Society Notes 
Watteau Féte 
_ have been offered yesterday afternoon 
for the Watteau fete at the Haven 
; ee in Beverly Farms, in aid of the 
Talitha Cumi Home. The beautiful 
large estate offered a delightfully 
pretty setting for the affair, and the 
whole thing went off very successfully, 
more than 500 people from all along 
the North Shore and more distant 
points coming by train, carriage and 
automobile to witness the affair. 
Shepherds and shepherdesses, court 
gentlemen and court ladies went 
through thestately dances and braided 
the maypole with all the grace of their 
prototypes of years ago. The cos- 
tumes were gorgeous, and those for 
the ladies were planned by Mrs. John 
Caswell, Mrs. Russell Codman and 
Mrs. Boylston A. Beal. 
_ The young ladies who took the part 
of shepherdesses were: Molly Eliot, 
Margaret Thomas, Leslie Bradley, 
Margaret DeFord, Alice DeFord, 
Katherine Putnam, Edith Fitz, Faith 
Simpkins, Pauline Croll, Evelyn Cur- 
tis, Lucy Blair, Helen Hooper, Hilda 
Rice, Martha Bacon and Miss Ather- 
ton. 
The court ladies were : Alice Sohier, 
Charlotte Talbot, Elsie Carr, Rosa- 
mond Bradley, Mary Amory, Helen 
Thomas, Mabel Lewis, Marie Lee, 
Miss Lyman, Barbara Higginson, 
Helen Read, Dorothy Jordan, Mrs. 
H. W. Mason, C. L. Munn, Margaret 
Crocker, Isabel Morison and Miss 
Wright. . 
The shepherds: John Simpkins, 
John Hodges, Meredith Whitehouse, 
Sam. Mixter, C. E. Cotting, jr., F. H. 
Ross, F. wees W. L. Bradley, W. 
D. Sohier, jr., T. Beal, Deford Beal 
and Ned Wigglesworth. 
The court gentlemen: Lawrence 
Morgan, Neal Rice, Reginald Fitz, 
Sam. Eliot, R. Atherton, Seymour 
Blair, Robert Jordan, Henry Lyman, 
C. V. Burrage and Norman Read. 
Besides these there was the nymph, 
which part was very prettily taken by 
Miss Margaret Winthrop, and the 
shepherd, taken by Norman Read, 
oa Caswell, eros, and Frances 
radley, fairy. The executive com- 
mittee for the fete was composed of 
Mrs. Parker Bremer, Mrs. Charles K. 
Cummings, Mrs. F. L. Higginson and 
Mrs. R. T. Paine, jr. 
Miss McNamara of 665 Boylston 
street, Boston, who is located at 39 
School ‘street, Manchester-by-the- 
Sea, for the season, is prepared to 
do shampooing, marcel waving and 
manicuring. Telephone connec- 
tion. ; . 
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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Fern-Croft Cabin, Marblehead 
The most unique dining place on the North Shore is that in quaint old Marblehead, at 
the terminus of the trolley line near Fort Sewell. 
built on the edge of the water. 
It is unique in that itis a LOG CABIN, 
It is conducted by Mr. E. M. Bevins, who has a wide repu- 
tation in the restaurant business at some of the famous places along the shore, and is known 
as FERN-CROFT CABIN. Ithas been built and designed by the same man who designed 
and completed all interior and exterior improvements at Ye Olde Fern-Croft Inn, Danvers. 
A specialty made of a Combination Chicken and Fish Dinner, $1.00. 
The 
famous Fern-Croft Chicken Dinner $1.50, and the Fern-Croft Fish Dinner $1.00,— the best 
to be found anywhere. 
accommodations for 40 autos. 
The Fern-Croft Inn Company 
Having sustained a serious loss by 
fire, would respectfully give notice 
that plans have been perfected to 
provide for the wants of the patrons 
of the old Inn. A large cottage on 
the estate has been fitted up for 
the convenience of patrons and a 
large addition for kitchen purposes 
has been constructed. A _ dining 
pavilion has been added, 25x45 feet, 
which will give, with the several 
private dining rooms, ample seat- 
ing capacity for guests, and is now 
open for business. 
The same chef who has made the 
Fern-Croft chicken dinner famous 
all over the country, has been re- 
tained, and the same corps of wait- 
ers and other assistants will make 
the service of the best. Chicken 
dinners will be served for $1.50 per 
person, a whole broiled chicken for 
each diner, as before, and all the 
specialties for whch Fern-Croft Inn 
Private Dining Rooms. 
A room for chaffeurs and garage with 
Table reservations can be made by telephone. 
has been famous can be had. 
Telephone 45-2 Danvers and car- 
riages will meet the visitor by train 
or trolley at Hathorne. Take trains 
on the Lawrence branch, Eastern 
division of the Boston & Maine R. 
R., and leave the cars at Hathorne. 
Thanking their friends for the 
patronage of the past, The. Fern- 
Croft Inn company solicits a con- 
tinuance of their favor, assuring 
them that every effort will be made 
to provide for their comfort. Hav- 
ing acquired possession of the entire 
interest in this fine old estate and 
disposed of its interest in Lake- 
Croit, the company would announce 
that it has no connection whatever 
with any place except Fern-Croft 
Inn, which will be reproduced in a 
few months in its original Colonial 
iorm, but with the addition of many 
conveniences for the comfort and 
pleasure of its guests. 
The Fern-Crofit Inn Co., 
ROBERT A. MITCHELL 
Contractor = Gardener 
FORESTRY 
It is best to trim trees while young. Bet- 
ter to amputate a finger than an arm. 
Likewise better to remove a limb while 
small than after the tree and limb are large. Large wounds from removing limbs, may 
decay before they heal over, causing hollow trees. 
crossed or superfluous limbs, add to the health, vigor and symmetry of trees. 
The removal of dead limbs of 
he aks 
also best to thin out trees instead of letting them struggle with one another for head 
room, getting one-sided and spindling—that is, Selection Thinning. 
LOCK BOX 35 
RESIDENCE: 54 SCHOOL STREET 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASS. 
Telephone 24-6 
