Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
Several Important Embassies Located
There,

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. June 2, 1904.
Lady Durand. wife of Sir Henry Nor
timer Durand, the British ambassador, is
expected this week at Lenox to take up
her residence in the country house known
as the Judge Bishop cottage. The cottage
is delightfully."- situated In the very heart of
Lenox, and the view overlooking Lake
Mahkeenac and the mountains to the south
and west Is enhancing The cottage was
occupied last season by Mr., Samuel G.
Ward of Washington. one of the pioneer
Lenox summer residents. Mr. Ward will
not be in Lenox this year. Capt. Foster,
the secretary to the British legation, has
taken lease of the Servin cottage, which
he will occupy during the season.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg. ambassador
from Germany, is expected to arrive in
Lenox about June Z. Baron Sternburg will
spend the summer at 'Deepdene," the
handsome country house of DR.. Francis p.
Kinnicutt of New York. The house is SIT
uated near the fine grounds of the Lenox
Golf Club in the northern part Of the
town. and from it may be obtained a de-
Hghtful view of the mountains to the north
and west, including the Taconic ranges
Dr. and Mrs. Kinnicutt will spend the
summer in Europe. Baron Bussche. first
secretary of the German legation. will oc-
cupy the Schanck house, and will also ar
rive in Lenox in about week.
Representative and Mrs Francis Burton
Harrison of New York are at the Curtis
Hotel in Lenox, where they will spend sew
eral weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have
many friends among the Lenox set and are
enjoying their stay in the Berkshire Hills
Immensely. Mrs. Harrison is an enthu-
siastic automobilfst, and may be seen out
daily in her handsome touring car. She is
an expert chauffeuse. and the clever man.
ner in which she operates her car has won
much admiration among the autoists Of the
BerkShires
Up near Lenox, in the Berkshire Hills of
Massachusetts, the late William c. Whit
ney established large game preserve on
October Mountain" which until within a
year was one of the show places of that
region. Mr.. Whitney was at work for sew
eral years in getting the land together,
working quietly through his agents, until
at last he acquired possession of some 49,
goo acres of mountain property. upon which
ne QUILT handsome country house. He
took a great deal of interest in the project,
and the lands were populated with great
herds of buffaloes, elk, moose, deer, Angora
goats and other animals Last year the
preserve was somewhat broken up and
following Mr.. Whitney's death, the future
Of October Mountain is In doubt Rumors
have been circulated in New York and Len
OK to the effect that the property would be
cut up and placed on the market but from
an authoritative source comes the assertion
that the parties In interest are themselves
entirely undecided as to what they will do
Certain 1t is that at present the place does
not possess the charm it once did. There
remain few moose, elk and deer which
were too wild to be caught, and vast herds
of cattle and sheep roam the fields and for
ests. 1t is hoped that Harry Payne Whit
ney, who spent part of his honeymoon on
the mountain, and who, by the way, Is to
be there for a short time this year, will
bring the place to it's former prominence
among the game preserves of the country.