The sun., 1919-06-08
LENox. Mass. June 7.

TJERE will be a large number OF
new cottagers in the Berkshire
region this season. Prominent
Westerners have taken leases Of sew
eral large estates. All CT the finest
places In the region have been taken
and. unable to ind properties suitable
for large families. several Westerners
lave taken apartments in hotels. The
invasion from the West will not change
the social atmosphere of the colonies
for the owners Of the old country seats
already have arrived spd there is much
entertaining.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion M. Travis OF
Tulsa, Okla, have leased Edgewood
Farms in Great Darlington. This Is
the country estate OF the late DR.. and
Mrs. Frederick s. Pearson, who were
lost in the sinking OF the Lusitania
The Pearson estates consists Of $500
acres and comprises lands in Great
Darlington, Afford, Hillsdale and
Austerlitz, and has a home place OF
1900 cultivated acres. Mr.. Travis may
buy the property.
Stockbridge was greatly pleased by
the return Of Mrs. Frederick w. Whit.
ridge and her daughter. Mrs. Charles
e. Greenough. They have leased the
country place of Mrs. John Swami OF
New York, near the centre of Stock
bridge, a fine place under the great
elms. Mrs. Whitridge has been en-
tertaining Mrs. Cadwalader Jones this
week.
Stockbridge has had a lively week
end, the town being filled with guests
for the wedding of Miss Alma de Gers.
dorff to David Percy Morgan. Jr., OF
New York. in st. Paul's Episcopa
Church this afternoon. Mrs. Joseph
H. Choate. opened Naumkeage and en-.
tertained a party Of the guests. Miss
de Gersdorff, the younger daughter
Of. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. de Gersdorff
made a very pretty bride. She is q
petite blond, and has been one of the
workers in war relief in New York
There was a small reception at The
Orchards, which Mr.. and Mrs. de Gers.
dorff have leased. The deN Gersdorf
family are in mourning for her father
the late Frederic Crowninshield.
Mr.. and Mrsy Andrew Carnegie have
taken a pew in the old Congregations
Church. They gave literally to the
support of that church last season
Mr.. Carnegie has not tried his hand
at fishing yet because of the hot wave
which sent the Thermometers racing
up into the eos this week. With cool
er weather he viii begin regular three
times week fishing trips on LAX,
Mahkeenac. The lake has been vel
stocked since last year by the Leno,
sportsmen, who received q fund frou
Mr.. Carnegie for that purpose. Mr.
and Mrs Roswell Miller are at Cara
| doc at Millbrook, N. Y, the Mile
country place. They will motor FIRE
Mrs. Carnegie.
Mrs. Jackson F'lemming has LEASED
her country place in Tytingham t.
Miss Jane Bates of New York. Mrs
Flemming is crossing shortly to Rome
and thence she will go to Constantine
Pile to join Capt. Flemming.
Cottagers arriving in Stockbridgt
included Mrs. Arthur w. Swami at the
Rodman cottage, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
Caldwell, Miss Lydia Field Emme
and Miss Marie o. Kobbe, the portrait
artists; Mrs. l.. Bolton Bangs, Mr.
and Mrs. James r. Walker and Miss
Grace Sedgwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Fairburn OF New
York will come up to Great Barring
ton. They are to have the John Scully
place on Berkshire Heights, new
country home finished just before Mr.
Scullys death in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Higginson. Jr.
Of Chicago have taken rooms at the
Lenox Club. Mrs, Augustus Higgin.
son Of Santa Barbara will pass the
summer at the Higginson cottage or
Lake Mahkeenac.
Mrs. Charles H Brown of Omaha
has leased the Whitney estate in Great
Darlington.
Miss Gertrude Watson Of New York
has opened Onota Farm in Pittsfield
and has Mr.. and Mrs. David Gregory
Mason and Mrs. Chester Griswold as
her guests. Mrs. Porter Norton. who
has been with Miss Watson, has gone
to Buffalo.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Woodward Haven
returned tonight from New York
where they went for the marriage OF