The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-13

IFNOX. MASS. August 1.-THE bloom
Ing Of the cardinal flower is the sign Tor
The awakening of Lenox.
Blood-red. with the heats and the FER
vors Of midsummer. passionateiy sad with
reheIious forehodiucs Of autumn. its tan
spikes stand stiff and sentinel-iike above
the deep silent pools into which the
mountain brooks have thrown themselves,
and are ruirrored beside the strange ID .au-
tiful cloud slopes that Hawthorne used 10
watch from the windows of the little
red shanty." ABROAD on hill slope 'n.
pasture shlmmcrs tine sun-loving golden
rod. and the heavy afr compels 10 memo
ries and dreams, when suddenly the SUM
br0us stiffness IS broken 10y a peal or
dangerous music and ont OF the warm
and fragrant erceuuess Of the boWery
road comes the insstont call of the bu-
rle. 20 be followed by the clank of the
harness. and there l4shcs into view
great rocking lurching coach covered
with gay parasols. and leaving behind as
il vanishos. am echo of talk and laughter
The quiet of the Bcrkshres is broken.
The season has begun. And the season
means great house parties of the English
SORT with high. SNOWY English traps ca-
re-ring through the hillside lanes. 90
means the pink Of the golhng coat and
the white of duck trousers and skirts brill
liant against grass and sky; 80 means old
English dances on the green and furious
Virginia reels or The mad and merry
new Albany in pumpk.n-huns and IAN
tefn-lehtod barns. 10 means harvest
homes and straw rides and moonlight
drives TO Strockbr.dse bowl. IL means
the hcalthlest and hapoiest outdoor life
lived at amy resort in the country
The girl who in July at Newport frozc
YOU with her fey c0nvcnu0naIty Is
..afr.I - fr.
of August. as she smiles gaily at You
from the depths Of gorgeous, Roman
striped hammock whose glowing scarlet
and tinted cushions sway gently be-
Meath huge. dropping elm With The
for and damp of the sea city She has put
aside It's base air of the uuerly-what.
and the bicycle that leans against The
trss trunk. ready 10 take her TO The links
Of she tires OF magazine or novel, and
the grey felt hat. swathed with wavm-
hued oriental silk and tossed lightly ON
the grass, are as eloquent as is her ready
laugh OF the change that comes upon the
maid who goes to Berkshire.
In Len0X. Boston and New York meet
and the Manhattan girl in her long. rasp-
berry red driving coat. her pretty feet
crossed upon the immaculate leather OF
a snowy cart gazes down at Intellectual
danes from the Hub. who, lorenette IN
hand. clad in sedate gowns Of ccru linen
set of with black ribbons. hunt for traces
Of Hawthorne i'm the country where ne
wrote "The House Of the Seven Gables
WOMEN FROM THE SOUTH.
TO Lenox come also languorous women
from the South and piQu8nt Wcsterners
who have broken out In an epidemic OF
color effects ln hats. Jackets and hosiery
that give the shady roads and hillside
lanes the appearance Of entertaining the
members of a Hungarian band.
Look at the break that draws up be-
fore the one inn I'm LenoX, the pair OF
lively bays that draw it dancing under
the firm wrists OF n girl of nineteen.
Look at the girl herself as from her high
seat she cOols and steadies them The
buster" universal on these roads. has
slipped back. and the daring colors of her
figured SILK dress-chccker boards of this
tie red. forest green. and cream-white
thrown on a cream gTOund-give Won one
reason why the fair and gentle driver Is
famous as the most dashing girl in the
Berkshires. Note tho absurdly small. tri-
angular bolero that doc0rates the front
of her frock-t hisue-red silk with gar
nishings of cream oolored silk braid: note
the bold and original effect OF the lines
of black that drew the eye down 20 The
trim waist. end the dainty white vest
and stock Of mull and satin. Note the
broad summer hat hat-brmmed. yet
hlch-croWned. trimmed with thistles and
red and cream colOred ribbons Look az
these things and then az waving hair
and the dancing light Of lips and ewes.
and you have seen the Queen Of Lenox,
as Ilenox Is Queen Of the Berkshlres.
have said there Is bat one hotel al
Ienox; the lie is all OF the COTTAGES"
fair and stately and standing IN broad
grounds from whose porte cocherc the
golf break starts Ia the morning and ON
whose lawns as room for the harvest
dance Of an afternoon. The earliest au- :
tuinn fashions display themselves al Len /
OK. AT 4 o'clock when tho brilliant ued !
bamboo curtains are drawn about the |
veranda and the tea tables with their |
delicate burdens Of flowers and china are |
brought forth; when the runabouts sud |
traps from neighborins cottages come |
driving % with their ioad-. and the de- !
voices OF golf or tennis or cfoqpo, !
consent 70 rest. then may one see the /,
dazzling small-ngured s.lkS. the soft, sat o
ln.striped nuns yeilngs. the gorgeous /.
brocades and the butterhy-tinted patterns |
on sheer silky woods that Paris Il already /
~confsctng" for early autumn. but that