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The Water Board Controversy. 
Editor North Shore Breeze: 
Dear Sir: Kindly allow me a 
small space in your esteemed paper 
to write a few lines concerning the 
controversy now existing in regard 
to the election of the Water Com- 
missioners at the next annual town 
meeting in Manchester. 
The voters of Manchester elected 
the present Board of Water Com- 
missioners, signifying by so doing, 
their confidence in the ability of 
those men to properly perform the 
duties of the office. 
The year which is now drawing to 
a close has presented to this board 
some very difficult problems, which 
were of utmost importance to the 
town, effecting not only this but 
present generations, and the man- 
ner in which they have solved these 
matters shows that the trust in them 
was not misplaced. 
After untiring investigation and 
most careful consideration they 
have given the town a water sup- 
ply which is beyond criticism. 
This would not be the case if they 
had not given the work, as it pro- 
gressed, their careful supervision so 
that no detail in the installation of 
the new water system has been 
slighted in any way. 
In view of the way these men 
have served the town I trust that 
the voters will show their apprecia- 
tion of their efforts by re-electing 
the retiring members for the com- 
ing term. Without doubt the pres- 
ent members of the Board are ready 
and will make any explanatory 
statement concerning the action 
they have taken with regard to the 
management of the water works the 
past year. 
—A VOTER. 
Manchester, Feb. 17, 1910. 
_ Editor North Shore Breeze: 
Dear Sir: A ‘‘voter’’ has called 
the attention of the Manchester 
-~Woman’s club to the necessity of a 
woman on the school board. 
While nearly every member of 
the club agrees with him in regard 
_to this, what does he expect us, as a 
~elub, to do? 
We are organized to promote a 
broader culture intelligently and 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
morally, not to nominate candidates 
for any public office. 
If the voters of this town realize 
it is best for the women to have 
some voice in the affairs of the 
schools, why don’t they ask one of 
us to be-a candidate for the posi- 
tion? I certainly think it would 
look better to have such a request 
come from the voters who control 
town affairs, than to have the club 
thrust one of its members on the 
public. Let the voters who have the 
good of our schools at heart, do this 
and they will find the women ready 
to help their candidate, even to the 
extent of registering and voting for 
her. 
Our club stands ready to help our 
schools and town and to work on 
any line that will be of benefit to 
either, but I do not think, with our, 
conscientious and competent men at 
the wheel, we need give any orders 
on the political craft. 
A Member of the Woman’s Club. 
Our Frontispiece. 
On our front page this week we 
are printing a picture of Beach st., 
taken some 20 years ago, a picture 
that is unfamiliar to most of our 
Manchester people, and especially to 
the members of the summer colony, 
who are accustomed to ride over this 
street in the summer season. 
The picture was loaned us by 
Charles O. Lee. It was taken from 
the railroad crossing, looking to- 
ward the Postoffice. On the extreme 
left will be noticed the building 
where the Breeze office is now locat- 
ed. A barber shop was then located 
there. The next building on the 
street is the old Kinsman house, de- 
molished some years ago, previous 
to the erection of the postoffice block. 
It will be noted that none of the 
stores now lining this street had yet 
been built. Dow’s block and thesmall 
stores between that and the Breeze 
office had not been built, neither had 
Bell’s store, nor the Blaisdell build- 
ing, occupied by Smith’s express. 
Dr. Blaisdell’s and A. C. Needham’s 
residences, on Union street, are 
shown in the picture. 
At the head of the street will be 
noticed the white building, now oe- 
cupied by Valentine’s market and a 
tailor shop. 
On the right hand side of the 
street, in the foreground, will be 
seen the building owned by J. S. 
Reed, now used by him as a home 
and restaurant. Shaughnessy, a 
plumber, then occupied the lower 
portion of the building, coming here 
about the time of the installation of 
the water works in Manchester, 
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Woman’s Club Musicale. 
The semi-monthly meeting of the 
Manchester Woman’s club was held 
Tuesday afternoon when a musical 
program was carried out, the after- 
noon proving a very pleasing fea- 
ture of the year’s program. The ar- 
tists were Mrs. Alexina Carter-Bar- 
rell, soprano; Miss Claire Keeley, 
reader; Herbert Seiler, pianist. All 
the artists were well received and 
listened to with closest attention. 
Mrs. Barrell was suffering from a 
cold, but proved to be a charming 
singer in her various numbers. Miss 
Keeley’s rendering of Kipling’s 
‘‘Mandalay’’ was so well received 
that she responded by another 
equally well given. The selections 
of Mr. Seiler were excellently ren- 
dered. Following is the program: 
Aria, Lascia Chio Pianza, Hande 
Reading, ‘‘Mrs. Casey on Lawn Tennis,’’ 
(An Irish Monologue) 
Piano Solo, Impromptu C minor, Reinhold 
Songs of the seasons, Springtime, Ries 
Winds in the Trees, Thomas 
Autumn Song Clayton Johns 
My Lover He Comes on the Skee, 
Clough-Leighter 
Reading, ‘‘On the Road to Mandalay,’’ 
and ‘‘Mother O”’ Mine,”’ Kipling 
Piano Solo, Polonaise E Minor, MacDowell 
Folk Songs, American Indian Tribal 
Melodies, Creole, Irish, Scotch, 
Reading, The Duel, Eugene Field 
Lullabys, Cradle Song Kelso Carter 
You and I, Liza Lehmann 
His Lullaby, Bond 
Piano Solo, Valse de concert T. Mattiel 
Keith’s Theatre. 
The season at Keith’s is proving 
one of the most remarkable in the 
history of that vaudeville theatre, 
and all Boston is attending the 
shows. For five weeks Loie Fuller’s 
Ballet of Light has been the attrac- 
tion that has never been equalled in 
vaudeville and next week the bill 
will contain a host of new features 
of equal importance. Nat Willis, the 
tramp comedian, who is now recog- 
nized as the leading humorist in this 
line of work, comes with an entirely 
new line of talk, stories that have 
been setting New York by the ears, 
and, of course, introducing some- 
thing new about his famous affinity 
Hortense. Another big feature will 
be furnished by George V. Ho- 
bart’s sketch entitled ‘‘Dinkelspiel’s 
Christmas.’’ Dinkelspiel is an old, 
wholesome German with a fund of 
wit and a son who is thoroughly 
Americanized and a mother who is 
unable to understand it. He has 
woven a very pretty story around 
the affairs of the family and in fact 
it is one of the most unique sketches 
of the kind that has been staged in 
recent years. 
