Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

own broad acres-3OO of them, 800 or 1000
with barns and grazing cattle
Lenox is one of the few places in the
world where five hundred acres of land
three miles. from the post office will sell
for more than five hundred times as much
as one acre on the main street The bigger
the plot OF ground the more 1t Is worth
per acre The splendid estate bought for
young Harry Payne Whitney by an indul-
gent papa caps the climax. Here is fine
scenery. here are pretty woodland lakes,
here are hundreds OF laborers working
ike beavers to produce such quick trans
formation as would have defied Aladdin.
There are 1000 acres of mountain land In
the estate. OF course, no commanding
mansion is yet reared on these Whitney
acres, and it will have to be a palace in
deed to exceed the wonders of the Stokes
place, OF the Lanier place, or half dozen
others. In the meantime young Whitney
and his bride, formerly Miss Vanderbilt
will love in a cottage
Some Fall Garments.
1t is the very beginning of the Lenox
season. but these breezy knobs stand LOO
feet above the sea and there is chill In the
air. AS if by magic, the appearance of the
women has changed and to the huttering
frery of the silly season succeeds good
stout and even fur cloth. There are new
things IN ciOakS and capeS every hour.
The English and unlovely box driving coat,
with its enormous cape sleeves still dis
figures the fairest forms and finds excuse
for its ugiiness in it's smartness. 1t is
marked by heavy seams well away from
the edges. by wide collars, by big buttons,
no more than two on side
New bicycle coats have made their ap-
Gearance which are very simple, vet neat
with their wide collars and quite full
skirts falling over the hips. They are
meant to button up snugly in chill weather
and have a natty look
A noticeable feature of many of the fall
wraps is their use of white straps and tabs
by way of decoration. A superbly fitting
travelling cloak will, for instance. fasten Or
appear to faSten with simple big button
at the right shoulder 1t will be dark gray
or rough brown or other substantial color
with triple-stitched white collar and cuffs,
and no break below them in the long lines
of the garment except for a white strap
peeping out for three or four inches at the
waist. Only d woman with fine figure
can stand such garment.
When They Play Golf.
1t is all golf. Carriage driving and the
guiding of dashing four-in-hands has al
ways been the particular fad in Lenox, but
the bit maulies' of bent wood. the Craig
enputtocks and other things with outland-
ish names and shapes are IN every fair
hand nowadays. Rough tweeds appear
most often on the putting green. The cut
Is shade shorter in some cases than in
the spring. but not so short as the extreme
bicycle skirt. though the two costumes
have much In common. Plaid is still COM
mixed woven goods are quite as popular.
and there is considerable use made of
brown cloth with tan or drab. Natty little
capeS that can be thrown over the player 8
shouiders-until 1t gets warm, and then
over the caddy'S-are worm and the head
gear Is generally either a tan or Glengarry
bonnet. though Alpine shapes in colors to
match the suit, and trimmed with bright
quilts. and even shade hats Of moderate
brlm, are worn. The shade hat is, how
ever, considered rather too much of q COM
promise. What harvest Of coin the COM
plexion specialists will reap next Novem-
berI
1t is the charm of IIenox, as 1t Is of New
pert on week days only, that one is free to
do as she pleases without fear of the OBJ
server Here it Is the pleasure of half the
girls to saunter about In their golfing suits
much of the time. Really, for glimpse at
more formal garb one is Indebted to the
younger matrons, or to peeps at things not
yet worn AS to hats. which are always
interesting, there is evidence that the up
ward growth of the crown has stopped ct
just the right point The piQuant and pic
turesque modes Of the moment are far
more beautiful than the fiat disk of a year
or 50 ago. The paradise plumes are very
expensive and hardly usual. Cocks plum
age aigrettes and even the head of The
bird are used upon fancy hats so that even
the chopped-on and hitherto worthless
head of the table chicken may have tts
uses. Flower trimmings pass away with
the summer. They will still be worn of
course, but less than now, and there is a