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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
9 
EVELYN'S DIARY. 
D. F. LAMSON. 
Parcdil: 
When Evelyn came home and settled 
down to the life of a lauded gentleman, 
England was sailing through stormy seas. 
But whether Cavalier or Roundhead is 
_infpower, the Diary goes on, now with 
glimpses of great men and the fortunes of 
state at home and abroad, of the Dutch 
_ war and the Long Parliament; and now 
noticing anew discovery or invention, 
as a diving bell, a portable iron oven; 
Visits to picture galleries, gossip of 
’Change and the Court, marvels and 
portents galore; a kaleidoscopic view of 
He attends a 
royal masque, “the king performing to 
the admiration of all,’’ goes to see a 
doomedary, ‘“a very monstrous beast,’’ 
and witnesses a torture scene, the sight 
of which was ‘“so uncomfortable’’ that 
he soon took his leave. He records 
with evident satisfaction the death and 
funeral of “that arch-rebel Iveton,”’’ 
one of Cromwell’s generals who had 
“been very bloody to the king’s party’’ ; 
anda few days later he notices “‘that 
‘celebrated eclipse of the sun so much 
threatened by the astrologers.’’ He 
tells us of his frequent church-goings, 
the preachers, sermons and texts, a visit 
to Oxford with its halls and gardens, the 
inspection of wonderful curios, mechani- 
cal devices and toys, museums, statues 
and libraries. He relates in full the rav- 
ages of the Plague, counting as its vic- 
tims in London at one time 10,000 a 
week, and paints in lurid light the awful 
visitation of the Great Fire of 1666, 
which destroyed nearly one hundred 
churches including ‘‘ that goodly church 
St. Paul’s now a sad ruin.’’ His ac- 
count of the last hours of the ‘“‘ merry 
monarch’”’ gives an idea of the crude 
medical practice of the age, and lifts the 
curtain upon the pathetic picture of the 
injured queen sending to ask her lord’s 
forgiveness for any failures in duty, while 
the royal profligate was sending messages 
to his mistress, hoping that ‘‘ poor little 
Nell would not be forgotten,’’ and pro- 
viding for his natural children. 
The Diary gives us a picture of the 
times, faithful in its coloring, though al- 
most bewildering in its details; there is 
often a lack of perspective, owing, large- 
ly no doubt, to the nearness of the point 
of view. It moves on steadily to the 
end, without break or lessening of vital- 
ity. The good, sober, methodical, 
God-fearing man arranges his affairs, 
pays his “‘bills, wages and new-year’s 
gifts, according to custom,’’ goes to 
church “‘to give God public thanks,’’ 
beseeching for himself and family con- 
tinued blessings, makes his last entry in 
his Diary, under date of Feb. 3, 1705, 
consisting of notes of sermons at the 
chapel in the morning and afternoon,’’ 
written in his own hand. On the 27th, 
in the 86th year of his age, John Evelyn 
departed this life, a type of the good old 
English gentleman, honest and true to 
the last drop of his heart’s blood. 
“Rheumatics” Will Probably Have to 
Get Along Without Gravel Pond 
Water this Winter. 
So many of the citizens have a desire 
to have the Gravel Pond water used this 
winter in preference to the spring, or 
well water at the home station, so-called, 
in Manchester, and inasmuch as two of 
the citizens expressed their desires in 
communications to The Breeze within 
the last two weeks; The Breeze this 
week sought an interview with Chair- 
man F. J. Merrill of the board of Water 
Commissioners. 
Mr. Merrill said the board had not 
received a petition for a continuance of 
the Gravel Pond water, neither had it 
taken any action relative to the matter. 
The question had been informally talked 
over at the meeting of the board Tues- 
day. Chairman Merrill had expressed 
himself as against running the Gravel 
Pond station this winter. Commission- 
er James Hoare would be pleased to do 
as the public wanted in this respect, and 
was inclined to favor using this water. 
Commissioner Jeffrey T. Stanley was 
inclined to be non-committal, but if any- 
thing he favored closing downthe Gravel 
Pond station for the winter. 
_ Mr. Merrill in his interview said: 
“The members of the Board are pub- 
lic servants and will do what the citizens 
demand. Ifa majority of the citizens 
demand the Gravel Pond water, of course 
the board would feel bound to give it to 
them. At the present time the board is 
not in favor of doing so. 
*“ There are several reasons why it 
would be unwise to doit at this time. 
The plant (at the home station) is brand 
new and we ought to runit for atime and 
tune it up so as to get it in smooth-run- 
ning condition. We canrun this plant 
at less expense than the larger plant at 
Gravel Pond. 
‘It was not contemplated that we 
should use the Gravel Pond plant in win- 
ter. It was installed as an auxilliary sys- 
tem to use in the summer months when 
the consumption was heaviest. There 
was no reason to expect that the town 
would use it in winter. No provision 
was made for that. 
**On the ground of economy, safety 
and prudence, as well as convenience, it 
is advisable to run the town plant in win- 
ter instead of the station at Gravel Pond. 
The pond was drawn down considerably 
during the summer months and it is fill- 
ing very, very slowly. It has gained on- 
ly three inches since we shut it down on 
the 26th of October,—a month ago. If 
. with his characterizations of 
we should use the water all winter it is 
very probable that we might have to turn 
Round Pond water into Gravel Pund next 
summer. 
“I feel that we ought to husband that 
water in the winter and use the old sup- 
ply. We would then be using the well 
or spring water which would otherwise 
flow off into the ocean, while the pond 
water is being saved and stored up for 
use when we need it next summer. 
“The home station can be run on less 
fuel, and in case of fire at night it would 
be a saving of from three to four hours 
in getting the pumps to work.’’ 
Chevalier at Keith's. 
That Albert Chevalier has lost none 
of his art but. on the contrary has in- 
creased his drawing power as an enter- 
tainer, is being evidenced at Keith’s, 
where he is delighting large audiences 
English 
types with which his name has been for 
years identified. “Those who have seen 
and heard him can readily understand 
the great sensation he created in Chicago, 
and it is no surprise to hear that he is 
being held over for another week at 
Keith’s. Chevalier never was better 
than he is now and unlike most great 
artists who have endeavored to maintain 
their reputations, he has not only found 
worthy successors to such classics as 
*“My Old Dutch’’ and “‘ Missis ’ enery 
’awkins,’’ but he has gone even one 
better with his new songs such as “* The 
Work ’ouse Man’’ and “I’ve got ’er 
’at.’? This last song is one of the best 
things Mr. Chevalier has ever given us. 
We are not familiar with the type in this 
country, but the artist enables us to enjoy 
it to the fullest extent. 
For his last week he is surrounded by 
a bill of headliners, many of them new 
to Boston. One of the most interesting 
will be Beatrice Ingram & Company, in 
a new comedy sketch called ‘“* The 
Duchess’’ which is said to be a sensation 
of laughs from start to finish. 
GG 55 
You, 
said Judge Lindsey to the 
policeman, ‘‘want to -save 
bicycles. I want to save 
boys.” 
From “The Beast and 
the Jungle,” in the 
DECEMBER EVERYBODY'S 
It’s a big, human, well- 
written story. Get it and 
read it. 
For Sale By 
L. W. FLOYD, Manchester 
F. W. VARNEY, 
Beverly Farms 
