Nov. 5, 1915. 
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Have you attended to your Thanks- 
giving Eve Reservation? 
Wednesday Night, November 24, 1915 
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femiepidveresting to all to note that Mrs. Barret 
Browning, widow of the only son of the English poets, 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Browning, who has lived in Venice 
for many years, will spend the winter in Washington. 
The little folk in the Argilla road colony at Ipswich were 
particularly interested in Browning last summer when 
they acted his “Pied Piper of Hamelin” in such a charm- 
ing manner on the lawns of Dr. Joseph L. Goodale’s es- 
tzte and raised a good sum for the Red Cross work and 
Ipswich school gardens. 
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cochrane of Pride’s Cross- 
ing, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Eliot Guild of Nahant 
have been recent visitors at Lenox. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred 
Codman of Nahant, were among the Stockbridge sojourn- 
ers last week. Mrs. Richard Weld of Boston was of a 
Lenox party last week. Boylston A. Beal of Manchester 
was at White Sulphur Springs, mie past week. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graves of New York, who 
spent the summer at the Oceanside, Magnolia, gave a 
reception at their country place, “The Garage” in Mineola, 
last Sunday afternoon, at which A. Nilson Fysher of 
Paris, composer of “Un peu d’Amour,” sang some of his 
own compositions, it being his first appearance in this 
country. 
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Miss Katherine Remick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Jerome H. Remick of the Magnolia colony, made her 
formal debut at her Detroit, Mich., home last Wednesday, 
-when her mother presented her at a reception in the af- 
ternoon, followed by a small dinner-dance for her sister 
debutantes in the evening. Among the bevy of debutantes 
who assisted were Miss Doris McMillan and Miss Joseph- 
ine Alger, who are well known on the North Shore. 
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Domestic science in all its branches has become a 
craze in Washington. All the matrons and maids in 
society are learning to trim hats, make dresses and cook. 
Even the humble laundry is not despised. Miss Margaret 
Draper, god-daughter of the dowager Queen of Italy, 
whose fortune of $6,000,000 is the largest possessed by 
ary Washington girl, is taking a course in cooking and 1s 
receiving compliments on her pastry. The prize pupil of 
recent years, according to the prinipal of the Connecticut 
ave. school, was Miss Martha Bowers, now Mrs. Robert 
Taft, who completed the entire course. Other pupils are 
Mrs. Oscar W. Underwood, Miss Henrietta Ramona 
Morales, daughter of the Minister of Panama, and who 
is preparing to establish a similar school in her native land. 
Mme. Pezet, wife of the Minister of Peru, is taking the 
salad course. 
NO Ri Hes tCOIR kK SRE EZ E 5 
How About It? 
Jf your watch has been running constantly for the 
past two years the balance wheel has made 315,360,000 
oscillations. After doing this enormous amount of work 
it is only fair to your watch to have the dry oil and 
dirt removed and the movement put in order. 
To neglect it means wearing out of delicate parts, 
poor time-keeping and greater expense when you are 
compelled to have the work done. 
F. S. Thompson, seweter 
164 Main Street, Gloucester 
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The November meeting of the Beverly Farms Branch 
of the Beverly Improvement society was held at the home 
of Mrs. Robert S. Bradley at which time she also enter- 
tained the executive committee of the Beverly society. 
At the meeting of the Beverly Farms Branch Mrs. How- 
ard A. Doane presided. The report of the secretary, Mrs. 
Frank Preston was read. During the year the Branch 
qas done excellent work and the report was a credit to 
all who contributed to the success of the society. There 
were two addresses, one by Mrs. Robert S. Bradley on 
Rat and Fly Extermination and the other on the Mosqui- 
toes by Mr. Walter S. Denégre of West Manchester. Mrs. 
Bradley spoke on the habits of the hibernating fly and the 
advances that have been made in the study of this pest. 
She suggested that the winter fly could be outwitted by 
careful fall house cleaning. The fly breeds in dirt and 
a fall cleaning will not only destroy the fly, but the haunts 
he seeks will be cleaned. The hibernating fly seeks water 
when he is aroused from his winter sleep and phenotas 
put in water will destroy the fly. Vessels of water may 
be placed about the house during the winter with phenotas 
in it. There is no possibility of it freezing. Mr, Denégre 
spoke about the work of clearing marsh lands and low 
places where the mosquito breeds. He spoke interesting- 
ly of the life, habits and haunts of the mosquito and 
made many valuable suggestions as to methods of fight- 
ing the insect. Mr. Denégre has been unusually success- 
ful in his work in exterminating mosquitoes in West 
Manchester and Beverly Farms. Tea was served after 
the addresses and Mrs. Bradley and Mrs, Washington B. 
Thomas poured. There was a good attendance. The 
November meeting of the society will be held at the home 
of Mrs. Howard A. Doane. 
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The Serbian Relief Association is tonight giving a 
costume dance at the Virginia hotel in Chicago. Among 
the young society folk who have had charge of the invi- 
tations was Miss Elizabeth Fuller, who spent part of last 
season at the Arthur G. Leonard home on Eastern Point, 
Gloucester. Mrs. Hobart Chatfield-Taylor was among 
the prominent workers in planning the ball. The Serbian 
Chicago spokesman says that not only every man capable 
of holding a gun is now under arms in that unhappy 
country, but that 100,000 women are also in the ranks. 
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Mrs. R. C. Winthrop and family closed their house 
at Manchester yesterday and returned to Boston. 
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Mrs. Edward A. Leicht, who spent part of the sum- 
mer at the Oceanside, Magnolia, opened her home in 
Chicago last ‘week for the first lecture of a series on 
I'rance in war time by Mme. Mercedes Devries-Schmit. 
