New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
GLORY OF BERKSHIRES
HORDES THERE TO ENJOY
AUTUMN BE1UTTES
Social Afars and Outdoor Meet,
FoiiO5c Each Other in Quick
Succession.
Succession.

I.enox Sept H. interesting affairs have crovA.s
one another this week in the Berkshire Ffiu- r..
annual race meeting Of the BERKSHIRE hunt ,,,t
ful afternoons programme. which brought tho,,
sands 10 the racetracks; a notable ball in sbae,,.
brook. The attractive house that AnVon J,.of.
Stokes built. now the country horne OF Spencer .
Shelter; the annual meeting Of the Laurel F5iu
Association, in Stcckbridse, where President 60
Held OF Williams College was the orator and (,ov
ernor Eten s Draper and other noted men .I,,
spoke three meetings or the Berkshire hounds Wis
riding cross country on the aniss seed baz %-s.r
behind an imported pack OF hounds; excursions A.,
the Cowee gladioi fields; motor parties for pcuic-
on the hilitops host Of uncheous. bridge parti..
and dinners so interviewer in schedule that M.
popular guests have not known where to turn "a
keep all OF their engagements-all these have kept
things humniag It is the opening OF the gay sss
son when the Berkshires entertain the villa ovur
from Newport and Bar Harbor who Is on his va
! back to town TO Tuxedo.
From the Hotel AspinwaE roof porch and z.r
den can be seen the hrst burst OF the autumn fol
age Far away on the horizon there stands ON a
soft maple which the first frosts have turned from
green 10 crimson AL about are the vivid esA-.
colds and yellows. varicolored trees that IooE
as II their tips had bIOssOmed into IRE soo.
the Berkshire autunnal forests viii be IN the enu
blaze Of glory. Nowhere round about can thh
pageant Of color be seen 10 better advantages tba.
in the heights above the village Of Lenox. Here tas
attractive Hotel Aspinwan offers superior aivau-
tases to those who would stop awhile in the hear
OF the Berkshfres TO feast on the beauties Of ~
HoUsa atomic River.
MANY NEW WORKERS THERE
gathered here for the late season. Mrs. William S
Brown. Mrs. William Pomeroy. Mrs. Phoebe Rob
insOn. Mrs. Samuel Burnham. Mr.. and Mrs. ROB-
ert Gibson. Mr.. and Mrs John Aspersen Colonel ana
Mrs .'---- =. Kearney. Mr.. and Mrs. OTTO Singer
Mrs Franklin Farrell and Mr.. and Mrs Georzs
AT ha HOfa for
season Twice this week there were brilliant dances
No other hotel in the Berkshires has such advan-
tages for entertaining AFFORDED By the pink
ballroom at this hotel. The hotel Is the starting
point for all the many beautiful motor ana driving
trips Perfect roads radiate from here TO the Mount
Lebanon Shakers, the Indian relics and mounds n
stockbridge. the pretty paper making towns Of Lea
and Dalton. and 70 Williamstown. with its college
and campus There are miles OF bridlepaths IN the
hotel grounds. and it's drives aad lookouts are Of
g.C,uIesque beauty. There ts excellent orchestra
at the hotel which gives concerts twice daily.
Automobiles made a beaten track to this uscs
this week They came from the four corners of the
Berkshires-the hOmeward bound tourists from ths
mountains and the seashcres the long distance mo-
torists the weekend parties-seekins the best that
the BerkshiTes have To offer. No one in Lenox
ever saw such rush for rooms as besiegsd the
clerks at the Hotel Aspinwan The hotel having
been filed to its capacity. those who had sought
comforts were sent on TO other resorts which
6pOunl Cne nNIS.
There have been many well known persons at the
hotel Edwin d. Morgan. American Minister TO CUha.
has been there for short stay. Governor Eben S.
Draper OF Massachusetts, called there this week:
Mr.. and Mrs George Howard White. OF England
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Franklin Adams Miss Edith L
Adams and Robert J. Adams have arrived Also
Mr.. and Mrs z. n. Higgins. Mr.. and Mrs. George
B. JerE,yn. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Hull Browning. Miss
Wilkinson, j. H Browning. Mr.. and Mrs James 3.
Pinkham and Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. smith. OF New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. c. ". Dodge, or Newburyport:
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Coles Phnbrick Mrs J. Houston
Coles. Mr.. and Mrs. S. Marsh Young Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Elliott. Mrs. Edward z. Jenkins. Mr. and
Mrs. j. l. CrossthWaite and Mr.. and Mrs J. L
Crossthwaite. jr.. OF New York; Mr.. and Mrs
Richard H. Depew and R. Henry Depew, u OF
Piainheld. n. j.; Mr.. and Mira +. H SourhEish
Miss Jean Southwck and Louis Southwieks of
Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs L s. Berg. OF New YORK.
Mr. and Mrs. H. s. Paul r. and Miss Edith Lam
bert, OF Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. c. Nouton
Stowe and Mrs. F. H. Elsbree. OF ProVtdenes; NJ.
and Mrs. S. S. Prince. OF New York. and M ana
Mrs. J. ". Macdcnough. Of MamarOneck. y. y