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Vol. XI 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The delightful weather of the past 
week has put new life in the advanc- 
Scores of houses have 
been opened and are being put in read- 
iness for the arrival of the respective 
householders. The North Shore 
roads are beginning to be alive with 
motorists and on all hands new life 
is evident. The season is on! Fami- 
lies are arriving at the shore homes 
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The 19th of April—Patriots’ Day—- 
always brings many people to the 
shore. Heads of families come down 
to make preliminary arrangements for 
the summer, and all the hotels are 
open for inspection. Accordingly the 
_ North Shore was quite a lively place 
last Saturday and Sunday. It is ap- 
parent that there is a busy season in 
store for all the hotels, and the cot- 
tages, too, are letting well all along 
the North Shore, though the season 
has been a little backward because 
of the weather. The delightful wea- 
ther of the past week, however, has 
put. new life into everything. 
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The Walter J. Mitchells, who have 
been spending the winter at Fernan- 
dina, Fla., expect to return to Man- 
chester the second week in May, or 
perhaps earlier. 
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The Andrew Carnegie, 2ds, will 
spend most of the summer at their 
camp in the Adirondack mountains. 
It is said their house at Manchester 
Cove has been rented to a western 
family. 
Chas C. Walker of West Manches- 
ter sailed yesterday from New York, 
for Europe. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Augustus P. Loring 
of Boston, have opened their Pride’s 
Crossing estate, “Off Lots,’ for the 
season. They usually remain on the 
shore until after Thanksgiving. 
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Mrs. E. B. Haven, who has been 
spending part of the winter at Laurel- 
in-the-Pines, Lakewood, N. J., has re- 
turned to her Boston home, 186 Com- 
monwealth avenue, for the balance of 
the spring. She will move to her Bev- 
erly Farms cottage in the early sum- 
mer, as usual. 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, April 25, 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Several of the foreign embassies will 
summer at Manchester as_ usual. 
Though none of them have yet de- 
cided definitely, it is understood that 
members of the Russian, Pritish and 
Swedish diplomatic corps wi! have 
cottages here. y 
Members of the Essex County club 
and their friends will be greatly sur- 
prised when they return this season 
to find the extraordinary provisions 
which have been made for them, since 
the clubhouse was burned last month. 
Plans for the season have been go:ng 
on as though nothing had happened. 
Supt. Ross has returned from Pine- 
hurst, and is rushing along the work 
of putting the grounds and tennis 
courts in condition for the approach- 
ing season. The golf and tennis plans 
tor the summer will be about as usual, 
with several new features added. 
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‘he Misses Bartlett of Common- 
wealth avenue, Boston, are not to 
open their summer cottage at Old 
Neck, Manchester, quite as early as 
usual. They will remain in town for 
the Bartlett-Hunnewell nuptials on 
May 31, and will come to the shore 
in June. 
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Formal annoucement was made last 
Saturday of the engagement of Miss 
Faith Simpkins, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Nathaniel S$. Simpkins of Bever- 
ly Farms, to Walter Tufts, jr., of Bos- 
ton. 
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Dr. Dessey, U. S. Navy, and Mrs. 
Dessey spent the week-end with Mr. 
and Mrs. James C. Barr at their cot- 
tage ‘Barr Harbor,’ Beverly Farms. 
Mrs. Dessey looked at several North 
Shore estates in the interest of her 
mother, Mrs. Middleton of New York, 
who is the owner of much land and - 
sugar interests in California. Mrs. 
Dessey will go to Washington to at- 
tend the wedding of Miss Meyer and 
Lieut. Rodgers, after which she will 
join her mother in Europe. Mrs. 
Middleton -is travelling there with, 
Mrs. Reedley, mother of Vinton Reed- 
ley, who recently distinguished himself 
in the Hasty Pudding show. Upon 
the return of Mrs. Dessey this sum- 
mer she will join her husband, who is 
_to be stationed at Newport, R. 1. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
The real estate men are putting in 
some busy days on the North Shore. 
This is their busy season, showing pro- 
spective tenants from the west and 
south, and the big cities of the east, 
estates along the shore that are for 
rent. A lively season is in store, if 
the activity of real estate men counts 
for aught. 
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Manager Race of Brandon Hall, 
Brookline, is to put new life into the 
Masconomo hotel, Manchester, this 
summer. Workmen are busy at the 
place improving the grounds, putting 
in new tennis courts, new walks, re- 
turfing, etc., all of which will do its 
part towards beautifying this spot, 
which is in such close proximity to the 
famous Singing Beach. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMillan of 
New York and Detroit, who usually 
spend a portion of the summer on the 
North Shore with the former’s mother 
at “Eaglehead”, Manchester, have 
rented the Edward Robinson cottage, 
near the Essex County club grounds, 
Manchester. Mrs. Robinson was on 
from New York recently looking over 
the property. 
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Thomas Silsbee and other members 
of the family, of 115 Marlboro street, 
Boston are again settled at the Silsbee 
summer home, Prince street, Beverly 
Cove (postoffice address Pride’s Cross- 
ing), for the season. 
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Mrs. Edith M. Binney of 138 Marl- 
boro street, Boston, will spend the 
summer at Magnolia. 
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Mrs. A. C. Thornton of the Mag- 
nolia colony, who has been spending 
the past three months in Washing ton, 
having apartments at ‘The Hamilton,” 
has returned to Boston and has apart- 
ments at “The Holland” on Common- 
wealth avenue. : 
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Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Fabyan 
and daughter Eleanor, of Boston, who 
have been in Europe since February, 
were booked to sail from Southamp- 
ton on the Olympic, for New York, 
last Wednesday. They will spend the 
summer at West Manchester as usual, 
with occasional visits to their camp 
at Buzzards Bay. 
