New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
GUIDE TO BERKSH|RES
The Various Resorts and the
Things They Are Noted For.
FULL OF HISTORIC INTEREST
Revolutionary Mementos Abound
on Every Side in This Pict-
uresque Country.

In the Berkshires town after town, VII
lage after village. presents itself with some
special claim TO the consideration OF thoSe
who want 10 make stay Of a few DAYS
a few weeks OF an entire summer Inc
spirit of repose permeates the place
breathes over the whole region. Pleasant
people go there 10 make their summer
homes. come again. year after year, ana
hiring their friends with them when they
return.
Lenox has a great reputation as a dash-
ionabfe resort. Many Of those VINO hguFe
prominently in the social life Of New YORK
In the winter are to be found there, living
a. the great hotels or staying perhaps at
their own estates in the neighcorhood OF
the town. It is quieter in its social actlTi-
ties than Newport less pretentious and
modelled upon more reposeful plan.
Fut fashionable folk are not the only ones
who 90 to L.enox. People oS every taste
ara suited there. slip insensibly into the
mood the town imposes upon its summer
i.inhabit and form a part Of the COM
munity.
L.enox is a great centre for summer ac-
ti,itv in golf and lawn tennis. lts eoli
course and its tennis courts are among the
best to be found in any summer resor l
and tournaments provide competitive acu'-
| ity throughout the season.
! Stockbridge is another of the famous re-
sor- centres Of the Berkshires. II is set in
lovely scenery. attracting many by reason
~ its natural charms and the people il
draws each year are in type similar 70
those who make up the summer popula-
ton Of Lenox-
Tho indians used 70 call Stockbridge
Hpa0
r,.sred aside as in so many ether cases
The historical interest Of the place is enor-
nous Here it vas that Jonathan Edwards
d;d rnissionarv work among the Indians
and relics Of the precoloniaI and colonial
,;r,es are to be seen in all directions. II
u-as in little red house on the north
sbore Of Lake Mahkeenac that Nathaniel
t3au+borne wrote The House OF the Seven
cables. ana .Tanglewood Tales Cyrus
" Field. pioneer Of the Atlantic cable
"a roucb of MS work in StOcktridge. and
is buried there
ptfts6eld mas long been rival OF LenoX
gor The fJrIe Heart of the Berkshires.
certainly II is a beautiful place, and It is
not hard 10 understand the endless charm
- has for its stable summer colony. ADDED
"a wear after year by newcomers who
sraedilv become as much attached To II as
treir predecessors. LOngfelloW used 10
t,,.a PittsfeId. and some OF mis- most Ia
mons lines were Penned in the shadow OF
i,s mighty trees. great and famous IN MS
daE and grown only more beautlful IN the
,,,ssip., Of the years since his time.
senator crane, of MASSACHUSETTS makes
:, bo,pe near Pittsaeld, and is only one OF
..c,e-ie Of distinguished men who are 10
A.. eo,ird there in the summertime.
% younger than some of the other
r,,.,,sbire resorts as a summer dwelling
-,.eo has assumed d place In the fore
/ - ,..r,, ol!ickly. Lee is in the foothills
...-.ta tirosic Range, looking up 10 Them IN
8 =, 49, bsatltv, and none who have chosen
- a summer resting place will be
III, 90 hear It sighted. From Lee IS the
-, s,,ton1obile highway into Connecticut
ar the famous Jacobs Ladder
rrnning eastward.
all IN Connecticut. is famous
"a .,,,r,rner resort. familiar 20 New YORK
= "a such Tor generations. II IS hardiy
p.,l.snt res proper yet the Litehheid
-, = ,,hicb il rests. are part OF tha'
''4'''' ,,,.,,,rtains II offers every charm
"i,7' ..,ion that does any Berkshire
an ,,iIlaae. and II is full of HISTORICAL
hs,,inr borne d very important
lnteies' - events Of tne heVolll4oh anu
- leading up 10 II. lHt pa.i p In h..
SD1 of earlg AnericaH Ai''o'S
fascllai aie1 eI1t.-reoaont is another resort IN m tno
GC,tt~se that is growing yeAi - 80 -, ip,Is
beit1 bet md prestige. II - lsss 20 80. Iees
/ larily & anu f"ther places. but none the Iess
than uhHy ,bet reason, its scenery a4~
iells 1t,s a. N the charm or their !Ntts !iNt,a
surroAlol.i,sse ,se nf all sorts being uiflFH44ou
Luz t-'I. mart of The mouhtA.i4S'