Evening star., 1941-09-21
Shenandoah Parks
Foliage 10 Flame
With Color in October
Peck of Fall Beauty
Expected From 10th to
10th Of Next Month

Shenandoah National Park, hlgh IN
the Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir-
ginia, is an area of interest and
beauty throughout all seasons, but
the most spectacular show OF the
year is presented in autumn, when
the foliage of the trees and shrubs
covering hills, hollows, mountains
and valleys bursts into a festival Qf
color.
j. r. Lassiter, superintendent OF
the Shenandoah, reports that Dame
Nature will first touch her brush
to the canvas this year about the
1st of October, with the peak OF
the color expected october 1920.
There will be some color in the
Shenandoah during the entire
month of october.
The Transformation from the
varied shades of green to the variety
of autumnal hues comes gradu-
ally. The gold first appears in the
coveS of the higher reaches, then
are blended with crimson, orange
and brown, until the mountains,
ridges and hollows are transformed
into wave after wave of color, bathed
In the blue haze OF autumn.
Color Recedes to HOllOws.
Thereafter, when color recedes on
the heights, one witnesses from the
Skyline Drive the unfolding OF the
| same shades in the hollows ana
valleys below :.
This color show was first opened
to the public when the Skyline Drive
was constructed few years ago,
and each autumn has seen ad-
ditional thousands of visitors. so
popular has this pageant OF color
become that it represents to autumn
almost what Garden Week Is to
Virginia in the spring.
The fall season also will reveal
to Williamsburgs visitors great
strides in the Restoration's goal OF
restoring completely the most sig
nificant parts of an entire colonial
city.
More Houses Reproduced.
In recent months a number OF
fine old houses have been restored,
among them the Allen-Byrd house,
at one time the home of William
Byrd III of Westover, the Taliafer-
ro-Cole house and shops, fine
example of the establishment of a
PROSPEROUS colonial merchant, and
the Randolph -Peachy house, one OF
the largest and handsomest of the
Williamsburg houses and the head
quarters of Rochambeau prior to
the siege of yorktown. Work is now
proceeding on the restoration OF
several more eighteenth century
houses, while on Duke of Gloucester
street alone no less than five small
houses and taverns are being COM
pletely reconstructed on their
original foundations.
One of the most interesting prof.
ects of the Restoration, the recon-
struction of Chowning's Tavern, has
been completed, and the Tavern,
| furnished in early American an
tiuues and operated exactly as 1t
was in colonial times, serves not
only as a place of refreshment but
as an invaluable aid in giving the
visitor a well-rounded picture Of
life in eighteenth century Williams
| burg.
Concerts in November.
The sixth of the Restoration's
festival concerts of eighteenth CEN
tury music will be held in Novem-
ber at as yet unannounced dates,
and will feature the music of old
Williamsburg played in the candle
lit ballroom of the Governors
palace. The concerts, which are
under the direction of Ralph Kirk
patrick, music professor at Yale and
an authority on the harpsichord, in
the past have drawn music lovers
from all parts of America.
Apart from the scores of restored
and reconstructed colonial build
ings, there are now six main ex-
hibition buildings-the Governors
palace and gardens, the Wythe
house and gardens, the Ludwell-
paradise house, housing Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller's folk art collection;
the Raleigh Tavern, the colonial
Capitol, and the fascinating old
gaol. Other points of interest to
visitors are the Craft house, with
its archaeological collection: the pub
lie magazine. Bruton Parish Church
and the Sir Christopher Wren Build
ing of the College of William and
Mary.