Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-17
THE GUARDS GLUE.
One OF Savannah's Popular Social
Institutions.

institutions.
Two months ago the rooms of the Sa-
vRnnah Volunteer Guards Club were
thrown open, and now it has more
members than any other club In the city.
Every member OF the Guards is a men,
Der of the CLUB, and there are some $50 OF
them. The architect and builder did
much to make the rooms attractive, the
former in design and the latter in finish.
ing.
All of the second floor of the Armory is
given up for club use. On tire left OF the
hall, at the head Of the stairs, are the
reading rooms. The library will be III the
first room, and the magazines, leading
weekhes and writing tables will he IN the
room adjoining. The leading daIlies OF
the country are kept on file. and Puck, the
illustrated London News, Frank Leslie's,
the Century and several reviews come
regularly.
In the library is an elegant cherry man.
tel and heavy mirror over prettlly tiled
open CRATE. Botn rooms are fDished in
oiled cypress and California red WOOD.
The chairs are of Vienna bent wood, the
best chairs for the purpose that are made.
Heavy silk and damask portierres Will
hang from the arch between the reading
room and the billiard room. The billiard
and pool tables occupy two rooms, one on
ihe uortn side and one on the south. There
are TWO billiard tables and one pool table
now, and another table is 10 be added.
On the Whitaker street front are the
parlors, or as there will be no distinctive
parl0rs in the club, they may be called
general lounging rooms. There are two
of them extending the width OF the build
ing from President 10 YORK streets. These
rooms, TOO, viii be separated by poT-
tierre and the floor VIII be covered with
handsome rugs. Now they are tempo
rarily used as card rooms. The tubes
We're made at the Vale Royal Mills.
Une room Will perhaps be re-
tanned for card tables and the other
tables Will be- placed in q room next to
the billiard room, on the north side OF the
hall. Oil portraits OF Capt. John Cum
ming, who was the first Captain OF the
Guards, ~ years ago. and Capt. Marshall,
and a crayOn head of Capt. Tattnall, hang
from toe parlOr walls. The battalion has
been promised a portrait OF Capt. Fell,
who succeeded Capt, Marshall. Portraits
Of other captains viii be hung as they are
obtained. The rooms on the Whitaker
street side are the lightest and
cheeriest in the building, aud will be the
most handsomely lifted up. The feature
of all the rooms is that they are so simply
and yet SO beautifully finished that they
can be furnished simply and yet have a
rich effect.
Taste has been shown everywhere, and
even the chandeliers. While differing
every one from the others, are pretty
without being in the least conspiCuously
SNOWY. In short. the rooms ana their fur
nishing are picturesque.
The billiard rooms have added largely
to the attractiVeness of the club, and the
worries are kept clicking more than half
of the twenty-fOur hours. Down stairs
on the first floor Is supper room and
VIII be the gymnasium. In the basement
will be the boiler 20 heat the building by
steam, and a range for whatever cooking
is TO be done. A rife gallery for the mem
bers will also be fitted up in the base
ment,