The sun., 1918-08-13
.LENOX CLUB HEARS
WAR RELIEF TALK
Mrs. Nina L. Duryea Tells Of
Experience Among Stricken
French People.
COTTAGE COLONY PRESENT
Affair Under Brilliant Pat
ronage and Pledges Of
Support Are Given.
Special Despatch 10 TEE SuS.

Special Despatch TO THE SuS.
LEMON. Mass. Aug 1.-THE most i'm
portant gathering OF the Lenox season
was at the Lenox Club this afternoon.
when Mrs. Nina Larry Duryea Of Dinard,
France. gave an illustrated talk on her
work among the refugees In the dew
astated district of the Somne.
Mrs. Duryea was presented to COM
pany by Chaunccy NJ. Depew. She wore
the orders presented to her by the
ments for relief work. She was in the
uniform Of the Secours Duryea Of
France, Of which she is the president
and founder.
Mrs. Duryea held the interest OF her
audience by a recital of work accom-
plshed in the canton of Roye, which the
French Government gave to Mrs.
Duryea's committee to succor. At the
close OF the address many pledges were
given for war relief.
The cottage colony of Lenox and
Stockbridge and many from the sur
| rounding resorts were present. The
ushers. wearing the uniform of the Sc
cours Duryea, were Miss Margaret
French. Miss Emily winthrop, Misses
| Symphorosa and Grace Bristed. Miss
Madeline Dahlgren, Miss Anna r. Alex
| andre and Miss Anita Delafeld.
Patrons of the Lecture.
The lecture was held under the patron
age of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Chester
| French, Mrs. John E Alexandra. Mrs
Bisted. Mrs. w. NJ Bullitt, Miss Kate
Cary Mr.. and Mrs Brown Caldwell
Mrs. Joseph Fl. Choate. Mr.. and Mrs
| Thomas Shields Clarke. Mr. and Mrs
Banyer Clarkson. Frank f. Coursen
Mrs. Richard c. Dixey. Mrs. Stephen d
Field. Mr.. and Mr- G. Foster. Mrs. Mar
garet French. the Misses Goodman, Mrs
Charles Z. Greenough. Miss Eleanor
Hague. Miss A. Haughtor. Mr.. and Mrs
]. Woodward Haven. DR.. and Mrs, Henry
?. Jaques. Miss Marie o. Kobbe. Mrs
| D. l. Mackie Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nc
Burney Mr. and Mrs John S. McLen-
| nan, Rev. DR. George Grenville Merrill
Mr.. and Mrs Edward B. Owen, Mrs
| Henry /. Parsons. Mrs John e. Parsons
Mrs. r. w. Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry HOLSTER Pease. Mrs. Benjamin c
Porter, DR.. and Mrs. Austen Fox Riggs
Mrs. J. +. !Schenck, Mrs. Alexander
and Mrs. Albert r. Shattuck. Miss Mar,
| Happen. Miss Emily Tuckerman and
| Mr. and Mrs J. Appleton Wade.
Mrs. J. s. Whistler will arrive Satur-
day to visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Ross w
| Whistler.
Miss Emilia Ashburner Of San Fran
cisco Is visiting with Mrs. Stephen d
Field in Stockbridge.
Mrs. James Rae and Miss Ethel Rat
arrived to visit with Misses Eleanor ant
Marian Hague in Stockbridge.
Mrs. Harold Farquhar Hadden has hel
daughter Mrs. Francis p. RIGGS of Lake
| vile. KY, as her guest In .Stockbridge.
Misses Theresa Caylus. Eleanor Beach
Frances and Marion oliver. Caroline Olii
and Eleanor Stevenson OF New York ar,
at the Adams Inn. Stockbridge.
Results of Golf Tournam ent.
In the finals of the Red Cross gol
tournament Mt the Wyantenuck Countr,
Club in Great harrington C. F. Hove!
OF Providence, guest OF Mr.. and Mrs
John Shepard. Jr.. in Sheffield. won tn
first award. F. C. Hoyt was the rune
up
Miss Ellen NJ. Tower who has beei
visiting with Miss Helen C. Butler II
Stockbrdge. has gone 10 Boston.
At the Red Lion Inn. Stockbrldge. ar
c. II. Ruyter Wissman, r. Van Rens
selaer Schuyler. Mr.. and Mrs G. Scot
Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Aiker
George p. Grinnell. Mrs, Harrison. s. r
Robinson. y. c. Rogers and w. A. De
o. New York.
Mrs. Frank c. Roberts and Mrs. Fran
c. Roberts. Jr.. OF New York. who hav
, been at the inn, have gone to the Whit
Mountains.
/, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hunt and Garlic
ton Hunt left Stockbridge for Boston.
Admiral Maurbury johnson. L. s. n
Walter Merrill. c. F. Fox Of New Yorl
who are touring: Mrs. ]. Rufus Am
= idon. Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Dom
mick. MFR. and Mrs. A. c. Hencken {
> New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph "
Hayden, Frank f. Peabody Of Boston
Mr.. and Mrs w. II. Wanamaker and tn
Misses Isabella and Louise Wanamake
! OF Philadelphia, arrived at Hotel Aspir
. wall.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Drake an
q Henry w. Farnum OF Chicago left Cul
4 It's Hotel to-day for the Maine coast
e Arriving at Curtis Hotel were Mr.
I q. X Dimock. Mrs, D. A. Walcott {
New York. Mrs John Calderwood {
n Brookline. Mass. and Mr.. and Mrs. Rot
l ert Lee. Jr.. OF Westboro.