Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-18
GOSSIP or TIE CLURs.


The famous window coterie Of the
Union Club. e., the occupants Of the
lower windows on the Fifth-avenuc
side of the palatial club-house--who
we're once in an interview III the Her
aid. in the noyer-to- be-forgotten Lou
bat-Turnbull case, designated by no
less an authority than Mr.. Jacob Loril-
lard to be 4 " lot of old hens" received
a cable from London the other day that
the white silk hat and Derby had been
suddenly adopted BY the swells, who have
all along persistently worn tho conyen-
tionsl black hat, excepting when coach
ing. The result has been that these
aforesaid window occupants, who con-
sist Of ccterie of old bachelors or mar
ried men and the jeuneSse doree fast set,
who think they are giving the girls
treat by displaying themselves at the
window, have appeared in all the glory
of high hat, because it is English, you
know" AS it is the English custom
to keen the hat Oh in the clubhouse,
these window-occupants religiouslYwear
their tiles while seated at the window.
That famous rdcoRteur aud practical
joker. Mr.. Larry jerome, who, With
Mr. William K. Travers, keeps the
club alive, or rather awake, once
appeared in the window minus his
hat. demonstrated with by one Of tho
dudes because it was "such badfJrm,"
Jerome confessed that be would will
ingly wear his hat if he could adjustit,
intimating that bis head had increased
in size overnight, and he could no
longer keep his bat on, though ne had
perseyeringly tried to adjust it with
shoe.horn. Jerome, in telling the story,
declares that bis young friend volun-
teered to lean him his own polished
silk, but that the attempt to get it on
simply wrecked it, much to the others
discontinue.
Since Mr.. Travers's absence in an
effort to recover his health, and Mr..
Jerome's Partially for the company and
cuisine of the Carlton, the Union has
become o very gloomy place, and in
default Of q scandal this innovation Of
the window-occupants will once more
attract attention to the Club. During
the summer the spacious reading-room
on the main floor will be redecorated
and renovated.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
The proposition of Mr.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt to erect a clubhouse for the
employees Of the New York Central
and Hudson-River railroad on one of
the vacant lots near the Grand Central
depot is taking shape. 1t is understood
that tho rules which govern Mr.. Van
derbili's Sunday school will be eugraft-
ed into those Of the club, and that it
will consequently be amodel institution
Of its kind.
IF Colonel Clark and the Veteran
Corps do not amicably settle their diff.
ferences regarding the latter's occu-
pancy Of q room in the Seventh Regi-
ment Armory, it is said the old boys
will build clubhouse which will BIO
symposium after their own heart. Ii
only remains to be added that the Vet
cram Corps is composed Of q festive
class who generally take possession
wherever they 90 and glory in being
called sold boys the accent on the
boys.
Tho Manhattan Club proposes to pur-
chase authentic portraits Of deceased
leaders Of the party, and has secured
Jackson painted from life. A new JEFF
ferson may soon be added to the collec-
ton. Excepting the Union League, the
Century, and the Lotos, and, 1t may be
added, the Lambs, none Of the clubs
have anything to boast Of in the way Of
paintings and pictures, there being
none at al in many Of them, though
the collections In tho three first named
are really very attractive and valuable.
In the Lotos, for instance, there 10 .
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