July 28, 1916. | 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
“Mother Ann’ 
CHARLES ELWOOD FOSTER 
Lone on the rugged Eastern Shore, 
Breasting the sea by night and day, 
Where the breakers rush with ceaseless roar, 
And the storm wind scatters the spray— 
O, mother of rocks, wind and sea! 
With sea grasses fringing thy feet, 
Hast thou no summer’s welcome for me, 
Nor a smile my coming to greet? 
Ever facing the rising sun— 
Hast thou hope for the breaking day? 
Hope that looks onward to victory won. 
When the storm clouds shall pass away? 
Never answer the lips so cold— 
Nor a greeting from face so calm, 
Ever faithful earth’s secrets to hold— 
Watchful, but silent, lies ‘Mother Ann.” 
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Driving About Old Cape Ann 
By ALEX. G. TUPPER 
EXT to painting Cape Ann with its magnificent beauty 
of hill, sea and sky, I would say that one of the great- 
est pleasures in life is to take a drive through this quaint 
and picturesque section of the North Shore. 
When I stroll with my canvas, to a spot along the 
coast, where the green bayberry tips the cliff of buff and 
pink, I study the subject at hand and pitch my easel at a 
vantage point where the perspective, form and color will 
be most attractive to me. A camera would catch the 
scene more quickly, of course, but the value of life ani 
color, what of that? 
So it is with receiving the greatest benefit of the ride. 
Not only do I drink in the vigor of the bracing salt air 
and the fragrance of the fields and the wild flowers, but 
the mind is painting something enduring and the being 1s 
receiving something of greater worth than the mere re- 
flection of the scene upon the lense of the eye. 
The other day I saw at Stage Fort Park, an old elm 
bending very low.. There did not seem to be any great 
amount of breeze, so I naturally became much concerned 
over its behavior. . It did not take me long, however, to 
discover the cause of this profound salaam,—a splendidly 
equipped victoria, with its handsome chestnut span and 
a coachman handling the ribbons, was coming into town 
from Magnolia! It seemed evident that the party sitting 
upon the tan upholstered cushions was thoroughly enjoy- 
