Tue Norru SxHorg of Massachusetts is the most 
attractive shore resort in the United States and it has 
an enviable world-wide reputation. As a summer place 
it has no equal. Nature has been kind and man _ has 
been quick to realize her benefical gifts. This shore 
has attracted men of wealth and good judgment as the 
one spot in all the world for a summer place. Some 
ambitious newspaper men and novelists have called it the 
gold coast. It is the character of the shore, however, 
that has attracted the wealth of the world. Never have 
the charms of the shore been unknown, but the last fifty 
years has seen a transformation that has been unrivaled 
in the history of America. There are other charming 
shore resorts along the eastern American coast from 
Long Island sound to the coast of Canada, but the shore 
and for ten miles inland from Beverly to Rockport is 
unrivaled. The open sea, rugged rocky promontories, 
long sandy beaches, wooded points and hills are all at- 
tractive. On this coast is found that unusual combin- 
ation of shore and country, the tree growths in some 
places running down to the very shore lines. The June 
skies and summer cloud effects are of world repute; 
travelers have compared them favorably with the Italian 
skies. Fortunate, indeed, is the man whose lot in life 
affords him the privilege of enjoying natures bounty. 
No one has seen America who has not seen the North 
Shore. 
In Nature the week has meant much. All of the 
signs of spring have now become common place and 
budding trees and opening flowers do not create quite 
the enthusiasm they did a week of more ago. The for- 
sythia is holding its own, still, The children are search- 
ing the woodland hills and finding hepatica in quantities. 
The marsh marigold has long been poking sunny heads 
out of stagnant pools and running swamp streams. The 
dogged tooth violet has been blooming in profusion for 
two weeks. It is time the summer residents were turn- 
ing to the Shore. The city has had its day. Now the 
country place will hold the centre of interest for six 
months. 
THE Purcuasé by H. C. Frick of a portrait of 
Thomas Cromwell, by Holbein, for his private art gal- 
lery adds another treasure to his already rich art posses- 
sions. America should be grateful that there are men 
interested in the art treasures of the world and have the 
means and the interest to collect them from the ends of 
the earth to enrich American possessions. 
Tue Crry oF BrEvERLY has two banks, Manchester 
has its own centre and Beverly Farms is to have a 
branch bank. These facts alone tell the story of a grow- 
ing North Shore. 
THe CreaAN-Up anp Parint-Up agitation is but 
a new name for an old-fashioned custom,—spring house- 
cleaning. 
Watcu NEw HAVEN come back! 
Sourn. America is now being considered by the 
merchants and manufacturers of America as a new out- 
let for American goods because of the limitations put 
upon business operations by the war in Europe. Amer- 
ica has already been asleep too long to the opportunities 
which are to be found in the continent to the South. 
Europe has been industrious in plying its trade with 
America and has been careful to cultivate the friendship 
of South American people. Arrogant and conceited as 
the Americans have been in their southern relations there 
are still opportunities to redeem the past and seize 
the future. The American merchants have been blind 
to the opportunities of the South American continent and 
the national policy of the country has not always been 
conciliatory or civil. With all of America’s boasted faith 
in liberty, equality and fraternity it must remember that 
the South American people love the same privileges and 
resent: discriminations: Roger W. Babson in his address 
to the Brotherhood at Manchester Monday made a strong 
plea for the South American continent and its people. 
The men of Manchester now have a clearer idea of the 
opportunities of South America than they ever have had. 
Mr. Babson made a carful study of the trade opportuni- 
ties of South America and has returned equipped with a 
fund of valuable information that will help create a new 
interest in South America and its possibilities. 
Tur Boston Opera Company made a “gamey” 
fight,—only to lose. It is a pity that the enterprise that 
has been so successful from the standpoint of artistic 
endeavors could not have been made to pay financially. 
The Opera Company served the musical public efficient- 
ly, but the lovers of music did not rise to the opportuni- 
ties. The passing of the company puts an end for 
a while to Boston’s opera ambitions. It is a thousand 
pities that such an educational enterprise could not have 
been successful. ph 
Att, WASHINGTON has been stirred by the news that 
the United States tanker Gulflight has been sunk by a 
German torpedo. The incident is disconcerting and: some- 
what embarrassing to our State department, but the aver- 
age citizen may go about his daily tasks without appre- 
hension; the state department will be able to peacefully 
adjust matters. What a chance the “yellow journals” 
had. 
Nature 1s Proptcar, with yellow these spring days. 
What is more beautiful than the long sweeping branches 
of the newly budded willows? Among the wild flowers 
yellow is prominent; note the dandelion, marsh marigold 
and the forsythia. 
CALIFORNIA AND THE WEs? are good places to visit, 
but the North Shore is the place to live. 
Ir is A Wisk MercHAN’ that knows the possibilities 
of his own field. 
Tray Sriny, “keeps ’em guessing.” 
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