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that it is dull or depressing; it is rather a victory in the 
soft tonal color qualities which the Oriental atmosphere 
lends to the artist’s inspiration. . 
Mr. Calusd might be said to have been traveling 
under a lucky star since his intention to come to America. 
It was only by the merest chance that he missed taking 
the ill-fated steamer Titanic, in its maiden trip across 
tthe ocean. He lost the liner by twenty minutes. Need- 
less to say, he was dumfounded when five days later while 
standing in front of Cook’s tourist office in Paris he 
learned of the fate of the ship. 
One of Mr. Calusd’s paintings now hangs in the 
White House. It is a canvas of the famous Bartholdi sta- 
tue of Liberty in New York harbor and was presented 
to President Wilson by the Persian consul general, H. H. 
Topakyan. Another of his New York subjects is at Man- 
chester on exhibition and is termed “‘Castles of the Rich.” 
In this Mr. Calusd has poetized the skyscrapers of Man- 
hattan and shown a few tricks of his skilful brush in 
getting just the right effect in the ‘transparent mist over- 
hanging the great granite piles. 
“A Poetical View of the North Shore” is a canvas 
which Mr. Calusd has completed while working in this 
section and shows a pleasing combination of sea and shore- 
line. The stately white mansion of William M. Wood at 
Allen’s Head, Pride’s Crossing, is the subject shown in 
the picture. The greenish transparency of the water is 
one of its noticeable excellencies. 
“Reveille on the Bosphorous” is a charming Oriental 
painting, showing the lackadaisical fisherman, with arms 
akimbo reclining on the banks of the straits. As in other 
of his paintings the minarets of the mosques on the banks 
are prominent, accentuating the Oriental atmosphere of 
tthe canvas. 
Mr. Calusd is on the North Shore at his Manchester 
studio for the balance of the summer, when he will re- - 
turn to his New York studio on Fifth ave. Next year 
he plans an exhibition entirely of American subjects. If 
his paintings to come are as excellent as those which he 
has finished to date there will be no doubt as to his con- 
tinued success. 
A 17th Century Ipswich Mansion 
THE summer visitor to Ipswich finds, just across from 
the station, an interesting old house used by the Ips- 
wich Historical society as a museum. Built about 1650, 
venerably homely in the truest sense of the word, the old 
Whipple house stands as an example of the earliest seven- 
teenth century colonial architecture. 
Upon entering, the visitor forgets the exterior view, 
when the large and dignified proportions of the beautifully 
furnished rooms come to his view. In the hall is found 
a fascinating display of the quaint utensils of domestic 
and industrial use in the old-time New England home— 
everything that entered into kitchen-service, barn-service, 
field-service, spinning, weaving, etc. One room is used to 
display the fine collection of old china, siiver, old fashioned 
musical instruu~ents, rare old books and many other in- 
teresting things. One of the most interesting rooms is the 
east chamber, fitted up like the old fashioned “best room” 
with many old curios of historic value. 
The interest taken in the old house, not only by the 
Ipswich people, but by many of the summer colony and 
friends throughout Essex County and in many other parts 
of the country, has brought together a large number of 
antiques. The oil painting of Rev. Joseph McKean of 
Harvard college, born in Ipswich in 1776, has been given 
by Francis R. Appleton; some rare old manuscripts by 
the Daniel Appleton family, Rev. T. F. Waters and many 
others. Plants and shrubs for the garden have been given 
from many of the surrounding estates. The garden has 
been given to the society in memory of Amos Adams 
Lawrence of Boston. Practically all of the summer col- 
Hundreds of North Shore people yearly pay a visit 
to the beautiful gladioli farm of B. Hammond Tracy in 
Wenham, called Cedar Acres. Here one finds 45 acres 
planted with the flowers of this one specie in a host of 
different hues, all making a perfect riot of color. it 
seems hardly possible for Nature to emit such an outpour- 
ing of floral beauty as the visitor sees at this farm, and the 
illustration seen on the back cover of this week’s Breeze- 
Reminder shows a corner of the immense garden. Each 
year has added to the acreage, and the expanse of color 
ony of Ipswich are members of the association and many 
of them are life members, among whom are R. T. Crane, 
Jr.,-James H. Proctor, Thomas E. Proctor, Charles G. 
Rice; Charles P. Searle, Mrs. Charles P. Searle, John E. 
Searle, and a few from nearby resorts. 
“The old mansion,” says Rev. T. F. Waters of Ips- 
wich, in his history of the old house, “is a constant re- 
minder of all the glorious names which hallow and illu- 
mine the early years of our town life,—Saltonstall and 
Winthrop, Symonds and Denison, Ward and Norton and 
Hubbard and all the rest . . The old pavement in 
the dooryard rings again with the hoofbeats of Capt. 
Whipple’s horse hurrying to lead his troopers on a swift 
ride to Andover to repel an Indian assault. John Apple- 
ton and Thomas French are talking of their imprisonment 
and trial for advocating resistance to the royal governor’s 
edict and demanding representation before they would 
submit to taxation.” Others, he says, have smoked and 
sipped their steaming cups and talked of Bunker Hill, 
Yorktown, Washington and Lafayette. He thus goes on 
and revives the far-off days and the Puritan home life 
with a touching and charming reality. 
The society places its greatest value on the publica- 
tions issued mostly by Rev. T. F. Waters, who has written 
the history of Ipswich in the Bassachusetts Bay Colony, 
the story of the old Argilla road, and of the old Bay road 
from Saltnstall’s brook and Samuel Appleton’s farm, the 
old Rowley road and many other interesting sketches of 
Ipswich history. 
when the fields are all in bloom, presents one of the pretti- 
est pictures seen anywhere. Mr. Tracy has done much 
for the development and popularizing of the gladioli and 
he is the possessor of many medals and other trophies for 
prize flowers in this line. Motorists can reach Cedar 
Acres from Wenham via Cherry street and then taking 
the first left in to Cedar street, just off the mainroad. The 
approach from Beverly is by way of Cabot street to 
Wenham. 
