The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Berkshire Season
Starts Earlier Than
Since Before War
Improved State Highways In
creases Automobile Traffic
Social Notes.

Special Dispatch to THE Nsw YORK HERALD
LENox, Mass. May 27.
TIME season In the Berkshire Hills
Is starting earlier than at any
time in recent years. More villas
are occupied and more sojourners are
at the hotels than In any other year
since long before the war. The, hotel
men say a continuation OF pleasant
days and greatly improved State high
ways, especially the main routes like
the scenic Mohawk Trail. Lebanon
Mountain and Jacobs Ladder. have
helped greatly to increase the motor
traffic.
An engagement of wide interest in
this section during the week was that
Of Miss Mary Church, the attractive
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. c..
Church of Great harrington, to Mr.
Donald M. Weston OF Dalton. Miss
Church's father. a textile manufac-
turer. Is president of the Wyantenuck
Golf Club at Great Darlington, and
she plays both golf and tennis we'll
She has travelled and has studied music
and art In New York Mr.. Weston is
a paper manufacturer and was gradu-
ated from Yale Scientific School in
1914 He Is son of the late Lieut.
Gov. Byron Weston and Mrs. Weston
of Dalton.
Gov. Claiming H. Cox of Massachu-
sets and Mrs. Cox. who are to be at
the Mapiewood Hotel In Pittsfield on
Wednesday, will be the guests later in
the week of Mr.. Henry NJ league.
proprietor Of the Greylock Hotel, and
Mrs. league In williamstown. Among
those at the Greylock this week were
Mr.. and Mrs, A. M. Lincoln of Pelham
Manor. N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs Stanley
Phillips OF Montclair. N. j.: Mr.. and
Mrs. H.. II. Piatt of Scarsdale. NJ Y;
Mrs. Frank Van Kleeck. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Scott and Miss A. w. Sleight
of Poughkeepsie.
Memorial Day Festivities.
The Memorial Day festivities. includ.
ing fraternity dances and the Williams
Amherst ball game on Tuesday after
noon, are attracting many friends of
the students and alumni to Williams
town. At the Williams Inn are Mrs.
Abram Garfield of Cleveland, Ohio, sis
ter-in-law of DIR. Harry A. Garfield
of Williams College. Her son. Mr..
Edward Garfield. is to graduate this
year. Among others there are Mr.. and
MSs. Dan Hinckley Arnold. Mrs. David
M. Milton, Mrs. Dexter Blagden. Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Stuart. Mrs. w. A.
Brown and Mrs. A. A. Harden of New
York.
Mrs. George Higginson. Jr.. gave her
first large entertainment OF the season
on Wednesday, when she had com
pany Of thirty friends of her daughters
the Misses Theresa and Lee Higgin-
son, for luncheon at Rock Lawn.
Earlier in the week the Misses Hig-
ginson played foursome on the
Stockbridge golf course with Mr.
Richard wheelwright and Mr.. Harold
Hoffman OF Providence. r. L
The state Forestry Department Is
setting cut 1000 black walnut trees on
the 1000 acre Swami State reservation
In Monterey, which was a gift to the
n few years ago of Mrs.
Arthur w. Swami of New York. This
Is the first black walnut grove planted
in Berkshire. The State Is also set
ting out more than 100000 young
spruce trees In the Swami forest.
Sotourners In Stockbrfd8e.
MRS. George l. Liliey. widow OF the
Governor of Connecticut, was at the
Red Lion Inn at Stockbridge this week
She was accompanied by Mrs. Richard
Forester and Miss Loretta Hayes OF
Waterbury. Among others at the Inn
are Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Maynard,
Jr, OF Flushing. l.. l., Mr.. and Mrs. +.
Washington Butler. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
NJ Barnard. Howard Phelps, Miss
label M. Phelps OF New York and Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore II. Smith OF East
Orange. N. j. ME
Many sojourners of other years are
at the Curtis Hotel In Lenox for the
Season. Mr.. Chandler Robbins OF New
York registered there to-day for his
forty-second season. Miss Anna Blake
Shaw. who Is TO be at, the Curtis in
stead OF opening her villa, also came
to-day. as did Capt. and Mrs Charles
w. Littlefieid OF New York Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles John Clarke, who have
been at the Curtis on their honeymoon,
are sailing from New York on Wcdnes-
day for London. They are to spend
the summer In England and on the
Continent