- Boston. The one objection to following this route is 
that the hillside is so beautiful that one is tempted to 
abandon the trip to the commons and enjoy the beauties 
‘of nature here which are no less. 
Entering Dogtown by way of Gee avenue we pass 
through a country lane and by an old farmhouse, at the 
edge of beautiful little duck ponds and cranberry bogs 
until suddenly a hill sprinkled with boulders looms up 
in front of us. Sprinkled is tht proper word to use, be- 
cause the moor looks like nothing so much as it looks like 
a place which has been visited by a terrific cloud-burst 
5 when rocks of all sizes took the place of rain. 
4 Soon after entering the commons we come upon the 
cellars of houses built here in Revolutionary times. Why 
_ people should care to live in a place where it is almost im- 
possible to plant gardens, and from which markets are at 
an inconvenient distance, we cannot at first understand. 
_ We are told that some of the settlers at Gloucester and 
at Sandy Bay (now Rockport), were frightened lest they 
should become victims of British man-of-war and mi- 
| grated to Dogtown where they would be out of reach of 
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the guns. The road over which we are walking was the 
road which leads from Rockport to Dogtown and thence 
to Riverdale. The houses built at that time stood many 
of them until as late as 1830, but so inconveniently located 
North Shore People 
MAGNOLIA has its fingers on the pulse of past-time 
and the beat it feels is trot, trot, trot. At the 
Thé Dansant last Friday afternoon the pulse-of-past-time 
was speeding far above normal, but the speed law per 
dansant—for trotists and tangoists keeps increasing with 
the sparkle of the artists Miss Voorhees brings up from 
_ New York, It has been said that ‘‘New Yorkers take New 
_ York with them wherever they go” and Miss Voorhees 
has literally brought the atmosphere of a McAlpin and a 
Sherry Thé Dansant to Magnolia holidaying to entertain 
the welter of cosmopolitanism all along the North Shore 
and to make the New Yorkers feel at home. Last week 
the artists were Carl and Irene Bentzen of Royal Swed- 
ish ballet fame, of Bustanobody and Shanley and Healy 
_ fame and now also of Oceanside ‘Thé Dansant fame. At 
the first strain of “It’s Malinda’s Wedding Day” at profes- 
q sional tempo, they glided from out of the nowhere into the 
musical-comedy scene, and all that followed was great! 
; Trots, dips and whirls in a confusion of her white accor- 
_ dian pleats and scarlet hip sash in duet with his white- 
 flanneled-blue-coated figure, kept getting faster and faster 
in brilliancy of execution and satisfaction. Society played 
its part well, too, and neglected the tea and toast in true 
_ stage fashion to stand for a better look and to emphasize 
the applause. All the world still loves the proverbial 
lover, but it also loves novelty and the latest attraction 
. and if the lover in the proverb knowns the Texas Tommy 
and the Cassel Walk, and the Aeroplane Glide and all the 
; fango tangos he is so much more useful to the whole 
world’s work, and it is the only accomplishment that 
makes him absolutely indespensible to the particular Nell 
Brinkley. This is not news, however, to the scion of so- 
ciety himself, for whether he is a week-ender from Boston 
or registered from Pittsburg or St. Louis or New York 
or Washington or is a consul from Rome or a diplomat 
from Uruguay or just motors in from Chicago he has learn- 
ed what the world and Nell Brinkley loves long enough 
ago to perfect his steps in this fractious, up-to-date motif 
of the entertainment of life. From the time the an- 
nouncement is made Oceanside guests from the east, west, 
north and south begin their planning and arranging of side 
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—— — So 
g NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 13 
was the settlement that it was finally abandoned. 
As we follow along the road we notice boulders as 
big as a house and pebbles as small as the end of our 
finger, with stones of all sizes and shapes in between these 
two. The “target rock,” a huge boulder on which a tar- 
get was painted years ago is one of the largest on the 
commons. 
The road from here to Whale’s Jaw goes up hill and 
down. There is one valley near here which always sug- 
gests to me a wonderful setting for a great battle-ground. 
Two opposing armies—one on the one hill and one on the 
other—might hold their positions for hours without fear 
of an onslaught, 
Away to the left is the Whale’s Jaw. This rock is 
so named because it is formed like the jaw of a whale. 
It is about twenty-five feet high and weights probably 
several hundred tons. The common opinion is that a 
bolt of lightning split the rock, causing its unusual shape. 
From here we get a very good general view of the 
commons stretching away toward Gloucester some four 
miles distant. In the bigness of the place is reflected the 
greatness of God. 
(So much can be written about Dogtown and its en- 
virons that it will be necessary to have another article up- 
on the same subject next week). 
Attend The Dansant 
by side tables, and messengers from Beverly to Bass 
Rocks are buzzing around the chart of reservations. 
Spencer Kennard and Mr. Burke entertained Miss Made- 
line White and Miss Jimmie Wynne at one table. Miss 
White wore a lovely white lace and chiffon dancing frock 
and a most becoming big leghorn picture hat. Miss 
Wynne was more stunning than ever in a smartly cut 
white tailored suit and a rich rose-colored hat that is won- 
derfully becoming. Hugo de Pena and Captain Burgwyn 
of Washington entertained Miss de Pena and Miss Geor- 
gie Solari. By the way, Mr. de Pena and Miss de Pena 
did not intend dancing alone but they do the tango so 
well every one enjoyed watching more than sharing the 
dance. Miss de Pena should always wear big black hats, 
they suit her picturesque charm. Mrs. J. Harrington 
Walker had Miss Margaret Walker, Mr. Cross and ‘Tom 
Connor at her table. Mrs. Walker looked exceedingly 
smart in a green dancing frock and hat to match. One 
of the gayest, parties at the hotel who just arrived by 
motor from Chicago in time for the Thé Dansant was 
Mrs. Hudson’s. She chaperoned her daughter Miss Mar- 
guerite Hudson, Miss Radiger, Mr, Jelke and.Mr. Bolte. 
Miss Hudson is wonderfully smart-looking and was chic 
as could be on Friday in white skirt and panama hat with 
gray tailored coat. Mrs. M. E. Hobart entertained three ; 
B. C. Weld of Beverly Farms had six guests, Miss Mar- 
jory Moreland of Detroit had three guests, Miss A. D. 
Tucker of New York City had a table of six; Mrs. J. E. 
Smith of Cleveland was here; Mrs. Hussey of St. Louis 
always a popular hostess, entertained; Mrs. Boylston 
Beal of Manchester had a large party, Mrs. Henry Brewer 
of New York had four guests; Q. A. Shaw of Pride’s 
Crossing was there and W. H. Coolidge and party; Mrs. 
R. W. Bacot and Miss Williams of Utica, N. Y.; Mrs. 
laB. Gardner entertained six; Mrs, A. Watson Armour 
of Chicago had six guests; Mrs. A. I. Croll of Manches- 
ter entertained four and the Pattison party consisting of 
Mrs. Fisher, the Misses Pattison and Miss Gladys von 
Fossen, and Mrs. Robert Snyder of Boston were together. 
Mrs. Snyder is beautiful, of the petite tvpe, and looked 
extremely well on Friday. 
