NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 41 
Every Town on tue Norrn Snore from Ipswich 
to Marblehead and from Marblehead to Gloucester was 
able to render valuable assistance to the over worked 
Salem Fire Department. The despatch with which the 
service was rendered after the call is a striking illus- 
tration of the advances that have been made in the last 
generation in means of rapid communication and trans- 
Tur Present Day Evn, is that of too much legisla- 
tion. It will be a blessing to the manufacturing interests 
of Massachusetts when biennial sessions are established. 
Already a manufacturer needs a Philadelphia lawyer to 
keep him constantly informed of his rights within the 
law. Good laws are desirable, but good legislation is 
often defeated by legislation loosely drawn and entirely 
portation. 
Wuen Henry Cray Frick appeared in the Mayor's 
office in Salem with that generous check of twenty-five 
thousand dollars it must have been gratifying to Mayor 
With a pace like that contributions could not 
Hurley. 
fail to follow and in large amounts. 
LAFAYETTE STREET, SALEM, is known the world over 
It is gratifying to learn that 
There was no in- 
for its beautiful residences. 
steps will at once be taken to rebuild. 
surance on the beautiful shade trees, alas! 
PROVINCETOWN PripdEs IsELF on its record; never 
a murder within its borders and not a single individual 
sent to prison. 
Ture New Tenement House Acr will receive abun- 
dant support from many quarters now. 
come conversions. 
To Recorp A List oF tHE HeELpers in the Salem 
Relief work would be to give a roll of the North Shore. 
“INDEPENDENCE DAY”’ 
One hundred and _ thirty-eight 
years have passed since the old Li- 
berty Bell in Philadelphia pealed 
forth the joyous tidings that a new 
nation was born, and during the 
many decades which have elapsed, 
the interest in the celebration of the 
“Glorious Fourth’’ has not waned. 
As the day on which was launched 
the first experiment on an extensive 
scale of a republican form of govern- 
ment, July 4, 1776, will ever stand 
unique in the annals of history, and 
that its anniversaries should be o¢- 
casions of jubilation, on which our 
native pride and enthusiasm finds 
vent in a manner closely approach- 
ing the bombastic and _ boisterous, 
is not a matter of surprise. 
Indeed, in the hght of our pre- 
sent day influence and progress, a 
little over-exuberance on our part is 
but natural, and may readily be for- 
given. In recent years, however, a 
saner note has been struck, and the 
day is now celebrated with some- 
what less noise and hullabaloo and 
more dignified demonstration of 
genuine patriotism. 
While we would not wish _ to 
wholly check the effervescence of 
spirits which is an especial charac- 
teristic of American youth, much 
may be gained by directing such 
manifestation into a deeper channel 
ef thought and purpose. Symbol- 
ism and pageantry are valuable ad- 
experimental. 
THE 
from its base. 
toric and useful. 
objectionable. 
form. 
After the fire 
juncts, and this year two especially 
significant centenaries furnish ma- 
terial of especial value and interest. 
It is somewhat paradoxical that 
although the primary cause of our 
rejoicing was the freeing of the 
American colonies from the exac- 
tions of the mother country, there 
is today an equally important rea- 
son for felicitation in the attain- 
ment of a century of peace between 
the two great English-speaking na- 
tions, and the spirit of amity and 
brotherhood which now characterize 
their relations. 
Again, the centenary of the writ- 
ing of the ‘‘Star Spangled Banner’’ 
will add to the glory of the flag 
which we so love and delight to 
honor and which claims our venera- 
tion for its long freedom from dis- 
honor and defeat. Fifty years ago 
a dark stain was washed from its 
folds by heroism and sacrifice. What 
better time can there be than the 
Fourth of July to put into practise 
a resolution that heneeforth our 
patriotism shall be so exalted, our 
individual and collective effort so 
powerful, that all the evils which 
strive to hide beneath its stripes 
and stars shall be eliminated, and 
ours shall be in the highest and 
truest sense the land of the free. 
Our national lines have indeel 
fallen in pleasant places, and it is 
meet that the bells shall chime, the 
cannon roar and the flags wave on 
the recurring natal days of our na- 
OLD SALEM STATION 
Neither agitation, legislation or conflagration moves it 
The station is an antique, quaintly, his- 
It is the equipment within that is so 
has a charmed life. 
THE ASSASSINATION of the heir apparent to the 
Austro-Hungarian throne and his consort was a foul deed. 
The resort to murder is one of the lowest traits of hu- 
man nature, especially when fancied revenge takes that 
Frre Destroyep SALEM, but no one dreams of com- 
plaining against the courses of nature. 
Man’s greatest servants. 
history it has done more good than harm for man. 
Fire is one of 
Despite the conflagrations of 
WitH THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS sent into Salem 
and Boston, Beverly will have contributed over sixty 
thousand dollars to the relief of the Salem sufferers. 
tion, ‘‘Lest we’ forget—lest we for- 
get.”’ 
National Association of Patriotic 
Instructors, 
B. F. Keitu’s THEATRE. 
The second and _ positively last 
week of ‘‘The Meistersingers’’ in 
their superb new scenic spectacale. 
‘‘In Gloucester,’’ is announced for 
B. F. Keith’s Theatre. Next week 
will mark the last of ‘‘The Meister- 
singers’’ in their new aquatic spec- 
tacle, and seats are now on sale for 
all the remaining performances. No- 
thing that ‘‘The Meistersingers’’ 
have offered in the past four seasons 
has created quite the impression 
scored by ‘‘In Gloucester.’’ In the 
musical numbers, the solos, the set- 
ting and the costuming, all previous 
offerings have been outdone. There 
are two complete changes of scenery 
and ‘‘The Meistersingers’’ change 
from the garb of Gloucester fisher- 
men and lobster men to evening 
dress. Of the new program, perhaps 
the chorus number that makes the 
biggest hit is ‘‘The Storm,’’ a sea 
song by George Lowell Tracey, the 
well known Boston composer, with 
all manner of electrical and lghting 
effects. The second week of ‘‘The 
Meistersingers In Gloucester’’ will 
be surrounded by an excellent vaude- 
ville bill, full of comedy, music, and 
dancing, and exceptionally well 
adapted for this time of the year. 
