Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-16
PRESIDENT TAI I
HAS BEAUTIFUL
SUMMERHOME

}, One of the most delightful trips I,
be taken at this time of the year Il
along the far-famed north shore o
Massachusetts bay. either by steam
trolley or water.
/ Leaving Boston BY steam cars from
1.-THE North Union station over the
Gloucester branch of the Boston q
Maine railroad one can travel for
forty miles to Rockport at the end Of
Cape Ann and be within sight OF the
ocean for almost the entire distance.
Down through Revere beach, Point
of Pines. the first stop of interest is
Lynn. well called the ~city of shoes. "
1t is a busy, thriving place OF
10000 inhabitants. with broad, wen
paved streets. handsome churches and
fine homes It's chief business is the
manufacturing of thae very import
ant wearing apparel-shoes. One can
pass a few hours here in a very in
structive as well as entertaining man
ner.
A beautiful drive of few miles will
bring one to Nahant, where are many
handsome homes of prominent men.
among the most noted being Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Salem is the next stop, and here one
can pass days strolIing through the
quaint streets, visiting the many
places OF interest. such as the witch
house; the House of Seven Gables,
made famous by Hawthorne's novel
of that name; Gallows hill, where so
many were put to death in those dark
and representations days. There is no
end to the old and interesting places
to &c found in ehe '"City of the
Witches
Then on to Beverly, which has taken
on new importance as the choice of
President Taft as summer home.
This place has also large shoe fac
tories as well as pottery works. Here
are made the bean pots that are used
for the baking of the famous Boston
baked beans. There are large oil cloth
factories as well as other manufacture
ing plants. But somehow one for
gets business in going through its
quiet streets, lined on both sides with
grand old elm trees from fifty to
one hundred years old. Here are TO
be found some of the best preserved
houses of the colonia! period, and
nothing of later architecture can COM
pare with them for stately grandeur.
The Historical society has its home
in one of the old mansions and will
well repay visit.
Elegance Inspires Stranger.
Not till the train reaches Montsef-
rat can one form any idea of what
life on the north shore in summer
time. The first thing to inspire a
stranger is the quiet elegance both
of the pretty station and the we'll
kept flower gardens with its rustic
arbor and clean walks. Never a piece
of paper or rubbish can be seen around
any of the stations on the Dorchester
branch. This station more than any
other was used by the President and
his family. On the arrival of the train
from Boston one can see every kind
OF a conveyance that is smart and up
to-date, from the dainty rlnabout to
the handsome taIlyho and automobiles
without number, ali of the best that
money can buy. The women. who are
experts both with horse and auto, and
much prefer to handle their rigs them
selves, are there to meet husbands,
brothers or friends, always looking
so fresh, and dainty and perfectly
gowned, they make a picture worth
going far to see.
From here many drive on to the
Myopia Hunt club at Hamilton, or the
Essex County club at Manchester-by-
the-sea, which is the social center of
the north shore. A drive from the
station of about two miles over per
feet road through a wood of pine and
hemlock brings one to Woodbury.
Point. where is situated the summer
home Of President Taft.
TIE house is a large. rather pictur-
esque affair of twenty-five rooms and
servants quarters, surrounded by
green lawns OF three or more acres.
Huge trees are everywhere, even 10
the waters edge as they are all along
the length of the cape; beautiful
flower gardens, with rustic seats
and arbors, where one can pass hours
looking out on a scene that is never
twice the same. doubt if anywhere
on the whole New England coast can
be found a scene to rival the one to
to be seen from this point For miles
down the shore one can catch
glimpses of palatial homes of ninety
to one hundred and more rooms, with
wide lawns and flower gardens, some
with a sandy beach at the end of the
lawn; others with huge boulders
against which the ocaan is ALWAYS