At Christmastide Rev. Mary B. Glover Eddy began to occupy the new house, which she has recently purchased on Commonwealth Avenue, Number 385. The price is recorded in the real-estate transactions, published in the dailies, at forty-thousand dollars. It is a large house in the midst of a new block, and contains twenty rooms. In front it overlooks the recently dedicated statue of Leif Eriksson, the Norseman who discovered America (as many believe) five centuries before Columbus. Beyond this is the entrance to the beautiful Back Bay Park. From the rear windows there is a view of Charles River, which at this point makes a bend. The spot is very beautiful, and the house has been finished and furnished under the advice of a professional decorator.
The locality is excellent. For the information of friends not acquainted with Boston, it may be stated that Commonwealth Avenue is the most fashionable in the city. Through the centre of it runs a slim park, with a central promenade, leaving a driveway on each side of the main thoroughfare. Within a few yards of Mrs. Eddy's mansion is the massive residence of His Excellency, Oliver Ames, the present governor of Massachusetts.
To name the dwellers on this avenue would be to name scores of Boston's wealthy and influential men.
