OLD NECK, OR SINGING BEACH. 
Manchester’s famous point of interest is her spacious, 
beautiful beach. Historically it was known as ‘‘Old 
Neck’’ Beach and in later years as the ‘‘Singing Beach.’’ 
It is widely celebrated as a natural curiosity and there- 
fore bears the unusual name of ‘‘Singing Beach.”’ 
The name originated from the musical sounds the 
loose sand makes when walked upon. A similar phe- 
nomenon is chronicled in Scotland by the loose sand on 
the shores of the Bay of Laig, on the island of Eigg. 
The bold ledges at either end of the beach are 
natural and picturesque settings to the long stretch of 
sandy area. At the Beach street end of the beach, one’s 
attention is immediately attracted to Eogle Head or 
Eagle Hill, as it was historically known. Its steep de- 
elivities crowned with their wooded heights stand out 
in bold relief. At the other end of the beach is the 
rugged boundaries of the estate of Mrs. Charles P. 
Hemenway of Boston. 
Another distinctive scenic feature of the beach is the 
distribution of several little rocky islands off the beach 
shore. Among them are Little Egg Rock.and Salt Roek. 
Jn the rear of the beach are Manchester’s rich meadows 
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and fertile fields, embracing numerous estates of noted 
people of wealth and distinction. 
Historically the beach was known as Neck or Old 
Neck Beach, being the waterfront foundary of a portion 
of the traditional ‘‘Ye Four Hundred Acres.’’ 
ln 1699 much land was sold in that vicinity to help 
build a church. The last division of the ‘‘40U0 acres’’ 
was in 1711. Eagle Head was then an _ historical 
boundary. 
Therefore Manchester’s colonial hamlet clung to 
the sea borders. Only the most cautious advances were 
made toward her great forest interiors so that the ‘‘Old 
Neck’’ section of Manchester is historically famous. 
The name of Eagle Head and the late Senator 
James MeMillan of Detroit and Washington, are in 
noteworthy accord. It was on Eagle Hill, Manchester, 
that the late distinguished statesman established his 
beautiful summer home and purchased several hundred 
acres of the adjoining woodlands. By so doing, he 
brought the confines of Hagle Park to Summer street, 
leading to Magnolia. Here the priviledged visitor, who 
is allowed to go through the park, sees the primeral 
forests of Manchester at close and beautiful range. 
Tree crowned avenues of birch, pine, hemlock, white 
and black oak and maple are charmingly adorned with 
brilliant flora, particularly beautiful rhodendron. 
Other summer homes on the Singing Beach are 
those of Thomas Taylor of Columbia, 8. C., G. EK. War- 
ren, K. L. Wood, Alexander 8. Porter, Jr., Mrs. Russell 
Sturgis and Mrs. C. P. Hemenway, all of Boston. The 
Sturgis estate was the summer headquarters of the Rus- 
sian embassy during the season of 1910. 
‘Can you put my advertisement on the baseball . 
page?”’ 
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““But my competitor has good space there.’’ 
‘Well, he stuck to the baseball page all winter.”’ 
‘““Do you love me, Charles?’’ injuired the beauti- 
ful girl. 
‘““Of course, I do.’’ 
““Do you think only of me, by day and night?”’ 
‘Well, I'll be frank with you. Now and then I 
think of baseball.’’ 
‘““There’s nothing that makes a would-be society 
woman madder than to find her name left out of the 
report of some function she has attended.’’ 
‘Unless it is to find, in addition, that the name of 
her rival was put in.”’ 
“Kindly return my lock of hair.’’ 
‘All right. Do you want the dark lock of the one 
you gave me when you were a blonde?’’ 
Mrs. Nouveau-Riche—Yes, I think that’ll do. It’s 
a ’ansome-looking globe, so if you’ll just eit a few 
more islands painted on them empty spaces [ll have 
that one! 
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