New-York tribune., 1909-07-11

ca,oos FOR IT'S guests who desire boating on the
Housatonic River This is one OF the coolest spots
in the hills and its wide piazzas are most inviting
The Red Lion Inn has been filed TO its capacity
for 4 fortnight, and there is much gayety here
Its guests are engrossed in golf and tennis. and
10 provide for all the tennis eXponents new courts
have been built at the golf club The golf course
Is stiu recognized as the best in Western Massa-
chusetts and attracts the players of many clubs
to fits excellent turf green's
In Lee the Cireenock Inn has been doing excel
lent business and since the Fourth there has been
an thrush OF season guests. This house is one OF
the best known tourist stations in the hills. The
Hotel Lenox in Lenox. right in the heart ot things
has an interesting clientele of guests. and the po-
sition of the house near the boulevard and the
clubs makes II a desirable spot for those who go TO
Lenox TO view society at short range
THE BEN GREET PLAYERS.
At Naumkeag Joseph H Choate's Stockbridge
summer home, on Monday afternoon the Ben
Greet Players presented "As You Like It" for the
benefit Of the National Plant and Flower Guild
It was a notable affair inasmuch as all the
I.enox and Stockbridge cottagers were there with
their house guests. Many open. air performances
have been given I'm the Berkshire Hills but none
has surpassed this for the beauty OF the natural
setting in an Italian garden for the interest In
the play by society II not until o'clock that
the play began and AT an hour when the shadows
of the settling on the lawn and the
natural beauty Of the place at its best After
the performance several of the cottagers met Miss
Keith Wakenan. who played the part OF Rosaiind
Mrs Frederic Crowninsheld the promoter of
the performance and assisted by many Stock
bridge residents
The thirty-ifth annual meeting OF the LenoI
Club held Monday afternoon and was followed
by luncheon the clubhouse. Captain John :.
Barnes president of the club for fourteen years.
presided About forty members Of the club were
present The officers elected were: President Cap
tain John s. Barnes: vice-president. Dr. Richard
c. Greeneaf: secretary. DR.. Henry P. Jaques;
treasurer George Winthrop Folsom; board OF gov
ernors. Captain Barnes. Woodward Haven.
George ". Folsom, Dr. Richard c. Greenleaf.
George Baty Blake. Charles Laner John Z. Par
sons and Frederic s Delafeld Mr. Delafeld sue
ceeded Thomas Post and J. Woodward Haven
DR. Henry {. Haven on the hoard OF governors
At the luncheon were William D Sloane, Malcolm
d Sloane Edward A Burdette. David Turner
Dana. Frederic : peaheld. Richard c. Dixey.
{ Gorge ". Folsom, Clinton q. Gilmore. Or. Rich
ard g Greenleaf, Daniel p. Griswold, Carlos de
Heredia DR.. Henry p Jaques. Marshall X. her-
nochan. David Lydig. Newbod Morris, John E
Parsons Herbert Parsons. F. Augustus Schemer-
horn Henry II. Pease and 8. Parkman Shaw.
All of the Lenox summer residents are interested
in the village library John r. Parsons is its presi-
dent. Recently the library enlarged and fur
nished by Grenville l.. Winthrop. The annual meet
ing Tuesday adjourned because Of the absence
of Mr.. Winthrop. a director. vino is abroad There
Is talk Of taking over Sedgwick Hall. connected
with the library, for art gallery and already
some momentum has been given to the plan BY the
library directors.
Mr. and Mrs Frank X. sturgis. who left here