Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
Special Correspondence Of The Star

Special Correspondence of The Star
| LENOX, Mass, July H. 1900
| week OF superb weather has delighted
| all the thousands OF visitors TO Berkshire
ana has given them opportunity for the
| keenest enjoyment of the many attractive
| features OF summer life in Lnis favored re-
glon' 1t Is the unanimous opinion of all OBJ
| servers that In no previous year has there
! been so many strangers In the Berkshire
| nils The cottages in all of the larger re-
sort towns having all been taken, many
| people went into the smaller places and
nlred houses, or in case that was impossi-
ble secured accommodation with the farm
ers and are living close enough to nature
| TO satisfy anybody. This has resulted In
| some rather lncongruous Conditions. as, for
instance, the housing of immense motor
| cars In staid old barns heretofore sacred
TO the use of old Dobhin and the mild-faced
| cows Hotels and boarding houses are filed
| almost to the bursting point, and the over
now has simply been compelled to see {
| accommodations out in the country hamlets.
The trolley lines doing an immense
| business they enable visitors to reach all
| the various points of interest in the county
| cheaply and quickly Trolley riding is
| favorite pastime with the people of means
| as wei as those IN more moderate circum-
| stances. The lines run through the most
| beautiful valleys, opening up panorama
| OF scenery which can be duplicated in few
| places, and people never seem to tire OF
| the outlook. Then, too, the trolley makes it
| possible to visit all the resort towns, and
| 1t is quite the fad for people stopping at
! the LenoX hotels to make a trip to one of
| the other towns and dine at one of the
| many famous Berkshire resort houses.
! There is constant Interchange of this sort
| of visiting and the trolley magnates smile
! as they gather in the coin.
Sir Mortimer Durand got back into his
| cricket toys last Saturday when he played
| with the Lenox Club team, of which he is
| president, against the league team from
North Adams. The league games began
| some time ago. but owing to the fact that
| the ambassador had been detained in WASH
| ington, this was the first opportunity to
| show his skill that the has afforded
| him. So great was the interest in the con-
| test that special cars were run from North
| Adams and a very large crowd assembled
| at the club grounds. Sir Mortimer was in
| good form despite his lack of practice and
| played an excellent game. showing much
| superiority to his team mates. North
Adams proved too strong for the ambassa-
| doris aggregation. however, and won the
| game by score of CO to 80.
1t has been week of out-of-door aetiv-
| ity. The younger element of the colony has
virtually lived In the open. and tennis
! matchehs, golf and aquatic sports at the
boat club have filled the hours with enjoy
ment. There have been formal contests
in any of the sports. but scrub matches
are the regular thing, and there Is keen
competition for triumphS even though there
be no shining silver cup hung up as a tro-
ply. 1t is almost safe to say that motor
cars crowd the highways, for there has not
yet been season when the automobile was
| present in such great numbers. The tourists
are getting ample reward for the trip to
this section, the June rains resulted in
very luxurious vegetation, the foliage being
unusually heavy. Everything is clean. the
roads in superb condition and the mo-
| florists declare Berkshire a paradise for auto
touring.
Senator and Mrs W. Murray Crane, who
were married at Manchester -the-Sea at
noon Tuesday, have arrived in Berkshire
and are happily housed in the senator's
villa known as Mount Pleasant Villa,
way upon Windsor hill
1t was here that Mrs Crane was enter
| tanned by Senator Cranes mother when, as
Miss Boardman, she made her initial visit
| to Berkshire few weeks ago. The coZi-
ness of the house; its seCiuson and the
views which spread away from it ia all
directions appealed strongly TO the sela-
| tors fiancee, and she expressed a wish to
return here for portion of her money
moon. Following Tuesdays ceremony the
bride and groom went away for a Gay or
| two to destination which was kept Sc
| cret, but they soon came back TO the sem
| ator's native hills and an automobile car
ried them swiftly to their hilltop retreat.
| Here they absolutely safe from ntru-
| sion and corps of well-trained servants
| looks after their every comfort. There are
| but a few of these, all old family retain
erS, devoted to the senator and serving him
with all possible skill Later there VIII be
| a few quiet entertainments at Dalton ten
| dered the senator and his bride by the
| Crane families, and in a few weeks they
will sail for Europe to remain until late
in the autumn. 1t is announced that Sena-
tor Crane will at once build a handsome
home in Dalton. On the occasion of his
first marriage, twenty-five years ago, ne
built a fine home nearly opposite that or
his mother His young wife died At the
birth of her and the house remained
closed until the son, Winthrop Murray
Crane, jr., was married a year and a half
ago. 1t was then fitted up for his occu-
pancy, and in ii the night before Senator
Crane was married a baby girl was born
to his daughter-in-law. She is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Eaton of Pitts
field, very lovely young woman and looked
upon as his own daughter by Senator
Crane.
Secretary and Mrs. Bonaparte will arrive
at Hotel Aspnwall on Monday, coming
from Baltimore the dispatch boat Dol
phin to New York and up the Hudson
river to Hudson, from whence they will
come by automobile to Lenox. The Secre-
tary expects to remain here until the nrst
of August and Mrs. Bonaparte Will be a
guest of the hotel until well into the au-
turnn They made their first visit to Berk-
shire last year. and Mrs. Bonaparte was
greatly benefited in health. Before leaving
the AspinwalI last fall they engaged their
apartments for this season.
The Misses Mary and Alice Scott, daugh-
tiers of Mr.. William Owen Scott of Wash
fngton are the guests of their aunt, Mrs.
George II. Morgan at Ventfort Hail. one
of the finest of the Lenox estates; Miss
Mary Scott Is renowned for her beauty,
and both young ladies will be among the
debutantes of the coming season at WASH
ington.
Miss Marion Leutze, daughter of Conn
modore Leutze is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs Charles Pollock, at the latter's ceun-
try home at Pittsfield. A number of very
charming entertainments have been ar
ranged for her. tf
Mf Gardner #. Williams and the Misses
Williams of Washington arrived at Lenox
this week and expect to remain the greater
part of the month.
Miss Elizabeth II. Brewer. a sister OF
Justice Brewer of the United States Su- i
preIne Court, who is spending the summer
in Stockbridge, delivered an address before
the ladies' of the Thursday Morning Club at
Great Harrington on Thursday of this week.
speaking on her experiences In TarsuA