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conceived the idea of organized re- 
lief work, and corps of nurses and 
The 
world- 
attendants on the battlefields. 
work she started becane 
wide, and is helping to lessen the 
horrors of the present great war in 
Europe. A northern woman, Miss 
Mabel Boardman, is in charge of 
this great Red Cross work, and it has 
become a sort of semi-official orgai- 
ization. The new building is in 
Marble Row, located near the White 
House, and half of the expense for 
its construction was provided by the 
government, and the remaining half 
by private subscriptions. 
BusINEss OF THE FARM 
With the business of the govern- _ 
ment ever increasing, the Agricul- 
tural Department. is more than 
keeping pace with the other Depart- 
ments. The heads of the Agricul- 
tural Department are urging stil 
greater attention to the business side 
of farming, although it is generally 
admitted that the farmer is paying 
more attention to the business end of 
the farm than ever before. Farmers 
no longer regard the Department of 
Agriculture as a thing apart from the 
_ practical aspects of their work and 
they realize that sound and practical 
advice is to be had from the experts. 
So far, however, the Department has 
confined itself largely to the details 
of cultivation, crop rotation and 
other rather isolated activities of the 
farm. The Secretary and Assistant 
Secretary believe it is time for the 
Department to go more extensively 
into the business side of farming, 
and they would have the Department 
not only advise the farmer about the 
production of any single crop, but 
they would have experts correlate 
the various phases of farm work and 
help outline a program for the en- 
tire season on a farm. The Secre- 
taries contend that research work by 
the Department experts should be 
given publicity at all stages of the 
process rather than keep their find- 
ings to themselves until every phase 
of the work has been completed. 
Surely, such practical effort to com- 
bine the work of the Department 
with the farmers’ problems and ex- 
perience is apt to have a wholesome 
‘economic effect. 
FrepeRAL TRADE COMMISSION 
- There are a good many reasons 
why the members of the Federal 
Trade Commission are proceeding 
with deliberation. Chairman Joseph 
E. Davies and his associates on the 
Commission are determined to con- 
sider carefully each and every move 
in the hope -of bringing about the 
best results from the very beginning. 
As evidence along that line the Com- 
mission has deferred the selection of 
a permanent secretary until organ- 
ization is more advanced. In the 
meantime Frank Jones is acting as 
temporary secretary. He has been 
the private secretary of Commission- 
er Davies for some time past, and 
since Mr. Jones has a habit of ren- 
dering satisfactory service, the com- 
missioners are still less inclined to 
be hasty in the selection of a per- 
manent secretary. 
SECRETARY DANIELS SAVES MILLION 
The office of Secretary of the 
Navy Daniels reports a saving of 
about $1,103,766 in the cost of spe- 
cial treatment of steel and other 
structural material for the battle- 
ships Arizona and California. The 
total amout of special treatment 
steel needed for the California was 
9,947,000 pounds. If that amount 
had been purchased at the price, 
12.68 cents per pound, paid for the 
New York’s material when there was 
no competition, it would cost $1,261,- 
279. The actual, cost for the Calt- 
fornia material was $625,774, show- 
ing a reduction in cost of $635,505. 
BEVERLY FARMS 
The services at the Baptist church 
were well attended all day Easter 
Sunday. In the evening the Bible 
School gave their annual concert. 
Next Sunday the Easter music will 
be repeated under direction of the 
choir master, Reuel Davis. Two 
were admitted to the church. Five 
are awaiting admission tothe church. 
The Girls’ club meeting will be ad- 
dressed by Miss Katherine P. Lor- 
ing on the work of the Red Cross 
society. The Boys’ club will meet on 
Monday. ‘The young people’s meet- 
ing will be lead by Mr. Davis. An 
Italian worker is to be employed by 
the church to teach an English class. 
The Scandinavian department has 
announced the dates of its services, 
—June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, Aug. 
6 and 27, and Sept. 3 and 17. Among 
the speakers are, Rev. C. V. Bow- 
man, Rev. J. A. Johnson, Rev. sre Ds 
Johnson, Rev. A. C. Lindstrom, and 
Rev. A. NLund. The services will 
be at 8.30 p.m. The Rev. Wei Ping 
Chen will address the service, April 
18. . Baptism, April 18. Rev. A. F. 
Peterson will address the churen, 
May 9. C. E. convention, April 19. 
Sunday School convention, May 12. 
Prof. Alberto Pecorini, state agent 
of the Public Library commission 
delivered an address on “The Advan- 
tages of America for Italians,” on 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 21 
Tuesday evening. ‘There was a large 
number present. Mr. Loreto Tesic- 
ini has been engaged to teach the 
English class. The Girls’ club work 
classes are taught by Mrs. Lewis 
Williams and Miss Stockwell. The 
Men’s Singing club have been en- 
gaged to give a concert in the church 
under the auspices of the Library 
Committee and the choir. 
Unclaimed letters at Beverly 
Farms postoffice April 8, 1915: Mrs. 
G. A. Bramwell, Miss N. T. Barry, 
Mrs. W. W. Dougherty, Margaret 
McDoland, Mr. John  Kavalekas, 
Savein Miller, Mr. S. Philpot, Mrs. 
Wm. Scollins, Jr.,.F. L.’ Holtman, S. 
A. Weldon.—L. J. Watson, P. M. 
The Beverly Farms branch of the 
improvement Society met Wednesday 
afternoon with Mrs. Frank I. Lom- 
asney at her home on Greenwood 
avenue. Reports from the various 
committees were read. It was voted 
to appropriate the amount needed to 
pay for the work done by the school 
children over and above the $50 ap- 
propriated by the Beverly Improve- 
ment society, as the amount to be 
set aside for the work in ward Six. 
After the meeting a pleasing social 
hour was held and tea was served. 
Mrs. Edwin F. Campbell and Mrs. 
Frank I. Preston presided at the tea 
table. The next meeting will be held 
on the first Wednesday in May with 
Mrs. J. M. Publicover, High srteet. 
THAT SINFUL PRINTER 
Unobserved and unannounced the 
president of a church society entered 
the composing room just in time to 
hear these words issue from the 
mouth of the boss printer: 
“Billy go to the Devil and tell 
him to finish that ‘murder’ he began 
this morning. Then ‘kill’ ‘William 
Bryan’s Youngest Grandchild,’ and 
dump the ‘Sweet Angel of Mercy’ in- 
to the hell-box. Then make up that 
‘Naughty Parisian Actress’ and lock 
up “The Lady in Her Boudoir’.” 
Horrified the good woman fled 
from that place of sin and now her 
children wonder why they are not 
allowed to play with the, printer’s 
youngster.—(Not original.) 
TENEMENTS or 
ROOMS TO RENT— 
This is the season of year when 
the Breeze is besieged by people 
who want to procure apart- 
ments and rooms on the North 
Shore for summer. Advertise- 
ments inserted in the Breeze 
classified columns have brought 
prompt returns to others—why 
not you? The cost is trivial. 
Results are what count. 
