10 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
A CLOSE 
New York, Washington, St. Louis, Detroit and Boston 
“motor, swim, dance and ride in happy, healthy, sun- 
burned freedom; artists sketch and paint in an abandon 
of work, happy in the midst of so much material; great 
magnates bring the busy world with them to their pic- 
turesque homes, where they plan more astonishing 
coups in the fields of finance, while the rest of the 
family forget Pittsburg or Baltimore or New York in 
the fresh, new joys of the seashore; diplomats anv 
- ambassadors find peace in the mingled quiet and gaiety 
-of such places as Beverly, Manchester or Magnolia; 
writers find characters and settings for their work in 
the unhackneyed scenes along the Shore; on the beach 
at Magnolia a Turk at sunset performs his evening 
worship, while not far away a professor and his gently- 
bred family picnic in the quiet of the early evening. 
Volumes could be written and yet, perforce, omit 
some of the charms of the North Shore, yet even in this 
short article we must take a peep at a few of these 
pretty villages, which are replete with legend and 
beauty. Just above Boston is Nahant, always a spot 
desired by men. It comprises two delightful promon- 
tories—Great and Little Nahant—joined to the main- 
land and to each other’ by pretty beaches. Impressive 
and of rare interest are the great rocks at Nahant, and 
the tourist never passes by Pulpit Rock, Eagle Rock, 
Spouting Horn and Swallows’ Cave. 
Marblehead was a pioneer colony town in the old 
settlement days, as well as one of the pioneer summer 
resorts in the later period. How many hearts have 
gone out to queer, fascinating old Marblehead! Some- 
how, the skies seem a little bluer and the sun alittle - 
brighter above the harbor at Marblehead than any- 
where else along the Shore. The bay is one of the finest 
in the country, as is evidenced by the location there of 
the Corinthian and Eastern Yacht clubs. The yacht 
races at Marblehead are a delight to the sportsman and 
to the beauty lover alike, and are always foremost in 
the social events during the season. Five minutes’ walk 
HAUL IN MARBLEHEAD HARBOUR. 
from these most modern of clubs and from the newest 
and gayest of summer hotels, and one is hopelessly lost 
in a labyrinth of tangled streets. It is said that in the 
old days, when Marblehead was the home of prosperous 
fisherfolk, each man built his house where he pleased; 
when he came back from a successful trip he added to it 
as he wished and made a whole village of Janus-like 
houses, to which the streets have accommodated them- 
selves. There is about the village, where it has not 
become submerged in the summer resort, an air of 
Yankee sturdiness, whimsical, but lovable to a degree. 
Beverly is of quite a different character, but 
equally charming in its way. Its landscape gardening, 
its architecture and its natural beauties have won for it 
the name of the Garden City. There are some very 
pretty streets here, and of them none more delightful 
and refreshing than those avenues leading from the 
town to the water. They present a harmonious vista of 
straight roads, lined with beautiful old trees, framing 
the ocean beyond. They seem to have no ending, but to 
drop- abruptly into the sea. Parts of Beverly, Beverly 
Cove, Pride’s Crossing and Beverly Farms are among 
the most famous summer colonies in the country. 
Tucked away on the hillsides, or bravely facing the 
broad Atlantic are lovely homes; and the beautiful 
estates at Pride’s Crossing have won for it the title of 
the ‘“‘show place of the North Shore.’’ The home of 
Henry Clay Frick at Pride’s Crossing is one of the most 
beautiful country estates in the world. 
Manchester, more lately called Manchester-by-the- 
Sea, hid her charms for years from the beauty seeking 
world, but once discovered, she was never to know 
retirement again. If the beautiful old town had no 
other attraction than the incomparable Singing Beach, 
which is so called because its sands give out a peculiar, 
singing noise when they are disturbed by people pass- 
ing over their surface or by the waves, it would still 
draw its faithful lovers to its shores. The beach is a 
clean, white, sandy stretch about a mile in length and 
