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Cape Ann Shore, August 6, 1921ANNUALSIXTHFinest Collection of Paintings, Sculptures Ever Assembled at theGallery-on-the-MoorsUndoubtedly the finest collection ofpaintings and sculptures of the artistswho make Cape Ann their summerhome ever assembled here was openedto public inspection Tuesday at thethe artwhenGallery-on-the-Moors,d ingatherelovers of the North Shoretion.force to attend its initial presentaOwing to the fact that these pages ofTHE SHORE go to press on the eveof the opening, a more detailed reviewnextuntildeferredis necessarilyThe paintings in order are asweek.follows:1, Springtime, William Baxter Clossen; 2,Carlotta, Marion Boyd Allen; ?, Moonlight,Tom P. Barnett; 4, Phylonopsos Orchids, Gerald A. Frank; 5, Before the Rain, Bertha E.Perrie; 6, Interior, Mary Gray; 7, Wild Lilies,Harriet Lord; 8, Anne, Camelia Whitehurst;9, Afternoon Shadows, Jean Nutting Oliver;10, In the Dressing Room, Louis t Wind, Hobart Nichols; 13, Harbor,EastGloucester,Tracy Hoppin;14, FruitMarket, Tangiers, Frank A. Brown; 15, Autumn, Henry R. Kenyon; 16, Fourteen, Agne;M. Richmond;17, EasterlyWeather,Parker S. Perkins; 18, The Lilac Bush, LouiseUptonBrumback;19, AftertheShower,PaulCornoyer;20, Low Tide; Bertha E. Baxter; 22, A WinterAfternoon, William Lentz Weiss; 23, StillLife With Flowers; EmmaF. MacRae; 24,The Green Sloop, Yarnall Abbott; 25, TheJapanese Jar, Hugh H. Breckenridge; 26, StillLife, Henrietta Hunt Henning; 27, Screen ofGold; RuthA. Anderson;28, The GinnyFleet, Alice Worthington Ball; 29, The Pond,Mary L. Weiss; 30, Scarlet Poppies and OtherThings, Eben F. Comins; 31, Winter’s Advent,Walter L. Palmer; 32, Sandy Harbor, IrmaKohn; 33, Niche in the Wall, L. EdmundFlotz; 84, ChestnutStreet, Salem,Mass.,FelicieWaldoHowell;35, MeltingSnow,Fern I. Coppedge; 36, New Hampshire Vil-lage,A.T. Hubbard;37, Still-Life,WilliamMeyerowitz; 38, At the Concert, Theresa F.Bernstein; 39, Windy Day—St. Ives, HayleyLever; 40, The Guimper Bowl, Louise Herreshoff Eaton; 41, The Wakening Day, W.Lester Stevens; 42, Blue and Gold, A. Vincent;Ah];44,45, Whenthe Boats Come In, Jonas Lie; 46, A Summer’s Day, Bertha Menzler Peyton; 47, Winter, New York, A. C. Goodwin; 48, Old Melodies, Orlando Rouland; 49, Olive, M. VirginiaParkes;50,SummerMorning,CarlMISS VIRGINIACrystal WingsEXHIBITIONJ.Nordell;51, APortrait—Mrs.Coriat, M.Bradish Titcomb; 52, Surf, Early Morning,M. A. Feldberg; 53, Betty, Alice Beach Winter; 54, The Studio Window, Parse Miller;55, Miss Hawthorne, Frederick G. Hall; 56,The Day After the Storm, Morris Hall Pancoast; 57, Portrait—MarionOpton, ThomasMitchellPeirce; 58, AnOctober Evening,FrederickJ. Mulhaupt;59, ThePrimroseWay, Will H. Low; 60, The Passing of Night,J. William Fosdick; 61, On the Beach, PhebeRopes; 62, Spring, Robert P. Baker; 63, AtBradley’s Wharf, John Goss; 64, Mt. Adamsand Mt. Madison, Gertrude B. Bourne; 65,The Inner Harbor, John A. Cook; 66, AdobeHouse—OldToas, Olive Rush; 67, On theBy HERBERT BRAASCHUniversity of Utah, ’19, Harvard,Fluffy, bouyant snow flakeSo like eider downHow you do delight meSee your ermine gown!Miss’22Not a thousand goldsmithsPlying finest tools,Could approach in beautyYour flashy robe of jewels.From imposing storm cloudsYou lightly steal away,Drifting, piling, shiftingIn your merry play.KITCHEN SHOWER PARTYA most enjoyable occasion was thekitchen shower party given recently at“GreenGables,”the summer. residence of Mr. and Mrs. Howard F.Annisquam Smith,atRiverview,river, in honor of the Misses Blancheand Margaret Davis, daughtersof Mr.and Mrs. Fred L. Davis.The engagement of Miss MargaretDavis to Malcolm H. Smith, son ofMr. and Mrs: Howard F. Smith; wasrecently announced, as was that ofMiss Blanche Davis to Joseph Boyer,an attorney.of Jacksonville. Fla,, anda nephew of Mrs. Harriet Pateh ofEastern Point road.2There were present 26 of the'relatives of the young people ard the .evening was passed in the various pleasing diversions incident to an océasionof this kind, the young couples receiv-Wainwrighthadconcert last Tuesdayaafter-noon in the Manchester Town hall.Joseph J. Gilbert, flutist, played halfthe program and Mrs. Clara Leavittsang the other half.The words and music of vne of thesongs,“Snowfallin the CathedralPines,” sung by Mrs. Leavitt, werewritten by Miss Wainwright.MissAlice G. Lenk played the accompaniments.Mrs. Leavitt worea pinkgownWhen’! try to catch youDainty fashioned fernTo a tiny tear dropMagic-like you turn.VirginiasuccessfulWAINWRIGHTandMiss Lenk wasdressedinblue and white.Miss Wainwright will have an entertainment at Hotel Rockmere, Marblehead, Wednesday evening, August10, at 8.15, in addition to her regularset of three musicals at Manchesterand Beverly Farms.On August 10, Miss Wainwrightwill give a reading of humorous poemsand short stories from classical andmodern authors.Miss Lenk will playpiano solos by classical’and moderncomposers.COL. NELSONAson,wasArtCity,HONOREDportrait of William Rockhill Nelfounder of the Kansas City Star,hung in the Western Gallery ofat the Public Library, KansasJuly 26. The picture is the giftof Mrs.daughterNelsonandMrs.of Mr. andKirkwood,Mrs.Nelson.Mr. Nelson founded the art gallery. .Col. Nelson, who made Magnoliahis summer home. and was a promi-nent figure on the North Shore, edafteraGloucester fisherman, was the largestyacht enrolled in the Eastern Yachting the felicitations of all on theirclub.contemplatedmonial ranks.He built the fine residence in Lobster lane, Magnolia, now occupied byMrs. Nelson and her daughter.entryintothematri-Ways, Eleanor Parke Custis; 68, The TwoTrees, Harry de Maine; 69, Panel Decoration, FE, Parker Nordell; 70, The Red House,Harry de Maine; 71, A Summer Nook, SarahS. Molarsky; 72, Inner Dock—Rockport, JohnGoss; 73, A Bit of Water, Susan H. Bradley;74, Four Pastels, C. S. Kaelin; 75, Head,Emily B: Waite.Etchings: William Meyerowitz, Emily B.Waite, Lester G. Hornby, Gabrielle Dev. Clement, Ellen Day Hale, Carl J. Nordell, Frederick G. Hall, James L. Thompson.Pen Drawing: Gilbert Adrian.Woodblock Print: Harry de Maine.Sculture: 1, Colt, 2, Charging Rhino, 3, Jaguar, 4, Paper Cutter, Anna Vaughn Hyatt;5, Spirit of the Sea (Fountain), A. H. Atkins; 6, Boy with Shell, Louise Allen; 7, African Rhinoceros, Katharine W. Lane; 8, Overseas Women’sMedalion, 9, Baby Pan, 10,Fountain Figure, Anna Colman Ladd; 11, TheFirst Born, Gertrude C. Fosdick; 12, Reliefin Miniature, Dr. Barger, Harriet H. Mayor;13, The Leaf, 14, The Star, Harriet W. Frish-muth; 15, Portrait Bust of Mr. M., Edna IsbesterSpencer.Mrs. Henry Clay Frick and two ofher grandchildren, sons of Mr. andMrs. Childs Frick, have arrived atEagle Rock, Pride’s Crossing.MissHelen Clary Frick, who recently returned from Europe with her mother,is visiting friends in Greenwich, Conn.,prior to coming to Prides.***A country fair is to be given onAugust17 at the HawthorneInnlawns in Gloucester for the benefit ofthe Parkway,fund at Gloucester.Mrs.William K. Harcourt of New York ischairman of the committee in charge.

Cape Ann Shore, August 6, 1921“THEWITCHHOUSE”(Continued from page 4)carrying the mind back into the shadows of conjectured history. With oneexception, they have stood useless forcenturies; they have served as a meeting-placefor the childrenof theneighborhood, where corn and bakedpotatoes were devoured with sharkish appetites in those happy days ofmy boyhood.“Thearchitectureof the WitchHouse would not be considered thefinest specimen of Colonial style, butit emphasizes the antiquity of thehouse itself.The fragrant lilac bushalmost covers the bay window, builtso quaintly with numerous diamondshaped panes of glass, and the honeysuckle creeps and clings over the frontdoor, venturing to the eaves, wherethe swallows annually build their mudnests and rear their young unmolested.The original house consisted of twowings, but additions have been madefrom time to time, until today it re-mindsmeof the‘Houseof SevenGables’.“Everything pertaining to the househad been made by hand, and the nailsand door latches hadbeen forgedupon the premises.The hand-hewntimbers are in a perfect state of preservation;the s were made from white pine,and the building has withstood theravages of time and the fury of theNew England elements.“A half-worn horse shoe has beenfor years nailed over the kitchen door.It was thought to bring good luck,and the hornet’s nest built in the topof the well-curb was sure to bringgreat prosperity.Methinks I can seeold ‘Dorcas,’ the devoted servant whospent her life at the Witch House.She could give a circumstantial description in detail of everything pertaining to the house for a period ofsixty years.She was old and deeplywrinkled, and had grey hair and arounded back, while her right eye wasdefective.They say that in her primeshe was considered very handsome,with smiling, glad blue eyes and awealth of chestnut hair, much praisedby her many admirers.Faithful shelived and died, waiting for her firstand only lover, the sailor boy whonever returned from sea.As shewentaboutherwork,sheoftenhummed a chantey:‘By day or night, in weal or woe,My heart no longer free,Must bear the love it cannot show,And silent wait for thee.’Dorcas welcomed heartily all visitorsto the house, and the children of the7neighborhood made her many calls, to the house, especially the stories perbe treated with a piece of delicioustaining to the front chamber.Sheginger cake which they eagerly dewas a beautiful girl, about twenty-fivevoured, even if it was a little burnedyears of age, slender and delicate,on the bottom.with melancholy blue eyes, and was“She usually served these temptingthe daughter of a Salem ship owner,refreshments in the spacious diningwho had brought her up with theroom upon an immense, much wornfondest indulgence.She had beenoak table, said to have been made byanxious to get a touch of country lifethe first owners of the house.Theand, if possible, to regain her health.small windows and panes, the dingy“Upon entering the front chambersmoked. walls and ceiling, with theirof the Witch House for the night, shehand-hewnbeams,the great brickappeared delighted with its cheerfulfireplace, with crane and cast ironappearance.Everything appealed tokettle, and the sanded floor were allher fancy.The antique furniture, theinteresting and attractive.The flavorfour-posted bedstead and its canopiedof the tea that was served required anmuslin curtains; plump feather bedand bolster, the hand-madepatchacquired taste to appreciate.Someworkquilt, the handhooked andtimes it was sweetened with molasses,braided mats, all of the appointmentsbut usually with brown sugar.In thein the room made it inviting.Whendining room large fires roared up theshe bade Dorcas good-night, she aschimney and the family gathered herein the winter time, telling stories andsured her that the comforts were socomplete that there wasno doubtsinging songs, an old-fashioned Newthat, tired as she was, she would enEngland amusement of the fireside.The stories usually pertained to supér- joy a good night’s sleep.stition, very prevalent when I wasia “ “Alone in the room, she was atboy, and lurked in everyone’s mind.tracted by the portrait of a middleFishermenbelievein witchesandaged woman, finely executed by andreams, signs and omens, but:: theyartist prominent in his time.As shewereno morecredulous than thegazed upon it, it seemed to her thatthirftyhousewives.All werewellthe woman in the portrait wanted tostocked with superstition, and listenedspeak to her, and while disrobing shewith grave attention to every newcontinued occasionally to cast her eyestale.I do not care to repeat any ofupon it, wondering whom the portraitthese thread-bare stories that thrilledrepresented.Blowing out the tallowthe minds of the children and causedcandle, she went to the window andthem to suffer agony, as they are fastpartly opened it, for better ventilafading away, and will soon be forgottion.It was a beautiful moonlightten.Dorcas and her masters, whomnight, a gentle breeze came in fromshe had loved and served faithfully,the ocean, and leaning upon the winare at last equal, for all sleep in thedow sill she looked out upon the tallvillage burying ground.elm trees casting their shadows over“The front hall of the Witch Housethe lawn, watched the lights in theis not large, but wainscoted and panfishermen’s cottages disappear one byelled in white oak; the balustrade ofone, and listened intently to the soundmahogany is artistically carved ‘and,of a flute that could be heard farlike the several mantel pieces, wasaway.made in England and brought to this“The continuous roar of the ocean,country.The chambers are large, butand the moonlight in its silent majlow-studded.The front chamber fac- esty, made a drowsy feeling steal overing the highway has always been conhereyes,andafterrepeatingasidered the best, and known as theprayer, she sought her bed and was‘haunted room.’For many years it soon asleep.Nothing disturbed herwas occupied by an invalid lady, theslumberuntil early morning,whendaughterof the first ownersandshe was awakened by a flock of noisybuilders of the Witch House, and sincegeese feeding upon the lawn near theher death the room had seldom beenchamber window.aused, because every person that slept“The rays of the morning sun shinin it for a night always related theing through the window illuminatednextmorningmanystrangeandthe room and made the portrait apstartling stories as to what they hadpear to good advantage as she sat upseen or heard.Dorcas listened andin bed.It fascinated her.Hearingremembered many stories, and for athe farm laborers shouting to the catsmall sumof moneywouldrelatetle and preparing to leave for a day’sthem, if her hearers promised not towork in the fields, and thinking it wasrepeat.near breakfast time she dressed, en““A young lady, a friend of the sectered the hallway, and descendedond owners of the Witch House, cameto the’comfortablediningroom,to make a short visit. She had neverheard the local gossip connected with(Continued to page 20)

Cape AnnShore, August 6, 1921TO MY LADY IN SEARCH OF THE DISTINCTIVEA SHORT, SMOOTHMOTORTRIP TO THE SHOPS OFMAGNOLIATheSaturdayeveninghopatHotel Oceanside was by far the mostattractive of this year’s series.Theexcellentmusicand perfectfloormake dancingamong the most covetedpleasuresat this well-knownhostelry.Among those noted on the floorwere Mrs. Sidney Ruggles Small, Detroit;MissElizabethScudder,St.Louis; Miss Helene Elsworth, SouthBend, Ind.; Miss Helen Hussey, St.Louis; Miss Betty Walker, Detroit;Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hayes, East Orange, N. J.; Miss MarjorieDakin,Boston; Ensign Joseph C. Van Cleve,U. S. N.; Henry Rowe, Brookline;Fred Elsworth, South Bend; BrooksReel, NewYork,andCharlesW.Smith.Mrs. Charles A. Potter of Philadelphiaandgranddaughter,DorothyPotter, renewed many acquaintancesat Hotel Oceanside-on Tuesday, last.Mrs. Potter is spending the summer atHotel Preston, Beach Bluff.The North Shore Swimming Pool,situated on Crescent Beach, makes adelightful spot at which to entertain.Among those entertaining at luncheon the past week was Mrs. ArthurJones of 187 Bay State road, Boston.Covers were laid for six.Henry L. Rowe, who has been theguest of his grandparents, Mr. andMrs. Robert E. Livingston of BriarcliffManor, N. Y., returned this week tothe home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.E. Prescott: Rowe, of Brookline.Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hayes andthree-year-old daughter, Barbara, wil!return to East Orange, N. J., by wateron Sunday from a two weeks’ visitwith Mrs. Hayes’ parents, Mr. andMrs. Charles W. Smith, of Germantown, Pa.Magnolia was represented at theArmy and Navy Festival held recently on the Pingree estate at Wenhamby Mrs. Howard Heinz of Pittsburgh,a season guest at Hotel Oceanside.Mrs. Heinz had charge of the flowerbooth.Assisting her were Miss LilaLancashire, Mrs. E. Lawrence White,the Misses Mabel and Harriet Rantoul, Miss Jean Sears and Miss Pris-cilla Rhodes.The many friends of Mrs. G. L.Buckley and her son, B. Lord Buckley, will be glad to know of their safearrival at the Yellowstone NationalPark two weeksago.Mrs. Buckley andher sonleft NewYorkcity the latter part of June in theirBuicktouringcarandcompletedtheir trip of three thousandmilesthroughNewYork,Pennsylvania,Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,North Dakota, Montanaand northwestern Wyoming without a mishap.After a three weeks’ visit at the NationalPark, Mr. Buckleyand hismother will start for New York viaDenver and a more southerly route.The Buckleys are well known at Magnolia, having spent many summers atHotel Aborn.“Magpie,” the attractive launch ofMr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith of Germantown, Pa., after a fresh coat ofpaint and other minor alterations, isonce more anchored in the harbor.(Continued to page 11)CVplliciemeeNEWYORKNEWPORT,WASHINGTON, D. C.4 East 48th St.R. I.BOSTONatreatoatreatreoataa batbataaoaloatnateneatattatnaceatattes aeBoylstonAart& yeeImportersofSilver and Sheflield PlateHine PurcelainsMAGNOLIATelephoneMagnolia408Hine Medding Presents a SpecialtyQhristmas Gifts held for December DeliverySt.Sc

Cape AnnShore, August6, 1921BASS ROCKSIDGET, owned by FrederickG. Hall of Boston, was thewinnerinSaturday’sraces.The boat, whichwas built last spring, is ofthe knockabout class andcompletedthe four-mileVERY interesting stereopticon lecture was given onSunday evening in the casino of Hotel Moorland bythe Rev. John T. Theodoreof the Near East Relie?Committee of Massachusetts.Mr. Theodore showed the condition of Armenia after the Worldwar.Through the kindness of theGloucester Y. W. C. A., whose lanternwas used, the lecture was made possible.Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bowler of“Twin Light Manor,” have as theirguest for the remainder of the seasonMiss Edith Wood of Worcester.- Miss Ruth and Master AlexanderBowler are spending the summer atcamp.Miss Suzanne McFeely of Pittsburghwo, with her mother, Mrs. John F.McFeely, is spending the season at theMoorland, recently entertained MissBetty Walker of Detroit.The Rev. John McGaw Foster of theChurch of the Messiah, Boston, whocourse in one hour and six minutes.Mrs. William B. Hill of Baltimoreis spending another season at Hawthorne Inn.The death of Mrs. Hill’sdaughter-in-law,Mrs. Harriet Sherburn Hill, occurred the latter part ofJune.The late Mrs. Hill was wellknown on the shore, having had a cottage in Annisquam for a number ofseasons.Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dunn of EastOrange, N. J., are the guests of Mrs.Dunn’s mother, Mrs. K. R. Haass, atHotel Rockaway.Mrs. Dunn beforeher marriage was Miss Ruth Haass ofChicago, and with her mother and sister, Miss Margaret Haass, spent anumber of summers at the Rockaway.Her marriage to Mr. Dunn occurred inChicago in the spring.BishopRhinelanderwill be thespeaker at a meeting at the BeverlyFarms Baptist church August 21 at 5o’clock, under the auspices of theNear East Relief of Massachusetts.Hon. Augustus P. Loring of Prides willpreside

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