Vol. XIV 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, October 13, 1916 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
No. 41 
SOCIETY NOTES 
HE Weppinc of Miss Margaret Preston Draper and 
Prince Andrea Boncompagni-Ludovici will take place 
at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the famous tapestried 
ballroom of the Draper residence in Washington. Be- 
eause of the social prominence of Miss Draper and her 
mother, Mrs. Wm. F. Draper, both of Washington and 
Newport and during the summers at Manchester, the 
wedding will be of much interest to many North Shore 
families. . Miss Draper and her fiance motored over 
from Washington to call upon Cardinal Gibbons, in 
Baltimore, Monday. ‘The Cardinal is a lifelong friend 
of both families and will officiate at the wedding. With 
her bridal gown Miss Draper will wear the magnificent 
diamond butterfly made at her mother’s order in New 
York. The wings of the butterfly are not only encrusted 
with superb stones, but from them fall other beautiful - 
diamonds arranged in dewdrop fashion. This ornament 
will almost cover the bodice of the gown, and with it will 
be worn the superb string of pearls given Miss Draper by 
her father when she came out. 
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Mrs. John Chess Ellsworth of “Wayside,” Manches- 
ter Cove, has sent her children back to their home in 
South Bend, Ind., in order that they may be in school. 
Little Miss Phyllis, the six-year-old daughter was a 
flower girl at the recent wedding of Miss Gertrude Wells 
Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Oliver of South 
Bend, and Charles Frederick Cunningham of Lowell. 
Phyllis will also return to Boston to be a flower girl at 
the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Burrage of Manchester 
and Harold Chalifoux of Manchester and Lowell, an 
uncle to the Ellsworth children. Mrs. Ellsworth will 
keep her cottage open until after the wedding, which takes 
place Nov. 10, in Boston, at the Burrage mansion. 
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Joseph Leiter of Beverly Farms is spending much 
time at Marsh Island, near the mouth of the river at New 
Orleans, where he is overseeing work on his new hunting 
lodge. It will be a rustic building plainly finished extern- 
ally, but luxuriously furnished for a hunting home. The 
work is being rushed in order to have it ready Nov. 1, 
when the hunting season opens. Mr. Leiter is preparing 
to spend the winter between Marsh Island and New 
Orleans, where he will take part in social activities. 
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At tomorrow’s wedding in exauly Farms, when Miss 
Anne Middleton Means, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Little, 
becomes the bride of Valentine Thomas Worthington of 
New York, one of the ushers will be the Hon. Thomas 
Spring-Rice, third secretary of the British embassy, which 
a year ago had summer headauatters in Beverly Cove. 
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Chas. W. Smith and family have closed their cottage 
in Magnolia and returned to their winter home in Ger- 
mantown, Pa. 
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Samuel P. Mandell and household have removed from 
their summer home on Neptune st., Beverly Cove, to 302 
Commonwealth ave., Boston. 
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Mrs. Richard J. Monks closes her house “Edge- 
wood” in Manchester for the season Oct. 20 and will be 
at the Charlesgate, Boston, this winter. 
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Mrs. Marshall Field of ‘Bee Rock,” Beverly Cove, 
is visiting Mrs. Wirt Dexter at Marion. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
WASHINGTON has an unusually large contingent who 
will close their homes on the North Shore next Sun+ 
day and take their departure to the city en masse by <a 
special train which will run directly to Washington with- 
out stop and which will also avoid New York City 
Prominent among North Shore residents are many Wash-_ 
ingtonians who have beautiful homes in. our midst. , 
“Faglehead” in Manchester is the extensive sea-shore 
estate of Mrs. James McMillan of Washington whose 
children, including Lady Harrington of England, the 
Francis W. McMillans of Jamaica, L. I., the Philip H. 
McMillans of Detroit, Mr.. and Mrs. Steuart’ Lansing 
Pittman (Doris McMillan, a granddaughter) of Detroit 
were guests of the summer at various times. Here, also, 
is where another granddaughter, Mrs. Preston Gibson, - 
spends much of her time. However, the past summer she 
occupied a cottage in Beverly Farms. This winter she 
will spend with Mrs. McMillan in Washington instead of 
opening her own city home. 
Mrs. C. A. Munn is another resident of Washington 
who has been coming to Manchester for many summers. 
Her son’s family, the Charles A. Munns of Philadelphia, 
Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee Munn of Washington and her son, 
Ector O. Munn, passed most of the season with her im 
the delightfully located. cottage on Old Neck, near Sing- 
ing Beach. 
Mrs. James D. Safford and her daughter Miss Gladys 
M. Safford, who formerly lived in Springfield, now make 
Washington their winter home after leaving the attractive 
summer cottage recently purchased on Norton’s Point, 
one of the most charming bits of Manchester. 
Mrs. Charles Stedman Hanks, Miss Clarina Hanks 
and Stedman S. Hanks of West Manchester, Rear Ad- 
miral and Mrs. H. G. O. Colby, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. 
Mitchell and the W. D. Denégres are others from Man- 
chester, who claim Washington as a winter home. 
At Beverly Farms are the R. S. Reynolds Hitts, 
Judge and Mrs. Oliver W. Holmes, the Joseph Leiters, 
Senator and Mrs. Henry F. Lippitt and Col. and Mrs. 
John R. Williams whose daughter, Miss Francise Wil- 
liams, recently became Mrs. John Ballantine Pitney at 
one of the many September weddings upon the Shore. 
Pride’s Crossing contains ““Swiftmoor,” the beautiful 
home of the late Mrs. Edwin C. Swift. This is now 
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Aksel C. P. Wichfeld (Mabelle 
Swift Moore) and the latter’s children of Washington. 
Hamilton is where “Sagamore Farm,” the home of 
the Hon. and Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner, lies in the midst 
of the rolling meadows of the inland region. Not far 
from it is “Rock Maple Farm,” where the: Hon. and Mrs. 
George von L. Meyer and their daughter, Miss Julia 
Meyer, spend the summers in one of the most interesting 
homes in that region. The George von L. Meyer, Jrs., 
are close by at “Longmeadow.” Lt. and Mrs. C. Ray- 
mond P. Rodgers (Alys Meyer) of Washington and 
Newport are among the frequent guests at the Meyer 
home. 
“Green Court” in Hamilton is the new home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins whose son, Cleveland 
Perkins, Harvard ’15, is with the American legation in 
Copenhagen. 
Wenham has the handsome new residence, “High- 
over.” of Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. William 
Phillips. Close by is Moraine Farm where Mrs. John P, 
