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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. XI 
SOCIETY NOTES. 
HE many friends of Miss Rosamond Bradley of 
Pride’s Crossing have a special interest in the mission 
ef Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, located near St. Anthony, New- 
foundland, for it was there she spent some time doing 
personal work among the natives two summers ago. Dr. 
and Mrs. Grenfell have arrived in Chicago from their 
faraway home and are now spending a few weeks among 
their friends while Dr. Grenfell is giving a series of 
lectures on his work. Mrs. Grenfell was formerly Miss 
Anna McClanahan of Winnetka, a suburb of Chicago. 
This week they are the guests of William R. Stirling and 
the Misses Stirling of Lake Forest, who gave a tea 17 
their honor. Dr. Grenfell, it is understood, is to join the 
second Harvard unit in Northern France in a few weeks. 
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Capt. and Mrs, Charles Webster Littlefield of Man- 
chester, who are spending part of the winter at the 
Plaza hotel, New York, are planning to spend the holi- 
days in Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour 
and Mr. and Mrs. Laurance H. Armour. Mrs. Little- 
field was formerly Mrs. Kirk Armour of Kansas City 
and is the mother of Watson and Laurance Armour. 
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Miss E. D. Boardman, who has been enjoying the 
beautiful autumn weather and other attractions on the 
North Shore this year as usual, closes her house at West 
Manchester today and will return to her winter home, 
416 Marlborough st., Boston. Mr. T. Dennie Boardman 
and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Goodrich are also returning 
to their town residence this week, after a long season at 
Nest Manchester. 
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Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Frick and Miss Helen Frick 
have closed their house at Pride’s Crossing and returned 
to New York, where they have a magnificent residence 
on the corner of Fifth avenue and 7oth Street. 
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An interesting engagement of the past week is that 
of Miss Grace Wainwright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Dexter Wainwright of ‘Marblehead, and Mr. 
Randolph Edgar, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Edgar 
of Minneapolis, Minn. 
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Mrs. Robert Dawson Evans of Beverly Cove has 
given $50,000 for scholarships for promising pupils of 
sculpture, as announced by the trustees of the Museum 
of Fine Arts, Boston. The gift is in memory of her 
mother, Mrs. David Hunt, and is to be known as the 
Mrs. David Hunt Memorial Fund. As Mrs. Hunt was 
interested in sculpture, Mrs. Evans has established this 
fund for the benefit of the department of sculpture and 
modelling in the Museum School. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Childs Frick are still on the North 
Shore, at the cottage on Masconomo st., Manchester, 
which they have occupied since June. They are to re- 
main over Thanksgiving. Mr. Frick is a polo and huni- 
ing enthusiast and the fall season at the Myopia Hunt 
club has been greatly enjoyed by him. It is understood 
he will take a house nearer the Myopia Hunt club next 
season. Mr, and Mrs. Frick will travel most of the 
winter. 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, November 19 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
OSTON society is much interested in the charity bail 
to be given tonight (Friday), at the Copley-Plaza, 
in aid of the Farnese Relief fund; the affair is given un- 
cer the direction of Miss Edith Deacon and Miss Dorothy 
Jordan. Miss S. Margaret Stackpole had charge of the 
sale of tickets. As the ball takes place the night before 
the Harvard-Yale game at the Harvard Stadium, it 1s 
expected that there will be a large attendance from New 
York and Philadelphia, as well as Boston. Conrad's 
crchestra is coming on from New York to play, and 
Mr, and Mrs. Vernon Castle will be there to judge a 
dancing competition at 11.30 o’clock. Those receiving 
will be Mrs. G. Richmond Fearing, Jr., Mrs. George von 
bpawlevyete. Mts. Georces Omrlecs EMrs to orepienseV <URy 
Crosby, Mrs. F. L. W. Richardson, Mrs. Guy Lowell, 
Mrs. Amor Hollingsworth, Mrs. F. L. Higginson, Jr., 
Mrs. Arthur =ScottBurdén, Mrs. George Rice» The 
patronesses are Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, Mrs. W. K. Vanu- 
derbiltJr Mrs. <b. L. -W - Richardson, *Mrs:-Eben D. 
jordan, Mrs. F. Lothrop, Ames, Mrs. George von 1,. 
Meyer, Mrs. Vincent Astor. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Clement Stevens Houghton of 152 
Suffolk road, Chestnut Hill, have sent out cards for the 
“et home,” with dancing, which they will give on Satur- 
Gay afternoon, Dec. 4, from 4 until 7 o’clock, at the Hoiel 
Somerset in honor of their daughter, Miss Elizabetn 
Houghton, who is one of the debutantes of the winter. 
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Mrs. William Lowell Putnam gave a reception at her 
Boston residence, 49 Beacon st., Thursday in honor of 
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. George Putnam, who was re- 
cently married to George Putnam, son of Mr. and Mrs. 
William Lowell Putnam, and connected with the law de- 
partment of the Boston Elevated Railway Company. Be- 
fere her marriage Mrs. George Putnam was Miss Kath- 
erine Harte of Philadelphia. 
Yearly subscription to North Shore Breeze, $2.00. 
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N WASHINGTON last week the officials of the Red 
Cross society met at the home of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, 
and formulated plans for a larger scope of work for the 
society. Miss Anne Morgan was among those present. 
The speakers were Miss Mabe] Boardman, secretary of 
the Red Cross society; Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A., 
Dr. Chas. F. Stokes, former Surgeon General, U. S. N., 
and William H. Taft, whom President Wilson has just 
made chairman of the central committee of the Red 
Cross. Joseph H. Choate presided. 
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Mrs. Ernest W. Roberts of the Rockport colony, 
wife of Congressman Roberts, is president of the Nation- 
al Library for the blind. She was hostess last week at 
a luncheon for the members of the governing board of 
the library which met in Washington. Miss Margarct 
Wilson was a guest at the luncheon. 
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Miss Eleanora Morgan of Washington, who was 1 
house-guest of Miss Francise Williams at the Leiter home 
in Beverly Farms the last summer is to be the maid of 
honor at the marriage of Miss Rebekah Wilmer to 
Thomas Alexander Scott Thropp, Nov. 24. 
