Evening star., 1876-10-23

BuNoH Letter tO-foh-r p, 70 NJ. gra,,.,.,-.,t q
IN ~ ne ssme 6ailding IN watch t8e OF g %
the Nomans Journal Is Located a "a lust
overhead, are the rooms OF the New Eoeisnf
NomRn's Club, which was orr ktuate,i A,
une, ls,S, ard which has now 80 grown as
10 quite overflow the comparatively nar-
row limits OF its rooms lt mas been = dtfu-
cult matter To md suitable rooms iuto
which 10 move, as psriors, not a hail, were
desired, and it Is especially necessary that
TIE location be NJ once central and quiet.
The present location ~ fremont place.
which n on Bacon, Just back OF fremont
street, 50 that while hatf a minute will take
one into the hustle ana business OF .'dOwa-
Town the parlors are retired, ami there IL
Htue dust or noise More satisfactory
IN the old residence OF Mr. Josiah Quincy
into which the club will remove In ABOUT a
month The house faces Boston Common.
and lhe paIlors are very large and muca
better suited for the convenient assembiine
oIIsrge companies 20 listen TO the re sdi ng OF
papers tne delivery oflectures, or 10 partici-
place every Monday. Tue memosrs n sv.
tbe perhaps slightly selfish satisfaction of
snoNine mat The world outside will not be
even even reading In the next days paper
OF Wit and wisdom which in utterad al rhsss
meetings, frequently by men aud women of
.ne .ne gres test celebrity, who are Invited 10 at
oepo, catner oentnd or in front OF tue little
Table which serves a. a rostrum for renortsrs
are strictly tsbooed, and no saving or doins
OF This exclusive circle ~ allowed 10 30
beyond Its limited clreumference TheTa
have been In times past some battles roy.I
between the CLUB and the reporter. nSt,i
the newspapers gave up the contest. Taa
power that the President has o, looking
through en- opaque body at the wall. Il some
thirg remarkable, though 40 IL very possible
that ~ may be an unconscious power, only
evident To the offenders.
TheclHo room 6re prettily bat rot ri chilly far
nlshedi ana seats for large compsny con-
sists OF camp chairs, which are folded up
ana piled In a corner wnen not Ia uss, and
'ack of the parlors is a little cluster OF pan.
trles and store and china closets, whencs
come the materials for the monthly social
events known as "cluo teas" Also for
specisl lunches 10 which the memo oers are
called whenever a distinguished guest IL 70
De entertained. r or the objects OF the Club
are not Intellectual aud philanthnopical ar
cluslvely, Tor though these are principally
CONSIDERED, the social element Is NOT omit-
teo. The Club is a very convenient plsce
among olher things, for the meeting OF adde's
SO largely populated by boston people Rnt
feature OF the Woman's Club, which re-
oetms III from the stigma OF sex exclusfva-
ness, Is that gentlemen are admitted as
associate membeu-not voting mem oers-
suoJect, OF course, 10 the same ordeal OF possi-
bic BLACK oalling mat the ladies' pass or the
Two hundred aud odd members now cousti-
tutlng the Club, perhaps nearly half are
OF the male sex, thoagh they 30 seldom visit
the rooms that they are not supposed 20 be-
long In so large numbers. Among them are
the Rev. James Freeman Clark Ralph WAL
DO Emerson and the poet Whittier. vhiIe
among the ladies are Louise On sndler MouI-
lon-now In Europe-Miss Alcott and many
otners OF literary fame, while others are az
well Known In the lecture and suffrage
fields.
The Club, however, is not a suffrage club.
for although the large majority OF ITS mem.
bers are sunragists, there are those among
tnem VINO are not yet converted.