New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
EARLY GAYETY AT LENOX.
MANY PEOPLE AT COTTAGES AND HOTEL.
AND MANY SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.

AMI MANY SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
Lenox. Mass. July lS (speciaD.-Lenox has been
fuller and this week than before at this
season OF the year. Large and small dances have
ioHowed dinner parties. while golf, boating and
driving have contributed their share to the general
round OF amusements Picnic parties popular
The number OF prominent strangers registered at
the only hotel and visiting among the cottages is
larger than for many years
Mrs Francis Burrill Hoffman. a daughter Of
Mrs. William Shattuck, will spend the remainder
OF the season at Brookhurst. Alfred r. Shattuck
a son. who married Miss Strong daughter of ex-
Mayor William l.. Strong, OF New-York. has the
Hooper place. the Fins, adjoining his mothers
place, for the season
The golf links was never popular. and from
the early morning hours 10 dusk Is dotted with
players. The House Committee has begun Satur
day afternoon teas which are a potent attraction
The piazzas OF the clubhouse have been enlarged
since last year. and the clubhouse is the rendezvous
OF the fashionable element that makes up the
cottage colony.
The opening hop at Curtis Hotel held
wednesday evening. The north paror was
used as the ballroom. and all the young people OF
the town came in for the pleasure of the time
w. Bayari Cutting and family of New-York
arrived at the ]. f. Schermerhorn cottage for the
season. They Will remain until october. K. b.
Cutting IS the crack golfer of the Lenox course.
F. Augustus Schermerhorn, OF Whltestone. Long
Island. VINO usually spends July on board his
yacht. the Free Lance. Is here for the month
At the outbreak OF the war Mr.. Schermerhorn
loaned his yacht to the Government
Henry II. Cook left Lenox Wednesday for a six
weeks trip abroad. Mrs. Cook and her daughter
and son-in-law. the Count and Countess de Here
dia, are at Wheatleigh. their country place.
captain and Mrs. John S Barnes will start the
first OF next week for southampton for several
weeks The Misses Barnes will join the Arson
Pneips Stokes house party at the Stokes shooting
Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane has organized her
branch OF the flower mission in LenoX, as Is her
yearly custom Three times week the mission
flowers from the gardens In Lenox
Joseph W. Burden and Clinton g. Gilmore have
returned from three weeks fishing trip In Can
Mr. and Mrs Glraud Foster have opened their
new marble house on the Lee Road The house
and beautiful. Owing TO the recent death Of Mrs.
Fosters mother they Will not entertain this season;
Mr. and Mrs. William Post and Miss Post, OF
New-York. are at the Curtis Hotel
Samuel rockingham. of New-York Is entertain
ing for several days Eben Stevens and l.. +.
William l.. Strong and Mrs. f. F. Browning. OF
New-YoIk. have been the guests OF Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Francis c. Barlow opened her place. Sunny
side this week
Mrs Charles W Cooper and her family OF New
York. have arrived at the Barclay place. Bonnie
Brae. which has been leased for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. Jesup who have been at the
York.
Thomas Cranning. of Cambridge. Mass. has been
Miss Elizabeth lie bourgeois. of New-Orleans,
La. ia being entertained by the Misses Barnes at
Robert A. Chaplin who has been in South Africa
for several years. has Joined his family at South
wood cottage
town OF Lenox and the cottagers have subscribed
$500 for the building OF two miles OF macadam
ROAD from Trinity Church south toward the town