NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
of the recent presidential campaign 
and became the private bodyguard of 
Mr. Wilson. 
Mr. House is fixed in his steadfast- 
ness and loyalty to his friends. He 
knows how to read human nature and 
when he once decides a man is worthy 
of the kind consideration and good 
fellowship that should mark true 
friendship he does not hesitate to go 
his full length for him, whether it be 
in politics or business, should the oc- 
casion arise or suitable opportunity 
come to him for doing so. Another 
notable characteristic is that he is al- 
ways interested in the welfare of de- 
serving young men. He has time af- 
ter time been the means of “placing 
on their feet” in a business way young 
men who have attracted his favorable 
attention. 
Col. House has never sought pub- 
lic office. Not long ago when one of 
his Texas friends wrote him that the 
democrats and people generally of 
this state would be glad to see him ap- 
pointed to a cabinet position, he re- 
plied that he had resolved to adhere 
to his lifelong determination not to 
accept any government position. 
It is well understood that a cabinet 
position was tendered him by Mr. 
Wilson, and that he declined the hon- 
or. Almost any time during the last 
20 years he could have been nominat- 
ed and elected governor of Texas had 
he but said the word. He could have 
gone to the United States Senate 
years ago had his ambition been in 
that direction. 
Some time before Woodrow Wil- 
son was recognized by the public as 
a presidential possibility Mr. House 
made the prediction, in his quiet way, 
that the New Jersey governor would 
be the democratic nominee for that 
high office. If Mr. House is really an 
ex-officio member of President Wil- 
son’s cabinet, and if he has the 
weighty influence with the new ad- 
ministration that circumstances would 
indicate, the country is fortunate. 
There will be no overturning of ex- 
isting business conditions by the men 
at the head of the government if Mr. 
House’s advice is heeded. That 
much is practically assured. While he 
is a progressive he does not believe in 
radical action of any kind. — New 
York Sun. 
PLENTY OF SLATE 
“Put that ton of coal on the slate,” 
directed the customer. 
“We have no slate,’ 
frigidly. 
“Oh, yes, you have! I got 300 
pounds of it with the coal!’ —Wash- 
ington Herald. 
’ 
said the dealer 
Real Estate and Improvements 
..- Up and Down the North Shore... 
Agreements have been signed by 
Herbert M. Sears for the purchase of 
the William Endicott estate on Hale 
street, at Mingo Beach, Pride’s Cross- 
ing. Possession is not to be given the 
new owner until next November, and 
Mr. Endicott will therefore spend 
another summer at the property, 
which is known as Barberry Hill. The 
brokers in the sale are T. Dennie 
Boardman, Reginald and R. DeB. 
3oardman. Mr. Sears purchases the 
property as a residence for his elder 
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Sears, whose 
marriage to Bayard Warren, son of 
the late Samuel D. Warren, will take 
place at Arlington street church, Bos- 
ton, next Tuesday April 8. The En- 
dicott estate comprises about 15 acres 
of land, with a cottage directly on the 
highway, which from season to sea- 
son has been leased by various sum- 
mer sojourners. A stable adjoins this 
cottage, and also on the highway is a 
svall cottage for the gardener‘s use. 
A rose garden in which Mr. Endi- 
cott has taken pride is a_ feature 
of the estate. The larger mansion 
was built more than a half a century 
ago by William Whiting. 
SUMMER CapiTral IN N. H. 
The summer capital will change 
this year from Beverly to Cornish, a 
little town in New Hampshire, which 
will have the honor of harboring the 
President of the United States during 
the coming summer. The summer 
White House will be the house long 
occupied by Winston Churchill. 
Cornish is a town that affords the 
most complete retirement from the 
busy world and this fact must have 
had some weight on the selection of 
President Wilson. It is off the main 
line of travel and gives a freedom 
from interruption that few places af- 
ford. If Congress allows the Presi- 
dent to get away from Washington for 
any length of time he will no doubt 
enjoy its beauty and quiet quite as 
much as ex-President Taft did Bev- 
erly. 
VicE-PRESIDENT oF Local, BANK 
Guest oF FRENCH OFFICIALS 
Roger W. Babson ,vice-president of 
the Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust 
Co., the Manchester Trust Co. and 
the Rockport National bank, was en- 
ELSEY’S Hardy American Plants, Rare Rhododen- 
drons, Azaleas, Andomedas. Leucothoes. 
The largest collection in existence of the finest native 
ornamentals. 
tertained on March roth at Paris by 
officials of the French government. 
There were twenty guests present and 
the Prefecture of Paris presided. 
Among those present were M. Y. 
Guyot, Minister of Public Works and 
M. Lucien March, Chief of Statistics 
of France. After the dinner Mr. 
Babson spoke of his plans for the or- 
ganization of an international insti- 
tute for measuring the real growth of 
nations. 
Hre-Was Busy 
“Why did you break into the house 
in the middle of the day?” asked the 
inagistrate. 
“Well,” said the accused, “I had 
several others to cover that evening.” 
— London Evening Standard. 
THeEerr TurN Now 
Father—I’m sorry to have to say, 
my son, that from what I hear about 
town, you must be running into debt. 
Son—You are mistaken ,sir. I am 
already in debt; my creditors are do- 
ing all the running. 
‘And to paint these home pictures we need 
chiefly American material. We must face this 
deadly parallel:’’ 
What We Really Plant 
70 pc European trées‘& shrubs 70 p c’American trees & shrubs 
and horticultural varie'ies. i i 
20 pe Chinese and Japanese. 
10 p c American. 
Above quoted from Wilhelm Miller’s ‘‘ What England Can 
What We Ought to Plant 
i. e. native to America. 
20 p c Chinese and Japanese. 
0 pc European & horticultural 
Teach Us About Gardening.’’ 
Kalmias. 
. The only kind of stock to produce 
permanent effects. 
Rhododendron catawbiense 
True American species 
HIGHLANDS NURSERY 
3,800 feet elevation in the 
Carolina Mountains. 
BOXFORD NURSERY 
Boxford, Mass. 
HARLEN P, KELSEY 
Ww 
SALEM MASS. 
