The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
MANY EARLY COMERS
IN THE BERKSHIRES
Garden Club to Meet at LcnOX
plans for the Fourth
Social Activity Starts.

appointments. The leases are for long
terms. many visitors having planned -
remain until late In November. for tho
autumn in the Berkshires Ia the savcst
season of The year.
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. VINO
last year occupied Shadow Brook. ie now
at ventfor. Hail. She has leased the
estate. one ~ the handsoncs' In I.erN..
for two years. The great l;l,zihr'hnn
villa had been stripped OF tie costly
equipment. the heirs ~ the late Gcorg"
II. Morgan having sold the specially
made furniture In New York auction
rooms. Mira. Vanderbilt. undismaycd by
the task Of furnishing a villa VI fifty
rooms. sent a corps OF decorators %
Lcnox. and they worked for weeks rc-
pairing the house. Then from Newport
and New York arrived carloads OF furD,-
ture and furnishings. Another corps ~
workers was then nusy for weeks m
furnishing tho place and putting the
grounds in order.
About mid-May Mrs Vanderbilt arrived
with her three sonS and her servants. daI
she has divided her time since between
ventfort Hail and t;rskinc Iark. The
latter plaC" she bought T. Npsil Of IN"
George Westinghouse estate. The prop
erty comprised $50 acres. for which was
paid abou, $4,000. The manor house
or tho property was reserved and Is being
d.smantlcd hy George Westinghouse. ir.
On a si;c not Gar from 'hc Wcst'nchouse
home Mrs. Vanderbilt, will build a new
villa for all year use. TIL house VIII
be two years In building The site nNot-
looks Laurel Lax and there il "A wide
vista 10 the north and east. Mrs. VAN
derbil;'s near r,eIghbors Will Ice M. and
Mrs William Il -. Field and Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Albert Il. Shat;uck.
Mr. aud Mrs. Harold Goodwin. who had
an estate a. Roslyn, /. /, have bought
the William II bradford place Of NJ
Bradford who lives in Paris. ~ adj
Joins he property ~ Mr.. bradford
mo'hsr. Mrs. william II. Bradford. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin are 20 live In a
faru'hous' IN tho property and l'te- will
build a villa
Dr. and Ms Henry = JACQUES have
built a small but convenient house ~
Cl!ffwood street. They sold Home Farm
10 WI 'a 4 Slater of Washington.
Natha"isl iiolmes and Miss Ho'ncs Il
Pi'tshg-r Savo leased Sunnyridee, TIE
country place ~ Nfrr. George winthrop
Folsom. Mr and Mrs. George Higg ~
son. Ir. Of Chicago have taken the Judge
bishop place. II Miss Anna Cot,rel the
Sat'Crlcr cottage.
Mr. nd Mrs Robert W. Paterson. who
las ~ 'tcr bought a winter home II
Santa Barbara. Cal. arc AZ Blan'yre.
MIS- Adelo Enceltnd has leased her villa
Fair Lawn. for the late season 10 M"s
Fm!iv y. Trevor Mr. and Mrs. John
r. Trevor have taken cold Brook. the
estate o: capt. John :. Barnes, for the
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. cortlandt Field Bishop.
who have heen motoring in Oregon and
Washington, are 20 he at the Naples. ar
irving there next week. II viii he their
second season in l.enox in fifteen years
Or. and Mrs. william y. Billiard ave at
Hlghwood FOR the early months.
Next week will be held tho annual
meeting of the Garden Club Of America
a: Cur,'s'S Hotel. This convention meets
In Lenox NJ the invitation # the l.eroH
Garden club one Of the pioneer garden
clubs IN America. l's founder ana presi-
dent Is Thomas Shield clarke the artist
sculptor, whose gardens at Fern Brook
are among the most notable in the BerN-
shires.
Mr.. and Mrs. CLARKE WI have Mrs
Roosevelt Miller % Mrhrooi. y. Y. and
Mrs. W. Reel THOMPSON Of Slarkil,
y. Y. Ms Their house guests for the
convention and they VIII give - luncheon
for them on Monday. The frs, enter
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dinner at curtis's Hotel on Tuesday eve
ming ON Wednesday afternoon 'he
Lenox 'lNn VIII entertain the helegftes
ana on IhurSdaN ai'erloo'' NIT J"hH
r.. AieNuhure VIII ne NoS'eSF y, Ilh'i'"'.
On IhursdaF n'eh' an '"n'p'."h OF
colorcd sides ana antochrnihes OF nova
nle American gardens VIII ne SHOWN
Trips FOR the inspection OF me most
beautiful gardens III the mis- nave peen
arranged. ANON" 'he gardens =" ne
cpent' to the dele:a'es rrr Ny ann
Mrs. Ghraud Posters ~ hHI"'"'ihine
Charles lanier's Allen Wlnd9n' NJ ana
Mrs. NlI''am . ''fgo,n rlr'd = Il, i'Ph-
lawn NJ. and Ms. william =: :. fr's-
wold's ~ W~yrdhu.st. Miss Adele Knee
lands ~ Fair Lawn, Mrs william Doug
Las Sloaue's at Elm Court. Mr.. and Mrs.
JOSEPH ~ Choate's AZ Stumke e, stock
bridge Nv and Mrs. Y Woodward
Ravens a. Stnnkhr!dce. Mr.. and Mrs.
william Han Walkcr's Italian gardens
At Brootside IN ,irea' Barring on. NJ,
and Mr. Thomas Shields Clarko's Al
Fern Brook. Mr.. and Mrs. Warren y.
So,sburv'. I'm pitts6eld and a Jarancse
Garden of Mr.. and Mrs. Frrlcr,ck q.
Crane i'm Dalton.
In connection with the meetings OF
inc garden climbs Will he an exhibition
OF f,owcrs Fruits and vegetables by tho
Ienox UorticuItural so,ioty There VIII
no ,i,htv classes NJ ex,ihi,s MANY
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