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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
THE RAMBLER 
There is wailing and gnashing of 
teeth among newspaper men, city of- 
ficials and other individuals who have 
been of service to the Bay State street 
railway, and whose service has been 
rewarded by complimentary books of 
rides on the road. By some new read- 
ing of the law, the company declares 
it has discovered that it is not legal 
to continue the courtesies extended, 
and that after the present books have 
expired, they will not be renewed. The 
law hasn’t changed any, but the man- 
agement has, which may be the rea- 
son for the edict. Another is that the 
necessity for additional cars’ will not 
be so apparent if these beneficiaries 
no longer ride, while if they do, their 
fares will easily purchase the new 
equipment. 
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For the first time in the history of 
the city the six theatres in Salem will 
open next Sunday night. Puritanical 
Salem need not be afraid, however, 
for the proceeds of the shows will go 
to the Ohio ee sufferers. 
A reader sends a clipping to the 
Rambler with the request to print it. 
It offers a timely and sensible sug- 
gestion. The clipping, as follows, was 
originally printed in the New York 
Sun: 
‘‘When, a few months ago, the priest 
of a Roman Catholic parish in Con- 
necticut announced that floral offer- 
ings would no longer be allowed in 
his church at funeral services, we com- 
mended his resolution as_ wise, hu- 
mane and truly philanthropical. His 
excellent example has been followed 
in the church of St. Xavier in Cincin- 
nati, and possibly in other churches 
in the country. No reform could be 
more practical or sensible than this. 
“It is a discouraging fact that in 
the hour when all men should most 
actutely recognize their equality and 
the emptiness of material things, 
vanity frequently imposes a burden 
almost insupportable on the family or 
friends of a man who has died. That 
vulgar ostentation taxes most heavily 
those least able to bear it is as true 
of funeral display as of any other 
extravagance. Any method of re- 
ducing its imposition deserves the sup- 
port of every intelligent man.” 
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Three thousand girl stenographers 
have signed a petition circulated at 
Montreal, protesting against the por- 
trayal of members of their craft in 
moving pictures as chewers of gum 
and wearers of “rats.” The petition 
will be sent to the makers of moving- 
picture films in Canada and the United 
States. 
I have just had the privilege of 
peering into a moving picture house 
where all of the latest pictures are 
thrown on the screen for the first 
time in the city. The audiences are 
never very large, but are on some oc- 
casions very critical. The manager of 
this “movie” show is Chief Whitney 
o: the State police, and the perform- 
ances are held in the basement of the 
State House to make sure the films 
contain nothing offensive to the peace 
or morals of the Commonwealth. — 
Boston Post. 
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Conductor Arthur Gray, who has 
charge of the 8.11 a. m. train from 
Rockport to Boston has a pecan grove 
in Georgia of quite a large size. The 
nuts are of the paper shell variety and 
command a big price in the market. 
He has recently been distributing 
cards offering for sale a portion of 
his grove and it looks like a good in- 
vestment for someone. Mr. Gray be- 
lieves that the South affords a big field 
for an agriculturist of some capital 
who can use modern farming imple- 
ments. At present the implements 
used in the South are out of date. If 
you wish to hear a good talk on the 
South mention “nuts” to Mr. Gray 
when you happen to be on his train 
and you will be pretty apt to learn 
something new. 
o 8 
*S a wonder nobody has thought of 
it before. Mme. Emma _ Trentini, 
playing at a Boston theatre, although 
an. Italian, has coined a new word for 
the English language. Referring to 
the slang she has picked up since her 
advent into this country, she says, 
“The English language has much 
‘slanguage’ in it.” j 
Micut Coax rt Our 
Cholly Callow—They say, you 
know, that music makes the hair grow. 
Miss Jolleigh—If you think it will 
help your moustache, I'll play some- 
thing for you. 
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