The Robert G. Shaw, 2nds, who 
have usually summered on the North 
Shore, have taken a cottage at Mar- 
ion, on the South Shore for the com- 
ing season. 
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Members of the Cox committee 
for the benefit performance of ‘‘The 
Night Bird’’ at the Alvin theatre, 
Pittsburg, Monday included Miss 
Margaret Curry of Pittsburg and 
Magnolia. 
Miss Katherine Horsford of Cam- 
bridge will be a new comer in the 
Manchester colony this year. She 
has leased Mrs. Sylvester Tower’s 
house, off Masconomo street. 
Great Real Estate Edition. 
Everyone interested in ‘‘Summer 
Homes’’ either at the _ seashore, 
mountains or country will want to 
read the specially written articles 
which will be published: in addition 
to the popular regular features in 
the Boston Evening Transcript of 
Saturday, April 6. 
A number of engaging topics in 
that issue will doubtless cause much 
favorable comment. Others will 
surely have a real value to investors 
and those concerned in the welfare 
of the city and suburbs. Real Es- 
tate men and individuals who have 
properties to dispose of or rent, 
should take advantage of this un- 
usual opportunity and immediately 
secure sufficient advertising space to 
properly place their holdings before 
so many interested persons as will 
be reached by the April 6 edition 
of the Transcript, which will have 
a larger circulation than any pre- 
vious issue, 
