New-York tribune., 1922-08-13
Mr.. Depew Active
LIN The Affairs of
Berkshire Colony
Artists Much Interested in
Annual Stockbridge Ex-
hibifion To Be Held
From Aug. 20 to Sept. 10

BERKSHIRE HILLS, Mass, Avg u.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who with
Mrs, Depew, is at the Aspinwall Hotel
in LenoX, at eighty-eight is one of
the most active summer residents in
Berkshire Hills. Last night he deliv-
cred his sixth annual address to a
large audience of men and women at
the club in Pittsfeld. his subject be-
ing The Past, Present and Future in
the United States Justify Optimism"
Mr.. Depew also has accepted an invi-
tation to speak to the Lenox Chamber
of Commerce.
Mr. Depew visited the Museum of
Fine Arts at Pittsheld on Tuesday and
praised this great gift Of the late Zenas
Crane, of Dalton.
Mr., and Mrs. Depew had as guests
at the Aspinwall this week Mr.. Depew's
niece, Viscountess de Bresson and
daughter, Mile. de Bresson, of Nice,
France, and they were motoring
through the hills every day. Nj. De
pew enjoys driving over the secluded
routes to the little Berkshire hamlets,
where many Of the customs Of cen
tury ago are still in vogue. Every
body, even the small townspeople, seems
TO know Mr.. Depew and he always Is
given a hearty greeting,
United States Senator Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock, Of Nebraska, who was at the
Aspinwall on Tuesday, inquired about
eight miles west Of Pittsfield. The
Senator's father was born in Lebanon,
and he said that when six years old,
while visiting his grandfather, he re-
called distinctly hearing a telegraph
messenger tell his father that Lincoln
had been assassinated. Senator Hitch
cock is to be a weekend visitor at the
Aspinwall, where Mrs. Hitchcock and
their daughter arrived on Thursday for
the season.
Arrivals at the Aspinwall include
Mrs. Thomas Sturgis and Miss Fanny
Sturgis, who were guests of Mrs. Grant
Walker. of Boston: Mr.. and Mrs.
Elijah P. Smith, of New York. who are
W. H. Carpenter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
S. Untermyer, Mrs. " I. Van Aistyne,
Mrs. j. W. Arthur, Mrs. c, B. Reed Miss
+. q. Young, OF New York; Mr. and
Mrs. r. C. Good, of Morristown. \. j.;
Mrs. Stewart Mckee, Mr., James Dal-
zell Mckee and Miss Virginia Dalzell,
Of Pittsburgh, Pa; Judge and Mrs.
D. D. Woodmansee, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry A. Garfield have
been giving series of luncheon parties
this week at the presidents house in
Williamstown for distinguished visitors
at the Institute of Politics. A notable
event of the week also was reception
on Tuesday at the Sigma Phi house by
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Curtis and Mr..
Philip Henry Kerr, of London, for lee
turers and friends in the Williamstown
colony who have entertained them.
One of the most interesting dinners of
the week at Williamstown was given by
Professor and Mrs. Karl f. Weston at
Thornwood, complimentary to Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis, Mr. Kerr and Mr.. Raymond
Recouly, editor Of the Paris "Temps"
The center of much of the social life
of Williamstown is the Greylock Hotel.
and among the arrivals there this week
were Mr.. and MrsS Randolph Tucker
and Miss Jane Tucker, of Chestnut
Hill. Mass. Mrs. Tucker was Miss
Mona House, daughter of Colonel Ed
ward NJ. House. Others there are Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin H. Olmsted Mrs. NJ.
Lawrence Keene, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
D. Sabin, Miss Elizabeth Tildcn Sabin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. Walden, Mrs
IF. S. Wright, Miss l.. M. Wright, ir.
Percy Holbrook, Mr.. f. j. Roberts, of
New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Yorke Allen,
of South Orange, n D.; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
l.. Crawford and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
R. Williams, Of Philadelphie.
Artists in the Berkshire colonies are
interested in the fourteenth annual
Stockbridge exhibition, which will open
on Saturday, August 20, with the var
day reception and will continue
until September TO- Among the women
exhibitors will be Miss Marie O. Kobbe,
whose sketches of children always are
pleasing; Miss Lydia Field Emmett,
eminent portrait painter; Miss Emily
Winthrop, skilled in sculpture; Mrs.
Richard G. Dixey and Mrs. Banyer
Clarkson, whose garden studies are al
ways interesting; Miss Etheldred F.
Folsom, whose interiors are admired:
Mira. John G. Johansen, whose work as
artist is under the name of M. Jean
McLane Mr., Walter Nettleton, land
scape artist, is chairman Of the COM
mittee in chsrge and associated with
him are Misses Enlmet and Kobbe, Mr..
Johansen, Mr.. Daniel Chester French.