6 -NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Chicago as well as Boston society has been interested 
in, the reports from faraway Japan telling of the glimpses 
of the coronation festivities as seen by Mrs. B. Sumner 
Welles (Esther Slater). Mrs. Welles was one of the six 
American women who was present at the celebrated 
event, When she and Mr. Welles, who is connected with 
the American embassy at Tokio, were enroute to Japan 
last summer they stopped off in Chicago and visited Mrs. 
Welles’ cousin, Jarvis Hunt and another relative, Mrs. 
Fdward L. Pollack at Lake Forest. 
R. JOHN C. PHILLIPS of “Windy Knob,” Wenham, 
has a most fascinating account in the November Out- 
ing magazine of his personal experience in breeding the 
most beautiful of American ducks—the wood-duck. He 
feels that the wood-duck’s place as a peer among water- 
fowl is sure and serene, and his object in writing the 
tale is in the hopes of inducing others to take up the 
problem. That literature on the subject has been very 
secant until recently is explained, but many who are simi- 
lerly engaged in the unique experiment seem to agree 
that the wood-duck is more amenable to confinement in 
every way than any other species of wild duck, except 
the mallard. He says: “There are many places in the 
Wnited States where the wood-duck could be raised and 
liberated and a local breeding stock easily established. 
The tendency of the present strain of hand-reared wood- 
ducks is to become local, for their migratory instinct 
scems to have been dulled by many generations of captive 
life. The few birds which I have liberated at Wenham, 
Mass., during the past three years have supported this 
view, for they remained with us as late as possible in 
the fall, and in one case returned late in December to the 
winter quarters. I have so far no evidence that my 
birds have gone South and returned again, although re- 
turns from banded birds may yet throw light on this 
point.” Then follow extracts from his journal, begun in 
1909, showing what can be done with wood-ducks and 
their propagation in very limited quarters. His first at- 
tempt in a wire enclosure by the side of Wenham lake 
was far from satisfactory. He then constructed a pond 
by putting a small dam across a brook, and enclosed about 
an acre of pond and land space. This was surrounded 
by a seemingly secure and deep fence. But Dr. Phillips 
had many tragic experiences with enemies who came and 
THE charter members of the proposed Essex County — 
Rifle club, referred to in last week’s BrrEzx, follo-vs 
(and the list is still open for others) : 
George Burroughs, real estate, Hamilton. 
Edward J. Prest, real estate, Topsfield. 
Frederick J. Allen, treasurer, Hamilton. 
Joseph B. Poor, grocer, Topsfield. 
Charles F’. Jordan, farmer, Topsfield. 
John S. Williams, farmer, Topsfield. 
Charles W. Taintor, farmer, Topsfield. 
James H. Proctor, farmer, Ipswich. 
Dudley P. Rogers, farmer, Danvers. 
George L. Gould, merchant, Topsfield. 
Arthur H. Wellman, lawyer, Topsfield. 
George S. Mandell, newspaper man, Hamilton. 
I. H. Sawyer, farmer, Boxford. 
Thomas W. Pierce, farmer, Topsfield. 
Bartlett H. Hayes, stock broker, Andover. 
Neal W. Rice, farmer, Ipswich. 
Frederick Ayer, Jr., farmer, Topsfield. 
George E. Cabot, real estate, Manchester. 
John C, Phillips, naturalist, Wenham, 
Dec. 3, 1915. 
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell M. Chapin of the Manchester- 
Magnolia colony will give a dinner at their Chicago home, 
1427 Astor street, tomorrow night. 
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Mrs. W. B. Currier of Wenham was a recent guest 
of Mrs. G. H. Baldwin at the opera in Chicago. Last 
Saturday she was the guest of Mrs. George M. Pullman 
and daughter, Mrs. Frank O. Lowden, in their box at 
Orchestra hall. 
conquered before he could successfully rout them. Owls, 
cats, other wild fowl and ducks escaping over the fence 
were among some of the difficulties of his duck pond 
experiment. He has constructed a little winter house 
holding 150 or more and by Thanksgiving time has all 
of the small fowl inside. This rat-proof house with a 
brook running across its front yard he considers a pleas- 
ant place to visit to watch the ducks. Some years the 
ducks have done remarkably well in laying eggs and 
raising their young, but the past season has been a poor 
one, only 138 eggs being laid, owing, perhaps, Dr. Phillips. 
thinks to the drought and scarcity of water. He hopes 
to replace some of the males with wild trapped birds the 
coming year. In outlining a scheme for beginners he 
says: “There are numerous tricks of the trade, of 
course, and many of them never find their way into 
print.” The article is illustrated with many interesting 
pnotographs .of full page dimensions taken by Dr. 
Phillips. 
Wenham lake is the nucleus around which the Phil- 
lips farnilies have gathered in the summer time for many 
seasons. It is here that Mrs. John C. Phillips (Anna 
Tucker) of Boston spends a long season on her beautiful 
estate known as “Moraine Farm.’ Her son’s family, 
the George W. Phillips of Sudbury; and her sons-in-law 
and daughters, Congressman and Mrs. Andrew J. Petezs 
of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Raynal Bolling of 
“ Greyledge,” Greenwich, Conn., always spend part of the 
season at “Moraine Farm.” Another son, William Phil- 
lips, who is now third assistant secretary of state, and 
Mrs. Phillips (Caroline Drayton) have a handsome new 
home, “Highover” adjoining “Moraine Farm.” Dr. John 
Phillips makes “Windy Knob” his year-around home. 
Arthur C. Cummings, stablekeeper, Hamilton. 
Bayard Tuckerman, retired, Ipswich. 
Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., insurance, PEW 
Francis R. Appleton, Ipswich. 
C. Harvey Shoemaker, farmer, Topsfield. 
Bertram C. Gould, architect, Topsfield. 
Peer P. Johnson, physician, Beverly. 
George H. Gibney, insurance, Hamilton. 
Emery L. Bradford, clergyman, Boxford. 
William Hooper, retired, Manchester. 
Raymond C. Allen, civil engineer, Manchester. 
James Duncan Phillips, publisher, Topsfield. 
S. Dacre Bush, cotton buyer, Hamilton. 
Herbert W. Mason, farmer, Ipswich. 
Frank A. Laws, prof. of electrical engineering, Salem. 
Charles <P. Searle, lawyer, Institute of Technology, 
Ipswich. 
George E. Coates, commercial secretary, Lynn. 
Richard W. Searle, wool, Ipswich. 
John Appleton Burnham, private, Marblehead. 
Alfred Ripley, banker, Andover, 
George Wigglesworth, trustee, Milton. 
