The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-12-27
NEW YORK CLUBS.

| george Alfred Townsend In Boston Gl0be.J
| The times continue about the same. was askinl
be in the city Of New York. Said he: 'Ii you con
| fine your question to those clubs which own or rem
a whole building, suppose there are some sixty O
seventy. There are at least three clubs dow
town in the business quarter. Again there are club
| which meet ut q restaurant once n week."
"Oi those sixty or seventy you have mentioned
which is the most successful here 2" asked.
"They differ, Of course The Century Club, which
| has not much influence and not any very great at
tendance, except perhaps one night In the week or
one in the MONTH is the most solvent appearing con
Germ here and 1t has more applications for member
ship, and they are longer getting In than any
| four cubs They own their own building, and thai
debt and surplus The unoI
League Club perhaps stands the highest In the way
Of actual influence and attendance. They had q
debt OF 100000 to $4,000 some time ago, but they
have paid "a about Of i the
bcrshp, and they are strong enough to discipline
their tardy members who VIII not pay up their dues
na Ses a am to said rea
probably pass, compelling the members to pay their
bar and restaurant and other dues monthly. II they
do not pay by the 18Th OF the month following they
are liable TO suspension from the club until they pay
up, .,,. .,,
at is matter Of very grave annoyance. There
are some men who seem to want to hang up bills in
to a dozen. They let their dues run and accumu-
late until they reach figure when tits inconvenient
to pay These clubs are costly institutions Here Is
building alone Of $4,000 a year. and the lights cost
$4,000 year more. making $4,000 in all. The in
year. Yet even in this club you can see on the walls
men of good standing In commerce and other mat
ers possa % amounts OIL perhaps sew
"Next to the Union League, which is the
strongest club2n - =
below the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and just opposite the
Loos Club Is one OF the most vauntcd social clubs
n on the city hut has M aeSt OF pretty heavy
old Worth Hotel, the last house to the south be-
tween Broadway and Fifth avenue, where they
cross each other; has very good position, but no
"Mow Is the University Club getting on9"
,, THAT Is doing very well. It was rather happy
colleges. pretty large proportion OF the graduates
OF the colleges want to come In. This club has
rented to the Union League. and which Ia now said
to he bonded as the dover OF Lady Randolph
Smure etomes ..I daughter The rem! for ths
Club gets back some s2, OOO understand by letting
out room n and apartments in the building. This
asked.
York Dutch. This must not be COMPOUNDED with the
Amsterdam Club, which IL mere socIable on
MS friends 10 have their drains without being too
much observed"
" w nat klnu Oh cluO IL tue CARTON CIuD2"
"That Ia also high drinking place. controlled by
John Chamberlain. OF Washington City. You can
see Roscoe C9nklIng there pretty generally.
Chamberlain s one Of the best stewards and cater.
ers In the country. and cooks such dishes currled
oysters wonderfully well. He 10 about the best In
New York, possibly excepting Sieghortner, to cook
terrapn. lie pays great attention to nne brands OF
Kentucky whisky, baltimore whisky, etc. The
Carlton Club, therefore, Ia sort OF link between
Washington and New York, and Is sort of general
stamping ground for Northern and Southern men to
meet II occupies large house just back of the
Hoffman House, on Twenty.ninth street, which has
an elevator In It,"
How does the Manhattan Club stand?n
"The Manhattan Club has also bought it's own
house ana has good attendance. II 10 not up to the
Union League In style aud cosmopolitan character,
but II 10 In comfortable condition. The Athletic
Club" continued my friend, "is one Of the finest In
this country. 1t occupies large, convenient build
Ing, with baths, russian baths, gymnasium etc.,
Sixth avenue, near Central Park, and has large at
tendance The Racket Club, at the corner OF Sixth
avenue and Twentys sixth street. Is also prominent
Is to keep gambling out OF them. The Union
premises The Lotus Club has routed gambling
from the house. At the Union CLUB the young dudes
skin each other, OF COURSE"
Are there no clubs where ladies can Gomez"
"The Germans" said my friend, provide for the
women. The Liederkranz Club, which has billiard
halls, bowling saloons, and every sort of Germanic
comfort, especially arranges for ladies 10 come In
and have the run OF the house. 80 does the German
Club, on Forty-second street. The Brooklyn clubs
allow ladies' to come In and the Hamilton Club over
there, s noted for the female attendance"