Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-10
ANEW SENSATION IN NEW YORK
A Bankers, Brokers, and We rchants
Club HOuse-The II iggest Thing on
the Continent

Americans, whose mission seems to be to i'm
prove everything, have now made up their mind:
to improve upon the foreign idea of a club. Our
people cannot content themselves with a mere
restaurant and lounging place They have
neither time nor inclination to display themselves
in club windows and ogle the ladies that pas:
by. They must mingle business with pleasure
and profit with amusement. This popularity
sufficiently explains why the ordinary kind oil
clubs have always been comparatively unpopu-
lar here
At last company of gentlemen here have or
ganized and established an American club, to be
conducted upon American principles 1t is 10
Gated on Fifth Avenue. between Twenty first and
Twenty second streets; and a brief description of
its internal arrangements and the purposes t.
which it is to be devoted will convince the most
skeptical that its originator Mr.. H. st. c. Eyt
inge, has hit upon a decidedly novel, original and
brilliant idea, and that New York is about to
have new sensation.
The main CLUB House is brown stone, five
stories high. twenty eight feet wide and l2U
feet deep, with bay window fronting the
Avenue. On the rear large building has been
erected, with two entrances on Fifth Avenue and
one on Twenty second street. This rear hall il
10 be used as 4 bourse, or evening exchange, and
will be accessible both TO the members of the
club and 10 the general public. A regular call
of stocks will be made there every evening.
But. to begin at the beginnsng. let US enter the
club house from the basement. Here we find a
telegraph office and an elegant smoking room
wide hall passes these departments and leads
back to the ale and wine room, which is TO be
superintended by Chris. O'COnner. ESQ. and so
MP stairs TO the Bourse All of these rooms are
large, and are to be splenddy furnished The
articles for sale in Mr. O'Conner's department
will be of the first quality, selected with the great.
est care. The spacious kitchens are not yet fitted
no. Mr.. A. SietSon, of the Aston House, is Gu
trusted with the immense responsibility of sc
lectng the artists in this most important portion
of the establishment.
Passing up stairs TO the BOurse we enter an
immense hall, which will accommodate, with the
salons, thousand people. White was the arch
tect of this hall. and has ventilated it perfectly,
and in every way fitted il up for a first class even
ing stock exchange Here the sterling moneyed
men of New York will meet nightly TO gain for
tunes upon stocks and transact all their private
business. Commerce and business are not the
etiquette OF other clubs; bur they are of this
The bankers, the brokers and the merchants are
all most comfortably provided for, and none of
them should fail 20 avail themselves OF these adj
yantages The Club bulletin will hourly an
nounce the exact state of the markets. The ar
rivals aud departures OF ships will be recorded
4 banking fund will be kept in the Club safe
TO change checks for members after banking
hours
The large windows of the main saloon open
upon the BOurse. This saloon consists of three
immense rooms en- suite These are all sumptu-
ously furnished in different styles. but with exqu-
site taste and harmonious effect. The saloon
will be the reception room of the Club. and is
brilliantly lighted and supplied with every posi-
BILE convenience. IL opens upon magnificent
hall. through which wide staircase leads to the
second story. This whole floor IS thrown into a
restaurant, seating about two hundred persons.
The service of silver and crystal for this restau-
rant i most costly. Here members will be
served with all the delcacIes aud substantlals of
the season. the simple COS; of material. and
with wines OF the rarest vintages. A hair dress
Ing saloon and bathing room are upon each floor
Indeed, nothing * wanting which the most re-
fined taste and lavish expenditure can supply.
The third floor is divided into apartments for
private parties. whist chess and dressing rooms
Those may be thrown en- suite for large party
II required Each of these rooms Is furnished
in a style contrasting with the others. and il is
hard say which j. the most beautiful. The
large rear room, however, is the most gorgeous
Splendid dormitories. for the use of members,
are also upon tnis floor. All the standard journ-
ais of the world will be on file here.
All Of the European languages will be spoken