The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-02-20
Where Fortunes are Won and Lost.

A correspondent of the Graphic writes as fol-
lows from Washington city: Chamberln's
Washington Club House is now open in the
late residence of the British Minister and his
legation on Farragut square and Corcoran's
yard, Seventeenth and | streets.
It is the most elaborate and spacious gaming
house and restaurant in the United States and
cost 800, 600. Mr. Morrissey's Saratog, Club is
@ prim, plain, business like affair compared
with it, though Morrissey's four large rooms are
larger than any of Chamberlins, but the inte-
rior architecture of the Washington Club is
more novel and elegant than would appear in
any house built specially for gaming Purposes.
Entering the main door a colored waiter re-
ceives the visitor. Advancing through
peted hall, on the right is reception room, on
the left saloon beyond the saloon extern
sion roem and the bay aforesaid, and beyond
the extension room, and continuation ol 1t, is
the gaming apartments. Tie games are rou
lette, faro, and all sorts of pastimes
An arch out of the gaming room dscloses
through the octagon the refectory, beautiful
apartment with famous $4,000 Long Branch
side board in it. The table is elegantly spread
for supper at midnight. Behind the relectory,
a hall intervening, are pantrles, and at the end
of the hall is Knapps bachelor office, with tiled
floors, chambers of ease and bath. This is to
become reading room letter desk and lounge
Over this office in the secon floor is the cee
brated chamber occupied by Prince Arthur,
hereafter to be Mr.. Cham mberlin's own apart
ment It's octagonal with a couple of square
dressing rooms, baths, cedar closets five feet
deep, and princely accom- pa II rents of all sorts
The rosewood mirror suspended to the floor is
something before which Marie Antoinette
might have been robed. Here, also the etage,
dressing case, aud bedsiead of solid rose
wood, little like the fligree furniture of modern
manufacture. Five other bed chambers and
sitting room are upon the second floor, and
4 ham, kn1n
shows over its ratings the fl Dor below, while a
large chandelier is suspended by rod about
forty feet long from: the eye of the Gothic dome
Three of the side rooms III this story are for
whist and "BostoA." In the third story are
twelve bed chambers.
The basement floor contains kitchen OF am
pie proportions, in which new range has been
placed large enough for hotel. This is the
only article required to be added to the esteb
lishmcnt. Tho cock, Emiline Jones, is the
well known colossal quadroon woman who has
roasted and stewed so daintily at Loag Branch.
The steward, Washington Trusy, is also known
to men about town in New York. There is a
dry wine cellar of large size under the corner
Of the house.
The intention of Chamberin and his partner,
Charles Mann, of Philadelphia, is to confine all
gaming after this winter to the second floor, and
make bachelors hot and the Saratoga Club
House.
Jonh ChamDerlln is the nrst sporting man
who has assumed to keep club house on the
scale OF such magniicence in the District of
Columbi Nothing is more unobtrusive than
this place, nobody loiters around it; there is
no appearance of illegaity in closed shutters
or pallid doorkeepers, To all exterior appear
ance it is still the home of the British Minister,
With stables, grooms, and accessories, as before
Entering, well dressed negro bows the way ;
Mann, in his habitual blue broadcloth and
rather handsome, amiable face, meets the ar
rivals under the dome; the sideboard is sug-
gested by the old negro, Trusty, as a matter
worth consultation, The whole of the lower
part of the house, brilliantly lighted, and room
unfolding to room over a large area, rather daz
zles the eye and mind with sense of extent
and intricaoy which is farther borne out by the
curious hexagonal and octagonal shapes of
some of the apartments, The wall paper is in
general of gilt and green-od but respectable.
Rosewood and red cedar are the wood colors.
The carpets are Brussels, wern but rich. Sew
eral of Knapp's pictures remain, chiefly land
scapes and amongst them large mosaic OF
Greek temple, In the autumn of next year the
house will be refurnished. The following arti
cles of food were called over by the servant the
night l looked in there Beefsteak (sixteen
pounds, four inches thick,) mutton chops, sweet
breads, kidneys whole, lambs fries, broied
oysters, celery, lettuce, chicken and lobster
salads, pigs feet, snipe, quail, woodcock, can
vasback duck, halibut, smelts and roast turkey.
Sixteen persons in all required to concuct
the place as at present before the hotel feature
is added