The sun., 1919-08-17
STocKBRIpoR, Mass, Aug. 16.
IMPORTANT AFFAIRS in the Stock
bridge colony this week included

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bridge colony this week included
= reception at the Mansion on
Tuesday given by Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander sedgwick for Mrs. Stuart Wilson
of England, the moonlight supper on
Monument Mountain. Monday night, for
the guests at Heaton Hall, and the me-
mortal meeting this afternoon in the
Casino for the late Frederic Crownin-
shield
Mr.. and Mrs. Sedgwick received in
the notable old house, assisted by Mrs.
Wilson. Among the guests were the
Serbian minister. DR.. Slavko v. Gruitch
and Madam Gruitch Of Washington, who
have been at the Red Lion Inn. Mrs.
Wilson, wife OF Brigadier- General Will
son of the British army, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Doane Of the
/ Stockbridge colony, Is passing the sea-
son with her parents. She is prominent
as golfer and has many friends in
the hills Late in October she will cross
/ to England, proceeding thence to Egypt
to join Gen. Wilson in Cairo.
An unusual tribute was given the
| late Mr.. Crowninshield by the presence
| Of many Of his former pupils and a
large number of his friends. The walls
of the little hall were hung with ex-
| ampes Of his works Richard w. Bow
\ ker presided. 1t was arranged by
| the Casino Association, of which Mr..
| Crowninshield was president at\ his
death, and by the Laurel Hill Society,
OF which he was a vice-president Ed
ward H. Blashfeld, who was q school
mate of Mr.. Crowninshield in Boston.
gave "reminiscences of him at Harvard,
from which he was graduated in 1866 /;
Prof. Frederick Dielman Of New York.
! past president Of the National Academy
of Design, spoke on Mr.. Crowninshield's
place In the world of art: Prof Tracy
Peck Of New Haven spoke on his art
relations in Rome: J. William Fosdick
spoke for the National Association of
Mural Painters, and DR.. Edward Emer-
son sent his "reminiscences of the art
colony at Richmond. which Mr.. Crown
inthield established. The committee in
| charge consisted of Mr.. Bowker Daniel
Chester French. Newton Macintosh,
Walter Nettleton, Edward B. Owen and
Miss Marian Hague.
Arrangements were made this week
| for a pony show at Recreation Park in
| Stockbridge, September 0. Invitations
| have heen sent to all owners Of ponies
in the Berkshires. Mrs. Raymond T.
Baker of Lenox has offered a silver cup
for the best pony in the show. The
judges will be Henry Livingston Lee
and David T. Dana of the Lenox colony.
Henry Fairfield Osborn. Jr. OF Garri-
son, New York. will have charge of the
ring. The committee arranging the
show includes Mrs. Edwin B. owen Of
Stockbridge. chairman; Mrs Phillips
Blagden Of Stockbridge, Miss Kate Cary,
| Mrs. Raymond T. Baker and DIR. Henry
P. Jacques Of Lenox.
Exhibitors for Pony show.
Among the exhibitors will be Mrs.
Baker. Mrs. w. Roscoe Bonsal, Mrs.
William e. 8. Griswold, Mrs william
B. Osgood Field, Mrs. Arson p. Stokes
Jr.. Mrs. ]. Macy Willetts and Mrs
Henry McBurney.
The entries for the eleventh annual
Stockbridge exhibition closed Sunday
and the number Of entrants equals other
years. Besides the regular exhibitors
who have studios in the Berkshires and
the vicinage, there will be works by
Kenneth Frazier, a portrait painter; AL
len Tucker. an impressiomst Henry
Herring. a sculptor who did the work
on the Marshall Field memorial art In
stitute in Chicago; Elsie Ward. Johr
F. Carlson, landscape painter. who won
the highest honors at the last National
Academy exhibition. and Charles A
| Plat, painter and architect The ex-
hibition will open Saturday. August 80
with a vanishing day reception.
Mrs. Edwin T. Rice. Mrs. Phillis Blag-
den and Frank Coursen compose n COM
mittee for the annual open tennis tourn-
amcnt Of the Stockbridge Golf club
for the championship of western Massa-
chusetts beginning September 6. The
events will be mems singles and dou-
bles. women's singles and doubles, and
mixed doubles. The winner of the mems
singles may challenge the holder OF the
Stockbridge Golf Club Tennis cup.
Heaton Hall guests held a party or
the summit OF Monument Mountain
Monday night. The rise of the moon
was witnessed by the party climbing
to the summit. There tables had beer
set up and a supper was served.
The chaperones were Mrs. A. B. Hall
Mrs Fred Hassler and Mrs. William G