48 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
Aug, 18,1916. 
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MR. FOSTER 
OF 
GLOSTER 
about these 
houses for 
next season. 
3 EASTERN 
POINT ROAD 
E. Gloucester 
The White Fringed 
Orchis 
M. A. WALTON (Hermit) 
CAPE ANN is noted for its rugged, rock-bound coast, 
and for its wealth of rare and beautiful wild flowers. 
Magnolia swamp, which gave the name of Magnolia to 
the famous summer resort, is filled with wild plant life. 
There the beautiful White Fringed Orchis may be found 
in full bloom during the month of July. Modern botany 
has renamed this plant; it is now called “Habenaria 
blephariglottis (“White Fringed Orchis’*). 
Associated with this orchid is the little plant called 
“Drosera retundifolia”’ (“Round Leaved Sundew”), made 
famous by Darwin’s experiments in insectivorous plants. 
Here, also, to the great surprise of the students 
in botany, is the northern station of Magnolia glauca. 
FAST GLOUCESTER.—The season is now at its height 
here and everywhere tourists have taken up available 
accoinmodations. The Hawthorne Inn casino is the cen- 
ter of pleasure. The Wednesday and Saturday evening 
dances are always largely attended and on Sunday even- 
ings, the orchestra assisted by vocal artists gives pleasing 
concerts. The casino contained a very large audience on 
last Friday evening when cottagers of the Eastern Point 
colony and Bass Rocks, besides the Inn guests, attended 
the concert given by Miss Melba L. Procter and George 
FE. Stevens. Miss Procter gave a splendid exhibition of 
interpretive dancing and Mr. Stevens, baritone, sang 
groups of songs. Miss Laila Procter, pianist, and Miss 
Hannah. Randall, violinist, assisted. The patronesses 
were Mrs. John Clay, Mrs. J. Murray Kay, Mrs. W. J. 
Little, Mrs. E. B. Chandler, Mrs. W. B. Olmstead, Mrs. 
A. S. Rowe, Mrs. John H. Procter and Mrs. Arthur G. 
Leonard. 
An interesting card party was held at the casino on 
Monday evening and the proceeds were given for a very 
worthy cause, to be divided among the bell boys to assist 
them in the expenses of their college courses. The prime 
mover of this affair, so much appreciated by the young 
men who serve the guests at the Inn, was Mrs. William 
Barrett Ridgely of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Ridgely was 
chairman of the committee, assisted by Mrs. H. M. Deni- 
son, Mrs. C. C. Overton, Mrs. F. W. Crocker, Mrs. R. 
K. Hare, Mrs. A. L. Merriam, Mrs. EF. M.*Vickery, Mrs. 
J. Pyser, W. Scott O’Connor and C. A. Henriques. 
On this Friday evening, at the Hawthorne Inn casino 
will be the production of Omar Khayyam with musical 
numbers and readings by Arthur Row of Sir Herbert 
How this southern shrub came so far north is yet a 
mystery. It is the only place in New England where 
it is found wild. The “Gloucester Hermit” claims that 
investigation, made by him, proves that the shrub was 
brought from Virginia over one hundred and twenty 
years ago. 
Magnolia Swamp contains many seedling plants of 
the White Fringed Orchis, but the blooming fronds are 
somewhat rare. It is a beautiful pearly white when in 
bloom, and a hundred fronds arranged in a vase attracts 
more attention in the summer hotels than any other 
flowers, tame or wild. 
Tree Company, who will impersonate Omar, and Grace 
Filkins, the actress. Many artists and young people will 
constitute the cast. The proceeds will be for the War 
Sufferers in Paris. 
On next Friday evening a fine musicale will be held 
at the Inn casino, for the benefit of the Old Windmill 
Park fund of Gloucester. This site, to be purchased, is 
located where the Surfside hotel formerly stood. Prop- 
rietor Stacy of the Inn is one of the committee endeav- 
oring to preserve the property, which is very sightly, for 
the benefit of the city as a recreation place on the water 
front. The artists to appear at the concert are Miss 
Lillia Snelling, mezzo soprano; Miss Margaret Whit- 
taker, violinist; Herman Lohre, tenor; Miss Helen Whit- 
taker, accompanist. Cards of admission ($1.00) may be 
obtained of Miss Charlotte Head Allen at Hawthorne 
Inn. The same program will be given as was presented 
recently at the home of Mrs. Marshall Fabyan at Beverly 
Farms for the French Wounded fund. 
A pleasing entertainment will be given at the Haw- 
thorne casino next Monday evening at 8.15 o’clock, when 
Miss Gladys Lott of Boston will give songs and sketches 
of child life. Miss Lott is a very clever artist. On 
Tuesday, August 22, at 3 o'clock, Miss Lott will appear 
in a children’s program in the charming garden of Mrs. 
George W. Woodbury on Eastern Point road. Miss 
caroline Price will preside at the piano. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Montgomery and daughter, 
Miss Margaret Montgomery, of New Orleans are guests 
at the Hawthorne Inn. : 
John Moffet, 3d, Yale °15, of Chicago, is a guest at 
the Hawthorne Inn. 
