6 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder Sept. 1, 1916, 
or a_ contrasting wall. Two side en- 
feature, each en- trances are noted 
hancing the gene- in the garden, one 
ral effect of the from the main av- 
other. enue entrance near 
The end of the 
garden, or back, is 
perhaps the most 
picturesque, for 
here is the large, 
white stone tea 
house, with its tile 
floor, marble table 
and settees and 
white garden fur- 
niture. Down in 
front of the tea 
house are the lily 
fountains, large 
and ornamentally 
formed. Between 
the fountains and 
the lotus fountain 
in the center are 
two long beds of 
lilies through 
which little gold- 
fish play. 
Shaded arbors lead from the tea house, one to the 
water front and one to the inner part of the place, and 
from these arbors charming vistas may be seen as through 
a window in the wall, which is open at the end of the 
arbors. From the arbors brick walks extend all around 
the garden wall, with steps here and there leading down 
to the lower garden. Bay trees are numerous along the 
walks, also some orange trees with ripe fruit are seen in 
large tubs along the wall. Back of the tea house is the 
pretty little Narcissus fountain standing in a niche in the 
the wall - fountain, 
and the other from 
the water side. A 
stretchof lawn runs 
between the garden 
wall and the sea 
wall. The latter is 
almost concealed 
with low foliage, 
and from this por- 
tion ofthe place, 
which seems almost 
like a part of the 
garden, one of the 
sweeping sea views 
of the Shore is ob- 
tained. 
The garden is so 
arranged that it can 
electricity. The 
grounds of Dawson 
Hall are a delight 
on each side, this point of land on 
With water 
which the house stands is a rich picture of lawn, trees 
to see. 
and flowers. At this time the driveway and walks near 
the house are made more attractive with the hydrangeas 
showing a wealth of blue and lavender blossoms. The 
great sweep of lawn flecked with ‘tree shadows, the 
fountains, the statuary and the garden all seem to be 
bound together and weave the spell of which the in- 
truder is warned as he enters the beautiful garden. 
(Photos used in this article are by Mary H. Northend) 
The Sentiment of France 
(Substance of a Letter from the Union of the Fathers and Mothers Whose 
Sons Have Died for France to Mr. John Jay Chapman of New York.) 
HE, Union of the Fathers and Mothers Whose Sons 
Have Died for France—an association founded to 
safeguard and to honor the memory of those who fall in 
battle—decided at a recent meeting to extend to you its 
profound sympathy. The society regards with equal 
reverence and admiration all those who are fighting on 
the soil of France for the cause of civilization and justice 
and who are displaying a heroism never surpassed in his- 
tory. 
Our thoughts turn with profound gratitude toward 
those children of the Great American republic who have 
brought their manhood to aid that cause and who have 
given or offered their lives to it. Your son, sir, ever 
since he sought the field of peril and of honor in company 
with our soldiers has, by his exploits, been an example 
to his companions in arms. He has been in the first rank 
of the heroes whose memory we shall cherish, and when 
death claimed him and crowned his brave sacrifice with 
honor the whole of France paid homage to the noble son 
you have lost. Our Union desires to tell you that we 
share in your sorrow and in your pride. 
We desire also that this expression of admiration 
and sympathy shall serve as a testimony of our gratitude 
to all those countrymen of yours whose sons are fighting 
by the side of ours and who will tomorrow share in the 
honor of a victory, gained through their prowess, which 
the whole world will applaud. 
Will you not, sir, become our interpreter and trans- 
mit to your countrymen this message? 
Pray accept the sympathy of the fathers ne mothers 
of France who are bowed with the same grief that has 
come to you. 
Tur DrutTscHLAND HAs CoMPL&rED its sensational 
voyage from Germany to America and from America to 
Germany. The trip was sensational in every respect and 
was a welcome head-liner for the news journals and has 
given the citizens of Bremen an incident to rejoice over. 
But the ends gained by the voyage are without result upon 
the main issues of the war. W. hat does it matter if one 
submarine or more is able to elude the cordon thrown 
about Germany by the English Navy? As a matter of 
fact, the Navy of Great Britain has tightened its hold 
upon the allied powers and that grip has not yet been. 
broken. The Deutschland incident is not without thrilling 
interest, but it has not ulterior significarice. 
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be lighted with 
New styles for men have been announced, but. the © 
old-fashioned statesman will continue to wear a white 
linen tie, 
