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The advocacy of smoking in theaters 
by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero and his 
assertion that the percentage of 
theatergoers would raise 100 per cent 
in the event of patrons being able to 
smoke their favorite weed is meeting 
some opposition among nonsmokers. It 
is a question as to how the ladies would 
view such an innovation. In England 
it might be considered “quite apropos.” 
The Krupps in Germany find talk- 
ing shop quite profitable. They would 
welcome a conflict between France 
and Germany. And it is said there is 
no graft in Germany. 
The Pope is now enjoying all the 
good things the newspapers of the 
world have been saying about him. 
Some persons believe that Vice 
President Marshall needs a muzzle in 
addition to the blinders he suggests 
for himself. 
Mr. L. D. Brandeis is among the 
near-deserted. 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’s PHILOSOPHIC 
CoMMENT ON PuBLIC ABUSE. 
Many of the business acquaintances 
and social friends of President Charles 
S. Mellen of the New Haven System 
have wondered, publicly and privately, 
at the personal equanimity with which 
he has met the attacks on him and his 
progressive methods as a railroad 
president. ‘The secret of it is that he 
finds daily inspiration and courage in 
these words of one of the greatest and 
most abused and criticised Presidents 
of the United States, Abraham Lin- 
coln, uttered during the Civil War: 
“Tf I were to read, much less answer, 
all the attacks made on me, this shop 
might as well be closed for any other 
business. I do the very best I know 
how—the very best I can; and I mean 
to keep on doing so until the end. If 
the end brings me out all right, what 
is said against me won’t amount to 
anything. If the end brings me out 
wrong, ten angels swearing I was right 
would make no difference.” 
Mr. Mellen keeps on his desks in 
Boston, New York and New Haven, 
and in his home as well, illuminated 
cards containing the paragraph quoted 
above, and hardly an hour in the day 
passes that he does not turn to read 
again the true and effective philosophy 
of President Lincoln. 
IMPROVING THE IDEAL 
Somebody says the ideal structure 
must be fire proof, wind proof and 
water proof. 
Why not tax proof and gossip proof? 
—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
neckwear and notions. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER CHURCHES. 
BAPIIO Le CHURCH, Rrv..A. G. 
WarNER, Pastor. Public worship, 
10.45 a. m. Bible school, 12.15, vestry. 
Men’s class, 12.15, auditorium. 
Young People’s union, 6.00. Even- 
ing service, 7.00. Prayer meetings 
Friday evening at 7.30. Communion 
first Sunday in the month. All sets 
free at every service. 
ORTHODOX CONGREGATION- 
AL—Sunday morning worship, with 
sermon, 10.45. Bible school, 12. Ev- 
ening worship Tuesday, 7.30, in the 
chapel, Woman’s Missionary society 
the first Thursday of each month, 
Sittings can be obtained of Mr. A. 8. 
Jewett. 
SACRED HEART CHURCH, 
Rev. Mark SULLIVAN, Pastor.— 
Masses, 7, 8.30 and 10.30 o'clock. 
Sunday school at 2.30 o’clock. Rosary, 
Instruction and Benediction of the 
Blessed Sacrament, 3.30  o’clock. 
Week days; morning mass at 7.30 
o’clock. Advanced class Friday even- 
ings at 7.30 o’clock. 
Harmony Guild will meet Monday 
evening, May 5th. The hour has 
been changed from 7.45 to 7.30 o’clock. 
A large attendance is desired. 
The King’s Daughters will meet 
with Miss Nellie Leonard next Mon- 
day evening. 
Rey. A. G. Warner will preach on 
“he Candle of the Soul,” at the 
Baptist church Sunday morning. The 
subject for the evening sermon will 
be “The Threefold Reverence that 
makes a Man.” 
Don’t forget the Pedlar’s Parade, 
next Friday, May 9. What is it? It 
is a bazaar, held by Harmony Guild, in 
which the goods are to be sold by 
pedlars of various nationalities, instead 
of from booths. Accompanied by 
snappy vaudeville. An abundance of 
seats for the audience. Fascinating 
Best of candy, 
pop-corn, ice cream, etc. Held in 
the Town hall. Tickets ten cents. 
The Ladies’ Social circle will hold 
a half pound party on Wednesday 
afternoon, May 7, at the home of Mrs. 
Elizabeth Sinnicks. A good attend- 
ance is desired. Please bring needle 
and thimble and come early. 
Pornts IN COMMON 
“What is a political leader?” 
Well,” replied Senator Sorghum, 
“sometimes he is very much like the 
orchestra leader; the man who pro- 
vides the gesticulation and general ex- 
citement while somebody else is doing 
the real work.’—Washington Star. 
Everybody reads the Breeze. 
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I. O. O. F. ANNIVERSARY 
The 94th anniversary of Odd Fel- 
lowship was observed last evening 
by Magnolia lodge, 149, I. O. O. F., of 
Manchester, when the members and 
friends gathered in the Town hall for 
an evening of entertainment and dan- 
cing. Nearly 300 persons were pres- 
ent. Dr. Walker of Boston gave a talk 
on the history of the order, which he 
declared was the largest and wealthi- 
est order in the world. Fred Kendall 
of Boston, an entertainer who has 
pleased Manchester audiences on sev- 
eral occasions before this, kept the 
gathering in good humor with his 
story-telling and imitations, for nearly 
an hour. 
Following the entertainment feature 
of the evening the gathering adjourned 
to the Odd Fellows hall above, while 
the Town hall was being prepared for 
dancing. Refreshments were served 
during this intermission. Dancing 
kept up until midnight. Albert Cun- 
nigham was chairman of the commit- 
tee in charge which was composed of : 
Ellery L. Rogers, Wm. H. Allen, 
James A. Kehoe, Raymond C. Allen, 
Granville Crombie, W. H. Beaumont, 
Thomas Baker, John L. Prest, Alfred 
E. Hersey and Charles E. Williams. 
Boston THEATRE 
George “Honey Boy” Evans, the 
paragon of minstrelsy, and his com- 
pany of sixty notables, with a zestful 
production absolutely new in its en- 
tirety and handsomely orna'rented in 
a costume and scenic way, will appear 
at the Boston Theatre during the week 
commencing Monday, May 5, with 
matinees Wednesday and Saturday. 
“De Go Lightly Guards Reception” 
is the nomen of the pretentious after- 
piece, the book, lyrics and score of 
which were written by the “Honey 
Boy.” Its two settings show a street 
and the armory of “De Guards” in 
Hamtown, Ala. The diminutive 
blackface favorite is presented in his 
favorite characterization of a rousta- 
bout darkey of the levee. “Cicero 
Didimus Jones” is the farcical sobri- 
quet under which he is introduced in 
the first scene, when he is shown as a 
fugitive from the law and an alimony- 
seeking wench. Later he is induced— 
partly through hunger, majestic in its 
proportions, and mainly because of a 
bribe of two dollars—to pose as “Gen- 
eral Woof Woof,” a famous African 
military leader. He is at all times the 
instigator of the many ludicrous, mirth 
procreating situations. Charles Hil- 
liard, the clever personator of girl- 
kind, is a sensation in this afterpiece 
as an alluring octoroon heiress, fa- 
shionably gowned. 
